Prairie Girls Track

Rima, VanDraska star for Prairie

DUBUQUE - Jalen Rima of Prairie strengthened his position as one of the fastest runners in the state Thursday night at the Class 4A district track meet in Dubuque.

Rima, a junior, captured the 200 meter dash in 22.07 seconds and claimed the 400 meter dash in 48.54 seconds. Both times are the fastest in the state this year. He took over the lead in the 200 and lowered his own state-best time in the 400.

Tysen VanDraska of Prairie also was a double-champion in the district meet. He won the 800 in 1:59.40 and took the 1600 in 4:29.30.

Hannah Frazee of Prairie won the girls 3000-meter run in 10:39.70.

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Prairie, Jeff girls win in Mt. Pleasant

MOUNT PLEASANT - The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls track team won two events and finished third in the team standings at the Mount Pleasant Relays Tuesday.

Kirstin Skriver captured the 400 in 1:02.84 for Prairie. The Hawks also won the sprint medley in 1:58.30 with Morgan Lewis, Hannah Roltgen, Jenna Ross and Skriver.

The Jefferson J-Hawks won three events and finished fourth out of eight teams in the standings.

Sarah Hanna claimed the 1500 for the J-Hawks in 5:05.64. Jefferson also won the 4x200 relay and the distance medley.

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Prairie girls run 2nd in Newton

NEWTON - The Cedar Rapids Prairie girls track team finished second at the Cardinal Invitational in Newton Thursday.

Hannah Frazee won the 1500 for Prairie (5:00.20) and Eilish Stanek claimed the 3000 (11:55.30). The Hawks also won the sprint medley (1;53.89).

Prairie got second-place showings from Paige Possehl in the 400 (1:03.76) and the 4x200 relay (1:47.84).

The Hawks had third-place finishes from Possehl in the 800 (2;32.13), Meghan Brune in the 3000 (12:13.80), Markquitta Soto in the shot put (37-6) and the shuttle hurdle relay (1:08.84).

Pella ran away with the title with 174 points. Prairie finished second out of 14 teams with 96.5 points.

Prairie girls take 2nd in MVC meet

Marissa Meyer and Charlotte Flynn shared medalist honors with 42's Tuesday to help Dubuque Wahlert take top honors at a Mississippi Valley Conference quadrangular golf meet at Twin Pines.

Emily Machula of Prairie shot an 8-over-par 44 as the Hawks finished second in the meet. Brett Visser led Washington to third place with a 47.

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