District track: Pirates look good after first day of district meet
By Sam Brauen www.blufftonpirates.com
(FINDLAY) - The road to Columbus starts in Findlay for the Bluffton Track & Field teams. Thursday a few finals were run and several preliminary events took place with the finals to come Saturday again at Findlay.
Both 4x800 relay teams advanced to Regionals. The boys team of Asher Antrim, Christopher Harnish, Luke Young and Baylor Garmatter won the event and the girls team of Kayla Kindle, Sydney Hoff, Olivia Burner and Clara Mathews finished fourth to move on. Kaleb Jefferson took third in the discus with a throw of 132-07 and will compete at Tiffin next week.
Advancing to Saturday’s Finals :
Xavier Dunifon - 300 Hurdles - 3rd
4x400 Karis Wilson, Lucie Fett, Clara Mathews, Kayla Kindle - 4th
Baylor Garmatter - 800 - 5th
4x100 Deandre Nassar, Eli Lemley, Chad Veit, Kaleb Jefferson - 6th
4x400 Jonathan Shriner, Joel Piercefield, Asher Antrim, Baylor Garmatter - 6th
Xavier Dunifon - 110 Hurdles - 6th
Abbey Gambrell - 300 Hurdles - 6th
Abbey Gambrell - 100 Hurdles - 7th
4x200 Allison Wise, Sarah Cartwright, Olivia Setzer, Karis Wilson - 7th
4x100 Allison Wise, Bella Basinger, Olivia Setzer, Alyssa Casemier - 7th
Luke Young - 800 - 10th
Kayla Kindle - 800 - 12th
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