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Prairie brings home 2 individual and 4 relay state champions The Prairie track team had 2 individual gold medalists and 4 relays take first place at the State Track Meet at Middleton High School Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18. 
The girls team had their 2 gold medal performances on Friday. Sage Elven broke her school record in the discus by 7 feet as she made it back-to-back state championships with a mark of 142’11” on her first throw of the competition. She also placed 7th in the shot put with a mark of 34’2”. To finish off the night, the medley relay team of Alli Geis, Aubree Rehder, Kennedy Riener and Sydney Shears won gold with a time of 1:54.99. Shears was no better than third when she got the baton and passed both Victory Charter and Logos to finish in first place. On Saturday it was the boys’ turn for gold with Trenton Lorentz a part of all 4 gold medal performances. Lorentz was 1st in the 200 with a school record and state meet record time of 22.03 while Dylan Uhlenkott was 3rd in the 200 at 22.74. The 4x200 relay team of Uhlenkott, Noah Geis, Ben Secrest and Lorentz won in school record and state meet record time of 1:30.23. The same 4 runners competed in the 4x100 and won in a school and state meet record time of 43.60. Finally the 4x400 team of Matt Wemhoff, Secrest, Uhlenkott and Lorentz won in a state meet record time of 3:24.17. That was 0.42 seconds off of the school record they set at the Meet of Champions. Shears broke her own school records in the 800 and 1600. She was 2nd in the 1600 in 5:21.95. That was nearly 8 seconds under her previous record. She was 3rd in the 800 in 2:18.99. That was nearly 3 seconds under her previous record. Aubree Geis made the final in the 400 meter dash and finished 8th in 1:03.11. Avery Riener made the finals in the triple jump and finished 7th at 32’9½”. She was in line for a medal until the final jumps. Nadia Cash made the finals in the long jump as she finished 8th at 15’10½”, a new personal best. Elizabeth Severns made the finals in the discus and wound up 8th at 106’10”. Hailey Hanson was 10th in the shot put at 33’4½” and 11th in the discus at 103’11”. Callie Remacle was 11th in the high jump at 4’8”. The girls 4x400 relay team of Alli Geis, Avery Riener, Kennedy Riener and Aubree Geis finished 2nd in 4:16.58. The 8 points earned in that race vaulted them into 4th place in the team standings, earning them a team trophy. The girls had 54 points as a team, just 2 out of third place. For the boys team Bennie Elven earned a state medal as he finished 4th in the discus at 147’8”. He finished 15th in the shot put at 40’4½”. Wemhoff was 10th in the 400 in 55.44. He may have run too hard into the strong head wind along the back stretch and it caught up to him late in the race. Zane Uptmor finished 13th in the 110 hurdles in 17.69. Lee Forsmann finished 14th in the shot put at 41’5”. Briggs Rambo finished 16th in the 300 hurdles in 46.56. He was unable to clear the opening height of 10’0” in the pole vault. Cole Duclos finished 12th in the pole vault at 10’0”. The boys tied for third in the team standings with 51 points, just 1 point out of second and 10 out of first. This is the first time we are aware of that a Prairie boys team earned a team trophy at State. And it is definitely the first time both the boys and girls team did so.  Dylan Uhlenkott, left and Trenton Lorentz in the 200 meter dash final. In between is the defending state champion who Lorentz outraced to the finish line for a new school and state meet record while Uhlenkott placed third.  Dylan Uhlenkott and Trenton Lorentz are shown with their 200 meter dash medals.   Bennie Elven was another individual medalist with a 4th place in the discus. He is shown during the event and on the medal stand. Medal stand photo by Matt Elven.   Sydney Shears earned 2 individual state medals with a 3rd in the 800, left, and a 2nd in the 1600, right, both in school record times. Below shw is shown after receiving her medals.     Avery Riener, left, was 7th in the triple jump while Nadia Cash was 8th in the long jump with a personal best.  Aubree Geis made the finals in the 400 meter dash where she placed 8th.    Prairie's first running gold medal of the meet came, surprisingly, in the girls medley relay, the final event on Friday. Prairie was third at District but first at state. Shown above are Alli Geis getting out of the blocks at the start and Kennedy Riener handing off to Sydney Shears for the final leg. The large photo shows Shears coming down the final stretch as she passes the Victory Charter and Logos anchor runners.  The girls medley team after receiving their medals for placing first. In back are Alli Geis and Aubrey Rehder. In front are Sydney Shears and Kennedy Riener.   The boys team's first gold medal came in the 4x200 relay. Shown at left is Noah Geis taking the baton from Dylan Uhlenkott and at right Trenton Lorentz takes the baton from Ben Secrest.  The boys 4x200 team with their medals. They broke both the school and state meet records in the event.   The second boys gold medal of the meet came in the 4x100 relay. At left Ben Secrest takes the baton from Noah Geis. At right Secrest hands off to Trenton Lorentz.  Above is the boys 4x100 relay team after receiving their medals. Just like in the 4x200, they broke both the school and state meet records in the event.   The final event of the meet saw the boys 4x400 win another gold medal. At left Matt Wemhoff hands off a lead to Ben Secrest. At right, Dylan Uhlenkott hands off a huge lead to Trenton Lorentz.  The boys 4x400 relay team with their medals. They broke another state meet record but didn't quite get the school record that they set at the Meet of Champions.   The girls 4x200 relay team made the medal standing by placing 4th. At left Alli Geis is about to hand off to Nadia Cash. At right Sydney Shears has just taken the baton from Kennedy Riener.  The girls 4x200 team after receiving their 4th place medals. Photo by Shaun Riener.   Prairie finished 2nd in the 4x400 relay. At left Kennedy Riener takes the baton from Alli Geis. At right are Avery Riener and Alli Geis in back and Kennedy Riener and Aubree Geis in front on the medal stand. Medal stand photo by Shaun Riener.   Bennie Elven and Lee Forsmann in the shot put.   Hailey Hanson in the shot put and the discus.  Elizabeth Severns in the discus.  Callie Remacle in the high jump.  Matt Wemhoff in the 400 meter prelims.   Briggs Rambo in the 300 meter hurdles prelims at left and Zane Uptmor in the 110 meter prelims at right..   Briggs Rambo and Cole Duclos in the pole vault. Duclos cleared opening height of 10' to finish 12th while Rambo was unable to clear the opening height which was equal to his personal best.  Prairie's team and coaches in the Parade of Athletes held Saturday morning prior to the running finals.  The Prairie boys track team tied for third place at the State Track Meet and received a team trophy. This may be Prairie’s first ever team trophy for a boys track team. Standing from left are Zane Uptmor, Ben Secrest, Lee Forsmann, Bennie Elven Trenton Lorentz, Noah Geis, Dylan Uhlenkott, Matt Wemhoff, Briggs Rambo and Cole Duclos. Kneeling from left are coaches Matt Elven, T.T. Cain, Ryan Hasselstrom, Jarod Cash, Jack Secrest and Ellea Uhlenkott.  The Prairie girls track team finished 4th at the State Track Meet and received a trophy. We’re 99.9% sure this is the first time both the girls and boys teams earned team trophies at State. Standing from left are coach Matt Elven, Nadia Cash, Sage Elven, Aubree Rehder, Callie Remacle, Elizabeth Severns, Alli Geis, Hailey Hanson, Aubree Geis, Kennedy Riener and coaches Ellea Uhlenkott and T.T. Cain. Standing with the trophy are Avery Riener and Sydney Shears. Coaches kneeling from left are Ryan Hasselstrom, Jack Secrest and Jarod Cash. |
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