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The Bluffton Tigers used their depth to take care of both Heritage and South Adams Tuesday in track & field.
The Patriots and Starfires shared second place with 38 points each.
All three teams will be back at Bluffton Friday night for the annual ACAC meet.
Notes & Results:
-Caiden Neuenschwander tried his hand at the 200 and the 400 and set personal bests in both events for the Starfires.
-Wyatt Mann (SA) had a tough task in the 800 facing Tyler Godwin and Levi Johns, but his third-place finish was still his best of the year and just a second away from his PR. Mann missed out on second place by .01 seconds.
-Aaron Baeumler (H) ran a PR and took fifth in the 800.
-South Adams’ Dakota Sprunger was sixth with a season best in the 800. Sprunger won the mile and equalled his PR, beating out Bluffton freshman Aidan Graves by three seconds.
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-Gabe Hanford (H) was fourth for the Patriots in the 1600 with a season-best time of 5:01.01.
-Deacon Bierbaum set season bests in the 1600 and in the 3200, which he won in 10:59.27 for South Adams.
-Tytus Lehman (SA) ran his best 100 hurdles in his career and finished second to Bluffton’s top hurdler (Andrew Hunt).
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-The Starfires’ 4×100 relay team of Jackson Garcia, Uriel Gutierrez, Blake Hoffman and Will Patterson produced the best time of the season so far for South Adams, finishing second in 46.65.
-Tytus Lehman also set a PR in the high jump. He took fifth place by clearing 5′ 4″. Lehman also set a new PR in the long jump.
-It was an all-around good night for the Patriots in the long jump pit. With Piper Pierce setting a new career mark on the girls’ side, they also got one from the boys’ side when Braden Walter went 19-09.75″, the longest distance of any long jumper in Z Land this season.
-Charlie Riddle swept the throwing events for Heritage.
-Heritage teammate Wyatt Garland was third with a new PR in the discus.
-Grant O’Dell (SA) was tenth in the discus with a new PR of 104′ 1″.
Team Scores
Bluffton 80, Heritage & South Adams 38
100 M
1. Alex Mechling-B 11.86
2. Will Patterson-SA 11.89
4. Ian Hale-H 12.03
6. Zeke Litchfield-H 12.21
7. Kilian McBride-H 12.32
8. Taurean Brown-H 12.53
10. Zane Van Osdale-H 12.61
200 M
1. Will Patterson-SA 24.77
2. Isaiah San Juan-B 24.78
4. Zeke Litchfield-H 25.09
5. Caiden Neuenschwander-SA 25.10
8. Eli Tigulis-H 26.37
400 M
1. Jude Baumgartner-B 51.46
2. Marshall Harris-H 51.73
3. Caiden Neuenschwander-SA 54.04
5. Zach Schwartz-SA 55.69
7. Eli Tigulis-H 58.39
10. Wyatt Wimmer-SA 1:03.14
800 M
1. Tyler Godwin-B 2:09.28
2. Levi Johns-B 2:13.02
3. Wyatt Mann-SA 2:13.03
5. Aaron Baeumler-H 2:16.91
6. Dakota Sprunger-SA 2:17.29
7. Mark McKinley-SA 2:17.66
8. Easton O’Dell-SA 2:18.97
9. Gavin Litwiller-SA 2:26.16
1600 M
1. Dakota Sprunger-SA 4:54.74
2. Aidan Graves-B 4:57.14
4. Gabriel Hanford-H 5:01.01
5. Mark McKinley-SA 5:03.93
7. Deacon Bierbaum-SA 5:11.56
8. Aaron Baeumler-H 5:11.59
9. Corbin Roth-H 5:17.65
10. Carson Laux-SA 5:19.90
3200 M
1. Deacon Bierbaum-SA 10:59.27
2. Gabriel Hanford-H 11:05.24
4. Carson Laux-SA 11:47.67
8. Daniel Rupp-SA 12:40.92
110 M Hurdles
1. Andrew Hunt-B 16.10
2. Tytus Lehman-SA 16.53
3. Geremew Gerber-H 17.34
4. Wes Summersett-SA 17.53
6. Preston Moore-H 18.29
8. Davian Bates-H 20.76
300 M Hurdles
1. Andrew Hunt-B 42.77
2. Tytus Lehman-SA 44.98
4. Geremew Gerber-H 46.91
6. Preston Moore-H 50.02
7. Blake Hoffman-SA 50.39
9. Wes Summersett-SA 51.90
10. Kanarion Boykin-H 54.60
4×100 Relay
1. Bluffton 46.17
2. South Adams 46.65
Heritage DNF
4×400 Relay
1. Bluffton 3:38.20
2. Heritage 3:40.51
Gerber-Mullins-Naatz-Harris
4. South Adams 3:45.63
Garcia-Mann-Neuenschwander-Schwartz
4×800 Relay
1. Bluffton 8:43.54
2. South Adams 8:48.23
Bierbaum-Mann-Neuenschwander-Sprunger
3. Heritage 9:08.46
Amstein-Baeumler-Roth-Hanford
High Jump
1. Eli Bertsch-B 5-10
3. Davian Bates-H 5-06
5. Tytus Lehman-SA 5-04
6. Jackson Garcia-SA 5-02
7. Cooper Naatz-H 5-00
9. Alex Mantle-H 5-00
Long Jump
1. Trey Bustos-B 20-05
2. Braden Walter-H 19-09.75
3. Tytus Lehman-SA 19-05.75
5. Zane VanOsdale-H 18-03.5
6. Wes Summersett-SA 18-02
7. Jackson Garcia-SA 18-00.5
8. Taurean Brown-H 17-08.75
Shot Put
1. Charlie Riddle-H 54-08.5
2. Johnny Cruz-B 48-05.5
3. Logan Teichman-H 46-06.5
6. Wyatt Garland-H 39-04.5
7. Leelin Bergman-H 38-01.25
9. Uri Gutierrez-SA 36-10.5
11. Perry Hilty-SA 36-01.25
Discus
1. Charlie Riddle-H 138-08
2. Drayvin Shoemaker-B 135-01
3. Wyatt Garland-H 126-02
4. Brock Taylor-H 120-08
5. Culvin Gilbert-H 114-04
7. Oliver Riley-H 105-08
9. Leelin Bergman-H 104-07
10. Grant O’Dell-SA 104-01