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Elkin’s Zach Millsaps (left) and Cuauthli Lozada (right) exchange the baton at the conference championship meet. Millsaps and Lozada lead 10 Elkin selections on the all-conference list.
TRIBUNE/Matthew Gorry
Elkin’s Kody King was one of 10 Elks honored by the Mountain Valley Conference.
ELKIN - Area track and field athletes dominated the Mountain Valley Conference all-conference teams when the conference released the lists last week.
Twenty-eight male athletes from Elkin, Forbush, Starmount and East Wilkes garnered recognition from the MVAC, led by 10 from the Elks and Falcons apiece.
Powered by 800-meter state champion Zach Millsaps, Elkin reached double-digits in selections after capturing the conference crown in April. Millsaps was joined by Aaron Defreitas, Jamiles Hayes, Dakota King, Tre King, Cuauthli Lozada, Coley McCulloch, Nick Phillips and Brandon Welborn on the all-conference team.
Hayes and McCulloch also earned an honorable mention in a second event, alongside Kody King.
Head coach Scott Wood was awarded with the coach of the year after guiding the Elks to the conference championship and a bronze medal at the 1A Midwest Regionals.
Forbush’s honorees were headlined by male track athlete of the year Casey Evans.
Evans, who finished fourth in the 400 meter dash and fifth in the 100 meter dash at the 2A state championships, was joined by Zach Andrews, Dylan Andrade, Alec Faircloth, Jared Gallion, Nevin Gentry, Eduardo Lozano-Gomez, Ben Underwood and Ben Wall on the all-conference list. Jacob Rucker was named an honorable mention.
Starmount placed two athletes on the all-conference lists in Fondae McDaniel and James Tucker. The duo was joined by Adam Beavers, Marco Fuentes, John Johnson, Will Lambert, Ivan de la Torre, who were named as honorable mentions.
East Wilkes’ lone honoree was Abram Logan, who was named an honorable mention.
The complete all-conference and honorable list is below: (Note that some athletes appear in both lists, as they garnered recognition in multiple events).
All-Conference
Dylan Andrade (Forbush)
Zach Andrews (Forbush)
Glenn Bailey (Ashe County)
Lance Byrd (North Wilkes)
Juan Castro (Wilkes Central)
Robert Dancy (West Wilkes)
Aaron Defreitas (Elkin)
Jared Dimmette (North Wilkes)
Chris Eaton (North Wilkes)
Casey Evans (Forbush)
Alec Faircloth (Forbush)
Duncan Faw (Wilkes Central)
Jared Gallion (Forbush)
Nevin Gentry (Forbush)
Jamiles Hayes (Elkin)
Dakota King (Elkin)
Tre King (Elkin)
Cuauthli Lozada (Elkin)
Eduardo Lozano-Gomez (Forbush)
Coley McCulloch (Elkin)
Fondae McDaniels (Starmount)
Josh Martin (North Wilkes)
Zach Millsaps (Elkin)
Nick Pellicano (West Wilkes)
Josh Pennington (Ashe County)
Nick Phillips (Elkin)
Jorge Rivera (Wilkes Central)
Dustin Triplett (Wilkes Central)
James Tucker (Starmount)
Ben Underwood (Forbush)
Ben Wall (Forbush)
Brandon Welborn (Elkin)
Ethan Wingler (North Wilkes)
Austin Woodruff (North Wilkes)
Tyler Woods (West Wilkes)
Honorable Mention
Sam Allen (West Wilkes)
Adam Beavers (Starmount)
Austin Bennett (Ashe County)
Jacob Blevins (Ashe County)
Lance Byrd (North Wilkes)
Josh Englebert (West Wilkes)
Marco Fuentes (Starmount)
Jamiles Hayes (Elkin)
Nathaniel Hunt (North Wilkes)
Richard Issacs (Ashe County)
John Johnson (Starmount)
Daniel Jones (West Wilkes)
Kody King (Elkin)
Will Lambert (Starmount)
Abram Logan (East Wilkes)
Coley McCulloch (Elkin)
Fondae McDaniels (Starmount)
Josh Martin (North Wilkes)
James Parker (North Wilkes)
Connor Pate (West Wilkes)
Josh Pennington (Ashe County)
Jacob Rucker (Forbush)
Colby Shell (West Wilkes)
Ivan de la Torre (Starmount)
Brian Traverse (Ashe County)
Dustin Triplett (Wilkes Central)
Reach Matthew Gorry at 835-1513 or mgorry@heartlandpublications.com.
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