“The important thing today was getting (the two titles),” he said. He has been in the training room every day, sometimes twice a day doing the little things necessary to make sure he can compete.”īeing able to win twice on his home track was a big deal for Thompson. “His work ethic, his commitment has been outstanding. “His issues with shin splints has been something he has been working through since he got here,” Scheckel said. His shin splint issues surfaced, but, according to Scheckel, it is something he has dealt with since coming to Mount Mercy last season after attending Hawkeye Community College. The week leading up to the conference meet wasn’t a good one for Thompson, who wanted to hit 10.50 in the 100 to get an ‘A’ standard time for the postseason. In the 200, Thompson made up the stagger with a much better start and was never threatened down the stretch, winning in 20.95, well ahead of William Penn’s Johnson (21.22) I know I have a good top speed so I knew I wasn’t out of it.”

“I just had to stay patient and stay relaxed and not panic. “I had a really bad start so I had to catch him right at the line,” Thompson said. Still, he had enough to finish in 10.54, edging William Penn’s Showalter Johnson (10.56). The junior from Vinton-Shellsburg has battled shin splints which has, at times, limited his ability to train. Thompson’s road to his two wins was a bit tougher. The big thing was getting the conference title.” “Just knowing what he has run in the 5K in the fall, we knew what he was capable of doing and he ran well yesterday. “Obviously thinking he would go 9:40 was a stretch,” Scheckel said. Mount Mercy Coach Ryan Scheckel believed Clancy had a good chance to win, but he was also amazed to see him shave 30 seconds off his time to set a new school record.

With about a mile to go I felt like I had a lot left and the guy I was following, the lead guy, started fading off so I just took off from there.” “I raced yesterday and felt really good and just carried that over. You will begin to receive our Daily Sports updates.

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