Pirate track & field competes in Ottawa-Glandorf Gold Medal Meet
By Cort Reynolds
OTTAWA–The Bluffton High School track and field teams competed at the eight-team Ottawa-Glandorf Gold Medal Meet on Friday, April 14.
Host Ottawa-Glandorf won both the boys and girls team titles. Bluffton finished fourth in the boys standings, while the Pirate girls took seventh.
Eden Antrim won the boys 1600 meter run. Wyatt Lovell took first in the high jump.
Brianna Taber won the girls pole vault. Hayden Dearth captured first in the long jump.
Top Bluffton finishers:
Boys 1600 Meter Run
1 Antrim, Eden Bluffton 4:36.96
Boys High Jump
1 Lovell, Wyatt Bluffton 6-2
Girls Pole Vault
1 Taber, Brianna Bluffton J11-0
Boys Long Jump
Finals
1 Dearth, Hayden Bluffton 20-3
Boys 4x800 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton 'A' 8:21.16 8
1) Derstine, Sam 2) Nygaard, Erik
3) Novak, Landon 4) Antrim, Eden
Boys 3200 Meter Run
2 Nygaard, Erik Bluffton 10:12.27
Boys 4x400 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton 'A' 3:31.77 2 8
1) Hoffman, Nolan 2) Good, Justin
3) Derstine, Sam 4) Antrim, Eden
Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
Finals
3 Bluffton 'A' 10:36.22 6
1) Armstrong, Ella 2) Scoles, Sami
3) Diller, Allison 4) Eachus, Riley
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
3 Kruse, Carson Bluffton 43.73
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
6 Bluffton 'A' 47.09 1 1
1) Bricker, Noah 2) Shutler, Landon
3) Jones, Eli 4) Mays, Zander
Girls 1600 Meter Run
7 Essinger, June Bluffton 5:55.3
Women‘s Scoring
1) Ottawa-Glandorf - 169
2) Liberty-Benton - 108
3) Van Wert - 94
4) Otsego - 56
5) Elida - 42
6) Bath - 22
7) Bluffton - 21
8) Van Buren - 15
Men’s Scoring
1) Ottawa-Glandorf - 96
2) Liberty-Benton - 92
3) Van Buren - 83
4) Bluffton - 72
5) Bath - 60
6) Otsego - 46
7) Van Wert - 40
8) Elida - 38
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