Anna Hall and Cole Sprout, both from Valor Christian, have been named the girls and boys track athletes of the year by Gatorade.
Each are the first track athlete from their school to be named a Gatorade player of the year.
Hall, a junior, recently set the national heptathlon record at the Great Southwest Classic. She also won the heptathlon at the USA Track & Field Junior National Championships to qualify for the World Junior Championships.
During the high school season, Hall won the 100- and 300-meter hurdles, as well as the long jump. She also finished second in the 200 meter dash.
After the season, Hall was named first-team all-state and the Class 4A athlete of the year.
Hall has a 4.15 GPA.
“Anna Hall is just exceptional in all areas,” said Niwot coach Maurice Henriques. “She’s probably the best athlete in the state, and maybe the best in the nation. She’s a role model for the state for her attention to detail to this sport in every area.”
Sprout, who just finished his sophomore year, has a 3.98 GPA.
“Cole is an amazing kid with great discipline and determination to be the best he can be,” said Valor Christian head coach Brian Kula. “He is an outstanding student and goes about life with high character and humility.”
Gale, a recent graduate of Discovery Canyon, has been selected to be a part of Team Canada as it competes at the 2018 IAAF under-20 World Championships.
The 32-member team will travel to Tampere, Finland for the competition, which takes place from July 10-15.
Gale will run the 200 meters for Canada at Worlds. Her time of 23.96 at the Class 4A state meet in May is the third-fastest Canadian time in her age group this season.
A native of Ottawa, Gale moved to Colorado Springs from Canada in the summer of 2015. She made an immediate impact on the Colorado track scene.
In 2016, she finished first in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter 4A races.
Gale had hip surgery as a junior, and missed most of the 2017 track season, but still managed to qualify for three events at the state meet, and finished second in the 200, fourth in the 100 and helped Discovery Canyon placed second in the sprint medley relay.
This past spring, Gale again swept 4A’s 100, 200 and 400 races.
Gale, who previously represented Canada at the 2017 Youth Commonwealth Games, is signed to run track for Colorado State University.
Kent Waryan, Laura Probst, Chris Peterson, Liz Armbrustmacher and Kevin Williams (not pictured) were inducted into the Jeffco Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday at the Arvada Center. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
ARVADA — Laura Probst never won a state championship.
The 2002 graduate of Arvada West High School finished runner-up 11 times in state cross country and track individual races. However, 16 years after leaving Jeffco and after a stellar soccer career at Texas A&M University, Probst was inducted into the Jeffco Athletic Hall of Fame on Thursday afternoon at the Arvada Center — along with Chris Peterson, Liz Armbrustmacher, Kevin Williams and Kent Waryan.
“It’s incredibly special. Part of the reason it was so unexpected,” said Probst, who is now a primary care doctor at a Veterans Hospital in Albuquerque, NM. “Being a student-athlete in Colorado and Jefferson County was such an important time in my life, but it seem so far in the past.”
Despite all the second-place finishes, Probst’s attitude was always positive.
“I think you have to remember why you are doing it and what it is all about,” said Probst, who won the coveted Freddie Joe Steinmark Award in 2002. “For me I was competing against myself. As long as I knew I gave my best and left it all out on the track I was satisfied.”
Chris Peterson
The Jefferson High School graduate might have been a little ahead of his time. The sharp-shooting basketball guard led the state in scoring his senior year in guiding the Saints to an appearance in the Final 4 of the state tournament.
Peterson’s youngest son —Lakewood High School graduate Kolton Peterson — broke the all-time Class 5A 3-point record just a few years ago. All the scoring Chris Peterson did in his time in the mid-1970s came without the 3-point line in existence.
“I thought it was going to be a roast at first,” Peterson said during his speech. “My boys were all sitting around last tonight and said I would probably be the first basketball player to go into the (Jeffco) Hall of Fame who never made a 3-point shot.”
Peterson went on to coach softball at Green Mountain, along with boys basketball at Arvada West.
Liz Armbrustmacher
This Evergreen High School graduate was apart of the volleyball juggernaut the Cougars build under coach Lo Hunter in the 1980s, which included a 182-match winning streak.
