By 605 Sports Staff

After Day 2 of the Class B state track and field meet Freeman/Academy/Marion and Timber Lake are tied atop the team standings with 21 points. Wall (18) and Lemmon (17.25) are just behind in the team standings. 

The Bearcats used a third place finish in the 3,200 meter run from Tavin Schroeder (10:07.98) and a 4th place finish from Thalen Schroeder in the 800-meter run (2:02.84). 

Timber Lake’s Hank Kraft continues to show well at the 2022 state track meet. After winning the triple jump Thursday, Kraft finished 2nd in the long jump (21-4.5) and finished 6th in the shot put (49-00.5). 

Chester Area is well back in the team standings but the Flyers grabbed 10 points when Ryan Benson won the long jump (21-9.75). Benson had the top qualifying times in the 110-meter hurdles (:15.05) and 300-meter hurdles (:42.02). Sophomore Jovi Wolf enters Saturday’s finals with top times in the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes. 

State titles handed out Friday included Bison’s Lane Krautschun winning the 3,200 meter run (9:57.18). Platte-Geddes junior Lee Reiser won the shot put (54-8) and Tri-State sophomore Kaleb Foltz won the 800-meter run clocking 1:59.73 to edge Kimball/White Lake’s Dawson Miller. 

Team Points: T-1. Freeman Academy/Marion, 21; T-1. Timber Lake, 21; 3. Wall, 18; 4. Lemmon, 17.25; 5. Burke, 17; 6. Herreid/Selby Area, 13; 7. Platte-Geddes, 12.5; T-8. Chester Area, 11; T-8. Kimball/White Lake, 11; T-10. Tri-State, 10; T-10. Bison, 10; T-12. Gregory, 9; T-12. Aberdeen Roncalli, 9; 14. Menno, 8.25; T-15. Miller, 8; T-15. Gayville-Volin, 8; T-15. Bridgewater-Emery, 8; T-15. Canistota, 8; 19. Frederick Area, 6; T-20. Ipswich, 5; T-20. Castlewood, 5; T-20. Newell, 5; T-20. Potter County, 5; T-20. Aberdeen Christian, 5; T-25. Estelline/Hendricks, 4; T-25. Northwestern, 4; T-27. Colome, 3; T-27. Sully Buttes, 3; T-27. Edgemont, 3; 30. Centerville, 2.5; T-31. Philip, 1; T-31. Wessington Springs, 1; T-33. Faith, 0.25; T-33. Freeman, 0.25.

3,200-Meter Run: 1. Lane Krautschun, Bison, 9:57.18; 2. Josiah Schroeder, Canistota, 10:01.33; 3. Tavin Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, 10:07.98; 4. Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County,10:14.24; 5. Garrett Winkler, Newell, 10:15.04; 6. Joseph Laprath, Colome, 10:18.43; 7. Pierce Baumberger, Miller, 10:21.49; 8. Wakely Burns, Philip, 10:29.48. 

800-Meter Relay Prelims: 1. Ipswich, 1:32.46; 2. Castlewood, 1:33.80; 3. Chester Area, 1:34.29; 4. Platte-Geddes, 1:33.82; 5. Viborg-Hurley, 1:33.94; 6. Colman-Egan, 1:34.82; 7. De Smet, 1:35.02; 8. Philip, 1:35.10. 

110-Meter Hurdles: Prelims: 1. Ryan Benson, Chester Area, :15.05; 2. Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, :15.97; 3. Taron Serr, Burke, :16.37; 4. Luke Campbell, Viborg-Hurley, :15.87; 5. TJ Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, :16.03; 6. Dawson Munkvold, Freeman, :16.22; 7. Carter Geditz, Ipswich, :16.24; 8. Cole Feenstra, Corsica-Stickney, :16.40.

Shot Put: 1. Lee Reiser, Platte-Geddes, 54-8; 2. Lucas Mentele, Bridgewater-Emery, 53-0; 3. Noah Johnson, Miller, 51-1; 4. Brenden Begeman, Herreid/Selby Area, 49-11.75; 5. Jon Nefzger, Estelline/Hendricks, 49-3; 6. Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, 49-00.5; 7. Tell Mollman, Lemmon, 48-9; 8. Brock Wages, Chester Area, 48-2.25. 

400-Meter Dash Prelims: 1. Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :50.19; 2. Carter Luikens, Potter County, :51.46; 3. Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, :52.34; 4. Jaron Tharaldsen, Castlewood, :51.16; 5. Grady Aasby, Highmore-Harrold, :51.54; 6. Stratton Eppard, Chester Area, :52.37; 7. Chase Varilek, Platte-Geddes, :52.39; 8. Braden Peterson, Edgemont, :52.53. 

Long Jump: 1. Ryan Benson, Chester Area, 21-9.75; 2. Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, 21-4.5; 3. Zach Eklund, Gregory, 20-7; 4. Lane Tvedt, Castlewood, 20-2; 5. Rylan McDonnell, Wall, 19-10.25; 6. Braden Peterson, Edgemont, 19-9.5; 7. Ben Witt, Burke, 19-9; 8. Abe Kretchman, Aberdeen Christian, 19-7.25. 

300-Meter Hurdles: 1. Ryan Benson, Chester Area, :42.02; 2. Dashel Spurrell, Irene-Wakonda, :42.42; 3. Tanner Miller, Lemmon, :42.60; 4. Carter Geditz, Ipswich, :43.33; 5. Shad Bosma, Corsica-Stickney, :43.44; 6. Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, :43.45; T-7. T.J. Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, :43.53; T-7. Gracen Hansen, Timber Lake, :43.53. 

800-Meter Run: Kaleb Foltz, Tri-State, 1:59.73; 2. Dawson Miller, Kimball/White Lake, 2:02.01; 3. Ben Witt, Burke, 2:02.14; 4. Thalen Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, 2:02.84; 5. Brodi Sundall, Wall, 2:03.29; 6. Griffin Peterson, Sully Buttes, 2:04.49; 7. Kadeyn Ulmer, Menno, 2:04.53; 8. Garrett Winkler, Newell, 2:04.72. 

200-Meter Dash Prelims: 1. Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :22.48; 2. Ty Kadlec, Ipswich, :22.71; 3. Kade Stukel, Gregory, :22.80; 4. Stratton Eppard, Chester Area, :23.08; 5. George Johnson, Viborg-Hurley, :23.39; 6. Christopher Lee, Colman-Egan, :23.5; 7. Chase Varilek, Platte-Geddes, :23.51; 8. Thackary Hansen, Iroquois/Doland, :23.53. 

1,600 Meter Relay Prelims: 1. Frederick Area, 3:32.53; 2. Viborg-Hurley, 3:35.30; 3. Aberdeen Roncalli, 3:36.34; 4. Castlewood, 3:34.73; 5. Faulkton Area, 3:35.86; 6. Philip, 3:36.02; 7. Wolsey-Wessington, 3:36.41; 8. Timber Lake, 3:37.87.