| Prairie
hosts track meet
The Prairie Track team hosted their first track meet in over 30 years last Tuesday, April 30, and also sent several competitors to the Meet of Champions at Lewiston, Thursday, May 2. 
The last meet we are aware of that took place at Cottonwood was in 1985 and we understand Prairie hosted several meets back in the early 1970s. Martin took first in the 100 meter dash in 11.89, the 200 in 24.39 and the long jump at 193½. Also earning a first place finish for the boys team was T.J. Hibbard in the 800 in 2:16.30. He was also 9th in the shot put at 335. Carson Schmidt also earned a first place medal by winning the shot put with a mark of 3910. He was also third in the discus at 1116. Earning a first place medal for the girls was Ciara Chaffee in the 800 with a time of 2:36.95. She was also 2nd in the 1600 in 5:57.49. Also earning a first was Koleen Hasselstrom with a heave of 871- in the discus. She was also 6th in the shot at 282½. The girls also took first place in the 4x200 and 4x400 relays. Ellea Uhlenkott, Jordyn Higgins, Sierra McWilliams and Theresa Wemhoff won the 4x200 in 1:58.53. In the 4x400 Chaffee stepped in for Uhlenkott who suffered an injury in the 300 hurdles and combined with Higgins, McWilliams and Wemhoff to win in 4:30.90 Other boys results: Matt Coppernoll was 2nd in the discus at 1133 and also 3rd in the shot put at 357½. Zach Rambo was 3rd in the 400 in 1:00.84 and 7th in the 1600 in 5:46.0. Brody Hasselstrom was 4th in the 200 in 25.95, 6th in the 100 in 12.84 and 7th in the discus at 975. Jesse Cronan was 4th in the long jump at 175¼, 6th in the 200 in 26.71 and 8th in the discus at 968. Williams Hooper was 5th in the 200 in 26.54, 8th in the 400 in 1:04.73 and 11th in the shot put at 2711. Reid Uptmor was 5th in the 400 in 1:01.70, 5th in the discus at 1058 and tied for 7th in the shot at 338½. Tyler Wemhoff was 5th in the 3200 in 13:03.0, 8th in the long jump at 138, 9th in the 1600 in 5:53.0 and 14th in the 400 in 1:10.33. Justin Lockett was 5th in the 800 in 2:40.81 and 12th in the 400 in 1:08.25. Hayden Uhlenkott was 6th in the discus at 1051 and tied for 7th in the shot at 338½. James Villamor was 6th in the 1600 in 5:34.91, 7th in the 3200 in 13:31.0 and 12th in the 400 in 1:18.10. Ryan Arnzen was 8th in the 3200 in 16:18.0 and 10th in the 1600 in 7:09.0. Zac Arnzen was 9th in the 200 in 29.05, 10th in the 100 in 14.06 and 11th in the 400 in 1:07.53. The 4x100 team of Hibbard, Cronan, Hasselstrom and Martin was 3rd in 51.50. The 4x200 team of Hooper, Rambo, Uptmor and Zac Arnzen was 3rd in 1:53.29. Other girls results: Ellea Uhlenkott was 2nd in the 300 hurdles in 52.30. CiCi Chavez was 2nd in the 400 in 1:09.84 and 9th in the 100 in 14.87. Erin Chmelik was 2nd in the 200 in 28.93; 4th in the 300 hurdles in 56.57, 4th in the long jump at 134¾ and 7th in the 100 in 14.56. She was worth 16 points as a team and finished 7th. Kyleigh Duclos was 2nd in the 3200 in 14:26.16 and 5th in the 1600 in 6:38.46. Kendra Duclos was 4th in the 1600 in 6:38.34 and 4th in the 3200 in 14:36.0. Ali Rehder was 4th in the 400 in 1:15.95 and 8th in the 1600 in 7:04.03. Jade Gehring was 6th in the 400 in 1:25.29, 15th in the shot put at 155½ and 16th in the discus at 524. Emma Gehring was 7th in the discus at 776 and 9th in the shot at 258½. Halle Klapprich was 7th in the 1600 in 7:03.30 and 13th in the shot put at 215. The 4x100 team of Uhlenkott, Higgins, McWilliams and Wemhoff was 2nd in 54.50. The medley team of Rehder, Klapprich, Chaffee and Chavez was 4th in 2:21.94. A second 4x200 team of Duclos, Duclos, Rehder and Klapprich was 4th in 2:15.03. As a team the boys took second behind Kamiah with 109 pts. The girls were third behind Orofino and Kamiah with 104 pts. Meet of Champions Prairies best finished at the Meet of Champions in Lewiston was Coppernoll who set a personal best by about 20 feet to win the discus competition with a throw of 1377. He also placed 16th in the shot put at 336½. Chaffee and Hasselstrom were the top finisher for the girls with a 3rd place each. Chaffee was 3rd in the 800 in 2:36.84. She was also 5th in the 1600 in 5:50.02. Hasselstrom was 3rd in the discus at 967 and 9th in the shot at 289. Other boys results: Schmidt took 2nd in the shot put with a mark of 4210 and was 4th in the discus at 1255. Martin took 4th in the 100 at 12.01, 4th in the 200 in 24.16 and 8th in the long jump at 191½. Hibbard was 5th in the 800 in 2:16.36. Uhlenkott was 9th in the discus at 1119 and 14th in the shot put at 340. Cronan was 12th in the long jump at 1711. Uptmor was 14th in the discus at 1009. The 4x200 team of Hibbard, Cronan, Hasselstrom and Martin placed 5th in 1:40.42. The 4x100 relay team of Schmidt, Hibbard, Cronan and Hasselstrom placed 5th in 50.65. Other girls results: Erin Chmelik was 13th in the 100 meters in 14.47. Emma Gehring was 14th in the discus at 84.4 and 21st in the shot at 259½. Kendra Duclos was 16th in the 1600 in 6:19.44. Kyleigh Duclos was 17th in the 1600 in 6:19.84. The 4x400 relay team of Uhlenkott, Higgins, McWilliams and Wemhoff was 2nd in 4:29.43. The 4x100 relay team of Uhlenkott, Higgins, McWilliams and Wemhoff was 6th in 54.39. The 4x200 team of Uhlenkott, Higgins, McWilliams and Wemhoff was 8th in 2:05.20.
Track team members have a laugh as head coach Ryan Hasselstrom takes the handoff from Bryan Higgins in the coachs relay. PRAIRIE TRACK SCHEDULE FOR 2019 MARCH 21-at Kamiah 13-Prairie Invitational, 10 a.m.-cancelled 16-Lapwai Invitational, 1:00 p.m. 19-Nez Perce Games at Kamiah, 3:30 p.m. 23-Kamiah Meet, 4 p.m. 27-White Pine League Championships at Kamiah, 10 a.m. 30-at Prairie 3:30 p.m. 10-11-Regional Meet, at Kamiah 17-18-State, Middleton High School |
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