Stackhouse, Miller each win 3 events

By Cort Reynolds

COLUMBUS GROVE – On Friday, May 16, the Bluffton High School boys track and field team won the Northwest Conference championship meet at Columbus Grove, while the Pirate girls finished a strong second.

The Pirate boys scored 188 points, 23 points ahead of second-place meet host Grove (165), to comfortably. 

Spencerville came in a distant third with 91 points, followed by Crestview (70), Lincolnview (69), Allen East (41), Delphos Jefferson (21) and LCC (6).

Bluffton senior speedster Griffin Stackhouse crossed the finish line first in the 100, 200 and 400-meter races.

Pirate senior Marek Donaldson won the boys 80-meter run in a meet-record time of 1:56.86.

The Pirate girls scored 172 points to finish second behind Grove (187.5). Spencerville again came in third (107), followed by Lincolnview (66.5), Allen East (50.5), Delphos Jeff (35), Crestview (30.5) and LCC (3).

Versatile Pirate freshman Maelee Miller won three individual girls league titles in the high jump, 100-meter hurdles and the 400 meter run.

Bluffton 1st-place NWC winners:

3,200-meter relay: Bluffton (Levi Fenzl, Landon Selhorst, Calvin Derstine, Marek Donaldson 8:17)

Long jump: Bluffton’s Noah Bricker (22-2.50)

110-meter hurdles: Bluffton’s Carson Kruse (14.97)

100-meter dash: Bluffton’s Griffin Stackhouse (11.07)

800-meter relay: Bluffton (Carson Kruse, Tayte Giesige, Kain Wright, Griffin Stackhouse; 1:28.02 MR)

1,600: Bluffton’s Marek Donaldson (4:30.0)

400: Bluffton’s Griffin Stackhouse (49.24)

800: Bluffton’s Marek Donaldson (1:56.86 meet record)

200: Bluffton’s Griffin Stackhouse (22.17)

4x400 relay: Bluffton (Kain Wright, Marek Donaldson, Calvin Derstine, Carson Kruse 3:27.34).

Pirate girls NWC 1st-place finishers: 

High jump: Bluffton’s Maelee Miller (5-2)

100-meter hurdles: Maelee Miller (15.45)

1,600: Bluffton’s Nora Matthews (5:40.70)

4x100 relay: Bluffton (Aubrey Burkholder, Alayna Mueller. Jordan Schweingruber, Mya McDougle; 51.08)

400: Bluffton’s Maelee Miller (1:00.15)

300-meter hurdles: Bluffton’s Aubrey Burkholder (46.96)

800: Bluffton’s Nora Matthews (2:19.25)