Atkinson's hurdle dominance boosts W-MU at conference meet

Behind a three event sweep from senior Wes Atkinson, the Winfield-Mt. Union boys' track team wrapped up a fourth place team finish at the Southeast Iowa Super Conference North Division meet on Monday, May 9.

Atkinson ran the first leg of a winning shuttle hurdle team before sweeping the 110 meter high hurdles (14.73 seconds) and the 400 meter low hurdles (57.56). Atkinson, along with Grant Edwards, Andrew Liles and Trent Haines, edged out WACO by .45 in the shuttle hurdle (1:02.15) for the win.

"Wes had a great night in the hurdles for us with three wins. You have to give some credit to those other guys in that shuttle too. That was a great race to watch and a pretty good time for only having ran it once or twice," said coach Cody Wolfe.

Andrew Liles took second in the 1,600 meter run, with a time of 4:52.54, while Trent Haines finished runner-up to Atkinson in the 110 highs (16.11). Atkinson also took second in the long jump with a distance of 20'.

Edwards, Max Fricke, Derek Dedic and Liles finished fifth in the sprint medley with a time of 4:02.94, while Skyler Davis and Clayton Robison finished sixth (109'-11") and seventh (107'-3"), respectively, in the discus.

"I think overall we showed where we are as a team. Some of our older kids, Wes, Trent, Liles, Grant, really stepped up and did a nice job in things and looked great. We also showed our youth in a lot of the events where we weren't so strong," said Wolfe.

W-MU runs again tomorrow at the district meet in Wayland, starting at 4 p.m.

Final team scores

1. Mediapolis 156.5; 2. Pekin 151; 3. Wapello 84; 4. W-MU 70; 5. WACO 59; 6. Lone Tree 57; 7. Louisa-Muscatine 50; 8. Columbus 36.5; 9. Highland 25; 10. Iowa Mennonite 12

Individual results

100m ? 12th-Chris Foutch 12.69; 16th-Jake Arnold 12.89

200m ? 10th-Chris Foutch 25.86; 14th-Clayton Robison 26.52

400m ? 11th-Max Fricke 56.99; 13th-Derek Dedic 57.67

800m ? 16th-Kollin Lintz 2:36.23; 17th-Chase Brown 2:37.24

1,600m ? 2nd-Andrew Liles 4:52.54; 8th-Max Fricke 5:20.86

110m highs ? 1st-Wes Atkinson 14.73; 2nd-Trent Haines 16.11

400m lows ? 1st-Wes Atkinson 57.56; 15th-Brennan Haymond 1:21.76

Shuttle Hurdle ? 1st-Wes Atkinson, Grant Edwards, Andrew Liles, Trent Haines 1:02.15

Sprint Medley ? 5th-Grant Edwards, Max Fricke, Derek Dedic, Andrew Liles 4:02.94

4x100m ? 6th-Trent Haines, Chris Foutch, Derek Dedic, Grant Edwards 47.77; 12th-Jake Arnold, Brennan Haymond, Ty Reynolds, Skyler Davis 53.69

4x200m ? 10th-Marty Lintz, Clayton Robison, Skyler Davis, Chris Foutch 1:44.70; 13th-Brennan Haymond, Jacob Smith, Ty Reynolds, Jake Arnold 2:03.84

4x400m ? 7th-Max Fricke, Andrew Liles, Derek Dedic, Trent Haines 3:54.65

4x800m ? 9th-Chase Brown, Travis Jones, Kollin Lintz, Tristin Klopfenstein 10:26.22

Discus ? 6th-Skyler Davis 109'-11"; 7th-Clayton Robison 107'-3"

Shot put ? 8th-Grant Edwards 39'-7.75"; 12th-Ty Reynolds 37'-4.75"

Long jump ? 2nd-Wes Atkinson 20'; 12th-Jacob Smith 14'-2"