{"id":8179,"date":"2016-07-08T17:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idsunmedia.com\/?p=8179"},"modified":"2016-07-08T17:23:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:23:09","slug":"kenneth-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/08\/kenneth-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student Body President & Renaissance Man<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n

BY JONATHAN KANE<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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Wood River High School rising senior Kenneth Pratt. Courtesy photo by John Koth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kenneth Pratt, who will be entering his senior year at Wood River High School, is one busy young man.<\/p>\n

Carrying a 4.0 grade point average, Pratt was National Honor Society junior president. He is also co-captain of the drum line, a member of the water club, part of the Family Career Community Leaders of America, runs cross-country and track for the Wolverines, and has excelled in student government. He was class president his sophomore and junior years and this year he will be student body president.<\/p>\n

Of all of these, Pratt is particularly passionate about running and made it central to his personal project.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always thought it was really cool,\u201d Pratt said in an interview. \u201cYou\u2019re not thinking about anything when you go for a run. You\u2019re free from responsibilities for a little bit. I love how even when you are having a bad day, you can go for a run and feel better.\u201d<\/p>\n

In seventh and eighth grades, Pratt participated in track after his sister got him into it. His freshman year he joined the cross-country team and went to districts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I like track more because I\u2019m better at it,\u201d he said. \u201cI really prefer to sprint rather than run long distances. But cross-country really helps for training and it\u2019s a great bunch of kids.\u201d The course is 3.1 miles.<\/p>\n

In track, Pratt specializes in the 300 hurdles.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy sister ran them, so I thought, I\u2019ll try it,\u201d he said. \u201cIf she could do it, so could I. Everyone thinks it\u2019s jumping, but the real idea is to get as close to the hurdle as you can. That\u2019s how you go faster.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pratt went to state his sophomore and junior years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI competed in it in middle school and I had the technique down but I didn\u2019t do well because I wasn\u2019t fast enough,\u201d he said. \u201cI got bigger and progressed and hopefully next year I\u2019ll do even better. I really like the 300 hurdles because it\u2019s my own event and you\u2019re by yourself. But I still love the 4×4 team event because you can run faster and you have other people pushing you.\u201d<\/p>\n

His sophomore year, Pratt did his personal project (formerly the senior project) and ran a half-marathon in Boise, which is 13.2 miles.<\/p>\n

\u201cI competed but I also wrote out a training program for myself and then an eating program and dietary schedule,\u201d said Pratt. I ran six days a week working on different distances until I built up to 10-11 miles. I had to run every day like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dietary program was basically eating healthy overall. I came up with a meal plan with healthy foods that would help me to run. In the end, I finished first in my age group \u2013 14-19 years old \u2013 and I did it in under an hour and a half. It was such a great feeling to know that I accomplished something so hard and came out on top.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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