Comet boys to field young track team in 2016

There’s a saying that BCLUW boys track and field coach Les Penick has become known for: tradition never graduates. Though the longest tenured coach in the NICL will enter this season with some uncertainty and without a host of returning experience, he’s confident that his group can still become something special as the year goes on.
 
“A lot of question marks,” he said in an interview on Thursday. “Just to start the season (at Tuesday’s Wartburg Co-Ed Meet), we’re going to have six different guys running 800’s and six different guys running 400’s.”
 
Most notably gone from last year’s squad are state champion 110-meter high hurdler Will Garber, Luke Asche (who qualified for state in the shuttle hurdle relay and the 400-meter lows) and Ty Runge, who was also a member of the shuttle hurdle team. Senior Austin Willett, who made state with the shuttle hurdle squad, is expected to be back after missing all of wrestling season with a torn ACL that he suffered during football, as are sophomore Troy Dolphin and senior Colton Kruse, who were part of a 4x100 meter relay team that was disqualified at state last season. 
 
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