By Cort Reynolds

FINDLAY - The Ada track and field teams competed at the Div. III northwest district meet Saturday at Findlay High School, with two individuals and one relay team making it to the regionals.

 

The Bulldog boys finished eighth out of 18 scoring teams in the district event with 30 points. The Lady Bulldogs tied with local rival Allen East for 15th place out of 17 sqauds with seven points. 

 

Liberty-Benton won both the boys and girls team titles by wide margins.

 

Ada junior Noah Mattson took second in the shot put Saturday to make it to regionals.  Junior Miguel Jordan also came in fourth in the 800 meters to make it to the Tiffin regionals.

 

The top four finishers in a district event qualified to the Tiffin regionals May 23/25. The Bulldog boys 4 x 800 relay quartet finished fourth in the finals Thursday to also punch a ticket to the regionals.

 

Bulldog senior Zachary Breidenbach finished sixth in the high jump, while junior Brad Clum came in eighth in the same event.

 

Ada senior Logan Williams took sixth in the long jump finals. Mattson also came in seventh in the discus finals Thursday.

 

Ada sophomore Alex Morgan ended up a solid sixth in the 110 high hurdles.

 

Lady Bulldog junior Olivia Ennis took sixth in the 300 hurdles to register the top Ada girls finish.

 

 

Boys district team scores:

1) Liberty-Benton 125 points

2) Elmwood 74

3) McComb 66

4) Kalida 61.5

5) Bluffton 60

6) Van Buren 35

7) Cory-Rawson 33

8) Ada 30

9) Pandora-Gilboa 26

10) Evergreen 23

11) Hardin Northern 21.5

12) North Baltimore 20

13) tie: Riverdale & Arcadia 18

15) Upper Scioto Valley 14

16) tie: Arlington & Allen East 13

18) Leipsic 5

 

 

Scoring Ada boys finishes (top 8 score; top 4 to regionals):

Shot put:

2nd Noah Mattson 50-1

 

800 meters:

4th Miguel Jordan 2:02.28

 

4x800 relay:

4th 8:57.68 Ada A

1) Crouse, Michael 2) Evans, Reese 

3) Hissong, Carson 4) Jordan, Miguel

 

High jump:

6th Zachary Breidenbach 5-8

8th Brad Clum 5-6

 

110 high hurdles:

6th Alex Morgan 17.79

 

Long jump:

6th Logan Williams 19-8.25

 

Discus:

7th Noah Mattson 119-9

 

 

Girls district team scores:

1) Liberty-Benton 133 points

2) Kalida 101

3) Arcadia 61

4) Arlington 54

5) Van Buren 42

6) Pandora-Gilboa 41

7) Bluffton 40

8) Vanlue 36

9) Riverdale 35

10) N. Baltimore 29

11) Upper Scioto Valley 28

12) McComb 20

13) Cory-Rawson 15

14) Elmwood 9

15) Ada & Allen East 7

17) Hardin Northern 2

 

 

Scoring Ada girls finishers (top 8 score; top 4 to regionals):

300 hurdles:

6th Olivia Ennis 51.34

 

4x400 relay:

7th Ada 4:33.34

1) Olivia Ennis  2) Katie Butterfield 

3) Gizem Tanriverdi  4) Kendal Guagenti 

 

4x800 relay:

7th Ada 11:33.85 

1) Abbie James  2) Anabel Alexander 

3) Katie Butterfield  4) Morgan Swick

 

 

Tiffin Columbian High School hosts the Div. III regionals May 23 and May 25.