Mason County track and field standouts Seth Adkins and Jim Myers will be rivals in college. Adkins will be a recruited walk-on at Eastern Kentucky University, while Myers will walk-on at Morehead State University.
Adkins was the region champion in the 100 meter dash and 200 meter dash Saturday. He is also a member of Mason County's 4x200 meter and 4x400 meter relay teams that took first place in the region meet. Adkins set the school record in the 200 meter dash (21.9) at the Fleming County All-Comers Meet in April. He won the indoor 200 meters at Ohio State University. He was 27th in the 200 meters at the Nike Indoor Nationals in Boston. Adkins was second in the 55 meters and finished third in a school record time of 53.43 in the 400 meters at the Mason-Dixon Games.
Myers set the school record in the indoor 3,000 meter run (9:59.00) in February. He was a member of the 4x800 meter relay team that set a school record (9:17.23) at the Mason-Dixon Games. He won several races in 1600 meters, 3200 meters and 3000 meters. Myers finished eighth in the state cross country meet and was named All-State Honorable Mention by the Kentucky Track and Cross Country Coaches Association.
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