21 athletes qualify for State
The Prairie track team qualified 21 individual events and 6 relays for State at the Regional Meet held Friday and Saturday, May 10-11 at Lapwai. A total of 21 athletes will be traveling to State this week.
District champions were Trenton Lorentz in the 200 meter dash in 22.85; Bennie Elven in the discus with a school record and district meet record 164’6”; Sage Elven in the discus with a district meet record of 127’4” and Callie Remacle with a personal best mark of 4’10” in the high jump. Prairie also had three boys relay teams win at District. The boys 4x100 relay team of Matt Wemhoff, Noah Geis, Ben Secrest and Dylan Uhlenkott won in 44.81. The 4x200 team of Uhlenkott Geis, Secrest and Lorentz won in a new school record time of 1:31.28. The 4x400 team of Wemhoff, Secrest, Uhlenkott and Lorentz won in a district meet record time of 3:29.28.
Cole Duclos broke the school record that he had shared with 2 others in the pole vault by placing third with a mark of 10’6”.
Bennie Elven also qualified for state by placing 4^th in the shot put with a mark of 42’8½”.
Sage Elven also qualified for state by placing 2^nd in the shot put at 35’8½”.
Sydney Shears qualified for state in two individual events, the 800 and 1600 she placed 2^nd in each. Her 800 time was 2:21.68, which broke her own school record. Her 1600 time was 5:38.46.
Nadia Cash qualified for state by taking 2^nd in the long jump with a personal best mark of 15’2¾”. She was also 7^th in the 100 in 13.86.
Avery Riener qualified for state by taking 2^nd in the triple jump at 32’10¼”. She was also 7^th in the long jump at 14’2½”.
Hailey Hanson qualified for state in both the shot put and discus. She was third in the shot put at 33’5” and third in the discus at 107’7”.
Elizabeth Severns qualified for state by placing 2^nd in the discus at 109’0”. She was also 8^th in the shot put at 28’3½” and 17^th in the 1600 in 7:29.07.
Aubree Geis qualified for state by placing 5^th in the 400 in 1:01.58. She was also 12^th in the 200 in 29.46.
The girls medley relay team of Alli Geis, Aubree Rehder, Kennedy Riener and Sydney Shears broke the school record with a time of 1:54.31. This broke the record of 1:54.5 set in 1977 by Cindy Schultz, Barbie Crea, Janice Uhlorn and Carrie Riener. They finished third at District but their time was good enough to get them to State.
The girls 4x400 team of Alli Geis, Aubree Geis, Avery Riener  and Kennedy Riener qualified for state by placing 2^nd in 4:25.15.
The girls 4x200 team of Alli Geis, Cash, Kennedy Riener and Shears placed third in 1:49.67 but like the medley team, qualified for state with their time.
Wemhoff qualified for state in the 400 by placing 2^nd in 52.37. He just missed in the 100 with a 6^th place finish in 11.95.
Uhlenkott qualified for state by placing 2^nd in the 200 in 23.08.
Briggs Rambo qualified for state in both the pole vault and 300 hurdles. He clear 10’0” in the pole vault to place 5^th and finished 5^th in the 300 hurdles in 44.85. He just missed in the 110 hurdles where he placed 6^th in 18.30.
Zane Uptmor qualified for state in the 110 hurdles by placing 3^rd in 17.67. He just missed in the discus where he was 6^th at 118’4”. He was also 10^th in the 300 hurdles in 47.30.
Lee Forsmann qualified for state by placing 5^th in the shot put at 42’8½”, a personal best. He was favored to go to state in the discus but was unable to land a legal throw.
Lorentz was the favorite to win the 100 meter dash but false started in the final.
Other girls results:
Remacle was also 8^th in the long jump at 13’10” and 8^th in the 100 hurdles in 19.38.
Evelyn Gehring was 9^th in the 300 hurdles in 57.44, 13^th in the 1600 in 6:54.91 and 33^rd in the 100 in 15.74
Ella McLeod was 10^th in the 3200 in 15:18.52, 10^th in the 800 in 3:04.93 and 15^th in the 1600 in 7:13.61.
Rehder was 10^th in the 200 in 29.34 and 10^th in the long jump at 13’¾”, both personal bests.
Meghan Fowler was 11^th in the discus at 76’7” and 24^th in the shot put at 21’5”.
Alli Geis was 21^st in the long jump at 10’11”.
Kyra Robertson was 26^th in the shot put at 18’3” and 27^th in the discus at 42’9½”.
The 4x100 relay team of Cash, Avery Riener, Rehder and Kennedy Riener just missed qualifying for state by finishing 3^rd in 52.87.
As a team the girls placed 2^nd behind Logos with 117 points.
Other boys results:
Secrest just missed qualifying for state by finishing 6^th in the 400 in 54.60.
Logan Weber just missed qualifying for state in the high jump as he finished 6^th at 5’6”. He was also 18^th in the 100 in 12.39.
Nate Forsmann was 9^th in the discus at 111’6” and 17^th in the shot put at 32’3½”.
Landon Riener was 9^th in the 110 hurdles in 21.04, 23^rd in the 800 in 2:46.02 and 23^rd in the 1600 in 6:31.73.
Caden Armbrust was 10^th in the 800 in 2:19.18, 14^th in the 3200 in 12:38.14 and 17^th in the 1600 in 5:35.64.
Geis was 12^th in the 400 in 56.10 and 14^th in the 100 in 12.14.
Duclos was also 15^th in the 400 in 56.64.
Levi Gehring was 16^th in the 400 in 57.08, 30^th in the 200 in 26.20 and 39^th in the 100 in 13.14.
Ashton Martin was 14^th in the discus at 107’5½”, 30^th in the shot put at 29’3”, 34^th in the 200 in 26.80 and 38^th in the 100 in 13.14.
Peter Remacle was 17^th in the discus at 97’7” and 33^rd in the shot put at 27’4”.
Payton Stamper was 19^th in the long jump at 16’7¾” and 31^st in the 100 in 12.67.
Hayden Johnson was 21^st in the 400 in 1:00.99, 31^st in the long jump at 12’9¾”, 40^th in the 200 in 27.52 and 47^th in the 100 in 13.51.
Gabe Decaria was 26^th in the long jump at 13’4½”, 31^st in the 400 in 1:13.48, 50^th in the 200 in 30.73 and 56^th in the 100 in 14.14.
The medley team of Stamper, Gehring, Duclos and Weber placed 5^th in 4:09.35.
As a team the boys placed 2^nd behind Logos with 114 pts.