PHOTO OF THE DAY: THROW DOWN

Raygen Diede, one of the state’s top throwers and a senior at Menno, prepares to give the shot put a heave at the 2022 Region 5B Track Meet in Gayville Thursday, May 19. Diede won both the shot put and the discus as the Menno girls finished third in the team standings.

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