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Class B Boys Track and Field Leaders - Freeman Academy/Marion's Thalen Schroeder moves up leaderboard
Freeman Academy/Marion's Thalen Schroeder, right, competes in a relay race at last year's state track and field meet in Rapid City.
(South Dakota Public Broadcasting Photo)
May 4, 2022
 

By 605 Sports Staff

Editor's Note: Each week 605 Sports will release the top-10 performers for track & field for all events and all classes. The information used for these lists comes from the top performers list provided on sdhsaa.com. 

One of the Class B boys to keep an eye on at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays this weekend is Freeman Academy/Marion’s Thalen Schroeder. The senior made several moves this week in multiple events. 

400-meter dash: :52.57 (unranked to No. 2 time in Class B)

High-jump: 6-04 (Ranked last week, now No. 3 in Class B, multi-inch improvement). 

Other Class B rankings:

800-meter run: No. 4, 2:08.59.

Freeman Academy/Marion has the top Class B times in the 3,200 meter relay (8:45.90) and the top time in the sprint medley relay (3:47.69). 

A little shakeup in the Class B, 1,600 meter run rankings. Canistota’s Josiah Schroeder has the new top time in Class B (4:44.14). Miller sophomore Alex Schmacher moves up to No. 2 (4:44.64) while James Valley Christian’s Daniel Ayoroa is No. 3 (4:49.24)

Herreid/Selby Area’s Brenden Begeman is an interesting athlete, daring to dabble in the rare combination of throws and jumps. Begeman has the No. 2 shot put (51-00) and the No. 3 triple jump (41-06)

Keep an eye on some Class B teams from the north this weekend. 

  • Ipswich has top-24 rankings in every Class B event

  • The Aberdeen Roncalli boys have the No. 2 Class B, 1,600 meter relay (3:37.40)

  • The Frederick Area boys have the No. 6 Class B, 800-meter relay (1:35.60), the No. 3 time in the 1,600 meter relay and the No. 2 time in the 3,200 meter relay. 

 Class B boys: 

​​100 meter dash: 

Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :10.80

Wyatt Huber, Viborg-Hurley, :11.04

George Johnson, Viborg-Hurley, :11.11

Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, :11.13

Kade Stukel, Gregory, :11.24

Ty Kadlec, Ipswich, :11.24

Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, :11.37

Logan Sammons, Philip, :11.37

Jackson Bauld, Burke, :11.40

Alex VanEgdom, Chester Area, :11.40


200 meter dash: 

Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :21.93

Ty Kadlec, Ipswich, :22.74

Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, :23.14

Stratton Eppard, Chester Area, :23.18

Jayden Munroe, Aberdeen Roncalli, :23.24

George Johnson, Viborg-Hurley, :23.34

Carson Gohl, Ipswich, :23.34

Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, :23.42

Colby Sylte, Ipswich, :23.44

Kade Stukel, Gregory, :23.46


400 meter dash: 

Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, :52.54

Thalen Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, :52.57

Lucas Flemmer, Dell Rapids St. Mary, :52.94

Ethan Boekelheide, Northwestern, :53.74

Josiah Schroeder, Canistota, :53.76

Kyle Hirsch, Gayville-Volin, :53.78

Kadeyn Ulmer, Menno, :53.83

Grady Aasby, Highmore-Harrold, :53.84

Roman DiMaria, Faulkton Area, :53.94

Matthew Martinez, Aberdeen Roncalli, :53.94


800 meter run: 

Kaleb Foltz, Tri-State, 2:03.04

Ben Witt, Burke, 2:06.34

Hunter Niederbaumer, Faulkton Area, 2:07.34

Thalen Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, 2:08.59

Maxwell Kulesa, Ipswich, 2:08.84

Matthew Martinez, Aberdeen Roncalli, 2:09.04

Trey Larson, Philip, 2:09.32

Dawson Miller, Kimball/White Lake, 2:09.86

Griffin Peterson, Sully Buttes, 2:10.02

Ethan Haich, Irene-Wakonda, 2:10.12


1,600 meter run: 

Josiah Schroeder, Canistota, 4:44.14

Alex Schumacher, Miller, 4:44.64

Daniel Ayoroa, James Valley Christian, 4:49.24

Lane Krautschun, Bison, 4:51.40

Garrett Winkler, Newell, 4:51.64

Hunter Niederbaumer, Faulkton Area, 4:52.83

Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County, 4:53.24

Tavin Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, 4:53.50

Lincoln Woodring, Northwestern, 4:53.94

Kaleb Foltz, Tri-State, 4:54.24


 3,200 meter run: 

Lane Krautschun, Bison, 10:17.2

Josiah Schroeder, Canistota, 10:22.99

Pierce Baumberger, Miller, 10:24.04

Garrett Winkler, Newell, 10:25.54

Tavin Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, 10.33.05

Nicholas Schlachter, Potter County, 10:37.24

Dillon Browning, Warner, 10:48.34

Daniel Ayoroa, James Valley Christian, 10:48.94

Drew Ekstrum, Kimball/White Lake, 10:55.92

Evan Fonseca, Arlington, 10:58.33


110 meter hurdles: 

Ryan Benson, Chester Area, :14.81

Taron Serr, Burke, :15.51

Carter Geditz, Ipswich, :16.04

Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, :16.04

Owen Eitemiller, Menno, :16.07

Luke Campbell, Viborg-Hurley, :16.24

Hunter Cramer, Warner, :16.34

Cole Feenstra, Corsica-Stickney, :16.40

TJ Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, 16.94

Dawson Munkvold, Freeman, :17.24


300 meter hurdles:

