Logan County Board recognizes 2012 athletes

Zion Lutheran School, LCHS and Mount Pulaski High School students honored

[June 27, 2012]  During a June session of the Logan County Board, the board honored student athletes from Zion Lutheran School, Lincoln Community High School and Mount Pulaski for their accomplishments in the past year.

From Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln, two students, Ben Steiner and Anna Sielaff, were recognized for their track and field accomplishments.

Ben Steiner took first place in shot put and fourth place in discus at the 2012 Logan County Track and Field Meet.

He also took first place in shot put with a throw of 45 feet, 8.5 inches and fourth place in discus with a throw of 117 feet, 9 inches at the 2012 Lutheran Sports Association state championship in River Forest.

(See Logan County Board resolution honoring Ben Steiner.)

Anna Sielaff took first place in both shot put and discus for seventh-grade girls at the 2012 Logan County Track and Field Meet.

She took second place in discus with a throw of 83 feet, 10 inches after taking third place in that event last year, and ninth place in shot put with a throw of 27 feet, 1 inch at the Lutheran state championship.

(See Logan County Board resolution honoring Anna Sielaff.)

(See photos of Steiner and Sielaff from the Lutheran state meet.)

Sielaff also gained academic recognition this year from state historical authorities for her research and presentation on the influences of Edwards Trace in settling central and southern Illinois.

(See article: Zion Lutheran student and teacher win Illinois State Historical Society awards)

(See photo of Anna Sielaff as she received an Illinois State Historical Society award for her history fair project on Edwards Trace.)

The board also recognized other students who could not be present: Lincoln Community High School hurdler Amina Jackson and the Mount Pulaski High School volleyball team.

LCHS senior Amina Jackson set a new school record in the 300 hurdles this year, running the event in 44.58 seconds, breaking her own record of 47.06.

Jackson took fourth place in the 300 intermediate hurdles at the Illinois High School Association Class 2A Girls Track and Field State Championships in Charleston on May 19.

(See Logan County Board resolution honoring Amina Jackson.)

Year after year, the Mount Pulaski volleyball team has retained a formidable reputation as state contenders. In the 2011-2012 school year, the team had a 26-16 season and took second place in the Illinois High School Association Class 1A Girls Volleyball Tournament.

Hilltopper team members were Jessica Awe, Alexis Bowles, Rachel Durchholz, Whitney Nichols, Breanna Howe, Maggie Olson, Elizabeth Allen, Marissa Mattingly, Allie Hickey, Erika Leever, Emma Stewart, Chelsea Seimbida, Jordan Taylor, Julia Beccue, Cady Lowery and Sylvia Klumpp. Coaches were Donna Dulle, Brooke Ciaccio and Charrisa Howe.

(See Logan County Board resolution honoring the Mount Pulaski High School volleyball team.)

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