By Cort Reynolds
SPENCERVILLE - The Ada boys finished a strong fourth and the Lady Bulldogs came in seventh out of nine teams at the two-day Northwest Conference track and field meet in Spencerville Thursday and Saturday.
Columbus Grove swept to both the boys and girls NWC team titles, winning a tight three-team race in the male standings.
The Grove boys narrowly out-pointed Bluffton 111-107 to win the conference crown. Lincolnview was a very close third at 106.5 points, followed by Ada in fourth (96). Allen East was seventh with 36 points.
CG far out-distanced host Spencerville, 202.5-112.5, to win the girls event going away. Lincolnview was third with 90 points. Ada tallied 30.5 to finish just ahead of eighth-place Allen East (24).
Junior Noah Mattson won the shot put title to pace the Ada boys on the first day of competition. He also took second in the discus Saturday to tally 18 individual points.
Bulldog junior Miguel Jordan won the 800 meter race Saturday.
Speedy Ada sprinter Logan Williams came in second in the long jump, and third in the 100 meter dash Saturday. The senior also ended up fourth in the 200 meters to score 19 individual points in the conference meet.
Sophomore Michael Crouse finished second in the 400 meters, as did classmate Alex Morgan in the pole vault. Ada senior Zach Breidenbach finished fourth in the high jump.
The Bulldog boys 4 x 800 relay foursome came in third Thursday.
Sophomore Nora Dellifield finished third in the pole vault to post the top Ada girls showing. Lady Bulldog freshman Brenna Hissong also finished fourth in the 400 meter run.
Boys NWC team scores:
1) Columbus Grove 111 points
2) Bluffton 107
3) Lincolnview 106.5
4) Ada 96.5
5) Spencerville 93
6) Crestview 42
7) Allen East 36
8) tie: Delphos Jefferson & Paulding 32
Top Ada boys finishers:
800 meters:
1st Miguel Jordan 2:06.83
Shot put:
1st Noah Mattson 50-0.5
Discus:
2nd Noah Mattson 138-0
8th Nathan Mattson 114-0
Long jump:
2nd Logan Williams 20-0
3rd Brad Clum 18-10.75
Pole vault:
2nd Alex Morgan 10-6
400 meters prelims:
2nd Michael Crouse 54.56
6th Skylar Williams 56.38
100 meters:
3rd Logan Williams 11.81
4x400 relay:
3rd Ada 3:41.61
1) Michael Crouse 2) 808 Alex Morgan
3) Logan Williams 4) 802 Miguel Jordan
200 meters:
4th Logan Williams 24.06
4x800 relay:
3rd Ada 8:55.25
1) Michael Crouse 2) Reece Evans
3) Carson Hissong 4) Miguel Jordan
High jump:
4th Zachary Breidenbach 5-8
7th Ian Dellifield 5-6
110 high hurdles:
7th Alex Morgan 17.68
8th Daniel Mattson 17.73
3200 meters:
7th Reece Evans 11:22.54
4x200 relay prelims:
8th Ada 1:42.24q
1) Daniel Mattson 2) John Rettig
3) Skylar Williams 4) Brad Clum
Girls NWC team scores:
1) Columbus Grove 202.5 points
2) Spencerville 112.5
3) Lincolnview 90
4) Bluffton 79.5
5) Paulding 67
6) Crestview 34.5
7) Ada 30.5
8) Allen East 24
9) Jefferson 19.5
Top Ada girls finishers:
Pole vault:
3rd Nora Dellifield 9-6
400 meters:
4th Brenna Hissong 65.04
4x800 relay:
5th Ada 11:43.46
1) Courtney McLaughlin 2) Anabel Alexander
3) Katie Butterfield 4) Morgan Swick
300 hurdles:
5th Olivia Ennis 51.32
4x200 relay:
6th Ada 1:57.42 3
1) Olivia Ennis 2) Brenna Hissong
3) Kendal Guagenti 4) Braelynn Dodge
3200 meters:
7th Morgan Swick 14:57.63
High jump:
7th Paige Cole 4-4
100 meter hurdles:
7th Caitlyn Stover 18.62
4x400 relay:
7th Ada 4:34.5
1) Olivia Ennis 2) Katie Butterfield
3) Gizem Tanriverdi 4) Brenna Hissong
4x100 relay:
8th Ada 58.29 1
1) Gizem Tanriverdi 2) 873 Hailey Callahan
3) Katie Butterfield 4) 853 Kendal Guagenti
The Div. III district meet is this Thursday (May 17) and Satur
