Photos and story by Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Bluffton boys handily won a triangular track and field meet with host Ada and Ft. Jennings Tuesday evening at warm and windy War Memorial Stadium.

Bluffton won the boys meet easily with 104.5 points. Ada was a distant second with 36, followed by FJ in third at 28.5.

Ada captured first in the girls meet with 73.5 points. Bluffton was second (57.5) and Ft. Jennings came in third (39).

Pirates Brien Basinger (long jump, 100 meters) and Clara Matthews (800, 1600 runs) each won two events to pace Bluffton.

Scoring Bluffton finishes (top 4):
Event, Place, Time/Distance, Athlete
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
1 45.55 Bogart, Ethan Bluffton

Girls 1600 Meter Run
1 6:09.94 Mathews, Clara Bluffton
3 6:35.12 Armstrong, Ella Bluffton
4 6:55.10 Painter, Amairi Bluffton

Girls 800 Meter Run
1 2:49.95 Mathews, Clara Bluffton
4 3:07.64 Parker, Olivia Bluffton

Girls High Jump
1 4-06 Bischoff, Cora Bluffton
2 4-04 Lewandowski, Pearl Bluffton

Girls Pole Vault
1 9-09 Taber, Brianna Bluffton
2 8-06 Diller, Allison Bluffton

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1 17.58 Bogart, Ethan Bluffton

Boys Discus Throw
1 121-1 Tabler, Aaron Bluffton
3 97-10 Mays, Zander Bluffton
4 92-3 Greer, Riley Bluffton

Girls Discus Throw
2 91-8 Ackerman, Cierra Bluffton
4 79-10 Wright, Elizabeth Bluffton

Boys 400 Meter Dash
1 54.41 Antrim, Eden Bluffton

Boys Shot Put
1 44-11 Tabler, Aaron Bluffton
2 40-1 Luginbuhl, Xavier Bluffton

Boys Long Jump
1 17-04.5 Basinger, Brien Bluffton
2 15-07 Lovell, Wyatt Bluffton

Boys 100 Meter Dash
1 12.24 5 Basinger, Brien Bluffton
2 12.26 3 Lemley, Eli Bluffton
3 12.49 2 Hohenbrink, Levi Bluffton

Boys Pole Vault
1 9-06 Derstine, Sam Bluffton
2 8-06 Jordan, Liam Bluffton

Boys 200 Meter Dash
1 24.10 Schriner, Jonathon Bluffton
3 25.20 Antrim, Eden Bluffton

Boys 3200 Meter Run
2 14:35.00 Jebson, Nick Bluffton
3 14:36.49 Schaadt, Nate Bluffton

Boys 1600 Meter Run
1 4:53.08 Nygaard, Eric Bluffton
2 4:53.88 Armstrong, Landon Bluffton
3 5:24.50 Novak, Landon Bluffton
4 5:29.60 Evans, Gideon Bluffton

Boys High Jump
1 5-08 Lovell, Wyatt Bluffton
2 5-06 Bobblit, Trey Bluffton

Girls 100 Meter Dash
2 14.51 Scoles, Skyler Bluffton

Girls 200 Meter Dash
4 36.00 Nieman, Macie Bluffton

Girls 3200 Meter Run
2 15:58.19 Mathews, Clara Bluffton
3 15:58.36 Armstrong, Ella Bluffton

Boys 800 Meter Run
3 2:30.50 Diller, Ayden Bluffton

Girls 400 Meter Dash
4 1:18.13 Mathews, Clara Bluffton

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
3 20.03 Schweingruber, Makayla Bluffton

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
3 1:04.01 Bluffton A
1) Setzer, Olivia 2) Nieman, Macie
3) Klinger, Leah 4) Bourassa, Andrea

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
2 1:57.03 Bluffton A
1) Setzer, Olivia 2) Eachus, Riley
3) Scoles, Sami 4) Scoles, Skyler

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay
2 4:31.31 Bluffton A
1) Scoles, Skyler 2) Schweingruber, Makayla
3) Diller, Allison 4) Scoles, Sami

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
1 48.17 Bluffton A
1) Lemley, Eli 2) Schaadt, Nate
3) Hohenbrink, Levi 4) Bassinger, Brien

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
1 1:42.02 Bluffton A
1) Jebson, Nick 2) Schaadt, Nate
3) Hohenbrink, Levi 4) Lemley, Eli

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
1 3:50.90 Bluffton A
1) Schriner, Jonathon 2) Bogart, Ethan
3) Armstrong, Landon 4) Jebson, Nick

Boys team scores:
1) Bluffton 104.5 points
2) Ada 36
3) Ft. Jennings 28.5

Girls team scores:
1) Ada 73.5 points
2) Bluffton 57.5
3) Ft. Jennings 39 

Bluffton track competes at the Liberty-Benton Invitational Saturday, May 1.