Armbrustmacher went on to play Indiana University before returning to Jeffco. She led Lakewood High School to a remarkable run starting in the late 1990s.
“All of us in this room understand the impact of sports and activities,” said Armbrustmacher, who is still a teacher at Lakewood. “The lessons learned and taught on the field, the court, the pitch, the diamond and the track that those lessons learned expand far more than the game.”
Kevin Williams
Williams was a seven-time state champion in cross country and track at D’Evelyn Junior/Senior High School. He still holds the Class 4A state record in the 3,200-meter run that he set his senior year in 2008 with a time of 9:06.27.
“Looking back at my athlete career a feel very lucky to have attended Jefferson County and D’Evelyn,” Williams wrote in a statement read by his high school track coach Micah Porter. “When I arrived at D’Evelyn in 7th-grade and I no idea I would become a distance runner and how big of a role that would play in my life.”
Williams went on to run at the University of Oklahoma from 2008-13 where he had three consecutive top-10 finishes at the NCAA Cross Country National Championships. He is currently the head cross country coach at North Texas University and assistant track coach for the Mean Green.
Kent Waryan
Waryan came to Jeffco in the mid-1970s. He was a teacher, coach and administrator at a number of schools before retiring a handful of years ago from the district. He spent his final years at Jeffco at the athletic director at Wheat Ridge and Lakewood before sharing duties with Kevin Land as the Executive Director of Athletics and Activities in Jeffco.
Jim Thyfault, current Executive Director of Athletics and Activities, said that Waryan served as a mentor to so many current athletic directors in Jeffco.
“The scoreboard is not the most important thing and communication,” Waryan said of the two valuable things his wife has taught him over the years.
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Pomona graduate Ryan Marquez, middle, stands with family members after receiving the 5A Jeffco Male Athlete of the Year and Freddie Joe Steinmark Award at the 32nd Annual Jeffco Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet on Thursday. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
Jeffco Athletics 2017-18 Awards
Athletes of the Year
Jeffco 5A Male: Ryan Marquez, Pomona
Jeffco 5A Female: Camilla Emsbo, Lakewood
Jeffco 4A Male: Adam Thistlewood, Golden
Jeffco 4A Female: Kristina Schreiber, Evergreen
Coaches of the Year
Jeffco 5A Coach of Male Sports: Jay Madden, Pomona
Jeffco 5A Coach of Female Sports: Tracey Boychuk, Pomona
Jeffco 4A Coach of Male Sports: Brian Kula, Valor Christian
Jeffco 4A Coach of Female Sports: Amy Bahl, Evergreen
Assistant Coaches of the Year
Jeffco 5A Asst. of Male Sports: Shane Fugita, Dakota Ridge
Jeffco 5A Asst. of Female Sports: Steve Hadley, Lakewood
Jeffco 4A Asst. of Male Sports: Brian Zehnder, Standley Lake
Jeffco 4A Asst. of Female Sports: Ali Meyers, Evergreen
Fred Steinmark Team Award
Jeffco 5A: Ralston Valley
Jeffco 4A: D’Evelyn
Paul Davis Sportsmanship Award
Jeffco 5A: Bear Creek
Jeffco 4A: Golden
Growing up in Telluride, one of the most scenic parts of the state, Soleil Gaylord knows quite a lot about the beauty that surrounds her. When Soleil remarked that winning the 2018 Freddie Steinmark Award was a beautiful way to end her high school career, she was not exaggerating.
“Oh my gosh, this is absolutely amazing. What a beautiful way to end my high school career. I graduate next week, this is huge!” said Soleil.
Another thing that is huge is the list of accomplishments and community activities put together in the mountains around Telluride. Her running talent has taken Soleil far from her hometown, as she has competed in world championships in Spain. But, the training she has completed on the worn track at Wheat Ridge High School means as much to her as any track and gives her a unique connection to the Freddie Steinmark story.
