By Cort Reynolds
TIFFIN - Two Ada track and field athletes competed in the Div. III regional meet Wednesday and Friday at Tiffin.
Liberty Center won the girls team title with 64 points, well ahead of second-place Colonel Crawford (46), and Defiance Tinora (43).
Columbus Grove captured the boys regional crown with 104 points, doubling up second place Archbold (52). Hopewell-Loudon finished third (51), while Bluffton took fourth with 50 points.
Ada senior Brenna Hissong finished 10th in the 400 meter dash preliminary race on a hot Wednesday evening to miss qualifying for the finals Friday by two spots.
Bulldog sophomore Courtney Sumner took 16th in the long jump on a much cooler and windy Friday.
A top four finish in a regional final event qualified an individual or relay team to the state meet June 4-5.
Ada finishes:
Girls 400 Meter Dash
Preliminaries (top 8 to finals Friday)
1 Sydnee Sinn 10 Wayne Trace 58.58Q
2 Alaina Tiell 12 Carey 58.63Q
3 Peyton Heitmeyer 11 Leipsic 59.20Q
4 Rachel Stoller 11 Wayne Trace 60.31Q
5 Emma Franks 12 Vanlue 59.33q
6 Macyn Phillips 9 Margaretta 60.60q
7 Chloe Kaple 11 Wynford 60.96q
8 Sarah Matlack 11 St. Paul 61.02q
9 Jordan Rosales 10 Toledo Christian 61.09
10 Brenna Hissong 12 Ada 62.39
11 Paige Massie 11 Arcadia 62.76
12 Megan Meyer 9 Patrick Henr 62.79
13 Maria Maringer 9 Danbury 62.84
14 Emma Aumend 10 Ashland Crestview 65.20
15 Emily Weaver 9 Ashland Crestview 65.28
Girls Long Jump
16th Courtney Sumner 10 Ada 14-5.5
