Track and field: A-B-E girls are Pheasant champs

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Contributed photo The Ashby-Brandon-Evansville girls’ track team captured the Pheasant Conference title recently, defeating Ortonville by 36 points. Members of the team include (back, left to right) Moriah Wales, head coach Jennifer Froemming, Hannah Wendell, Mariah Hansen, Caroline Jansen, Heather Strese, Mackenzie Schmuck, Megan Friedrich, Jacqueline Mueller, Emma LaRue, Hunter Plaster, Brittani Boelens, (front) River Klinefelter, Megan Strese, Kristi Schaffer, Crystal Bosek, Katie Hansen and Becca Hansen.

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The Ashby-Brandon-Evansville girls’ track team ran away with the Pheasant Conference team title last Thursday, while the boys took fifth at Ortonville.

Megan Friedrich led the charge with three first-place finishes as the girls scored 167 points, 36 ahead of second-place finishing Ortonville. Friedrich took the 100-meter dash (13.08), 100-meter hurdles (16.53) and the long jump (15’11”). She was also third in the 200-meter dash with a personal best time of 27.72.

Kristi Schafer and Mackenzie Schmuck won the other individual titles for ABE. Schmuck took the high jump with a leap of 4’8.” Schafer took the 300-meter hurdles in 46.7 seconds. She was also a part of the 1,600-meter relay team that won in a time of 4:23.97. Moriah Wales, Becca Hansen and Hunter Plaster joined her to take the 1,600.

Sean Henneman took the only individual title for the boys. He won the 300-meter hurdles in a time of 45.16 seconds. Adam Wagner, Jeremiah Johnson, Josh Barsness and Gavin Saxton also won the 3,200-meter relay with a time of 9:31.

PHEASANT CONFERENCE

MEET RESULTS

GIRLS’ TEAM RESULTS – ABE – 167; Ortonville – 131; CGBCA – 104; WHN – 70; Hancock – 50; Hillcrest – 16

ABE RESULTS – Megan Friedrich – 100-meter dash – first place, 13.08; 100-meter hurdles – first, 16.53; Long jump – first place, 15’11; 200-meter dash – third place, 27.72

Mackenzie Schmuck – High jump – first place, 4’8”; Long jump – fourth place, 14’4”

Kristi Schafer – 300-meter hurdles – first place, 46.7; 100-meter hurdles – second place, 16.55; Triple jump – second place, 30’07.5”

Megan Strese – Shot put – second place, 37’01”; Discus – second place, 92’05”

Becca Hansen – 100-meter dash – third place, 13.95; High jump – sixth place, 4’00”

Katie Hansen – 1,600-meter run – fifth place, 6:43

Jacqui Mueller – 3,200-meter run – fourth place, 15:02

Moriah Wales – 300-meter hurdles – third place, 50.47; Triple jump – fourth place, 29’03.5”

Caroline Jansen – 100-meter hurdles – fourth place, 19.38; 300-meter hurdles – fourth place, 56.46; High jump – fifth place, 4’0”

Heather Strese – Shot put – third place, 32’1”

Crystal Bosek – Discus – fifth place, 84’3”

RELAY TEAMS – 1,600 – Wales, Schafer, B. Hansen, Hunter Plaster – first place, 4:23.97; 400 – Wales, Plaster, Schmuck, B. Hansen – second place, 54.65; 800 – second place, Schmuck, Plaster, K. Hansen, M. Hansen – second place, 2:02.84; 3,200 – K. Hansen, Mueller, Wendell, M. Hansen – second place, 11:58

BOYS’ TEAM RESULTS – CACGB – 144; Ortonville – 123; WHN – 108; Hillcrest – 99; ABE – 63; Hancock – 13

ABE RESULTS – Sean Henneman – 300-meter hurdles – first place, 45.16; 110-meter hurdles – fourth place, 19.84

Adam Wagner – 1,600-meter run – second place, 5:20

Qadry Kehoe – 110-meter hurdles – third place, 19.67; 400-meter dash – sixth place, 58.03

Jeremiah Johnson – 800-meter run – fifth place, 2:18

Josh Barsness – 800-meter run – fifth place, 2:19

Rusty Klinefelter – high jump – fourth place, 4’6”

RELAY TEAMS – 3,200 – Wagner, Johnson, Barsness, Gavin Saxton – first place, 9:31; 1,600 – Kehoe, Henneman, Wagner, Teagan Overturf – second place, 3:55.1; 400 – Malachi Anderson, Zach Weaver, Johnson, Caleb Hansen – third place, 53.21; 800 – Anderson, Tyler Hart, Klinefelter, C. Hansen – fourth place, 1:55.58

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