By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA - The Bluffton boys track and field team finished fifth at the annual 10-team Ottawa-Glandorf Gold Medal meet Friday evening.
The Lady Pirates came in eighth out of nine squads. Liberty-Benton edged Oak Harbor for the girls team crown. Meanwhile Van Wert out-pointed second-place Oak Harbor for the 10-school boys title.
Wyatt Lovell tied for first place in the high jump to post the top Bluffton finish. Eden Antrim also came in second in the boys 1600 meter run.
Brianna Taber (pole vault) and Elizabeth Wright (shot put) each recorded third-place finishes for the top Lady Pirate individual results.
Bluffton scoring results (top 6 finish):
Boys High Jump
1st tie LOVELL, Wyatt 5'10"
Boys 1600 Meters
2nd ANTRIM, Eden 4:49.57
Boys 400 Meters
3rd SCHRINER, Jonathon 52.06
Girls Pole Vault
3rd TABER, Brianna 9'6"
Girls Shot Put
3rd WRIGHT, Elizabeth 31' 11.5
Boys 300m Hurdles
4th BOGART, Ethan 42.81
Boys 4 x 400m Relay
4th Bluffton (A) 3:39.08
Boys Long Jump
5th BASINGER, Brien 18'9.5
Boys 110m Hurdles
5th BOGART, Ethan 17.33
Girls 800 Meters
6th MATHEWS, Clara 2:35.05
Girls 4 x 800m Relay
6th Bluffton (A) 11:26.73
Boys 4 x 800m Relay
6th Bluffton (A) 8:52.63
Girls 4 x 200m Relay
6th Bluffton (A) 1:57.46
Boys O-G Meet Scores:
1 Van Wert 114 points
2 Oak Harbor 98.5
3 Liberty-Benton 84
4 Ottawa-Glandorf 54
5 Bluffton 46
6 Van Buren 39.5
7 Otsego 36
8 Allen East 30
9 Bath 19
10 Elida 6
Girls O-G Meet Team Scores:
1 Liberty-Benton 149.5 points
2 Oak Harbor 142
3 Ottawa-Glandorf 84
4 Van Wert 60
5 Bath 29
6 Elida 25
7 Van Buren 19
8 Bluffton 14.5
9 Otsego 4
Bluffton competes at the Defiance Ayersville Invitaitonal Saturday, April 24.
