FLYERS INVITE: BEARCAT BOYS FINISH 2ND

Freeman Academy/Marion’s distance runners carried the boys to a runner-up finish at the Flyer Invitational hosted by Freeman Public on a cool afternoon and evening last week. The Bearcats had three medalists in both the 1600 and 3200 and the 3200-meter relay finished second as FA/Marion scored 91 points at the April 22 meet — just six points behind winner Hanson.

Senior Titus Roesler again led the charge with a win in the 3200 and a second-place finish in the 1600; he also anchored the 3200 relay. Roesler’s time of 10:02.19 in the 3200 set a new meet record; the record of 10:27.88 had been set by Freeman Academy’s Thaniel Schroeder in 2016.

Sophomore Jada Koerner was the top finisher for the girls, winning the 1600 and anchoring the 1600-meter relay to a win — a foursome that also included Alivea Weber, Zenovia Butler and Estelle Waltner.

FA/Marion boys

100 – Skylar Hopkins 5th, 11.63; Gavin Haggerty 7th, 11.73

200 – Hopkins 7th, 24.09

400 – Seth Balzer 6th, 56.46

800 – Quincy Blue 3rd, 2:15.17; Connor Epp 5th, 2:19.90; Malachi Myers 7th, 2:22.46

1600 – Titus Roesler 2nd, 4:58.09; Epp 3rd, 5:07.20; Tavin Schroeder 5th, 5:09.20

3200 – Roesler 1st, 10:02.19; Schroeder 3rd, 11:01.86; Tim Epp 4th, 11:43.69

400 relay (Liam Ortman, Haggerty, Jayden Lemons, Hopkins) – 7th, 47.78

1600 relay (Hopkins, Balzer, Blue, Thalen Schroeder) – 3rd, 3:54.27

3200 relay (Payton Arbach, Blue, Thalen Schroeder, Roesler) – 2nd, 8:51.84

Distance medley (Ortman, Lemons, Thalen Schroeder, Arbach) – 4th, 4:07.92

High jump – Thalen Schroeder 4th, 5-04

Discus – Dylan Johansen 6th, 119-02

FA/Marion girls

100 – Zenovia Butler 5th, 13.34

800 – Sonora Myers 7th, 2:59.86

1600 – Jada Koerner 1st, 5:46.88

1600 relay (Butler, Alivea Weber, Estelle Waltner, Koerner) – 3rd, 4:36.12

Distance medley (Weber, Butler, Waltner, Koerner) – 1st, 4:43.06

Long jump – Weber 8th, 14-04