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By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY__The Bluffton High School track and field teams opened their season by competing at the rugged Liberty-Benton Relays meet on Thursday, April 2.

Grove won the girls meet with 112 points, with Fremont Ross second (88). The Pirate girls came in fourth at 61, behind third-place Eastwood (78).

Eastwood won the seven-team boys meet with 84 points, followed by Fremont Ross in second (81) and host L-B third (77).

Columbus Grove ended up fourth in the tightly bunched boys field with 74 points. Liberty Center finished sixth (54), while Bluffton came in sixth (52).

TOP 3 PIRATE FINISHERS

Girls 4x100 Meter Shuttle Hurdle
2 Bluffton             1:10.00      
1) Burkholder, Aubrey 2) Fleming, Liliana 3) Kidd, Charlotte 4) Miller, Maelee     

Boys 4x100 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton                43.68      
1) Miller, Lleyton 2) Anderson, Kohen 3) Shaffer, Keatyn 4) Wright, Kain     

Boys 4x800 Meter Relay 
2 Bluffton                 8:42.38      
1) Derstine, Calvin 2) Shoemaker, Owen 3) Steiner, Will 4) Steinmetz, Carter 

Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
2 Bluffton                      1:31.20       
1) Young, Kizer 2) Sprunger, Ethan 3) Miller, Lleyton 4) Wright, Kain    

Boys 4x400 Meter Relay 
3 Bluffton                    3:29.58       
1) Young, Kizer  2) Derstine, Calvin  3) Anderson, Kohen  4) Wright, Kain  

Girls High Jump Relay Individuals
3 Miller, Maelee            Bluffton               5-0 

Girls Shot Put Relay
3 Suter, Lizzy           Bluffton              33-7.50 

Girls 4x1600 Meter Relay
3 Bluffton          26:56.0       
1) Gatchel, Xandra  2) Tarplee, Lydia  3) Honse, Elizabeth  4) Hermiller, Zaeda   

Girls 4x400 Meter Relay 
3 Bluffton            4:11.51     
1) Burkholder, Aubrey  2) Matthews, Nora  3) Dearth, Lauren  4) Miller, Maelee   

Girls 4x800 Meter Relay
3 Bluffton               10:33.00      
1) Matthews, Nora  2) Edwards - Leeper, Phoebe. 3) Hagen, Georgia  4) Nycz, Chloe    

Girls 4x1003 Meter Relay Throwers
3 Bluffton       1:00.82       
1) Follas, Megan  2) Suter, Lizzy  3) Diller, Kari  4) Jebsen, Roselove     

GIRLS EVENT WINNERS: 

4x100: Fremont Ross - Bulger, Jones, Nelson, Jordan - 49.88 

4x100 Throwers: Columbus Grove - Schafer, Schroeder, Nesby - 58.20 

4x200: Fremont Ross - Marsee, Lee-Garrett, Nelson, Jordan - 1:44.09 

4x400: Columbus Grove - Pingle, Mayberry, Palte, Roeder - 4:05.08 

4x800: Liberty Center - Miller, Miller, Stark, Strayer - 10:03.07 

4x1600: Fremont Ross - Hinojosa, Walker, Norris, Kiser - 23:41 

Sprint Medley: Liberty Center - 1:58.62 

Distance Medley: Fremont Ross - Hinojosa, Metcalf, Norris, Kiser - 13:04.47 

4x100 Shuttle Hurdle Relay: Columbus Grove - Calvelage, Palte, Stechschulte, Closson - 1:09 

High Jump: Individual Winner - Kilee Kidd (Ross) - 5-4 Team Winner: Eastwood - Foos, Shoemaker, Stechschulte 

Pole Vault: Individual Winner - Josie Hochstettler (LB) - 11-0 Team Winner - L-B - Hochstetler, DeCooman, St. Amour 

Long Jump: Individual Winner - Lexi Nelson (Ross) - 16-10.25 Team Winner - Eastwood - Schuerman, Mazjun, Nelson 

Shot Put: Individual Winner - Nicole Nesby (CG) - 37-4 Team Winner - Col. Grove - Nesby, Schroeder, Metzger 

Discus Throw: Individual Winner - Arianna Bench (Clay) - 116-10 Team Winner - Col. Grove - Martz, Nesby, Schafer.

BOYS EVENT WINNERS: 

4x100: Fremont Ross - Brown, Englund, Wensinger, Reiter - 42.14 

4x100 Throwers: Liberty Center - Walker, Spangler, Spangler, Wymer - 49.82 

4x200: Fremont Ross - Englund, Brown, Wensinger, Reiter - 1:28.08 

4x400: Liberty-Benton - Day, Hochstettler, Bell, Griffin - 3:26.00 

4x800: Eastwood - Howard, Henline, Buehler, Miller - 8:27.70 

4x1600: Liberty-Benton - Hochstettler, Lee, Day, Levenhagen - 19:16

Freshman Sprint Medley: Fremont Ross - 1:43.51 

Distance Medley: Liberty-Benton - Hochstettler, Day, Makowski, Lee - 10:59.57 

4x110 Shuttle Hurdles: Eastwood- Luidhardt, Jones, Strayer, Mulholland - 1:01.47 

High Jump: Individual Winner - Jarrod Holland (CG) - 6-4 Team Winners - Fremont Ross - Englund, Crawford, Johnson 

Pole Vault: Individual Winner - Cullen Shank (Eastwood) - 13-0 Team Winners - Eastwood - Shank, Perkins, Ward 

Long Jump: Individual Winner - Trevon Baxter (CG) - 22-5 Team Winner - Col. Grove - T. Baxter, G. Baxter, Williams 

Shot Put: Individual Winner - Hunter Spangler (LC) - 63-2 Team Winner - Liberty Center - Spangler, Walker, Wymer 

Discus Throw: Individual Winner - Tallon Brown (Ross) - 163-1 Team Winner - Eastwood - Lauer, Miesmer, Chaffee.