PHOTO OF THE DAY: RACE FOR THE PRIZE

These four runners — Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen, Rocky Ammann and Chris Aasen — were among the Freeman Public boys state qualifiers taking part in practice Monday morning. The girls were scheduled to practice this evening.

Peters, Sorensen, Ammann and Aasen are part of the 4×100 and 4×200 relay teams that are positioned for a strong finish at the 2024 State Track Meet later this week. The quartet is fifth in the 4×100 and second in the 4×200 in all of Class B and will be among several dozen local athletes from Freeman Public, Freeman Academy/Marion and Menno looking to bring home hardware from Sioux Falls. The meet begins Thursday morning and ends Saturday afternoon.

Here’s the complete start list from local teams:

FREEMAN PUBLIC GIRLS

Zenovia Butler (12)

• 100 – 22nd in field, 13.37 (Incoming best: Chloe Raw, Arlington, 12.03)

Cadence Hofer (9)

• 300 hurdles – 20th in field, 50.97 (Incoming best: Ashton Massey, Menno, 45.06)
• Long jump – 23rd in field, 15-8 (Incoming best: Courtney Sees, Avon, 17-5)
• Triple jump – 9th in field, 33-6 (Incoming best: Ashton Massey, Menno, 37-0)

Rylee Peters (9)

• 100 hurdles – 3rd in field, 15.46 (Incoming best: Piper Hanson, Burke, 15.04)
• 300 hurdles – 6th in field, 47.22 (Incoming best: Ashton Massey, Menno, 45.06)

Makenzie Scharberg (9)

• 100 – 14th in field, 13.12 (Incoming best: Chloe Raw, Arlington, 12.03)
• Long jump – 12th in field, 16-6 (Incoming best: Courtney Sees, Avon, 17-5)

4×100 relay: Zenovia Butler, Rylee Peters, Vaida Ammann, Makenzie Scharberg

• 4th in field, 52.06 (Incoming best: Herreid/Selby Area), 51.47

4×200 relay: Zenovia Butler, Peyton McCune, Vaida Ammann, Makenzie Scharberg

• 6th in field, 1:49.98 (Incoming best: Burke, 1:47.96

4×400 relay: Cadence Hofer, Rylee Peters, Vaida Ammann, Zenovia Butler

• 5th in field, 4:14.40 (Incoming best: Potter County, 4:08.64)

FREEMAN PUBLIC BOYS

Rocky Ammann (12)

• Pole vault – 2nd in field, 12-3 (Incoming best: Rasmus Loken, Ipswich, 13-0)

Jorgen Baer (12)

• Pole vault – 11th in field, 11-3 (Incoming best: Rasmus Loken, Ipswich, 13-0)
• Triple jump – 24th in field, 39-3 ¾ (Incoming best: Iker Diaz Montilla, Burke, 43-10 ¼

Brayden Mangel (8)

• 800 – 24th in field, 2:08.74 (Incoming best: Lincoln Woodring, Northwestern, 1:57.47)

Lane McCune (8)

• 1600 – 18th in field, 4:53.38 (Incoming best: Silas Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 4:29.95)
• 3200 – 11th in field, 10:43.60 (Incoming best: Finley McConniel, Freeman Academy/Marion, 10:01.48)

Luke Peters (10)

• 200 – 18th in field, 23.69 (Incoming best: Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 22.30)

Talon Pitchford (11)

• Pole vault – 23rd in field, 9-9 (Incoming best: Rasmus Loken, Ipswich, 13-0)

Tate Sorensen (10)

• 400 – 7th in field, 52.19 (Incoming best: Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 50.50)

4×100 relay: Chris Aasen, Rocky Ammann, Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen

• 5th in field, 45.00 (Incoming best: Ipswich, 44.11)

4×200 relay: Chris Aasen, Rocky Ammann, Luke Peters, Tate Sorensen

• 2nd in field, 1:32.45 (Incoming best: Ipswich, 1:31.30

4×400 relay: Rocky Ammann, Luke Peters, Chris Aasen, Tate Sorensen

• 4th in field, 3:33.42 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 3:29.29)

Medley relay: Chris Aasen, Brayden Mangel, Luke Miller, Brody Sorensen

• 21st in field, 3:54.02 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 3:41.46)

FA/MARION BOYS

Domani Butler (9)

• 300 hurdles – 13th in field, 43.70 (Incoming best: Luke Campbell, Viborg-Hurley, 39.82)

Jackson Donlan (10)

• High jump – 17th in field, 5-10 (Incoming best: Daniel Mitchell, Gregory, 6-7)

Finley McConniel (11)

• 1600 – 2nd in field, 4:34.87 (Incoming best: Silas Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 4:29.95)
• 3200 – 1st in field, 10:01.48

Keaton Preheim (11)

• 100 – 2nd in field, 10.98 (Incoming best: Christopher Lee, Colman-Egan, 10.98)
• 200 – 4th in field, 23.14 (Incoming best: Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 22.30)

