By Cort Reynolds
COLUMBUS GROVE - The Ada boys track team finished fifth and the purple and gold girls came in ninth at the annual 12-team Columbus Grove Bulldog Invitational Friday evening.
Juniors Noah Mattson and Miguel Jordan posted the best Ada showings by coming in second in the shot put and 800 meters, respectively.
Ada sophomore Alex Morgan also came in third in the pole vault, and he finished fifth in two hurdle races.
Bulldog sophomore Nora Dellifield (pole vault) and freshman Brenna Hissong (400 meters) each finished third to top the Ada girls.
Anna won the boys team title with 138 points while Ada came in fifth with 41. Host Columbus Grove rolled to the girls team crown with 138 points. The Ada girls ended up ninth with 17 points.
Scoring Ada boys (top six finishers):
800 meters:
2nd Miguel Jordan 2:08.6
Shot put:
2nd Noah Mattson 48-4.5
Pole vault:
3rd Alex Morgan 10-0
Long jump:
4th Logan Williams 18-4.25
5th Brad Clum 17-8.5
High jump:
4th Brad Clum 5-8
110 high hurdles:
5th Alex Morgan 17.9
300 hurdles:
5th Alex Morgan 45.58
4 x 800 relay:
5th Ada 9:20.90
1) Michael Crouse 2) Carson Hissong 3) Reece Evans 4) Miguel Jordan
Discus:
6th Nathan Mattson 119-6
3200 meters:
6th Reece Evans 11:37.3
200 meters:
6th Logan Williams 25.1
Boys team standings
1) Anna 138 points
2) McComb 80
3) Columbus Grove 76.5
4) Ottoville 45
5) Ada 41
6) Riverdale 36
7) Delphos Jefferson 31
8) Arlington 25
9) St. John's 23
10) Paulding 16.5
11) Botkins 9
12) Ft. Jennings 6
Scoring Ada girls finishers (top six finishers):
400 meters:
3rd Brenna Hissong 1:06.65
Pole vault:
3rd Nora Dellifield 9-0
300 meter hurdles:
5th Olivia Ennis 53.66
Shot put:
6th Kylie Shafer 28-8
Girls team standings
1) Columbus Grove 163 points
2) Anna 63
3) Botkins 59
4) Arlington 57
5) St. John's 47
6) Paulding 40
7) Riverdale 27
8) Delphos Jefferson 23
9) Ada 17
10) Ottoville 13
11) McComb 12
12) Ft. Jennings 6
Ada hosts a tri-meet with Ben Logan and Marion Harding Wednesday, April 18 at 4:30 p.m.
