Prairieview Ogden’s Ella Mohr Wins State Shot Put Title; Atleigh Miller Shines in Long Jump at IESA State Meet
By Fred Kroner
In the IESA Class 1A seventh-grade girls’ state track and field meet, Prairieview Ogden finished 20th with 10 ½ points. The team state crown went to Washington St. Patrick with 34 points.
Seventh-grader Ella Mohr was victorious in the shot put with a state winning effort of 31 feet, a personal-best.
Teammate Kelsie Harms tied for eighth in the high jump (4 feet, 3 inches) in the finals at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria, in the two-day meet, which ended on Saturday (May 11).
Two of the school’s relays ended among the top 15 in the state.
The 400-meter foursome, featuring Mohr, Alea Rash, Harms and Caylah Roberts finished 13th in 58.26 seconds.
Sharing the baton for the 14th-place 800-meter relay were Chloe Bressner, Reagan Blakely, Charlie Sjuts and Lyli Vilven. Their cumulative time was 2:06.28.
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In the IESA Class 1A eighth-grade girls’ state meet, PVO produced a state-runner-up in Atleigh Miller.
Miller leaped 16 feet, 3 inches to clinch the runner-up medal in the long jump.
Miller also competed in the finals at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria, in three other events in the two-day meet, which ended on Saturday (May 11).
Miller teamed up with Grace Bressner, Bella Frerichs and Kellyn Irwin for a third-place finish in the 400-meter relay. Their cumulative time was 54.97 seconds.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Miller ended ninth in 18.14 seconds. She also ran the 100-meter dash and took 14th in 14.09 seconds.
In the 48-school meet, PVO finished in a tie for ninth with 16 points. Team state champion Springfield Christian amassed 59 points.
PVO had state-meet competitors in seven other events.
The other runner was Bressner, who finished ninth in the 400 meters with a personal-best 1:04.86 clocking.
PVO produced two top-15 placers in the discus.
Greta Goldenstein was seventh in the discus (85 feet, 9 inches) and 15th in the shot put (27 feet, 4 inches).
Korinne Travis took 15th in the discus (79 feet, 7 inches).
Irwin captured ninth in the long jump (14 feet, 5 inches) and Frerichs was 14th in the high jump (4 feet, 4 inches).
