Walton, a junior, was named Most Valuable Performer at the Iowa Conference Championship after scoring 20 of Dubuque’s 45 points. He automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships with a winning time of 21.26 seconds in the 200-meter dash, breaking the Conference record of 21.38 seconds. Walton also won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.73 seconds, an NCAA provisional qualifying time. In the preliminaries of the race, he set a Conference record with a time of 10.59 seconds.
