Fort Collins Sprinters and Jumpers Enjoy a Weekend at the Expense of the Front Range League

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Becca Schulte is the Front Range League 200 and 400 meter champion for 2016. Colorado Track XC file photo by Alan Versaw.

Becca Schulte is prepping for her finale at Jeffco Stadium.

From the 200 to the 800, the Fort Collins senior has claimed over 20 wins during her career, which includes a 5A state championship in the 400 in 53.64 seconds a season ago. Behind a powerful Fort Collins girls track and field team lies a rare weapon.

Schulte is arguably the most versatile athlete in the state.

On the final day of the Front Range League Championships in Broomfield, the senior received a stiff challenge in both the 200 and 400-meter dashes from Mia Coats. The Mountain Range sprinter, one half of the equation to the Mustangs' dynamic junior class with Zoe Gilbertson, pushed Schulte to the brink in the 400. She never quite closed the gap in finishing as the runner-up with a 55.38 to a 55.24. In the 200, Coats again applied pressur...