FAM TRACK: SCHROEDER LEADS BOYS TO WIN AT CENTERVILLE
Competing in their second track meet of the season, the Freeman Academy/Marion boys won at the Centerville Relays held under bluster conditions Tuesday, April 12, while the Bearcat girls finished fourth in the nine-team competition.
The boys won over Webster Area 120 to 113 and were paced by Tavin Schoreder, who won both the 1600 and 3200; Dylan Johansen, who won the discus; Thalen Schoreder, who won the high jump; and the 3200 relay team of Malachi Myers, Finley McConniel, Seth Balzer and Thalen Schroeder, who finished first by 13 seconds.
The FAM girls were led by Jada Koerner’s win in the 1600 and the 400 and 800 relay teams of Alivea Weber, Alexa Gortmaker, Emma McConniel and Sonora Myers, which both finished first.
Here are all the place-winners from Freeman Academy/Marion at Centerville:
BOYS
100 – Keaton Preheim 3rd, 11.6
200 – Preheim 2nd, 23.6
400 – Quincy Blue 4th, 55.5
800 – Elshadai Mesfin 2nd, 2:27; Liam Ortman 3rd, 2:27.1
1600 – Tavin Scroeder 1st, 5:06.05; Finley McConniel 4th, 5:19.8
3200 – Schroeder 1st, 11:08.9; Malachi Myers 2nd, 11:22.9; McConniel 4th, 11:43.4
400 relay (Darion Fore, Jose Lastra, Oscar Barrera, Preheim) 3rd, 50.2
800 relay (Fore, Lastra, Barrera, Ortman) 5th, 1:48
1600 relay (Seth Balzer, Ortman, Thalen Schroeder, Blue) 3rd, 3:55.5
3200 relay (Myers, McConniel, Balzer, Thalen Schroeder) 1st, 9:10.7
Sprint medley (Preheim, Blaer, Lastra, Barrera) 5th, 4:16
Shot put – Dylan Johansen 3rd, 41-11 ½
Discus – Johansen 1st, 138-3
High jump – Thalen Schroeder 1st, 5-10
Boys team totals: Freeman Academy/Marion 120, Webster Area 113, Viborg-Hurley 110.33, Menno 101, Irene-Wakonda 74, Centerville 48.66, Gayville-Volin 39, Sioux Falls Lutheran 9, Scotland 2
GIRLS
800 – Estelle Waltner 2nd, 1:33.7; Isabelle McConniel 8th, 2:58.7
1600 – Jada Koerner 1st, 5:51.9
3200 – Hadley Luke 2nd, 13:05.7; Koerner 5th, 16:33.1
300 hurdles – Waltner 3rd, 53.7
400 relay (Alivea Weber, Alexa Gortmaker, Emma McConniel, Sonora Myers) 1st, 55.8
800 relay (Weber, Gortmaker, McConniel, Myers) 1st, 2:00.02
1600 relay (Weber, Myers, McConniel, Waltner) 2nd, 4:38
Sprint medley (Fortmaker, Koerner, McConniel, Myers) 4th, 5:00
Long jump – Weber 4th, 14-5
Girls team totals: Centerville 191, Menno 90, Scotland 75, Freeman Academy/Marion 70, Webster Area 69, Irene-Wakonda 50, Viborg-Hurley 29, Gayville-Volin 25, Sioux Falls Lutheran 15.
