REGION 5B TRACK: FAM BOYS 2ND, MENNO GIRLS 3RD

The Freeman Academy/Marion boys finished second and the Menno girls third at a warm and windy Region 5B Track Meet at Gayville Thursday, May 19.

The Bearcats were the runners-up with 118 points, well behind Viborg-Hurley’s 155.

FAM was once again led by the middle distance and distance runners: Thalen Schroeder, Malachi Myers and Elshadai Mesfin went 1-2-3 in the 800; Tavin Schroeder won both the 1600 and 3200; Finley McConniel was second in the 3200; and the 3200 relay team of Quincy Blue, Myers, Oscar Barrera and Masfin finished first. Thalen Schroeder also won the high jump and Dylan Johansen was second in the discus.

For the Wolves, the girls saw a number of strong finishes to help lift them to 108 team points, behind only Irene-Wakonda’s 133 and Centerville’s 136.5.

Ashton Massey, Bridget Vaith and Kaelie Derby went 1-2-3 in the 100 hurdles; Massey and Vaith finished first and second in the triple jump; and Raygen Diede was a double winner for the Wolves, outthrowing the field in both the shot put and the discus.

The Freeman Public girls and Menno boys both finished fifth in the nine-team meet.

The Flyers were led by Rylee Peters, a seventh grader who won the 300 hurdles in her first time competing in the event; and the Freeman girls sprint medley relay team of Peters, Cami Fransen, Kate Miller and Ashlin Jacobsen finished second.

The Wolves were led by Owen Eitemiller, the champion in the pole vault; and the 4×400 relay team of Brayden Sattler, Kadeyn Ulmer, Bryce Sattler and Eitemiller, which finished second.

For the Freeman Public boys, Justin Wollman turned in the top performance with a second-place finish in the 200 and the 4×100 relay team of Evan Scharberg, Tate Sorensen, Luke Peters and Wollman finished second.

The Freeman Academy/Marion girls ran to first place in two relays: The 4×400 team of Estelle Waltner, Sonora Myers, Emma McConniel and Jada Koerner finished first, as did the sprint medley relay team of Alivea Weber, McConniel, Waltner and Koerner.

Koerner was also second in the 1600.

The top 24 performances in each event will compete at next week’s state meet in Sioux Falls. The South Dakota High School Activities Association had not finalized that list as of Thursday evening.

The top performance lists as it was last updated can be found here.

Here’s a look at all the top-eight finishes from Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno at Thursday’s region meet.

FAM boys

400 – Quincy Blue 4th, 53.91; Liam Ortman 5th, 55.69

800 – Thalen Schroeder 1st, 2:02.79; Malachi Myers 2nd, 2:12.83; Elshadai Msftin 3rd, 2:15.02

1600 – Tavin Schroeder 1st, 4:48.11

3200 – Tavin Schroeder 1st, 10:51.09; Finley McConniel 2nd, 10:53.96; Hayden Schmidt 6th, 13:30.10

400 relay (Dominic Sperling, Taylor Goodwin, Jose Lastra, Karter Weber) – 7thg, 51.66

800 relay (Sperling, Goodwin, Lastra, Weber) – 6th, 1:46.24

1600 relay (Ortman, Myers, Blue, Thalen Schroeder) – 3rd, 3:43.83

3200 relay (Blue, Myers, Oscar Barrera, Mesfin) – 1st, 8:59.94

Medley (Sperling, Goodwin, Weber, Barrera) – 4th, 4:17.89

High jump – Thalen Schroeder 1st, 5-11; Weber 7th, 5-1; Jackson Donlan 8th, 4-11

Shot put – Dylan Johansen 3rd, 44-10 ¼

Discus – Johansen 2nd, 120-9

FAM girls

1600 – Jada Koerner 2nd, 5:40.6

400 relay (Alivea Weber, Alexa Gortmaker, Elizabeth Piehel, Emma McConniel) – 4th, 55.61

800 relay (Weber, Gortmaker, Piehel, Sonora Myers) – 7th, 2:00.23

1600 relay (Estelle Waltner, Myers, McConniel, Koerner) – 1st, 4:22.67

3200 relay (Waltner, Piehel, McConniel, Myers) – 2nd, 11:01.42

Medley (Weber, McConniel, Waltner, Koerner) – 1st, 4:33.87

Freeman boys

100 – Justin Wollman 4th, 12.13

200 – Wollman 2nd, 23.87; Tate Sorensen 7th, 25.03

110 hurdles – Dawson Munkvold 3rd, 16.88

300 hurdles – Munkvold 4th, 44.52

400 relay (Evan Scharberg, Sorensen, Luke Peters, Wollman) – 2nd, 48.13

800 relay (Scharberg, Sorensen, Peters, Wollman) – 3rd, 1:38.51

Pole vault – Jorgen Baer 4th, 10-9

Long jump – Ethan Balvin 6th, 16-10 ½

Triple jump – Balvin 7th, 34-8 ¾

Freeman girls

100 – Korie Ortman 7th, 14.64

400 – Kate Miller 4th, 1:03.78; Vaida Ammann 5th, 1:08.76; Emily Mendel 8th, 1:09.93

