All seven schools in the ACAC competed in the conference meet Friday at Bluffton.
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Notes & Results:
-South Adams freshman Will Patterson ran a PR in the 100 Finals to claim fourth place.
-Heritage junior Marshall Harris won the 200 and ran the best 400 of his career but had to settle for second by .02 seconds as Jude Baumgartner claimed the ACAC title for the Bluffton Tigers. Teammate Cooper Naatz also had a season best and was ninth.
-Caiden Neuenschwander was second to Tyler Godwin of Bluffton in the 800 with a career-best time of 2:02.13. That time would have been just a tenth of a second short of last year’s sectional-winning time.
-Adams Central’s Logan Clark also ran a PR in the 800 and was third.
-Dakota Sprunger of South Adams broke his own personal record to take third place in the 1600. He also ran his best time of the year and was fourth in the 3200.
-Gabe Hanford of Heritage broke the five-minute mark for the first time in his career with his sixth-place finish.
-Mark McKinley (SA) was seventh with a five-minute finish, the best of his career.
-Tytus Lehman (SA) was third with a new career best in the 110 hurdles and won the 300 hurdles with a career best.
-Geremew Gerber (H) ran his career best for a fifth-place finish in the 300 hurdles.
-Heritage was fourth in the 4×100 relay with Ian Hale, Landon Hicks, Greyson Mullins and Braden Walter with a season-best time of 45.77.
-The Starfires also had their best 4×1 time, with Jackson Garcia, Uri Gutierrez, Blake Hoffman and Will Patterson teaming up to come across the line in 47.05.
-South Adams was third in the 4×400, with Ty Lehman, Wyatt Mann, Caiden Neuenschwander and Zach Schwartz finishing in 3:38.36.
-The Starfire 4×8 team made it season bests in all three relays with a runner-up time of 8:39.57. That team was Mann, Neuenschwander, Dakota Sprunger and Deacon Bierbaum.
-Braden Walter was fourth for Heritage in the high jump, clearing 5-08 for the first time in his career.
-Walter won the long jump with a new career mark, breaking the mark he set against South Adams last week by ten inches.
-Charlie Riddle and Logan Teichman finished 1-2 in the shot put for the Patriots.
-Ean Brown of Adams Central set a new PR in the shot and finished fifth.
-Uri Gutierrez won the ACAC crown in a group of talented throwers, coming within a foot of his PR for South Adams.
Team Scores
Bluffton 175, Heritage 97, South Adams 92, Jay County 90.5, Woodlan 74.5, Adams Central 31, Southern Wells 21
100 M Finals
1. Braden Walter-H 11.35
4. Will Patterson-SA 11.61
100 M Prelims
Braden Walter-H 11.44
Will Patterson-SA 11.64
Landon Hicks-H 11.76
Thomas Laughlin-AC 12.14
Peyton Gephart-AC 12.23
Uriel Gutierrez-SA 12.26
200 M Finals
1. Marshall Harris-H 23.26
4. Will Patterson-SA 24.26
7. Zeke Litchfield-H 24.83
200 M Prelims
Marshall Harris-H 23.18
Will Patterson-SA 24.20
Zeke Litchfield-H 24.98
Jackson Garcia-SA 25.11
Peyton Gephart-AC 25.50
Thomas Laughlin-AC 25.63
400 M
1. Jude Baumgartner-B 50.84
2. Marshall Harris-H 50.86
5. Zach Schwartz-SA 55.28
8. Wyatt Mann-SA 55.58
9. Cooper Naatz-H 55.64
11. Nick Smith-AC 59.50
14. Vince Laukhuf-AC 1:07.30
800 M
1. Tyler Godwin-B 2:00.73
2. Caiden Neuenschwander-SA 2:02.13
3. Logan Clark-AC 2:06.71
7. Easton O’Dell-SA 2:10.14
8. Carter Steele-AC 2:13.45
9. Hayden Amstein-H 2:17.31
10. Aaron Baeumler-H 2:18.40
1600 M
1. Tyler Godwin-B 4:44.17
3. Dakota Sprunger-SA 4:53.83
6. Gabe Hanford-H 4:59.93
7. Mark McKinley-SA 5:00.72
8. Logan Clark-AC 5:02.83
10. Carter Steele-AC 5:09.37
11. Hayden Amstein-H 5:10.21
3200 M
1. Tyler Godwin-B 10:15.28
4. Dakota Sprunger-SA 10:37.26
5. Ethan Crockett-AC 10:43.21
6. Trevor Schwartz-AC 10:45.50
8. Deacon Bierbaum-SA 11:01.36
9. Corbin Roth-H 11:05.07
11. Gabe Hanford-H 11:26.55
110 M Hurdle Finals
1. Adam Alig-JC 15.58
3. Tytus Lehman-SA 16.46
5. Geremew Gerber-H 17.28
6. Wes Summersett-SA 17.51
110 M Prelims
Tytus Lehman-SA 16.60
Geremew Gerber-H 17.46
Wes Summersett-SA 18.07
Preston Moore-H 18.60
Gavin Johnson-AC 19.21
300 M Hurdles
1. Tytus Lehman-SA 41.90
5. Geremew Gerber-H 44.93
10. Gavin Johnson-AC 48.23
11. Blake Hoffman-SA 48.40
12. Preston Moore-H 49.41
4×100 Relay
1. Jay County 44.92
Mateo-Gambill-Yowell-Hidy
4. Heritage 45.77
Hale-Hicks-Mullins-Walter
5. South Adams 47.05
Garcia-Gutierrez-Hoffman-Patterson
6. Adams Central 49.11
Johnson-Nussbaum-Gephart-Laughlin
4×400 Relay
1. Bluffton 3:33.86
Kerner-Laishevkin-Hunt-Baumgartner
3. South Adams 3:38.36
Lehman-Mann-Neuenschwander-Schwartz
4. Heritage 3:45.37
Harris-Mullins-Naatz-Gerber
6. Adams Central 3:58.71
Smith-Clark-Schwartz-Johnson
4×800 Relay
1. Bluffton 8:30.76
Baumgartner-Teeple-Johns-Godwin
2. South Adams 8:39.57
Bierbaum-Mann-Neuenschwander-Sprunger
3. Adams Central 8:48.75
Clark-Schwartz-Schwartz-Steele
5. Heritage 9:08.90
Harris-Amstein-Hanford-Roth
High Jump
1. Austin Geimer-B and Eli Bertsch-B 5-10
4. Braden Walter-H 5-08
6. Davian Bates-H 5-06
9. Jackson Garcia-SA 5-02
Long Jump Finals
1. Braden Walter-H 20-07.75
6. Tytus Lehman-SA 18-02.5
9. Wes Summersett-SA 17-07.5
Long Jump Prelims
Braden Walter-H 19-09.25
Tytus Lehman-SA 18-02.5
Wes Summersett-SA 17-07.5
Thomas Laughlin-AC 17-00.75
Zane VanOsdale-H 16-11.5
Nick Smith-AC 15-02.5
Shot Put
1. Charlie Riddle-H 51-10.25
2. Logan Teichman-H 50-05.5
5. Ean Brown-AC 41-09.25
8. Uriel Gutierrez-SA 40-06.75
10. Grant O’Dell-SA 37-04.5
13. Gavin Rumple-AC 32-11.25
Discus
1. Uriel Gutierrez-SA 140-05
3. Logan Teichman-H 130-07
7. Grant O’Dell-SA 113-02
9. Carter Beaver-AC 107-03.5
10. Charlie Riddle-H 105-07
13. Gus Nussbaum-AC 81-01