Prairieview Ogden’s Dorian Davenport Places Fourth in 400 Meters at IESA State Meet; Lucas Waters Eighth in Discus

By Fred Kroner

Prairieview Ogden seventh-grader Dorian Davenport placed fourth in the IESA boys’ Class 1A state track and field meet in the 400 meters.

Davenport ran the race in a personal-best 59.89 seconds.

He also ran a leg on the 10^th-place 1,600-meter relay. He was joined in that event by Kaden Flessner, Kavin Vanetta and Waylon Vaughn. Their time was 4:25.60.

PVO placed in a tie for 28^th in the team standings with five points. The seventh-grade team state titlist was Stwardson-Strasburg with 41 points.

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Lucas Waters was the lone Prairieview Ogden eighth-grade boys’ state placer, finishing eighth in the discus (113 feet, 4 inches).

The two-day state finals, held at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria, ended on Saturday (May 11).

PVO had two other state entries.

Airin Rash took 10^th in the high jump (5 feet, 3 inches).

The school’s 400-meter sprint relay ended in 14^th place in 52.84 seconds.

Sharing the baton were Davenport, Waters, Royce Loschen and Rash.