The Bluffton High School cross country teams competed at the Ottawa-Glandorf Blue/Gold Invitational meet Saturday, September 18.
The Pirate boys finished eighth in the 17-team Blue Division boys race. Holgate captured first with 62 points, followed by Van Wert (75) and host O-G (103).
Junior Landon Armstrong led the Pirates by finishing seventh in a time of 17:40.488.
Senior Hunter Wasnich of Wauseon crossed the line first in the boys race with a time of 16:47.129.
Bluffton boys finishers:
Place Runner Time
7th Landon Armstrong 17:40.488
25th Sam Derstine 18:41.872
44th Trey Boblitt 19:31.596
50th Liam Jordan 20:10.033
72nd John Yoder 21:26.232
Blue Division O-G Meet Boys Team Scores:
Place Score Team
1 62 points HOLGATE
2 75 VAN WERT
3 103 OTTAWA-GLANDORF
4 162 NAPOLEON
5 167 ST. MARYS
6 171 FAIRVIEW
7 181 WAUSEON
8 198 BLUFFTON
9 213 BATH
10 226 KENTON
11 246 ALLEN EAST
12 318 TINORA
13 328 PAULDING
14 377 ELIDA
15 475 LIMA SENIOR
Perry and LCC did not field enough runners for a team score.
The Pirate girls ended up eighth out of 14 teams represented in the O-G Blue Division race.
Bluffton freshman June Essinger led the Pirates by finishing 12th in a time of 21:51.587.
Junior Alexa Fortman of Ottawa-Glandorf won the girls Blue Division race in 19:56.81.
Bluffton girls finishers:
Place Runner Time
12th June Essinger 21:51.587
21st Makay Tuttle 23:23.348
22nd Amairi Painter 23:24.830
39th Kaelin Weissling 24:57.230
61st Greta Kauffman 32:55.408
Blue Division O-G Meet Girls Team Scores:
Place Score Team
1 73 points WAUSEON
2 97 FAIRVIEW
3 100 OTTAWA-GLANDORF
4 123 VAN WERT
5 128 NAPOLEON
6 146 ST. MARYS
7 151 TINORA
8 155 BLUFFTON
9 164 KENTON
10 256 ELIDA
Bath, LCC, Allen East, Paulding and Lima Senior did not have enough finishers for a girls team score.
Bluffton competes in the Van Wert Health Cross Country meet Saturday morning, September 25, hosted by Crestview.
