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PHOTOS from Trevor Bassitt. Click on photos to enlarge and view at your own pace.

Olympic athlete Trevor Bassitt, 26, Team USA Track & Field and 5x World Medalist, competed in the men’s 400-meter hurdles in the 2024 summer Olympics. See Icon coverage of his Olympic races HERE.

By Benji Bergstrand

When Trevor Bassitt arrived in France to compete in his first ever Olympic games there wasn’t much time for contemplation or reflection on his journey from competing for the Bluffton Pirates in the Northwest Conference to competing for Team USA on the world’s biggest stage. He was running late. “Touching down in Paris was a little hectic. Because of flight delays I had to get to the Olympic Village, drop my stuff off and go straight to practice,” Bassitt said. And then there were Trevor’s evening plans. “After practice I had a bit of time to get organized before the Opening Ceremonies.”

Even getting to the Opening Ceremony involved delays. All of the athletes had to gather in the lobby of the Team USA building in the Olympic Village in order to board shuttles that would take them to the docks where the team boat was waiting, a process that took two hours.

The waiting didn’t end there.  “We had to stand on the boat for a long time because we were the 2nd to last country to go since we are the host of the 2028 Olympics,” Bassitt said. “We passed time walking around the boat and getting to talk with other athletes.” ▶︎

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Combs, Steiner and Dunlap step it up in Health Action Council challenge

The Gingerbread Squad of Jaime Combs, Heidi Steiner and Ryan Dunlap from Bluffton Elementary School earned first place in the Health Action Council Healthy Fall Spring Step It Up Challenge and won $1,500 for their school.

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The Bluffton High School student of the month for October 2024 is Kaleigh Coffman, daughter of Megan Coffman of Bluffton. Kaleigh is a senior with a 3.943 GPA. 

Coffman is an active member of the student body, participating in the Show Choir, Drama Club, Latin Club and Art Club. She holds an office position as Student Senate President and is acting treasurer for the school’s Volunteer Club.

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Bluffton High School has issued the following first quarter Honor Roll for the 2024-2025 school year for grades 9-12.

9th Grade – All A

Owen Armstrong, Mallory Blackburn, Avery Boehm, Peighton Bowers, Toby Clevidence, Caleb Cockerham, Willow Derstine, Phoebe Edwards-Leeper, Levin Essinger, Xandra Gatchel, Sophie Gilroy, Tala Gipson, Emme Lee, Micah Lemley, Maelee Miller, Max Miller, Alexis Mummert, Ezra Nygaard, Elizabeth Phillips, Isabella Recker, Natalie Richards, Ella Roby, Lyla Schneck, Ethan Smith, Peyton Worcester

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Bluffton Elementary School has announced the following honor roll for the first nine weeks of the 2024-2025 school year for grades 4 and 5.

4th Grade A/B:

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Bluffton Middle School has issued the following Honor Roll recognition for students in grades 6-8 for the first quarter of the 2024-2025 school year.

All “A” Honor Roll

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