Columbus Grove ran away with both the Boys Girls portion of the Putnam County League Meet held at Ottoville on Friday. The Pirate Girls place 5th with 31 points and were lead by their 4x100m relay team with a second place finish. Paige Lawhorn (100m and 300m Hurdles, 4×100, relay, and Pole Vault) and Andrea Krendl (Shot Put, Discus, 4x100m and 4x200m relays) both placed in four events to lead the Lady Pirates. The boys had double placement in three events (400m – Jacob Williams and Christian Keller, High Jump (Garrett Recker and Caleb Baker), Long Jump (Caleb Baker and Austin Morrison). Sam Bowers (100m, 200m, 4×200 and 4×400 relays) and Owen Troyer (110m and 300m hurdles, 4×200 and 4×400 relays) placed in four event for the Pirate boys. Pirate boys finished 4th overall with 60 points overall.
Girls Results
800m Leah Baker 6th
1600m Leah Baker 5th
100m Hurdles Paige Lawhorn 4th
300m Hurdles Paige Lawhorn 5th
4x100m relay 2nd (Paige Lawhorn, Makenzie Mansfield, Andrea Krendl, Briley Collier)
4x200m Relay 4th (Hanah Troyer, Kristi Fenter, Andrea Krendl, Makenzie Mansfield)
Pole Vault Paige Lawhorn 3rd
Long Jump Kaitlyn Alvarado 5th
Shot Put Andrea Krendl 6th
Discus Andrea Krendl 6th
Girls Overall
1. Columbus Grove 166, 2. Pandora Gilboa 122, 3. Ottoville 114, 4. Leipsic 64, 5. Continental 31, 6. Fort Jennings 19
Boys Results
100m Sam Bowers 4th
200m Sam Bowers 4th
400m Jacob Williams 3rd, Christian Keller 4th
800m Caleb Baker 5th
1600m Garrett Recker 5th
3200 Dean Krendl 4th
100m Hurdles Owen Troyer 6th
300m hurdles Owen Troyer 5th
4x100m Relay 4th (Ronnie Rayle, Austin Morrison, Dean Krendl, Cameron Mason)
4x200m Relay 4th (Christian Keller, Jacob Williams, Owen Troyer, Sam Bowers)
4x400m Relay 3rd (Christian Keller, Owen Troyer, Sam Bowers, Jacob Williams)
High Jump Garrett Recker 3rd, Caleb Baker 5th
Pole Vault Dean Krendl 3rd
Long Jump Caleb Baker 4th, Austin Morrison 5th
Boys Overall
1. Columbus Grove 202, 2. Pandora Gilboa 100, 3. Fort Jennings 65, 4. Continental 60, 5. Ottoville 56, 5. Leipsic 39
–Mike Jones, Sportswriter
