By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY – The Bluffton boys track and field team won the tough 10-team Liberty-Benton Pat Wagner Invitational on a wet Saturday, May 3. The Pirate boys finished with 122 points to defeat second-place meet host L-B (105) by 17 points. Oak Harbor came in third with 85 points, followed by Columbus Grove (70) and Bath (65).

Grove took the girls team crown with 144 points, while the Pirate girls finished a strong second at 119. Oak Harbor ended up a close third with 118, and Bath came in fourth (86.5).

Bluffton scored the most combined boys/girls team points with 241. CG scored 214, and OH tallied 203.

Pirate senior Griffin Stackhouse won the 200-meter dash. Kain Wright crossed the line first in the 400-meter run. Senior Marek Donaldson captured first in the 800-meter run. Sophomore Tayte Giesige won the long jump.

Senior Sadie Tarplee took first in the girls high jump. Freshman Maelee Miller sprinted to victory in the 100-meter dash. Sophomore Nora Matthews won the 800-meter run.

Top Bluffton boys finishers

Boys 200 Meter Dash Finals
1 Griffin Stackhouse 12 Bluffton 22.36

Boys 400 Meter Dash Finals
1 Kain Wright 11 Bluffton 50.46

Boys 800 Meter Run Finals
1 Marek Donaldson 12 Bluffton 1:59.32

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay Finals
1 Bluffton 1:29.69

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay Finals
1 Bluffton 3:27.39

Boys Long Jump Finals
1 Tayte Giesige 10 Bluffton 20-5.5
3 Noah Bricker 12 Bluffton 20-1

Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Finals
2 Carson Kruse 12 Bluffton 16.0

Boys High Jump Finals
2 Noah Bricker 12 Bluffton 6-0

Boys 100 Meter Dash Finals
2 Griffin Stackhouse 12 Bluffton 11.44

Top Bluffton girls finishers
Girls High Jump Finals
1 Sadie Tarplee 12 Bluffton 5-0
2 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 5-0

Girls 100 Meter Hurdles Finals
1 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 16.62
2 Aubrey Burkholder 11 Bluffton 17.27

Girls 800 Meter Run Finals
1 Nora Matthews 10 Bluffton 2:24.01

Girls 400 Meter Dash Finals
2 Maelee Miller 9 Bluffton 1:02.45

Girls 4x200 Meter Relay Finals
2 Bluffton 1:51.70

Girls Long Jump Finals
2 Sadie Tarplee 12 Bluffton 15-7.25
3 Lauren Dearth 11 Bluffton 14-4

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles Finals
3 Aubrey Burkholder 11 Bluffton 48.38