By Cort Reynolds
FINDLAY - The Ada track and field teams competed on day one of the Div. III district meet Thursday at Findlay High School.
The Bulldog boys are seventh of 15 teams after one day with 10 points. The Lady Bulldogs are 12th. Liberty-Benton is first in both the male and female team standings.
Ada senior Logan Williams took sixth in the long jump finals, while junior Noah Mattson came in seventh in the discus finals.
The Bulldog boys 4 x 800 relay quartet finished fourth in the finals to make it to the regionals.
The top four finishers in an event qualify to the Tiffin regionals May 23/25.
Boys day 1 team scores:
1) Liberty-Benton 33 points
2) Bluffton 16
3) McComb 15
3) Elmwood 15
5) Van Buren 13
6) Arcadia 12
7) Ada 10
8) Pandora-Gilboa 9
9) Riverdale 8
10) Hardin Northern 6.5
11) Arlington 5
12) Cory-Rawson 4
12) North Baltimore 4
12) Evergreen 4
15) Kalida 1.5
Top Ada boys finishes (top 8 score or qualify to finals):
800 meters PRELIMS:
4th Miguel Jordan 2:11.01Q
4x800 relay FINALS:
4th 8:57.68 Ada A
1) Crouse, Michael 2) Evans, Reese
3) Hissong, Carson 4) Jordan, Miguel
Long jump FINALS:
6th Logan Williams 19-8.25
Discus FINALS:
7th Noah Mattson 119-9
110 high hurdles PRELIMS:
8th Alex Morgan 17.6q
Girls day 1 team scores:
1) Liberty-Benton 20 points
2) Kalida 16
3) Arcadia 14
4) N. Baltimore 12
5) Riverdale 11
6) Van Buren 9
7) Upper Scioto Valley 8
8) McComb 7
8) Arlington 7
8) Bluffton 7
11) Allen East 4
12) Ada 2
Top Ada girls finishers (top 8 score or qualify to finals):
300 hurdles PRELIMS:
8th Olivia Ennis 52.98q
4x400 relay PRELIMS:
7th Ada 4:34.25q
1) Olivia Ennis 2) Katie Butterfield
3) Gizem Tanriverdi 4) Kendal Guagenti
4x800 relay FINALS:
7th Ada 11:33.85
1) Abigail James 2) Anabel Alexander
3) Katie Butterfield 4) Morgan Swick
District finals competition resumes Saturday at 11:30 a.m. in Findlay.
