Windsor's Mikey Munn didn't run track until last year. Now he's a 3-time Colorado sprinting champ

LAKEWOOD — How sweep it is.

Windsor boys track and field star Mikey Munn finished off one of the great seasons in Colorado running history, sweeping all three Class 4A boys sprinting titles Saturday at the state meet in Lakewood.

"It pretty much feels surreal and still hasn’t hit yet," he said moments after his final title. "I knew it was something I could do, so I'm super grateful I got the job done."

Munn entered as the top seed in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dash events and lived up to the billing, winning them all within two hours of each other.

Munn's ascension to a three-time state champion was practically faster than his own blazing speed, coming almost out of nowhere.

The Wizards senior and 2023 4A first-team all-state football standout had never even run track before joining the Windsor team midway through the 2023 spring season.

"Zero background in it," he laughed during a pre-state interview.

But some family friends who double as coaches for the program like Jobe Lewis convinced him after church one weekend early last year.

"We want you to run," he recalled them saying. "We think you can do it."

That was a great call.

The natural speed Munn displayed as a triple threat in all football phases translated. And then some.

He quit basketball after three high school seasons and spent the winter months before this season training with Loveland speed coach Corey Sample.

"Coming from football, I thought you just ran in a line," Munn said in half-jest. "But there’s so much form to it. The biggest change was the speed training and getting form down.

"And then there's all the hips and hamstring strengthening, ankle stiffening — just so much you don’t think about."

Dedicating his offseason training to track dropped his times in the 100 by a half-second and in the longer sprints by multiple seconds.

From only running on Windsor's sixth-place 4x100 team last year, Munn became literally untouchable this spring.

Munn went 24-0 in dash finals this season and held the top times among all classifications in all three events until a week before state.

"It’s crazy to think about what Mikey's done," Windsor coach Bryan Horn said ahead of the state meet. "It’s a ‘once-in-lifetime’ thing. He's just been an explosion."

His Saturday sweep was the final detonation.

Munn started it in the 100 dash, bursting past the pack after a slow start to win in 10.58 seconds.

"Before the 100, I was freaking out," he said. "Winning that one really settled me down and got me good for the next two."

He did it again barely an hour later, exploding into the final curve to easily win the 400 in 47.96 seconds.

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The pressure was on for the 200 dash with two titles in tow, but Munn didn't flinch. He took the lead early and held off friend and rival Karamoko Sacko (Northfield) after running just inches apart on the finishing kick to win in 21.33 seconds.

" 'Job's not finished' was the mindset," he said. "I came out here for this, to sweep all three. I was a little tired after the 400, so I just missed my PR, but I’m just happy to pull it off."

Munn finished each race with a big hug from girls sprinter and Windsor teammate Kiana Cumings, who had top-three state finishes in all three of her sprints.

The duo has pushed each other all season, aiming for school and conference records together.

"We go into meets like, 'Let’s go get these records.’ So, it's been really fun to see his journey this year," Cumings said.

It was a scene and season that would have been unbelievable to even Munn himself in the very recent past.

"If you told me all this last year when I joined track, I would have been confused, honestly," Munn said. "This year kind of made me believe, though.

"I figured I'll just go run for fun and maybe get faster for football. Now, here we are."

He's made believers out of everybody, including college track coaches.

Horn said Munn's season has him on the recruiting radar for a vast majority of Division I programs.

He's already signed to play college football at the University of South Dakota next fall and is largely unwavering in that commitment.

Still, Munn said he's open to doing two sports, but football will come first. For now.

"I love football, so it’s really hard to pass up that opportunity," he said. "The opportunity to play two sports would be amazing, though.

"I just like competing, though. And I hate to lose."

Munn made that very clear all spring and left quite literally zero doubt about it.