The Atlantic Trojans boys track team had a banner weekend at the 2018 State Track and Field Championships. The Trojans came out of the weekend with 5 State Championships, 8 overall medals, and enough school records to make your head spin. They also came away with the State Runner-Up Title which is the best finish in school history.

Atlantic Boys State Champion 4×800 Relay Team (Chase Mullenix, Zeke Whetstone, Jaxson Eden, Craig Allen Becker)
Photo courtesy Matt Mullenix

Atlantic won State Championships in the:

• 4x800M Relay (Craig Allen Becker, Jaxson Eden, Zeke Whetstone, Chase Mullenix) 8:01.05 (New School Record)
• Distance Medley (Zade Niklasen, Dillon Sonntag, Tyler Moen, Chase Mullenix) 3:32.53 (New School Record, First ever Title in this event for Atlantic)
• Chase Mullenix 800M 1:55.38 (School Record, First win in event since 1980)
• Gratt Reed 110M Hurdles 14.31 (Follows up 8th place sophomore and 4th place junior finishes)
• 4x400M Relay (Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Gratt Reed, Chase Mullenix) 3:20.96 (New School Record)

Atlantic also picked up medals in the:

• Sprint Medley 7th (Jayden Barnwell, Tyler Moen, Gratt Reed, Zade Niklasen) 1:34.89 (New School Record)
• 4x200M Relay 6th (Jayden Barnwell, Zade Niklasen, Tyler Moen, Dillon Sonntag) 1:31.44
• Gratt Reed 400M Hurdles 2nd, Runner-Up 53.24

The Trojans had a lead in the team race for most of the final day but Marion made a late charge in a few events to grab the team title. It came down to the final race in the 4x400M Relay and Marion did enough to win the team title with a second place finish behind Atlantic in that race.

Atlantic has a lot to take pride in with all of the weekend accomplishments both individually and as a team. The best run Atlantic boys track as seen at the State Meet.