By Cort Reynolds
ADA - The Ada boys team finished a strong third out of 16 teams at the 57th annual Ada Invitational track meet on a sunny Saturday at War Memorial Stadium.
Van Wert swept both the boys and girls team titles. VW won the boys event with 95.5 points, followed by Spencerville (68) and Ada (66).
Ada junior Noah Mattson finished second in the shot put and third in the discus to pace the Bulldog boys. Ada sophomore Michael Crouse also took second in the 400 meters.
Bulldog senior Zachary Breidenbach finished third in the high jump, as did sophomore teammate Alex Morgan in the pole vault. Ada junior Miguel Jordan came in third in the 800 meters.
VW captured first in the girls competition with 115 points, followed by Bath in second (99.5). The Ada girls ended up 11th with 12 points.
Ada sophomore Nora Dellifield tied for second in the pole vault to score seven points and post the top Lady Bulldog finish.
Boys team scores:
1) Van Wert 95.5 points
2) Spencerville 68
3) Ada 66
4) Kenton 65
5) Cory-Rawson 54
6) Carey 51.5
7) Bath 50
8) Bluffton 49
9) Temple Christian 40
10) Mohawk 34
11) Allen East 28
12) Hardin Northern 16
13) Arlington 15
14) Lima Central Catholic 14
15) New Knoxville 7
16) Delphos Jefferson 4
Scoring Ada boys finishes (top 8):
Shot put:
2nd Noah Mattson 49-8.5
400 meters:
2nd Michael Crouse 55.8
5th Skylar Williams 56.63
Discus:
3rd Noah Mattson 132-0
5th Nathan Mattson 112-5
High jump:
3rd Zachary Breidenbach 5-8
4th Ian Dellifield 5-6
800 meters:
3rd Miguel Jordan 2:08.32
Pole vault:
3rd Alex Morgan 10-6
300 hurdles:
6th Alex Morgan 45.4
4x800 relay:
6th 9:13.2 Ada A
1) Crouse, Michael 2) Evans, Reese 3) Hissong, Carson
4) Jordan, Miguel
100 meters:
7th Logan Williams 11.96
110 high hurdles:
7th Alex Morgan 19.22
3200 meters:
7th Reece Evans 11:46.69
4x400 relay:
8th 3:45.71 Ada A
1) Crouse, Michael 2) Morgan, Alex 3) Williams, Logan
4) Jordan, Miguel
Girls team scores:
1) Van Wert 115 points
2) Bath 99.5
3) Kenton 75
4) Carey 71
5) Mohawk 68
6) Spencerville 60.5
7) Arlington 51
8) Bluffton 33
9) LCC 27
10) New Knoxville 21
11) Ada 12
12) Cory-Rawson 10
13) Allen East 9
14) Temple Christian 7
15) Hardin Northern 3
16) Delphos Jefferson 1
Scoring Ada girls finishers (top 8):
Pole vault:
2nd Nora Dellifield 8-6
400 meters:
6th Brenna Hissong 66.3
4x200 relay:
8th 1:57.5 Ada A
1) Ennis, Olivia 2) Hissong, Brenna 3) Guagenti, Kendal
4) Dodge, Braelynn
4x800 relay:
8th 12:04.42 Ada A
1) McLaughlin, Courtney 2) Alexander, Anabel 3) Butterfield, Katie 4) Swick, Morgan
Ada competes in the Northwest Conference championship meet at Spencerville May 10/12. Competition starts Thursday at 4:30 p.m., and resumes Saturday at 10 a.m.
