2019 Atlantic Boys Track at State

The Atlantic boys track and field team is hoping to hit the ground running this season despite the year hiatus from competition. The Trojans picked up a team runner-up finish in 2018 and a 3rd place finish at the 2019 State Meet at the end of Head Coach Jordan Mullen’s tenure. Abby Becker was set to take over the program before last season was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Coach Becker is hoping that recent success will help the upperclassmen show this year’s team the path to success.

Collin Mullenix and Craig Alan Becker are a couple of those seniors that experienced that State success as members of winning relay teams, and Coach Becker feels like they have a number of other key pieces ready to step in. The other dynamic missing last season has created for all teams is two classes that are new to high school level competition. Coach Becker said it will all be about establishing baselines early.

Goals will certainly be lofty for the team given the recent history of success, but Coach Becker hopes they can focus on steps to reach big goals.

The Trojans were set for their first full team meet on Tuesday at Denison but that meet has been postponed due to expected weather conditions. Their next scheduled meet is Thursday at Dowling Catholic.