One week ago, the Pella Lady Dutch track and field team claimed gold in the 2018 Class 3A State Meet.

As part of that event, a now Pella graduate won the school’s first ever individual event title — Emily Vos. The speedster sped past for a school record sub-25 200 meter dash. Vos tells KNIA/KRLS Sports the journey to state was almost halted by a thigh injury suffered at the Drake Relays — when at the time, she thought her high school career could be over.

“It was really emotional for me,” she says. “I was in four races, but I wasn’t sure I was going to get all of those done and score points in those since I pulled my quad at Drake.”

Despite limited competition over the last several weeks of the season, Vos came back strong at Drake Stadium, guiding Pella with a 4th place finish in the 100 meter dash and as the anchor in the 4×100 2nd place team and 4×200 3rd place, school-record clinching team as well.

Click the audio player below for an interview with Vos and teammate Annika Pingel.

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