CORRECTION: The first posting of this artilce did not include Sam Derstine placing third in the boys 800m run.

By Cort Reynolds, photos by Marvin Foster
Additional photos available on Facebook HERE.

The Bluffton High School track and field teams competed well at the Div. III district meet Thursday and Saturday at Ada’s War Memorial Stadium.

The Pirate boys came in second in the standings among 14 teams, behind only champion Columbus Grove.

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Riverdale captured the girls team crown, with the Pirate girls finishing fifth among 15 teams.

Bluffton took home several first-place finishes behind their corps of strong middle distance runners.

Landon Armstrong won the boys 800 meters, while Eden Antrim captured the 1600.

Carson Kruse sailed to first in the 300 hurdles. Brianna Taber cleared the bar highest in the pole vault.

The Bluffton boys 4 x 400 relay quartet crossed the line first. The Pirate boys and girls foursomes swept to first in both of the 4 x 800 relay races.

Top four finishers in an event qualified for the regional meet next week.

Top Pirate finishers:

Boys 800 Meter Run

Name Year School Finals 

1 Armstrong, Landon Bluffton 1:57.62

3 Derstine, Sam Bluffton  2:01.49

Boys 1600 Meter Run

Name Year School Finals 

1 Antrim, Eden Bluffton 4:26.65

Boys 300 Meter Hurdles

Name Year School Prelims Finals 

1 Kruse, Carson Bluffton 41.75 41.93

Girls Pole Vault

1 Taber, Brianna Bluffton 10-6

4 Cotter, Kally Bluffton J9-0

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay

School Prelims Finals 

1 Bluffton 'A' 3:30.53   3:28.95  

 1) Armstrong, Landon 2) Shutler, Landon 

 3) Derstine, Sam 4) Antrim, Eden

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay

School Seed Finals 

 1 Bluffton 'A' 8:01.83   8:17.43  

 1) Nygaard, Erik 2) Derstine, Sam 3) Antrim, Eden 4) Armstrong, Landon

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay

School Seed Finals 

 1 Bluffton 'A' 10:16.86 10:12.55 

 1) Essinger, June 2) Armstrong, Ella 

 3) Scoles, Sami 4) Diller, Allison

Boys 3200 Meter Run

Name Year School Finals

2 Nygaard, Erik Bluffton 9:40.06 

Girls 800 Meter Run

Name Year School Seed Finals Points

2 Armstrong, Ella Bluffton 2:34.90 2:31.72 

3 Essinger, June Bluffton 2:32.87 2:32.93 

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay

School Prelims Finals 

2 Bluffton 'A' 1:35.46 1:34.19 

 1) Basil, Kyle 2) Shutler, Landon 3) Dearth, Hayden 4) Kruse, Carson

Girls High Jump

Name Year School  Finals Points

3 Tarplee, Sadie Bluffton J4-10.0

Boys Long Jump

Name Year School Prelims Finals  

4 Dearth, Hayden Bluffton 19-08   20-00.5

Boys High Jump

Name Year School Finals 

4 Basil, Kyle Bluffton J6-0

5 Lovell, Wyatt Bluffton 5-10

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay

School Prelims Finals 

4 Bluffton 'A' 1:52.48 1:52.38 5 

 1) McDougle, Mya 2) Schweingruber, Jordan 

 3) Scoles, Sami 4) Giesige, Kendal

Girls 1600 Meter Run

Name Year School Finals 

5 Essinger, June Bluffton 5:41.40

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles

Name Year School Prelims Finals

5 Kruse, Carson Bluffton 16.93 16.39

Girls Long Jump

Name Year School Prelims Finals 

5 Giesige, Kendal Bluffton 15-06.5  15-06.5

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles

Name Year School Prelims Finals 

6 Burkholder, Aubrey Bluffton 51.12 51.57

Girls 4x100 Meter Relay

School Prelims Finals

6 Bluffton 'A' 54.05 53.58 3 

 1) McDougle, Mya 2) Schweingruber, Jordan 3) Shepherd, Madison 4) Taber, Brianna

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles

Name Year School Prelims Finals 

7 Burkholder, Aubrey Bluffton 17.73 18.15

Boys Shot Put

Name Year School Prelims Finals 

7 Luginbuhl, Xavier Bluffton 42-5.75   43-11.5

Boys 400 Meter Dash

Name Year School Prelims Finals 

 7 Hoffman, Nolan Bluffton 54.95 56.70

Girls 3200 Meter Run

Name Year School Finals 

8 Tarplee, Lydia Bluffton  14:34.22

 

Boys District Team Scores 

1) Columbus Grove 152 points

2) Bluffton 101 

3) McComb 64 

4) Hardin Northern 60 

5) Riverdale 54 

6) Pandora-Gilboa 38 

7) Ada 34 

8) Ridgemont 32 

9) Carey 31 

10) Upper Scioto Valley 25 

11) Waynesfield-Goshen 23 

12) Cory-Rawson 19 

13) Arlington 15 

14) Vanlue 8

 

Girls District Team Scores 

1) Riverdale 117.5 points

2) Coldwater 95 

3) Carey 94 

4) Columbus Grove 90 

5) Bluffton 73 

6) Cory-Rawson 47 

7) Waynesfield-Goshen 34 

8) Pandora-Gilboa 20 

9) Ada 17 

10) McComb 16 

11) Hardin Northern 14 

12) Arcadia 12 

13) Ridgemont 11.50 

14) Vanlue 10  

15) Arlington 8