Bluffton hosted its first annual Bluffton XC Invitational on Saturday, and the boys ended up on top.
The Tigers were led by Tyler Godwin, Levi Johns, and Jude Baumgartner, who placed 1-3 individually.
In the first-place effort, Bluffton scored 31 points, while Heritage took second with 56 points.
Southern Wells ran as well, finishing fifth with 96 points.
In the girls’ race, Bluffton placed fifth, and Southern Wells ran with an incomplete score with four runners.
Individual placers
Bluffton
Boys: Tyler Godwin finished in first place with a time of 16:38.3, Levi Johns second (16:58.6), Jude Baumgartner third (17:22.5), Ayden Teeple 11th (18:06.9), Aidan Graves 14th (18:16.3), Ryan Schlagenhauf 24th (18:48.2), Jackson Rockwell 25th (18:50.1), Brett Kuhlenbeck 26th (18:53.7), Griffin Linderwell 33rd (19:22.5), Rhett Gerber 41st (19:37.4), Elliott Brown 43rd (19:45.0), Manning Nash 47th (20:13.6), Maksym Vaishevkin 52nd (21:07.9), Owen Left 53rd (21:15.2), Matthew Tierney 54th (21:31.1), Clayton Brubaker 55th (21:59.0), and Dalton Rodgers 62nd (25:15.8).
Girls: Dakota Lee finished in 15th place with a time of 23:00.3, Reagan Harris 24th (24:17.3), Amarah Robles 29th (24:57.1), Kierstynn Reed 31st (25:32.5), Lucia Corkwell 32nd (25:39.8), Alydia Bertsch 38th (29:04.6), and Sophia Mayne 39th (29:50.4).
Southern Wells
Boys: Andrew Aker finished in first place with a time of 17:40.7, Jarin Frauhiger 13th (18:10.6), Kelton Barr 20th (18:37.8), Colter Kiel 23rd (18:46.1), Miles Garrett 35th (19:30.3), Peyton Ellis 39th (19:33.5), Dalton Stephan 40th (19:35.4), Kane Jenkins 44th (20:00.1), Aiden Carroll 51st (20:48.0), Braden Yencer 58th (23:22.0), and Perrin Gates 60th (23:51.0).
Girls: Alexis Leidig finished in 25th place with a time of 24:23.4, Chanie Mounsey 36th (28:00.6), Ella Lahr 37th (28:13.0), and Shaylynn Geesman 40th (30:11.0).
Team results
Boys: Bluffton came in first with a team score of 31 points, Heritage second (56), Hamilton Heights third (73), South Adams fourth (91), Southern Wells fifth (96), Woodlan sixth (145, and Tippecanoe Valley seventh (203).
Girls: Hamilton Heights finished first with a team score of 27, South Adams second (58), Tuooecanoe Valley third (82), Woodlan fourth (88), Bluffton fifth (109), Heritage and Southern Wells incomplete.
The next meet for both the Tigers and Raiders will be at the ACAC meet at Bluffton High School, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 7.
