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Oswego’s Dontrell Young, Yorkville’s Aiden Kolkmeyer both earn three All-State medals at IHSA boys state meet · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: As We Goes Dontrell Young Yorkville's Aidan Kolkmeyer both earned
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  Speaker 1: three all state medals at Issa boys State Meet. Written
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  Speaker 1: by Joel Bonnetz, this article is being read by an
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  Speaker 1: automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Aiden Kolkmayer didn't
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  Speaker 1: think he would get a chance to go to his
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  Speaker 1: third and final event of the day Saturday. Shortly before
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  Speaker 1: taking to the starting line in the Class three A
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  Speaker 1: three hundred meter hurdles final, the Yorkville sophomore heard the
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  Speaker 1: call to report to the high jump for his final
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  Speaker 1: event of the day. After crossing the finish line, he
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  Speaker 1: was tasked with a choice either take the short rest
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  Speaker 1: and try to earn his third all state honor of
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  Speaker 1: the day, or walk away with the two medals he
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  Speaker 1: already had. I was really stressed out, especially with the turnaround,
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  Speaker 1: Kolchmeyer said, I had to run to get a tape
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  Speaker 1: measure and jumping shoes just in case. Talk to my
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  Speaker 1: coach about what he wanted me to do was back
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  Speaker 1: and forth constantly. In the end, Kolchmeyer ended up making
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  Speaker 1: the start in the high jump and eventually finished in
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  Speaker 1: eighth place after clearing one point nine to eight meters
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  Speaker 1: six feet six inches to secure his third all state
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  Speaker 1: finish of the day at the Issa Boys Track and
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  Speaker 1: Field State Championships in Charleston. This has just taught me
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  Speaker 1: not to give up too soon, Kolchmeyer said, I was
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  Speaker 1: really debating giving up on the high jump, but now
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  Speaker 1: I've got three medals, which is awesome. The sophomore had
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  Speaker 1: his two other medals come in the hurdle events, finishing
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  Speaker 1: sixth in the one hundred ten meter hurdles fourteen point
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  Speaker 1: four zero seconds and also taking fourth in the three
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  Speaker 1: hundred hurdles thirty seven point seven zero In the one
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  Speaker 1: hundred and ten, I was on the edge of qualifying,
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  Speaker 1: so it was good to get that improvement. Kolchmeyer said,
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  Speaker 1: I also had an improvement on my seed in the
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  Speaker 1: three hundred. I didn't run a personal best, but it
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  Speaker 1: is what it is. In the end, I'm still on
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  Speaker 1: top of the world. Yorkville finished the day with five
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  Speaker 1: all state finishes, the most of all Kendall County schools.
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  Speaker 1: Besides Kolkmyer's three finishes, seniors Owen Horny second eight hundred
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  Speaker 1: and Jaden Ruth ninth two hundred also secured podium finishes
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  Speaker 1: in the state finals. Horenni, who was looking for his
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  Speaker 1: first state title in the eight hundred after finishing second
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  Speaker 1: as a junior, took to the lead with three hundred
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  Speaker 1: and fifty meters to go, but he was passed up
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  Speaker 1: by Washington's Ben Gorsage with one hundred to go, forcing
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  Speaker 1: him to settle for another second place finish after crossing
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  Speaker 1: the line in one fifty one point zero seven. I
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  Speaker 1: know I was slow out in the first lap, so
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  Speaker 1: I knew I was already off the time I wanted
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  Speaker 1: when I heard the time, HORNI said, and then I
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  Speaker 1: just kind of ate it in the last one hundred
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  Speaker 1: like I did last year and couldn't get it back.
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  Speaker 1: That stuff happens, But I'm really hapy for Ben. Despite
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  Speaker 1: not getting an individual state title, the Notre Dame commit
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  Speaker 1: still finished his high school career with five medals on
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  Speaker 1: the track. Phil track has bought me a lot of
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  Speaker 1: good things over the past few years, Hareni said, from
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  Speaker 1: the state championship my freshman year to just constant improvement
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  Speaker 1: in the eight hundred from then. It's obviously disappointing not
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  Speaker 1: to finish my career with a first, but I know
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  Speaker 1: this isn't the end, so I'm excited to see how
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  Speaker 1: college goes. Also securing three all state medals on the
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  Speaker 1: day was Oswego junior Dontrell Young. It marks his second
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  Speaker 1: consecutive season finding the podium three times after medaling in
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  Speaker 1: the one hundred, two hundred and four hundred. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: it's a cool feeling, Young said, It's a lot on
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  Speaker 1: the body, but I'm proud of my performance. The junior
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  Speaker 1: had his best finish in the two hundred, taking second
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  Speaker 1: for the second straight season in two to one one
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  Speaker 1: eight Comma, with Geneva's Bennett Conki beating him out for
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  Speaker 1: the title in twenty one point zero eight. He also
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  Speaker 1: added a fourth place finish in the one hundred ten
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  Speaker 1: point seven zero and a fifth place finish in the
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  Speaker 1: four hundred forty eight point six y eight, and improvement
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  Speaker 1: from his eighth place finish in the event a season ago.
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  Speaker 1: It feels good to do this again, Young said, I
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  Speaker 1: know I can beat all the guys who got me
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  Speaker 1: in those events, but it is what it is. They
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  Speaker 1: can have it for now. I know what I've got
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  Speaker 1: and I know what I can do. Also, finishing on
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  Speaker 1: the podium for the Panthers was junior Jasian Sprinkle, who
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  Speaker 1: took sixth in the three hundred hurdles with a personal
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  Speaker 1: best time on thirty seven point eighty five. Sandwich junior
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  Speaker 1: Jacob Ross secured his second straight all state honor in
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  Speaker 1: the pole vault, finishing sixth after clearing four point five
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  Speaker 1: zero meters fourteen feet nine inches, a slight dip from
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  Speaker 1: his fifth place finish a season ago. Honestly, I don't
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  Speaker 1: think I could be more disappointed. Ross said coming into
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  Speaker 1: the meet. I've been chasing sixteen feet all season and
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  Speaker 1: I fell such short. It just really wasn't my day,
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  Speaker 1: and going from fourth to sixth at the end was
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  Speaker 1: just a stab in the chest. But at the end
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  Speaker 1: of the day, this is just one meet, and I
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  Speaker 1: know next year coming around, the competition is going to
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  Speaker 1: be way different. And I've been at a very consistent
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  Speaker 1: training point that I know that at any second I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to shoot up in progress. So by this time
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  Speaker 1: next year, hopefully I'll be at the top. Yorkville Christian
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  Speaker 1: junior Graham Rasum ended up taking all state honors in
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  Speaker 1: the Class one A eight hundred, finishing sixth in a
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  Speaker 1: personal best time of one fifty five point seventy seven