Boys’ Track: Mount Pleasant Fourth at Conference

By: Nathan Bloechl — sports@kilj.com

Keokuk — The Mount Pleasant boys’ track and field team crowned three individual conference champions as they finished fourth at yesterday’s conference track meet in Keokuk.

Sophomore Bryce Wilson ran a personal best in the 110m hurdles at 15.30 seconds to win the conference title by nearly a second and a half.

Coming in as the runner up was Jack Johnson who finished 16.60 seconds.

Cooper Pullis, a Drake Relays qualifier from a month ago, is now a conference champion.

Pullis won the shot put yesterday with a heave of 51 feet, 10 1/2 inches over four feet better than that of second place Ethan Deacon of Fort Madison.

With Wilson anchoring, the Panther shuttle hurdle relay team was also a first-place finisher.

Combining with Wilson was Mason MIlls, Morgan Van Nyhuis and Will Davidson.

They ran 1:06.90.

Washington claimed the conference title with 162 points, they were followed up by Fort Madison, Burlington and then Mount Pleasant.