By Cort Reynolds

TIFFIN - An Ada boys relay team competed in day one of the Div. III track and field regional meet at Tiffin Wednesday evening.

The Bulldog 4 x 800 relay foursome of Michael Crouse, Reece Evans, Carson Hissong and Miguel Jordan finished 13th out of 16 quartets in the finals with a time of 8:48.98.

Liberty Center won the boys regional 4 x 800 relay race in a time of 8:08.03.

Ada junior Noah Mattson has the second-best district qualifying toss (50-1) among the 16-man regional field in the shot put, which will be held Friday.

Junior Miguel Jordan will compete in the 16-man 800 meter race Friday. His district qualifying-time (2:02.28) ranks 14th out of the 16 participating runners.

A top four finish in an event qualifies an athlete or team for the state meet in Columbus next week.

Swanton leads the girls team standings after day one of regionals, while first-place Colonel Crawford is just ahead of Liberty-Benton in the boys standings.

The Div. III regional finals resume Friday, May 25 at Tiffin. Field events start at 5 p.m., with running events at 6 p.m.