By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada track and field program hosted its annual 16-team Invitational meet on a wet, overcast Saturday.
Ada junior Phillip Gautier won the long jump and finished third in the high jump to pace the Bulldogs. Teammate Alex Morgan came in second in the 300 hurdles, and also was fifth in both the 110 high hurdles and the pole vault.
Nora Dellifield took second in the girls pole vault to lead the Ada girls.
Spencerville won the girls team crown by a narrow margin over Van Wert and Bath. Van Wert captured the boys team title by 50 points over second-place Bluffton.
The Lady Bulldogs came in 12th out of 14 teams, while the Bulldog boys finished seventh out of 16 squads.
USV senior Brady Hipsher won the boys 800 meters in 2:06.92. Bluffton junior Brady Garmatter took first in the 400 meters in 52.01, and anchored the winning Pirate 4 x 800 relay quartet (8:44.92).
Pirate junior Xavier Dunifon won the 300 hurdles (41.57) to nose out Ada's Morgan for first. Dunifon also captured first in the 110 high hurdles (16.12).
Bluffton senior Jackson Steinmetz won the 1600 in 4:41.25, nipping USV's Hipher by just .05. Steinmetz also finished second in the 3,200 meter run.
Lady Pirate freshman sprinter Kylie Jackson won the 100 meter dash in 13.63 to edge second-place Allen East junior Rachel Kanney (13.71).
The AE girls took ninth out of 14 schools, and the Mustang boys finished 14th out of 16.
Ada girls individual scoring finishes:
Girls Pole Vault:
2nd Dellifield, Nora 9-0
Girls 400 Meters:
4th Hissong, Brenna Ada 1:05.88
Ada boys scoring finishes:
Boys Long Jump:
1st Gautier, Philip Ada 19-1.5
300 Hurdles:
2nd Morgan, Alex 43.49
Boys High Jump:
3rd Gautier, Philip 6-0
Boys 400 Meters:
4th Crouse, Michael Ada 54.44
Boys Pole Vault:
5th, Morgan, Alex 10-6
Boys 110 High Hurdles:
5th Morgan, Alex Ada 17.52
Ada scoring relay finishes:
Boys 4x100 Relay:
7th 48.24 Ada A
1) Gautier, Philip 2) Miller, Ty
3) Jordan, Miguel 4) Hull, Keagan
Boys 4x200 Meter Relay
7th 1:37.44 Ada A
1) Crouse, Michael 2) Miller, Ty
3) Jordan, Miguel 4) Hull, Keagan
Girls team results:
1) Spencerville 91 points
2) Van Wert 87
3) Bath 83
4) Arlington 80
5) Carey 69
6) Mohawk 54
7) Bluffton 51
8) Kenton 41
9) Allen East 33
10) LCC 29
11) New Knoxville 27
12) Ada 13
13) Cory-Rawson 4
14) Upper Scioto Valley 1
Boys team results:
1) Van Wert 150 points
2) Bluffton 100
3) Cory-Rawson 59
4) Carey 50.5
5) Arlington 50
6) Spencerville 44.5
7) Ada 41.5
8) Hardin Northern 38
9) Kenton 36
10) Upper Scioto Valley 28
11) Bath 16
11) Lima Central Catholic 16
13) Temple Christian 13
14) Allen East 12
15) New Knoxville 5
16) Mohawk 3.5
Ada will next compete at the Northwest Conference meet this Thursday (May 9) and Saturday (May 11), hosted by Allen East. Competition starts Thursday at 4:30 p.m. and resumes Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
