By Cort Reynolds
DOLA __ The Ada High School boys track and field team finished a strong third at the annual 13-team Hardin Northern Invitational meet Saturday, April 20.
Riverdale swept to both the boys and girls team titles.
The Falcons won the boys crown with 131 points, followed by Pandora-Gilboa (106) and Ada (94). The Bulldogs nosed out Arlington (91.5) for third.
Riverdale won the girls team event with 179 points. The Ada girls were ninth with 22 points. P-G also finished second in the girls standings.
Bulldog senior Jackson Brown took first in the 200 meters and also won the 110 high hurdles to pace the Ada boys.
Ada junior speedster Logan Jolliff captured first in the 100-meter dash. Brown also crossed the line second in the 100 meters. Both ran legs for the first-place Ada 4 x 100 relay quartet as well.
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Bulldog senior Julian Grose finished second in the 300 hurdles.
Sophomore Jordyn Smith took fourth in the 400 meters to post the top Ada girls running finish. Kennedy Jones also ended up fourth in the shot put.
Top Ada finishers:
BOYS 9-12 100m Dash FINALS
1st JOLLIFF, LOGAN 11.38
2nd BROWN, JACKSON 11.42
BOYS 9-12 200m Dash FINALS
1st BROWN, JACKSON 23.24 M 12 Ada
6th JOLLIFF, LOGAN 23.8
BOYS 9-12 4x100m Relay FINALS
1st ADA A 46.27
BOYS 9-12 110m Hurdles FINALS
1st BROWN, JACKSON 15.0
BOYS 9-12 300m Hurdles FINALS
2nd GROSE, JULIAN 45.53 M 12 Ada 2
5th MCGUE, TREVOR 46.25
BOYS 9-12 4x800m Relay FINALS
3rd ADA A 9:49.05
GIRLS 9-12 400m Run FINALS
4th SMITH, JORDYN 1:08.6
GIRLS 9-12 Shot Put FINALS
4th JONES, KENNEDY 31'05"
BOYS 9-12 400m Run FINALS
5th FISHER, WYATT 56.88 M 9 Ada
7th HICKMAN, KAYLEB 57.50
BOYS 9-12 800m Run FINALS
5th ERICKSON, BRODY 2:13.7
BOYS 9-12 Pole Vault FINALS
5th HAZELTON, TUCKER 8'0"
BOYS 9-12 Long Jump FINALS
5th HICKMAN, KAYLEB 17'11"
GIRLS 9-12 Discus Throw FINALS
6th CONLEY, ANNA 82'10”
GIRLS 9-12 300m Hurdles FINALS
7th LAWRENCE, GRACE 1:02.56
BOYS 9-12 4x200m Relay
4th ADA A 1:39.59
Boys team scores
1 Riverdale 131 points
2 Pandora-Gilboa 106
3 Ada 94
4 Arlington 91.5
5 Hardin Northern 48
6 Calvary Christian 41.5
7 Cardington-Lincoln 40
8 Leipsic 34.5
9 Miller City 21
10 Vanlue 19.5
11 Upper Scioto Valley 15
12 Elgin 14
13 Temple Christian 1
Gills team scores
1 Riverdale 179 points
2 Pandora-Gilboa 122
3 Arlington 76
4 Leipsic 55
5 Calvary Christian 48
6 Elgin 46
7 Hardin Northern 26
8 Vanlue 25
9 Ada 22
10 Cardington-Lincoln 18
10 Miller City 18
12 Temple Christian 10
13 USV 4
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