Gatorade Male Track Athlete of the Year

Johannes Swanepoel has been named the Gatorade Male Track Athlete of the year. The Shawnee Mission South product unleashed a javelin throw of 238 feet, 4 inches at the Kansas State meet. That throw was the third best in United States prep history.

Swanepoel had already held the record coming into meet, but smashed it with his record-breaking toss. The South African native will throw at the University of Kansas next year.

I can't argue with Gatorade's choice here. Athletes such as Adam Porter of McPherson, Kurt Pauly of Garden Plain, James Wilson of Abilene and Andrew Etheridge of Wichita Northwest had great state meets, but none of them were historically good on a national level like Swanepoel.