By Cort Reynolds

The Bluffton High School track and field teams fared well at the nine-team, annual Northwest Conference championship meet in Convoy Saturday, May 14, hosted by Crestview. 

The Bluffton boys finished an impressive second, behind only repeat  champion Columbus Grove.

Spencerville won the girls team crown, with Grove second and Bluffton coming in a solid fourth.

Pirate junior Landon Armstrong won the boys 800 meter run in an NWC R meet record time of 1:56.16. He broke the mark held previously by Simon Derstine of 1:57.7.

Pirate senior Ethan Bogart swept the 100 high and 300 hurdle race titles, and also took second in the 200 meters.

Junior Eden Antrim crossed the line first in the 1600-meter run, while freshman June Essinger won the girls 3200-meter race.

Pirate Trey Boblitt won the boys high jump Thursday.

Scoring NWC Bluffton finishes:
Men's 100 High Hurdles
1 BOGART, Ethan SR Bluffton 15.86

Women's 3200 Meters
1 ESSINGER, June FR Bluffton 13:27.56

Men's 800 Meters
1 ARMSTRONG, Landon JR Bluffton ** 1:56.16
6 DERSTINE, Sam JR Bluffton 2:04.9

Men's 300m Hurdles
1 BOGART, Ethan SR Bluffton 39.96

Men's 1600 Meters
1 ANTRIM, Eden JR Bluffton 4:30.87

Men's High Jump
1 BOBLITT, Trey SR Bluffton 6'4 1/4"
2 LOVELL, Wyatt JR Bluffton 5'10"

Men's 200 Meters
2 BOGART, Ethan SR Bluffton 23.41
8 STACKHOUSE, Griffin FR Bluffton 24.54

Men's 3200 Meters
2 NYGAARD, Erik JR Bluffton 10:05.91
5 ANDREAS, Theo SO Bluffton 10:48.84

Women's 1600 Meters
2 ESSINGER, June FR Bluffton 5:34.03
8 PAINTER, Amairi SO Bluffton 6:26.73

Men's Pole Vault
2 DERSTINE, Sam JR Bluffton 12'0"

Women's Pole Vault
2 TABER, Bri JR Bluffton 10'0"
6 DILLER, Allison JR Bluffton 7'6"

Women's 4 x 800m Relay
2 Bluffton (A) 10:33.76
1) ESSINGER, June FR 2) SCOLES, Sami JR
3) EACHUS, Riley JR 4) ARMSTRONG, Ella SO

Men's 4 x 800m Relay
2 Bluffton (A) 8:20.30
1) NYGAARD, Erik JR 2) ARMSTRONG, Landon JR
3) NOVAK, Landon JR 4) ANTRIM, Eden JR

Men's 4 x 400m Relay
2 Bluffton (A) 3:31.15
1) BOGART, Ethan SR 2) ARMSTRONG, Landon JR
3) GOOD, Justin JR 4) ANTRIM, Eden JR

Women's 800 Meters
3 ARMSTRONG, Ella SO Bluffton 2:31.23

Men's 4 x 200m Relay
3 Bluffton (A) 1:37.05
1) STACKHOUSE, Griffin FR 2) HOFFMAN, Nolan JR
3) SCHAADT, Nate SR 4) BASIL, Kyle SO

Women's 4 x 400m Relay
3 Bluffton (A) 4:27.22
1) DILLER, Allison JR 2) SCOLES, Sami JR
3) SCOLES, Skyler SR 4) EACHUS, Riley JR

Women's 4 x 100m Relay
3 Bluffton (A) 54.04
1) DILLER, Allison JR 2) SCOLES, Sami JR
3) SCHWEINGRUBER, Jordan FR 4) SCOLES, Skyler SR

Men's Long Jump
4 DEARTH, Hayden SO Bluffton 18'10"
5 BASIL, Kyle SO Bluffton 18'9"

Men's Shot Put
4 TABLER, Aaron SR Bluffton 45' 5"
5 LUGINBUHL, Xavier JR Bluffton 45'11/2"

Women's 4 x 200m Relay
4 Bluffton (A) 1:55.26
1) DILLER, Allison JR 2) SCOLES, Sami JR
3) SCOLES, Skyler SR 4) GIESIGE, Kendal JR

Men's 4 x 100m Relay
4 Bluffton (A) 46.26
1) STACKHOUSE, Griffin FR 2) SHUTLER, Landon JR
3) SCHAADT, Nate SR 4) BASIL, Kyle SO

Men's Discus
5 TABLER, Aaron SR Bluffton 121'1"

Women's Long Jump
6 GIESIGE, Kendal JR Bluffton 14'1/2"

Men's 100 Meters
7 STACKHOUSE, Griffin FR Bluffton 11.75

Women's 400 Meters
8 COMBS, Faith FR Bluffton 1:08.89

Girls NWC Team Scores
1 Spencerville 158 points
2 Columbus Grove 117
3 Leipsic 76
4 Bluffton 73
5 Jefferson 60
6 Ada 54
7 Crestview 50
8 Lincolnview  45

Boys NWC Team Scores
1 Columbus Grove 176 points
2 Bluffton 142
3 Allen East 89
4 Leipsic 58
5 Spencerville 48
6 Crestview 45
7 Lincolnview 42
8 Jefferson 38
9 Ada  25