Edmonds-Woodway came out on top in the first annual Western Conference Sports Medicine competition May 19 at Meadowdale High School.
Meadowdale finished second and Marysville-Pilchuck was third. Eleven teams participated in the competition, which was run in a knowledge bowl format.
Two teams of five individuals faced off against each other and answered questions in one of four categories — first aid, treatment, evaluations and anatomy.
Questions were posed to each team separately and participants had 10 seconds to answer the question before it went to the other team. Then each team selected an individual to play the lightning round where five questions were posed in a minute.
Point totals from each round did not carry over and the finals featured three teams — Edmonds-Woodway, Meadowdale and Marysville-Pilchuck.
Fifty-five student-athletic trainers participated and a crowd of about 200 showed up to support their respective teams.
“It was a good response,” said Mountlake Terrace athletic trainer Erik Mahler, who helped organized the competition. “Everything went smoothly. The kids did really well. I’m surprised by how much they know.”
Mahler noted that next year’s state sports medicine competition might use the same question and answer format used this time.
“They may integrate it into the first day activities,” he said. “The state competition is done in April. Next year, we’re looking to build from this and do next year’s Wesco competition in March so it can help us going into state.”
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