800 – Peyton McCune 6th, 2:49.81; Rylie Gossen 8th, 2:50.28

100 hurdles – Cami Fransen 6th, 18.77; Erin Uecker 8th, 19.49

300 hurdles – Rylee Peters 1st, 49.72; Cadence Hofer 5th, 54.57; Uecker 6th, 55.76

400 relay (Fransen, Hofer, Uecker, Mendel) – 6th, 56.94

800 relay (Fransen, Miller, Ashlin Jacobsen, Peters) – 4th, 1:57.8

1600 relay (Hofer, Jacobsen, Ammann, Peters) – 5th, 4:30.57

3200 relay (McCune, Claire Loofbourrow, Gossen, Jacobsen) – 3rd, 11:10.56

Medley (Peters, Fransen, Miller, Jacobsen) – 2nd, 4:41.34

Triple jump – Mendel 3rd, 13-9; Hofer 6th, 29-5 ½

Shot put – Justice Mehlhaf 8th, 30-1

Menno boys

100 – Brayden Sattler 3rd, 12.06; Hunter Masterson 8th, 12.65

400 – Kadeyn Ulmer 3rd, 53.79; Bryce Sattler 8th, 57.16

800 – Izayah Ulmer 7th, 2:26.84

1600 – I. Ulmer 3rd, 5:28.56

3200 – Rylan Derby 7th, 13:36.63

110 hurdles – Owen Eitemiller 4th, 17.51

300 hurdles – Erick Buechler 8th, 50.40

400 relay – 4th, 49.82

800 relay – 4th, 1:39.18

1600 relay (Brayden Sattler, Ulmer, Bryce Sattler, Eitemiller) – 2nd, 3:39.09

3200 relay (Bryce Sattler, Isaac Fergen, I. Ulmer, Chris Kessler) – 4th, 9:26.46

Medley (Fergen, Kessler, Masterson, Trent Guthmiller) – 3rd, 4:15.14

High jump – Brayden Sattler 4th, 5-7

Pole vault – Eitemiller 1st, 11-9; Fergen 5th, 10-3

Long jump – Guthmiller 5th, 17-0

Triple jump – Guthmiller 6th, 35-2

Menno girls

100 – Madison Schaeffer 8th, 14.77

200 – Schaeffer 8th, 30.43

800 – Zoe Schaeffer 5th, 2:48.61; Ellyana Ulmer 7th, 2:50.20

1600 – Ulmer 4th, 6:03.60; Z. Schaeffer 6th, 6:07.10

100 hurdles – Ashton Massey 1st, 16.53; Bridget Vaith 2nd, 17.14; Kaelie Derby 3rd, 17.17

400 relay (M. Schaeffer, Julia Buechler, Maggie Miller, Josephine Stokes) – 8th, 57.49

800 relay (Buechler, Kerby, Miller, Stokes) – 8th, 2:01.46

1600 relay (Derby, Vaith, Buechler, Massey) – 6th, 4:32.07

3200 relay (Ulmer, Ervin Schrock, Kylie Guthmiller, Z. Schaeffer) – 5th, 11:19.79

Medley (Buechler, Derby, Vaith, Massey) – 3rd, 4:41.97

High jump – Lexie McNinch 6th, 4-3

Pole vault – Schrock 5th, 6-9; M. Schaeffer 6th, 6-9)

Long jump – Stokes 7th, 14-2 ½

Triple jump – Massey 1st, 34-3; Vaith 2nd, 32-8 ¾

Shot put – Raygen Diede 1st, 38-0

Discus – Diede 1st, 119-7; Alana Fergen 6th, 99-8

Boys team totals

Viborg-Hurley 155

Freeman Academy/Marion 118

Centerville 87

Irene-Wakonda 87

Menno 85

Gayville-Volin 80

Alcester-Hudson 51

Freeman 50

Scotland 15

Girls team totals

Centerville 136.5

Irene-Wakonda 133

Menno 108

Gayville-Volin 78.5

Freeman 73

Alcester-Hudson 65

Scotland 60

Freeman Academy/Marion 43

Viborg-Hurley 37