Tavin Schroeder (12)

• 800 – 12th in field, 2:04.59 (Incoming best: Lincoln Woodring, Northwestern, 1:57.47)
• 1600 – 8th in field, 4:41.77 (Incoming best: Silas Holdeman, Mitchell Christian, 4:29.95)
• 3200 – 3rd in field, 10:11.72 (Incoming best: Finley McConniel, Freeman Academy/Marion, 10:01.48

Karter Weber (10)

• Triple jump – 11th in field, 40-9 (Incoming best: Iker Diaz Montilla, Burke, 43-10 ¼)

4×100 relay: Dominic Sperling, Liam Ortman, Domani Butler, Jackson Donlan

• 9th in field, 45.44 (Incoming best: Ipswich, 44.11)

4×200 relay: Dominic Sperling, Liam Ortman, Karter Weber, Keaton Preheim

• 9th in field, 1:34.06 (Incoming best: Ipswich, 1:31.30)

4×400 relay: Karter Weber, Liam Ortman, Jackson Donlan, Domani Butler

• 3rd in field, 3:33.40 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 3:29.29)

4×800 relay: Finley McConniel, Liam Ortman, Jackson Donlan, Tavin Schroeder

• 6th in field, 8:39.25 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 8:14.39)

Medley Relay: Dominic Sperling, Keaton Preheim, Karter Weber, Finley McConniel

• 8th in field, 3:47.39 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 3:41.46)

MENNO GIRLS

Kylie Guthmiller (9)

• Discus – 17th in field, 108-7 (Incoming best: Paige Bull, Burke, 142-2

Ashton Massey (12)

• 100 hurdles – 2nd in field, 15.15 (Incoming best: Piper Hanson, Burke, 15.04)
• 300 hurdles – 1st in field, 45.06
• Triple jump – 1st in field, 37-0

Zoe Schaeffer (9)

• 3200 – 19th in field, 13:06.37 (Incoming best: Emery Larson, Chester, 10:50.28

Ellyana Ulmer (11)

• 800 –9th in field, 2:26.78  (Incoming best: Ella Boekelheide, Northwestern, 2:15.07
• 1600 – 6th in field, 5:27.70 (Incoming best: Emery Larson, Chester, 5:05.43

4×100: Maggie Miller, Nora Robb, Lexie McNinch, Kaelie Derby

• 23rd in field, 54.01 (Incoming best: Herreid/Selby Area), 51.47

4×400: Kaelie Derby, Nora Robb, Maggie Miller, Zoe Schaeffer

• 19th in field, 4:26.29 (Incoming best: Potter County, 4:08.64)

4×800: Ellyana Ulmer, Nora Robb, Zoe Schaeffer, Ashton Massey

• 5th in field, 10:10.34 (Incoming best: Lemmon, 9:53.62)

Medley: Maggie Miller, Lexie McNinch, Nora Robb, Ellyana Ulmer

• 9th in field, 4:29.42 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 4:22.25)

MENNO BOYS

Seth Ahalt (12)

• Discus – 10th in field, 139-1 (Incoming best: Lincoln Koehn, Kadoka Area, 184-2)

Isaac Fergen (12)

• Pole vault – 4th in field, 12-3 (Incoming best: Rasmus Loken, Ipswich, 13-0)

Micah Goehring (9)

• Pole vault – 19th in field, 10-3 (Incoming best: Rasmus Loken, Ipswich, 13-0)
• Triple jump – 22nd in field, 39-7 ½ (Incoming best: Iker Diaz Montilla, Burke, 43-10 ¼)

Bryce Sattler (11)

• 400 – 5th in field, 51.77 (Incoming best: Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 50.50)
• 800 – 11th in field, 2:04.33 (Incoming best: Lincoln Woodring, Northwestern, 1:57.47)

Izayah Ulmer (10)

• 1600 – 13th in field, 4:45.32 (Incoming best: Silas Holderman, Mitchell Christian, 4:29.95)

Hunter Yosten (10)

• Shot put – 4th in field, 49-10 ½ (Incoming best: Ethan Watson, White River, 60-6 ½)
• Javelin – 15th in field, 137-11 (Incoming best: Spencer Melius, Faulkton Area, 170-0)

4×200 relay: Trent Guthmiller, Jaxson Stoebner, Erick Buechler, Micah Gohering

• 22nd in field, 1:37.08 (Incoming best: Ipswich, 1:31.30)

4×400 relay: Isaac Fergen, Erick Buechler, Adam Munkvold, Trent Guthmiller

• 17th in field, 3:39.65 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 3:29.29)

4×800 relay: Izayah Ulmer, Mirik Vaith, Isaac Fergen, Bryce Sattler

• 8th in field, 8:40.04 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 8:14.39)

Medley relay: Isaac Fergen, Micah Goehring, Bryce Sattler, Izayah Ulmer

• 6th in field, 3:46.60 (Incoming best: Deubrook Area, 3:41.46)