Maquoketa’s Kyle Simmons wins Spotlight Athlete of the Week

MAQUOKETA, Iowa (KWQC) - Maquoketa track standout Kyle Simmons was voted Spotlight Athlete of the Week after winning four State titles.

“Kyle’s a great kid I mean you always see him with different kids interacting with them” said Maquoketa coach Spencer Scar.

“He’s done a good job. I think he does well in school. He’s speaking well for himself, he’s really grown a lot since we’ve known him” he said.

Simmons is legally blind and won titles in four different para-ambulatory events. His winning time in the 800m was an all-time State meet record.

“I’ve notice I’ve improved a lot from being last in a lot of races to now winning State is, it’s like a big deal to me” said Simmons.

“That was like such a big stadium and such like a big stage like as like a track athlete it’s always been a goal to go to State and actually doing it in my senior year is really cool. Through my visual impairment I can’t play a lot of sports and track is one of the few that I can play and so that feeling of being in a sport and being apart of something is really cool” he said.