Pirates track & field at Kenton tri-meet
By Cort Reynolds
KENTON–The Bluffton High School track and field teams competed in a triangular meet on Tuesday evening, April 18, at Robinson Field in Kenton.
Host Kenton won both the boys and girls team titles. Bluffton finished third, behind Marion Pleasant in both standings.
Bluffton won three field events and two relay races. Noah Bricker cleared the bar highest in the high jump.
Brianna Taber won the girls pole vault and Xavier Luginbihl took first in the shot put.
The Lady Pirate 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams each came in first.
Top Pirate finishers:
Girls Pole Vault
1 Taber, Brianna Bluffton 9-0
4 Diller, Allison Bluffton 7-0
Boys Shot Put
1 Luginbuhl, Xavier Bluffton 44-4
5 Mays, Zander Bluffton 36-2.5
6 Scherger, Braylin Bluffton 35-10.25
Boys High Jump
1 Bricker, Noah Bluffton 5-8
Girls 4x100 Meter Relay
1 Bluffton 'A' 54.94 5
1) Schweingruber, Jordan 2) Giesige, Kendal
3) Taber, Brianna 4) McDougle, Mya
Girls 4x200 Meter Relay
1 Bluffton 'A' 1:57.81 5
1) Diller, Allison; 2) Scoles, Sami; 3) McDougle, Mya; 4) Giesige, Kendal
Girls 100 Meter Dash
2 Schweingruber, Jordan Bluffton 14.20
5 Shepherd, Madison Bluffton 14.83
Boys Discus Throw
2 Mays, Zander Bluffton 110-7
Girls 400 Meter Dash
2 Scoles, Sami Bluffton 1:08.23
3 Combs, Faith Bluffton 1:11.89
Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton 'A' 47.80 3
1) Bricker, Noah; 2) Davis, Alek; 3) Dearth, Hayden; 4) Mays, Zander
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton 'A' 1:37.68 1:40.24 3
1) Kruse, Carson; 2) Bricker, Noah; 3) Hoffman, Nolan; 4) Dearth, Hayden
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
2 Burkholder, Aubrey Bluffton 18.12
4 Cotter, Kally Bluffton 19.91
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
2 Burkholder, Aubrey Bluffton 54.09
Boys Long Jump
2 Dearth, Hayden Bluffton 18-9.75
Boys 100 Meter Dash
2 Davis, Alek Bluffton 12.26
3 Mays, Zander Bluffton 12.27
Girls Discus Throw
2 Youngpeter, Rory Bluffton 98-01
Girls 200 Meter Dash
3 Taber, Brianna Bluffton 29.75
4 Schweingruber, Jordan Bluffton 29.21
Girls 800 Meter Run
3 Conley, Grace Bluffton 2:47.33
Girls Shot Put
3 Suter, Lizzy Bluffton 29-3.0
Girls 1600 Meter Run
4 Painter, Amairi Bluffton 6:44.33
Boys Pole Vault
4 Diffin, Elijah Bluffton 6-0
Women – Team Scores
1) Kenton 68 points
2) Marion Pleasant 62
3) Bluffton 42
Men – Team Scores
1) Kenton 96 points
2) Marion Pleasant 45.5
3) Bluffton 33.5
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