{"id":41080,"date":"2026-10-12T19:18:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=41080"},"modified":"2026-10-12T19:18:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T23:18:29","slug":"bluffton-sweeps-acac-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/12\/bluffton-sweeps-acac-races\/","title":{"rendered":"Bluffton sweeps ACAC races"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The seven schools in the ACAC held one last conference meet before a big change comes in 2027 and the Bluffton Tigers swept both team races, along with the individual title in the girls’ race. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference will have an extremely different look when one of the state’s elite running programs at Concordia Lutheran joins the ACAC. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bluffton and Jay County tied for the title in the boys’ race, but the Tigers had the tiebreaker. Adams Central had to watch from a distance as they ran without their best runner, Tyler Schwartz. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Jets certainly would have been contenders for the team title with Schwartz, whose time in last year’s ACAC (18:23.00) would have easily put him in the Top 10. His season best of 17:46.50 would have been good enough for second place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite missing Schwartz, the Jets still had a good day, with Isaiah Bedwell shaving a few tenths off his career best and the pair of Trevor Chamberlain and Henry Michaels making major cuts to their PRs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The South Adams Starfires were also without two runners (Maddox Miller and Zhayne Wagner), but they did get an outstanding race from Carson Laux, who took his PR (18:10 at Marion in mid-September) and cut 17.5 seconds for a fourth-place finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jacob Heflin cut 20 seconds and Jamison Patterson cut 46 seconds for the Stars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage ran with just five boys and had to settle for seventh. Top finisher Alex Smith slashed a whopping 40 seconds from his career mark and Luke Dillon was 64 seconds faster than his PR. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the girls’ race, Abigail Ramseyer led a trio of Bluffton Tigers across the finish line for a 1-2-3 finish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage beat out Adams Central by one point for fourth place thanks to a great race by Caelin Voglewede, who led Emily High on a career pace. Voglewede finished in 22:15 and High was right behind her with a 16-second cut to her career mark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Heritage got new PRs from a host of runners: Lily Hoting, Audrey Meyer, Quinn Hissong, Kendra Rothgeb, Dakota Brames, Rebecca McDaniel and Madison High. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Adams’ Aleena Bierbaum had a career race, cutting 53 seconds from her previous best, set at IWU back in September. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams Central had several highlights in the girls’ race, with Lexi Linder coming in under the 23-minute mark for a cut of 44 seconds from her career mark. Haley Jauregui and Ava Powell also had career bests. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boys’ Meet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Scores: 1st-Bluffton 57, 2nd-Jay County 57, 3rd-Adams Central 76, 4th-Southern Wells 95, 5th-Woodlan 108, 6th-South Adams 116, 7th-Heritage 158<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Ten Individuals<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st-Caleb Garringer-JC 16:52.90<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd-Alex Rivers-JC 17:46.91<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd-Aidan Graves-Bluffton 17:49.41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th-Carson Laux-SA 17:52.80<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5th-Case Neuenschwander-Bluffton 17:53.80<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th-Xander Wagner-Woodlan 17:56.70<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7th-Isaiah Bedwell-AC 18:00.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th-Trevor Chamberlain-AC 18:13.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th-Kelton Barr-SW 18:23.50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th-Grant Glentzner-JC 18:26.50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams Central Places & Times: 7th-Isaiah Bedwell 18:00.00, 8th-Trevor Chamberlain 18:13.00, 14th-Henry Michaels 18:33.50, 18th-Preston Hoffman 18:49.41, 29th-Phillip Bayer 19:45.30, 39th-Corbin Houk 20:34.41<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Adams Places & Times: 4th-Carson Laux 17:52.80, 20th-Jacob Heflin 18:51.50, 22nd-Gabe Peralez 19:14.50, 27th-Daniel Rupp 19:43.70, 50th-Benjamin Rupp 23:04.20, 51st-Jamison Patterson 23:12.10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Places & Times: 19th-Alex Smith 18:49.60, 23rd-Julius Garrido 19:24.20, 37th-Gavin Juricak 20:18.80, 38th-William Voglewede 20:32.00, 46th-Luke Dillion 22:28.10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Girls’ Meet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Team Scores: 1st-Bluffton 34, 2nd-Southern Wells 51, 3rd-Woodlan 70, 4th-Heritage 88, 5th-Adams Central 89<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Top Ten Finishers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1st-Abigail Ramseyer-Bluffton 19:08.50<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2nd-Cora Kunkel-Bluffton 19:54.10<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3rd-Erin Ramseyer-Bluffton 20:09.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4th-Ava May-JC 20:55.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5th-Tenley Fiechter-SW 21:19.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th-Aubree Neuenschwander-SW 21:28.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7th-Abby Fifer-JC 21:30.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8th-Brooklynn Byrum-JC 21:53.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9th-Eva Koch-Woodlan 21:57.40<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10th-Adi Rumschlag-AC 21:57.60<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heritage Places & Times: 12th-Caelin Voglewede 22:15.50, 14th-Emily High 22:19.40, 26th-Dakota Brames 23:29.50, 28th-Lily Hoting 23:30.80, 31st-Kendra Rothgeb 23:33.60, 35th-Ava Gerber 24:15.10, 39th-Cortney Moake 24:34.00, Quinn Hissong 24:34.10, Rebecca McDaniel 25:46.60, Elise Hissong 26:00.60, Audrey Meyer 26:23.20, Madison High 29:17.40, Adalina Bacon 30:34.20<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Adams Central Places & Times: 10th-Adi Rumschlag 21:57.60, 21st-Haley Jauregui 23:17.90, 23rd-Nola Ortiz 23:23.80, 25th-Lexi Linder 23:29.30, 33rd-Hailey Brune 23:53.10, 43rd-Ava Powell 24:41.90<\/p>\n\n\n\n

South Adams Places & Times: 11th-Hadley Sprunger 22:09.70, 18th-Adalynn Watson 23:01.10, 37th-Aleena Bierbaum 24:21.50<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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