By Cort Reynolds

The Ada High School track and field teams competed in the first day of the annual Northwest Conference championship meet at Crestview Thursday, May 12.

A few final events took place Thursday. Ada junior Courtney Sumner took fourth in the long jump to register the best Lady Bulldog finish of day one. Teammate Olivia Green came in right behind her in fifth.

The Ada girls rank sixth after day one, with the Bulldog boys eighth. Columbus Grove leads both the boys and girls standings.

Most of the event finals take place when the meet resumes Saturday morning.

Scoring Ada finishes:

Women's Long Jump

4 SUMNER, Courtney JR Ada 14'5 1/2" 

5 GREEN, Olivia SR Ada 14'4" 

Men's Pole Vault

5 SWANEY, Seth SR Ada 10'0"

Women's High Jump

6 KING, Mariah SO Ada 4'4"

Women's Pole Vault

6 DILLER, Allison JR Bluffton 7'6"

Women's Shot Put

8 JONES, Kennedy FR Ada 27'9 1/2"

Girls NWC Day 1 Team Scores

1 Columbus Grove 59 points

2 Spencerville 48

3 Leipsic 38

4 Bluffton 22

5 Lincolnview 18

6 Ada 17

7 Jefferson 13

8 Crestview 11

9 Allen East 7

Boys NWC Day 1 Team Scores

1 Columbus Grove 77 points

2 Bluffton 56

3 Crestview 26

4 Leipsic 25

5 Allen East 22

6 Lincolnview 13

7 Spencerville 10

8 Ada 5