As a junior, Grandview’s Dapo Akinmoladun was edged out by Ezekiel Elliott from John Burroughs in the 110-meter high hurdles at the Missouri Class 3 state championship. There’s no shame in that. Elliott is a top-notch athlete with incredible speed who has verbally committed to play football at Ohio State. Still, it became a festering internal wound for Akinmoladun. “There was a lot of disappointment when he lost to Ezekiel as a junior,” Bulldogs coach Andy Leech said. “Coming into his senior year, he made a commitment, ‘I’m going to out-train, out-work him and dominate him.’” Akinmoladun, who signed with Nebraska and was selected as the Missouri Gatorade boys track and field athlete of the year, made good on that ...