Earned varsity letters in track and cross country

Captain of the cross country team his senior year

Co-captain of the track team his junior and senior seasons

Holds the SHS long jump record with a leap of 23-4

Qualified for the IHSA State Meet and was ranked second going into the meet, until a pulled hamstring prevented him from competing

Keith Pratt is a 1967 graduate of Sterling High School. He earned varsity letters in both track and cross country during his four years at SHS.

In cross country, Pratt earned three varsity awards and was captain of the team his senior year. He was also president of the S Club and participated in intramural basketball each of his four years at Sterling.

In track, Pratt received four varsity awards. Pratt was one of only two individuals in all of 1963-1964 SHS sports who, as a freshman, received a varsity letter. He was co-captain of the track team in his junior and senior seasons. Pratt's specialty was the long jump, but he also took his turn on many winning sprint relays. As a senior, Pratt competed at the Geneseo Relays and came home a gold medal winner in four events: the 220-yard dash, the long jump, and as a member of two relays, the 4x220 and the 4x440.

In a dual meet against the Dixon Dukes, Pratt's leap of 23-4 broke the SHS long jump record. The previous SHS record of 22-9 was established by Chuck Peugh '56. This record leap moved Pratt into the top five long jumpers in the state. Pratt's long jump record still survives 44 years later- the longest-standing record on the books.
Pratt qualified for the IHSA State Meet and was ranked second going into the meet. Pratt made it past the preliminaries, where an eventual pulled hamstring on his second jump in the finals prevented Pratt from vying for a state medal.

After contemplating the six college scholarships he was offered, Pratt went on to compete on the track team at Illinois State University where he graduated in 1971.