{"id":1320344,"date":"2020-06-04T14:54:17","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=997026"},"modified":"2020-06-04T14:54:17","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T20:54:17","slug":"a-pair-of-glenwood-springs-track-standouts-sign-to-compete-in-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/a-pair-of-glenwood-springs-track-standouts-sign-to-compete-in-college\/","title":{"rendered":"A pair of Glenwood Springs track standouts sign to compete in college"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kuba Bartnik (left) and AJ Adams (right) sign their official commitments to Adams State and Concordia University-Irvine respectively.<\/strong>
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Glenwood Springs High School has a history of sending track and field athletes to the next level. Both Kuba Bartnik and AJ Adams represent the latest crop of graduating seniors to head to the collegiate level, albeit without their senior season.<\/p>\n

In the last 10 years, Glenwood has sent 22 athletes into college to compete. The latest two had to handle a lot of the work themselves.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year was a record year for our program in terms of the number of kids that moved onto the college level,\u201d coach Blake Risner said. \u201cThose two were watching from the side and saying, \u2018That\u2019s gonna be us next year.\u2019 Then to have their season taken away, I think for them to persevere and do all the college contacts on their own and to end up signing with successful programs, it just shows kids that, you know, what you do on the track combined with what you do on your own can really lead to a lot of success.\u201d<\/p>\n

Between the two, Bartnik a runner and Adams a jumper, they placed in the top-3 finishers, 28 respective times.<\/p>\n

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