WOLVES STRONG AT ERV PTAK RELAYS
Menno finished in the top half of the team standings in both the boys and girls divisions of its very own Erv Ptak Relays — one of two home track and field meets being hosted this season by the Wolves. The girls finished third among nine teams and the boys were fifth among 10 at the April 28 meet.
Owen Eitemiller won the pole vault by going 12-7, which according to the top performance list at athletic.net, is the best in Class B, surpassing the 12-6 mark posted by Gayville-Volin’s Andrew Gustad. Four other pole vaulters from Menno placed in the top eight and, counting the girls, the Wolves accounted for eight of the 12 medals awarded in the event.
Eitemiller also finished second in the 110 hurdles, third in the 400 and anchored the 1600 relay to fifth.
Raygen Diede was once again a double-winner for the Wolves, finishing first in the discus with a heave of 130-9 and second in the shot put with a throw of 38-7. Diede has the top Class B showing in the discus and is second in the shot put with a 38-7 — just one inch behind Danielle Hawley of Estelline/Hendricks.
Ashton Massey was also an individual champion for Menno, winning the 300 hurdles in 49.47; she was also third in the 100 hurdles.
Menno’s other winning performance last week came in the 1600 relay as Ashton Massey, Bridget Vaith, Julia Buechler and Kaelie Derby clocked a 4:35.5 — just ahead of Canistota’s time of 4:36.86.
Other top performances at the Erv Ptak Relays included Kadeyn Ulmer, who was second in both the 200 and the 400; and Brayden Sattler, who finished second in the high jump; Bianca Fischer, who was second in the pole vault; and Alana Fergen, who was second in the discus.
Here are all place-winners for the Wolves:
Girls
200 – Madison Schaeffer 7th, 29.83
800 – Zoe Schaeffer 4th, 2:42.93; Ervin Schrock 7th, 3:07.53
1600 – Z. Schaeffer 7th, 6:18.21; Ellyana Ulmer 8th, 6:18.27
3200 – Ashlynn Fergen 6th, 16:03.61
100 hurdles – Ashton Massey 3rd, 16.86; Bridget Vaith 4th, 17.78; Kaelie Derby 6th, 18.21
300 hurdles – Massey 1st, 49.47; Derby 4th, 52.8; Vaith 7th, 53.81
400 relay (Maggie Miller, Elly Fischer, Bianca Fischer, M. Schaeffer) – 6th, 59.7
800 relay (Derby, Julia Buechler, Miller, Josephine Stokes) – 4th, 2:01.69
1600 relay (Massey, Vaith, Buechler, Derby) – 1st, 4:35.5
3200 relay (Ulmer, Z. Schaeffer, Schrock, Fergen) – 3rd, 11:47.28
Medley (Buechler, M. Schaeffer, Kylie Guthmiller, Ulmer) – 5th, 5:25.85
Pole vault – Fischer 2nd, 6-0; Schaeffer 3rd, 5-6; Schrock 4th, 5-0
Triple jump – Massey 2nd, 33-5 ½; Vaith 5th, 31-4; Stokes 8th, 28-7
Shot put – Raygen Diede 1st, 34-10; Alana Fergen 7th, 27-7 ¾
Discus – Diede 1st, 112-0; Fergen 2nd, 103-9; Madelyn Kludt 8th, 85-7
Team totals – Burke 152.5, Sioux Valley 141, Menno 136.5, Centerville 87, Freeman Academy/Marion 55, Canistota 52.5, Viborg-Hurley 37.5, Bridgewater-Emery 21, Sioux Falls Lutheran 15
Boys
100 – Brayden Sattler 6th, 11.52
400 – Kadeyn Ulmer 2nd, 53.83; Owen Eitemiller 3rd, 56.49
800 – K. Ulmer 2nd, 2:10.42; Izayah Ulmer 7th, 2:20.69
110 hurdles – Eitemiller 2nd, 16.07
400 relay (Hunter Masterson, Brayden Kludt, Carter Fischer, Brockton Kocourek) – 8th, 54.62
800 relay (Kocourek, Micah Goehring, Bryce Sattler, Hunter Yosten) – 7th, 1:47.63
1600 relay (Cody Munkvold, Seth Ahalt, K. Ulmer, Eitemiller) – 5th, 3:57.75
3200 relay (Munkvold, Chris Kessler, I. Ulmer, K. Ulmer) – 4th, 9:18.88
Medley (Alex Fischer, Erick Buechler, C. Fischer, William Stokes) – 4th, 4:23.65
High jump – Brayden Sattler 2nd, 5-6
Pole vault – Eitemeiller 1st, 12-7; Isaac Fergen 3rd, 10-6; Masterson 5th, 8-0; Goehring 6th, 8-0; Buechler 8th, 6-6 Shot put – Yosten 6th, 38-11
Discus – Ahalt 7th, 109-5
Team totals – Sioux Valley 145, Burke 117, Viborg-Hurley 114, Freeman Academy/Marion 96, Menno 89, Centerville 56, Bridgewater-Emery 55, Canistota 35, McCrossan 13, Sioux Falls Lutheran 12
