FAM BOYS FINISH 3RD; THE STATE-MEET RUNDOWN
For the Freeman Academy/Marion boys track team, the 2022 State Track Meet started and ended just about as well as could be imagined.
The Bearcats opened the three-day event at Howard Wood Field on Thursday morning, May 26 with a win in 4×800 relay and, when it was all over on Saturday afternoon, walked away with third place team finish in the Class B division. FAM finished with 42 points; Ipswich was second with 45 and Chester Area ran away with the team title by scoring 86 points.
For Freeman Academy/Marion, the hours in-between that great start and somewhat surprising finish produced a host of outstanding performances that included a runner-up finish in the medley relay.
And it wasn’t just the Bearcat boys who did well. A number of other student-athletes from FA/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno turned in medal-winning performances, including a pair of third-place finishes from Freeman Public seventh grader Rylee Peters and three individual medals earned by Menno sophomore Ashton Massey.
Here’s the rundown:
FAM boys
1st: Boys 4×800 relay (Quincy Blue, Malachi Myers, Tavin Schroeder, Thalen Schroeder), 8:22.75 (10 points)
2nd: Boys medley relay (Liam Ortman, Taylor Goodwin, Blue, Thalen Schroeder), 3:46.71 (8 points)
2nd (tie): Thalen Schroeder, high jump, 6-2 (7 points)
3rd: Tavin Schroeder, 3200, 10:07.98 (6 points)
3rd: Tavin Schroeder, 1600, 4:38.35 (6 points)
4th: Thalen Schroeder, 800, 2:02.84 (6 points)
DNP: Dylan Johansen – shot put, 11th (47-2 ¼); discus, 15th (126-6); Finley McConniel – 3200, 18th (10:58.74); Blue – 400, 20th (54.78); 4×400 team of Ortman, Seth Balzer, Myers, Oscar Bararra – 21st, 3:47.46; 4×200 team of Dominic Sterling, Taylor Goodwin, Jackson Donlan, Karter Weber (did not finish)
FAM girls
5th: 4×800 relay (Estelle Waltner, Emma McConniel, Sonora Myers, Jada Koerner), 10:10.34
5th: Medley relay (Alivea Weber, Myers, McConniel, Waltner), 4:29.33
5th: Koerner, 3200, 12:08.09
7th: Waltner, 800, 2:25.05
8th: Koerner, 800, 2:27.12
DNP: 4×400 team of Weber, Myers, McConniel, Waltner – 19th (4:26.18); McConniel – 100, 23rd, 13.76;
Freeman Public
3rd: Rylee Peters, 100 hurdles, 15.94
3rd: Peters, 300 hurdles, 47.72
4th: Dawson Munkvold, 110 hurdles, 16.23
8th (tie): Joey Baer, pole vault, 11-0
DNP: Munkvold – 300 hurdles, 12th; Girls 4×400 team of Miller, Jacobsen, Vaida Ammann, Peters – 13th (4:24.75); Girls medley relay team of Cami Fransen, Peters, Kate Miller, Ashlin Jacobsen – 16th (4:37.59); Emily Mendel – triple jump, 20th, 31-01 ¼; Justin Wollman – 100, 20th (12.01); 200, 20th (24.42); Miller, 400, 21st (1:04.56)
Menno
2nd: Raygen Diede, shot put, 38-3 ½
3rd: Owen Eitemiller, pole vault, 13-3
4th: Ashton Massey, triple jump, 33-02
4th: Massey, 100 hurdles, 16.55
5th: Massey, 300 hurdles, 48.33
6th: Diede, discus, 114-09
7th: Kadyn Ulmer, 800, 2:04.53
8th (tie): Isaac Fergen, pole vault, 11-0
DNP: Oitemiller – 110 hurdles, 9th (16.78); Kaelie Derby – 100 hurdles, 9th (16.77); Alana Fergen – discus, 9th (107-07); Boys medley relay team of Brayden Sattler, Bryce Sattler, Eitemiller, Kadeyn Ulmer – 12th (3:51.58); Boys 4×400 relay team of Brayden Sattler, Bryce Sattler, Eitemiller, Isayah Ulmer) – 15th (3:44.02); Girls 4×800 relay team of Massey, Eleyana Ulmer, Ervin Schrock, Zoe Schaeffer) – 16th (10:32.17); Bridget Vaith – 18th, 100 hurdles (17.52); 18th, 300 hurdles (52.38); 21st, triple jump (30-10 ¾); Brayden Sattler – 100, 23rd (12.09); Boys 4×800 relay team of Cody Munkvold, Chris Kessler, I. Ulmer, K. Ulmer – 23rd (9:27.38); Brayden Sattler – high jump (no height); Bianca Fischer – pole vault (no height); Madison Schaeffer – pole vault (no height); Ervin Schrock – pole vault (no height)
Look for a full report in this week’s print edition of the Courier.
