FLYER INVITE: FHS BOYS, GIRLS FINISH 6TH
Freeman High School finished sixth in both the boys and girls divisions at the 16-team Flyer Invitational hosted by Freeman Public last week Thursday, April 22. One of the highlights of the meet, held under cool and breezy conditions, was the 400-meter relay team of Evan Scharberg, Collin Helma, Tate Sorensen and Justin Wollman, which broke the meet record with a 45.76 clocking. The previous record of 45.77 was set by Howard in 2002.
Helma also brought home three individual medals — wins in the 100 and 400 and second in the 200.
The Freeman girls were led by Oddy Pankratz, Rijjy Peterson, Maddie Kribell and Mesa Mehlhaf, who each finished second in the high jump, triple jump, shot put and discus.
Freeman boys
100 – Collin Helma 1st, 11.33; Justin Wollman 3rd, 11.55
200 – Helma 2nd, 22.91; Wollman 6th, 23.64
400 – Helma 1st, 51.37
400 relay (Evan Scharberg, Helma, Tate Sorensen, Wollman) – 1st, 45.76
1600 relay (Ethan Balvin, Sorensen, Rocky Ammann, Luke Peters) – 8th, 4:12
Pole vault – Ammann 3rd, 9-00; Jorgen Baer 4th, 8-06
Mixed 400 relay (Mesa Mehlhaf, Blake Rumelhart, Rachel Goossen, Bradey Kaufman) – 5th, 58.70
Boys team totals: 1. Hanson 97, 2. Freeman Academy/Marion 91, 3. Canistota 72, 4. Viborg-Hurley 71, 5. Menno 67, 6. Freeman 59, 7. Irene-Wakonda 53, 8. McCook Central/Montrose 50, 9. Colman-Egan 37, 10. Bridgewater-Emery and Howard (tie) 30, 12. Parker 29, 13. Mitchell Christian 22, 14. Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 20, 15. Tripp-Delmont/Armour 2, Alcester-Hudson 1
Freeman girls
200 – Rijjy Peterson 5th, 28.99
800 – Cara Maske 6th, 2:59.35
3200 – Rylie Gossen 3rd, 13:47.66
300 hurdles – Erin Uecker 7th, 56.21
400 relay (Cami Fransen, Peterson, Ashlin Jacobsen, Oddy Pankratz) – 5th, 56.70
1600 relay (Uecker, Jacobsen, Vaida Ammann, Emily Mendel) – 5th, 4:47.89
3200 relay (Jacobsen, Ammann, Maske, Gossen) – 5th, 11:30.00
High jump – Pankratz 2nd, 4-10
Triple jump – Peterson 2nd, 32-03; Jacobsen 6th, 30-04
Shot put – Maddie Kribell 2nd, 32-5; Rachel Goossen 5th, 31-04; Mesa Mehlhaf 6th, 31-0
Discus – Mehlhaf 2nd, 104-00
Girls team totals: 1. Colman-Egan 130, 2. Parker 96, 3. Menno 95.5, 4. Irene-Wakonda 74.5, 5. Freeman 69, 6. Hanson 54, 7. Howard 49, 8. Alcester-Hudson 40, 9. Freeman Academy/Marion 33, 10. Canistota 30, 11. McCook Central/Montrose 21, 12. Tripp-Delmont/Armour 12, 13. Mitchell Christian 9, 14. Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 7, 15. Viborg-Hurley 6
