FLYER INVITE: EDELMAN, DIEDE, MUNKVOLD LEAD MENNO GIRLS

Morgan Edelman, Raygen Diede and Jesse Munkvold earned five gold medals to lead the Menno girls to third place in the 15-team field at the Flyers Invitational hosted by Freeman Public last week Thursday, April 22. Edelman won the 800 and the pole vault, Diede won the discus and the shot put while Munkvold was the champion in the 100 hurdles.

Edelman’s height of 9-0 in the pole vault tied a Flyer Invitational meet record; the Menno senior holds that record with Hanson’s Brigitte Gross, who cleared 9-0 in 2009.

Edelman and Munkvold also finished second in the 400 and 300 hurdles, respectively.

Brady Fergen led the Menno boys to fifth place in the team standings with three individual medals; he finished first in the pole vault, second in the 300 hurdles and third in the 110 hurdles. Tyler Massey won the triple jump while Isaac Fergen was the runner-up in the pole vault.

Menno girls

400 – Morgan Edelman 2nd, 1:04.42

800 – Edelman 1st, 2:36.16; Ellyana Ulmer 8th, 3:01.29

100 hurdles – Jesse Munkvold 1st, 16.35; Bridget Vaith 4th, 19.14; Kaelie Derby 6th, 19.36

300 hurdles – Munkvold 2nd, 51.59

1600 relay (Derby, Julia Buechler, Carly Herrboldt, Ashton Massey) – 8th, 5:01.55

3200 relay (Edelman, Herrboldt, Ulmer, Massey) – 2nd, 11:04.00

Distance medley (Buechler, Vaith, Massey, Herrboldt) – 8th, 5:14.48

Pole vault – Edelman 1st, 9-00; Bianca Fischer 4th, 5-06

Triple jump – Vaith 7th, 29-10 ½

Shot put – Raygen Diede 1st, 34-11

Discus – Diede 1st, 120-09; Alana Fergen 5th, 95-03

Menno boys

110 hurdles – Brady Fergen 3rd, 17.25; Owen Eitemiller 4th, 17.37

300 hurdles – Fergen 2nd, 43.97; Eitemiller 4th, 45.76

1600 relay (Tyler Massey, Eitemiller, Kadeyn Ulmer, Weston Freier) – 4th, 3:58.17

3200 relay (Ulmer, Chris Kessler, Isaac Fergen, Julius Carr) – 5th, 9:29.05

Distance medley (Brandon Ahalt, Freier, Massey, Ulmer) – 3rd, 4:07.29

Pole vault – Fergen 1st, 11-06; Isaac Fergen 2nd, 9-06

Triple jump – Massey 1st, 39-10 ¼

Mixed 400 relay (Diede, Madelyn Kludt, Seth Ahalt, Cody Munkvold) – 7th, 59.19