PHOTO OF THE DAY: AFTER THE RACE

The Freeman Academy/Marion 4×200 relay team of Karter Weber, Keaton Preheim, Maddox Kihne and Liam Ortman hangs out on the infield waiting to see their position following the preliminary race at the state track meet on Friday. The boys qualified for the final with the seventh-best time in the field and went on to finish seventh in Saturday’s final.

This photo is part of several hundred that are posted here as part of The Courier’s coverage of Freeman Academy/Marion, Freeman Public and Menno.

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PHOTO OF THE DAY: AFTER THE RACE

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