Ryan Benson, Chester Area, :40.93

Maddox May, Aberdeen Roncalli, :41.84

Tanner Miller, Lemmon, :42.92

Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, :42.94

TJ Salmen, Hitchcock-Tulare, :43.34

Cole Feenstra, Corsica-Stickney, :43.53

Carter Geditz, Ipswich, :43.54

Gracen Hansen, Timber Lake, :43.58

Dashel Spurrell, Irene-Wakonda, :43.84

Nic Gaspar, Dell Rapids St. Mary, :43.98


400 meter relay:

Chester Area, :44.22

Ipswich, :44.54

Viborg-Hurley, :45.05

Wall, :45.77

Gregory, :45.92

Castlewood, :45.94

Timber Lake, :46.23

Platte-Geddes, :46.25

Warner, :46.54

Philip, :46.55


800 meter relay:

Chester Area, 1:32.30

Ipswich, 1:34.30

Philip, 1:34.34

Wall, 1:34.83

Castlewod, 1:35.00

Frederick Area, 1:35.60

Platte-Geddes, 1:36.02

Aberdeen Roncalli, 1:36.40

Warner, 1:36.60


1,600 meter relay:

Chester Area, 3:36.01

Aberdeen Roncalli, 3:37.40

Frederick Area, 3:39.80

Freeman Academy/Marion, 3:40.40

Philip, 3:41.99

Ipswich, 3:42.30

Burke, 3:42.70

Gregory, 3:42.90

Castlewood, 3:45.40

Gayville-Volin, 3:45.46


3,200 meter relay:

Freeman Academy/Marion, 8:45.90

Frederick Area, 8:47.99

Kimball/White Lake, 8:54.77

Northwestern, 8:54.80

Ipswich, 8:56.70

James Valley Christian, 9:00.50

Gregory, 9:00.80

Philip, 9:00.98

Wessington Springs, 9:01.52

Burke, 9:02.32


Sprint Medley relay: 

Freeman Academy/Marion, 3:47.69

Wall, 3:49.32

Gregory, 3:51.11

Tri-State, 3:53.40

Faulkton Area, 3:54.97

Ipswich, 3:55.80

Chester Area, 3:56.52

Kimball/White Lake, 3:57.04

Burke, 3:57.17

Frederick Area, 3:57.70

Wolsey-Wessington, 3:57.70


Shot put:

Brock Wages, Chester Area, 51-00.50

Brenden Begeman, Herreid/Selby Area, 51-00

Noah Johnson, Miller, 50-04.75

Lucas Mentele, Bridgewater-Emery, 48-04.75

Jon Nefzger, Estelline/Hendricks, 48-04

Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, 47-10

Jesse Schall, Sully Buttes, 47-07.75

Damon Wilkinson, De Smet, 47-00.25

Dylan Johansen, Freeman Academy/Marion, 46-09.50

Colton Spitzer, Leola, 46-05


Discus: 

Lucas Mentele, Bridgewater-Emery, 156-10

Tell Mollman, Lemmon, 152-01

Zach Geditz, Ipswich, 151-06.5

Jon Nefzger, Estelline/Hendricks, 144-03

Trevor Werdel, Miller, 140-04

TJ Moran, Lyman, 138-06

Dylan Johansen, Freeman Academy/Marion, 138-03

Reece Ohrtman, Kadoka Area, 135-05

Stratton Eppard, Chester Area, 134-06

Wyatt Hansen, Chester Area, 134-04


High jump:

Dawson Reckling, Kadoka Area, 6-06

Daniel Mitchell, Gregory, 6-06

Thalen Schroeder, Freeman Academy/Marion, 6-04

Ryan Benson, Chester Area, 6-00

Moshe Richmond, Wolsey-Wessington, 6-00

Tyler Hettich, Ipswich, 5-11

Nic Marshall, White River, 5-10

Dixon Booth, Timber Lake, 5-10

Nic Gaspar, Dell Rapids St. Mary, 5-10

Jordan Songer, Gregory, 5-10

Dawson Miller, Kimball/White Lake, 5-10

Joe Sayler, White River, 5-10


Long jump: 

Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, 22-02.50

Jovi Wolf, Chester Area, 21-05.5

Ryan Benson, Chester Area, 21-03

Rylan McDonnell, Wall, 21-02

Ben Witt, Burke, 20-08

Trevor Heinz, Ipswich, 20-04.5

Zach Eklund, Gregory, 20-03.25

Skyler Hanten, Platte-Geddes, 20-03

Carter Keller, Timber Lake, 20-00.25

Macklen Weber, Bridgewater-Emery, 20.00


Triple jump:

Rylan McDonnell, Wall, 42-06

Hank Kraft, Timber Lake, 42-06

Brenden Begeman, Herreid/Selby Area, 41-06

Reid Hansen, Wall, 41-02.25

Corbin Mackaben, Faith, 40-08

Sawyer Tietgen, Burke, 40-02.50

Jayden Munroe, Aberdeen Roncalli, 39-10.75

Marty Gohn, Wolsey-Wessington, 39-10

Zach Eklund, Gregory, 39-05

Chastin Tollakson, Jones County 39-00


Pole vault: 

Owen Eitemiller, Menno, 12-07

Andrew Gustad, Gayville-Volin, 12-06

Lane Johnson, Centerville, 11-00

Alex Schoenberner, Gayville-Volin, 11-00

Isaac Fergen, Menno, 11-00

Parker Bailey, Platte-Geddes, 11-00

Cord Beer, Lemmon, 11-00

Britt Carlson, Arlington, 11-00

Talon Trogstad, Lemmon, 10-06

Jackson Schauer, Faith, 10-06

Corbin Mackaben, Faith, 10-06

Drew Harper, Faith, 10-06