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The Prairie track and field team had 4 event state championships plus a team second place trophy, all by the girls team. Earning championship medals were Sage Elven in both the shot put and discus, Aubree Geis in the 400 meter dash and the girls 4x400 meter relay. Elven won the discus for the fourth straight year with a toss of 138’4”. She won the shot put for the first time ever and set a new school record with a toss of 42’6½”. She also placed third in the javelin with a toss of 111’1”. Geis came from behind to win the 400 over defending state champion Chloe Jankovic of Logos. She won with a time of 59.73, 0.07 ahead of Jankovic. Geis and Jankovic met up again in the 4x400. Tori Shears ran the first leg and was middle of the pack when she handed off to Kennedy Riener. Riener passed a couple of runners before handing off to Sydney Shears. Sydney handed a lead off to Geis for the anchor leg. Jankovic passed Geis around the first turn and may have used too much energy doing so. Geis took the lead back in the final straightaway and wound up win by almost 2 second in 4:08.88. The 4x400 win was critical for the girls team as they trailed Victory Charter by 3 2/3 points going into the race. With Prairie finishing first and Victory Charter fourth, Prairie gained 5 points on them and moved into second in the final team standings. Also earning medals for the girls team: Sydney Shears finished 2nd in the 800 in 2:22.04 and 4th in the 1600 in 5:24.89. Kennedy Riener finished 5th in the 200 meter dash to earn a medal with a time of 26.75. She also placed 8th in the 100 meter dash in 13.16. Aubree Riener earned a medal by finishing 6th in the 300 hurdles in 48.69. She also placed 11th in the triple jump with a mark of 31’4”. Avery Riener earned a medal with a 6th place finish in the triple jump at 33’5¼”, a personal best. Blake Uhlenkott earned a medal in the pole vault as she tied for 6th place with a mark of 8’6”. The medley relay team of Lillian Rehder, Avery Riener, McKenzie Hope and Sydney Shears placed third in 1:54.04 to earn a medal. Shears took the baton in 6th place and passed 3 runners on the anchor leg to put the Pirates in third place. That time is also a new school record breaking the record set at Regionals in 2024. The 4x200 team of Hope, Rehder, Geis and Kennedy Riener earned a medal with a fourth place finish in 1:48.62. Boys medalists: Ben Secrest earned a pair of individual medals at State. He finished third in the 200 in 22.46 and 6th in the 100 in 11.32. Nate Forsmann earned a 4th place medal in the discus with a toss of 140’9”. He also placed 16th in the shot put at 37’11½”. Other girls results: Callie Remacle earned a team point with an 8th place finish in the high jump at 4’10”. Tinley Hibbard made the finals in the discus as she finished 9th with a mark of 102’6”. She was also 12th in the shot put at 32’5”. Alli Rambo cleared opening height in the pole vault at 7’6”, tying for 17th place. Other boys results: Anthony Forsmann finished 16th in the discus with a mark of 105’6”. The 4x200 relay team of Matt Frei, Cade Armbrust, Marshall Weber and Secrest finished 7th in 1:35.86. The 4x400 relay team of Carson Lockart, Hayden Johnson, Weber and Armbrust finished 7th in 3:50.06. The 4x100 relay team of Frei, Armbrust, Weber and Secrest finished 8th in 46.02. As a team the girls placed second with 83.33 points. Logos was first with 99 points. The boys team was tied for 14th with 19 points.    Sage Elven won both the discus and shot put at State and was third in the javelin.  Aubree Geis in the 400 meter dash final. At this point she was in second but beat the defending state champion at the finish.     Tori Shears to Kennedy Riener, Riener to Sydney Shears, Sydney to Aubree Geis and Geis nearing the finish in first place in the 4x400.  Ben Secrest on his way to a third place finish in the 200.  Lillian Rehder at the start of the medley relay.  Sydney Shears takes the baton from McKenzie Hope for the anchor leg of the medley. Shears was in 6th at this point and wound up in third.  Nate Forsmann in the discus where he placed fourth.  Aubree Riener wound up with a 6th place finish in the 300 hurdles.  Avery Riener soared to a 6th place finish in the triple jump.   McKenzie Hope to Tori Shears and Aubree Geis to Kennedy Riener in the 4x200 relay where they finished in 4th.  Blake Uhlenkott clears 8 feet in the pole vault. She wound up in a 3-way tie for 6th to earn a state medal.   Sydney Shears in the 800 at left where she finished 2nd and in the 1600 at right where she finished 4th.  Kennedy Riener placed 5th in the 200 to earn a state medal. She also placed 8th in the 100.   Carson Lockart to Hayden Johnson and Marshall Weber to Caden Armbrust in the 4x400 where they placed 7th.   Matt Frei to Caden Armbrust and Marshall Weber to Ben Secrest in the 4x200 where they placed 7th.  Callie Remacle in the high jump where she placed 8th.  Alli Rambo clears opening height in the pole vault.  Tinley Hibbard in the discus at state where she made finals and finished 9th. She also competed in the shot put.  Anthony Forsmann competed in the discus at State.  Aubree Riener in the triple jump at State.  Ben Secrest takes the baton from Marshall Weber in the 4x100 where Prairie finished in 8th place. Medal photos    The girls earned medals in all 3 relays they competed in. At left are Sydney Shears, Kennedy Riener, Tori Shears nad Aubree Geis with a first in the 4x400. In the middle are McKenzie Hope, Lillian Rehder, Sydney Shears and Avery Riener with a third in the medley. At right are Kennedy Riener, McKenzie Hope, Tori Shears and Aubree Geis with a fourth in the 4x200.    Sage Elven at left with her 1st place discus medal, in the middle with her first place shot put medal and at right with her third place javelin medal.  Aubree Geis with her first place medal in the 400.   Sydney Shears with her 2nd place 800 medal at left and her 4th place 1600 medal at right.   Ben Secrest at left with his 3rd place medal in the 200 and with his 6th place medal in the 100 at right.  Nate Forsmann with his 4th place medal in the discus.  Aubree Riener with her 6th place medal in the 300 hurdles.  Avery Riener with her 6th place medal in the triple jump.  Kennedy Riener with her 5th place medal in the 200. We did not get a photo of Blake Uhlenkott with her medal. |
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