Jim Field visits with former Atlantic track star Jenny Runchey Boerjan about her induction into the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Association Track & Field Hall of Fame on Saturday.  Jen won three 400 meter hurdle state titles from 1993-1995, won the 100 meter hurdles state title in 1994 and 1995 and was part of the 1994 state champion shuttle hurdle relay team.  The 1995 Atlantic team was the runner-up.

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The Atlantic girls track team is preparing for one of the biggest weekends at State Track in recent memory. The Trojans qualified 9 events for State, including 6 individual event and 3 relays.

Individually Haley Rasmussen will compete in the Long Jump and 200M Dash. Alyssa Derby will compete in the 200M Dash as well. Pluma Pross is in the 400M field. Heidi Williams will be in the 400M Hurdles. Karsyn Rush will run in the 800M. Taylor McCreedy will be in the 1500M.

Atlantic Head Coach Matt Mullenix said the team has really improved as the season moved along and their work has really bared fruit as evidenced at the state qualifying meet.

Mullenix thinks the team will be very well prepared for State competition because the Hawkeye Ten has been very strong this year.

Class 3A athletes will be competing in the morning session on Thursday and Friday this year. We’ll have full coverage of the meet with hourly on-air reports and online results on our sports page.

Listen to the full interview that KJAN Sports Director Chris Parks conducted with Coach Mullenix below.

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The Atlantic boys track team finished as State Runner-Up in Class 3A last season and the Trojans are eager to push for a title again this year. The Trojans scored 63 points a year ago and came up just 6 points shy of Marion for the title. This year Atlantic will compete in 9 events for those valuable points.

The Trojans have 4 relay entries: Sprint Medley, Distance Medley, 4x800M, and 4x400M. They will also send out 8 individuals to compete. Tyler Moen and Zade Niklasen are both competing in the 200M and 400M. Chase Mullenix will try to defend his title in the 800M. Craig Alan Becker will also be in that 800M field, as well as the 1600M Run. Jalen Petersen will run the 3200M.

Atlantic Head Coach Jordan Mullen said the team is primed to do well because they are peaking at the right time.

The mental aspect becomes a little easier for coaching staffs at the State Meet since the lineups are pretty much set. For the athletes it’s now about sharpening that mental edge and Coach Mullen says the team’s confidence helps that right now.

Class 3A athletes will compete in the morning season on Thursday and Friday this year. The Trojans’ first event on Thursday will be Jalen Petersen in the 3200M Run at about 10:25am. Listen to the full interview with Coach Mullen below.

We’ll have updates from state track nearly hourly on KJAN through the three-day meet. Our first report Thursday comes your way at 10:45am. Tune in on AM 1220, FM 101.1, and online at kjan.com. You can also follow written results on our sports page.

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