Bulldog Grose 7th in regional hurdles
By Cort Reynolds
Several Ada track and field team members competed in the Div. III region 10 meet Wednesday and Friday at Port Clinton.
Sophomore Julian Grose finished seventh in the boys 300-meter hurdle finals to post the top Ada finish after coming in sixth in preliminary heats Wednesday.
Grose tallied the two points Ada scored in the meet.
Lady Bulldog junior Courtney Sumner ended up 12th in the girls long jump finals Friday with a best leap of 14-11.25.
The Ada 4 x 400 girls relay foursome of sophomore Olivia Burkhart, senior Olivia Green, sophomore Mariah King and Sumner finished 11th in the preliminary heats Wednesday to miss making the finals.
The Ada boys 4 x 400 quartet of Chase Caldwell, Rowan West, Trevor McGue and Grose also finished 11th in the prelim heats Wednesday. The top eight teams made it to the finals Friday.
Columbus Grove won the boys team title (83 points), with Bluffton coming in second (68.5).
Colonel Crawford captured the girls regional championship.
ADA REGIONAL MEET FINISHES
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36"
Finals
1 Kellen Schlagbaum 11 Ottoville 39.61
2 Ethan Bogart 12 Bluffton 39.83
3 Carter Herman 10 Edgerton 40.50
4 Jacob Jarret 12 Coll Western 41.01
5 Zach Reynolds 10 Columbus Grove 41.34
6 Garrett Trentman 9 Ottoville 41.61
7 Julian Grose 10 Ada 42.00 42.29
8 Jeffrey Smith 11 Sherwood Fairview 42.62
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles 36"
Preliminaries
1 Ethan Bogart 12 Bluffton 39.60Q
2 Jacob Jarret 12 Coll Western 40.85Q
3 Kellen Schlagbaum 11 Ottoville 40.01Q
4 Carter Herman 10 Edgerton 41.30Q
5 Zach Reynolds 10 Columbus Grove 41.85q
6 Julian Grose 10 Ada 42.00q
7 Jeffrey Smith 11 Sherwood Fairview 42.05q
8 Garrett Trentman 9 Ottoville 42.08q
9 Eli Mora 10 Delta 42.73
10 Cole Anders 11 Tinora 43.46
11 Gaige Mcmichael 12 Antwerp 43.47
12 Cade Mccarthy 12 Danbury 43.65
13 Aidan Beck 12 Coll Western 44.26
14 Aidan Kusser 12 St. Paul 44.27
15 David Forrest 11 St. Paul 46.10
16 Cameron Laney 10 No. Central 49.76
Girls Long Jump
Finals
Place Athlete Class School Seed Finals
1 Shelby Grover 11 Lucas 18-06.50 17-09.50
2 Angela Williams 10 South Centra 17-03.75 16-10.25
3 Katie Ruffener 12 Colonel Craw 17-09.00 16-09.50
4 Ally Schindler 10 Ayersville 16-10.25 J16-09.50
5 Addison Lee 10 Tinora 16-07.50 16-03
6 Peyton Heitmeyer 12 Leipsic 16-07.50 16-02.50
7 Brianna Breier 12 Stryker 16-08.25 16-01.75
8 Rhaegan Marshall 10 Continental 16-02.50 16-01
9 Auhdra Myers 11 Riverdale 16-04.25 15-04
10 Lillian Wiler 10 Arcadia 15-08.50 15-01.25
11 Carly Roth 12 Liberty Cent 16-02.00 15-00.75
12 Kristin Baker 12 Old Fort 16-01.50 14-11.25
12 Courtney Sumner 11 Ada 16-04.00 14-11.25
14 Lilian Runion 9 Woodmore 15-09.00 14-10.50
15 Skylar Turnwald 11 Ottoville 15-10.00 13-09.75
16 Macey Bauder 11 Woodmore 15-10.00 13-06.25
BOYS 4X400 METER RELAY PRELIMS
PLACE TEAM TIME
1 Columbus Grove 3:30.50
2 Bluffton 3:30.51
3 Tinora 3:31.81
4 Archbold 3:31.82
5 Van Buren 3:35.24
6 St. Paul 3:35.91
7 Sherwood Fairview 3:38.26
8 Liberty Center 3:38.83
9 Delta 3:39.04
10 Pettisville 3:39.17
11 Ada 3:43.08
12 Danbury 3:43.44
13 Ottawa Hills 3:44.50
14 Kalida 3:44.93
15 Patrick Henry 3:47.32
16 Maumee Valley Country Day 3:47.38
GIRLS 4X400 METER RELAY PRELIMS
PLACE TEAM TIME
1 Wayne Trace 4:03.54
2 Tiffin Calvert 4:07.60
3 Colonel Crawford 4:09.76
4 Liberty Center
5 Columbus Grove
6 Woodmore 4:12.78
7 Patrick Henry 4:13.92
8 Margaretta 4:16.26
9 Wynford
10 Kalida 4:17.11
11 Ada 4:20.76
12 Ash. Crestview 4:22.25
13 Defiance Tinora 4:23.39
14 Hopewell-Loudon 4:24.32
15 Archbold 4:25.19
16 Seneca East
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