AYERSVILLE: April 26 – The annual Diller Invitational in Ayersville hosted 14 teams on April 26, two of which were the Montpelier Locomotives and the Pettisville Blackbirds.
Neither the Locos or the ‘Birds fielded enough participants to compete in every event on this day, leaving them both scrapping for every point that they could get. In the end, the Blackbirds finished in ninth place with 38 points, while the Locomotives took twelfth with 29.
The following Pettisville and Montpelier finishes were posted by event…
9 – Pettisville – 38
12 – Montpelier – 29
Boys Long Jump
2 – Snyder, Dylan – Montpelier – 20-03.75
Boys High Jump
1 – Dykstra, Austin – Pettisville – 5-11.00
Boys 4×800 Meter Relay
3 – Pettisville – 8:46.30
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries
1 – Snyder, Dylan – Montpelier – 16.00Q
Semi-Finals
2 – Snyder, Dylan – Montpelier – 15.80Q
Finals
4 – Snyder, Dylan – Montpelier – 16.00
Boys 4×200 Meter Relay
6 – Montpelier – 1:37.60
Boys 1600 Meter Run
2 – Lantz, Kyle – Pettisville – 4:40.10
3 – Frey, Dominic – Pettisville – 4:42.20
Boys 4×100 Meter Relay
6 – Montpelier – 46.40
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
Preliminaries

2 – Zuver, Alex – Montpelier – 43.80q
5 – Shaull, Hunter – Montpelier – 45.40q
Finals
3 – Zuver, Alex – Montpelier – 43.00
5 – Shaull, Hunter – Montpelier – 44.50
Boys 3200 Meter Run
5 – Frey, Dominic – Pettisville – 10:40.90
Boys 4×400 Meter Relay

5 – Pettisville – 3:45.70