Soleil’s mother, Ramona, graduated from Wheat Ridge High School and was familiar with the legacy of Freddie Steinmark. When the Gaylord family visited Soleil’s grandmother in Wheat Ridge, Soleil would jog down to the Wheat Ridge High School track and complete her workout for the day.
In her nomination letter Soleil wrote, “I imagine Freddie Steinmark must have spent hundreds of hours practicing and playing games on that field. Through the proximity to his high school, I feel a kinship with the young Freddie when I stride along the track. I am inspired by the legend of Mr. Steinmark, and I ponder what being nominated for this prestigious Colorado award means to me.”
Now Soleil will have to consider what the impact will be on being the 46th recipient of the Steinmark Award.
The Steinmark Award was established in 1972 and honors Freddie Steinmark, who excelled in football, basketball, and baseball while attending Wheat Ridge High School in the 1960s. He was also an outstanding student and was active in several school and community-oriented endeavors before attending the University of Texas, where he helped the Longhorns to the national football title in 1969. He died from cancer in 1971 at the age of 22.
Soleil has been a standout on the Colorado cross country and track scene for her four years of high school. In cross country, she placed in the top 7 all four years — with a runner-up medal in 2017 — and was a member of the 2A state championship cross country team in 2015 and 2016. In 2014, the Telluride Miners were runner-up in the team race.
On the track, Soleil was atop the 2A girls podium for three straight years in the 1600m and 3200m races. In 2018, she finished 5th in the 800m, and in 2017 was a member of the state champion 4x800m relay.
Pretty good performances for a school without a track! An understandable fact given the massive amounts of snow that Telluride is famous for. This minor setback gave rise to other outlets for Soleil’s tremendous passion for running, a passion she credits to her father, Kent Gaylord.
Soleil began training in the winter by snowshoe running and in the summer was training in the spectacular mountains above the Valley Floor area. Before long she was competing at mountain running and snowshoe running…competing and winning state, national, and international titles.
(Courtesy of Wendy’s HS Heisman)
Soleil has traveled the world as a member of the silver medal team at the 2017 World Mountain Running Championships in Italy and as a two-time world champion at the World Snowshoe Federation World Championships in New York (2017) and Spain (2018). For these accomplishments, Soleil was named the 2017 Outstanding Snowshoe and Overall Outstanding Athlete by the Sportswomen of Colorado.
As if this was not impressive enough, Soleil was named the 2017 Wendy’s High School Heisman National Winner. She was recognized for her courage and dedication in overcoming a mountain-sized obstacle of her own.
Early in life Soleil was diagnosed with selective mutism, an anxiety disorder that made it difficult for her to communicate in social settings. Instead of running away from her problem, she sprinted at it full speed. Soleil says she knew “being able to communicate was vital to bringing change to her community.”
After years of tackling the condition head on, Soleil became the Student Body President, host of her own radio show, and started her school’s greenhouse.
A special tone seeps into Soleil’s voice when she talks about her work in the school and community of Telluride. Her radio show, “Valley Floor-a and Fauna” shares information about the environmental aspects of the valley floor and the wildlife that can be found on her training runs.
Soleil was joined by other schoolmates in refurbishing the school’s greenhouse and started a program to teach elementary school students about healthy eating habits. The vegetables grown in the school greenhouse are harvested and shared with the school food program to make a local food source the students can enjoy year- round.
For these and many other activities, Soleil was awarded The Congressional Award Bronze Medal for her goal- setting and community service.
Soleil will continue her community-service activities, athletic career, and academic pursuits next year at Dartmouth College. She noted that she took her college visit to the Hanover, New Hampshire school in the height of the fall colors and instantly fell in love with the area, the college, and the distance coach and team.
Soleil Gaylord is the 46th winner of the girls Steinmark Award since it was first presented to girls in 1974. The first girl to win the Steinmark Award was Anne Vento of Pueblo Centennial in 1974. There were two winners of the award in 1984. Soleil will be honored as part of the CHSCA All-State Games on June 8, 2018, at Adams State University in Alamosa, CO. Soleil will be honored along with Pomona’s Ryan Marquez, who will receive the boys 2018 Steinmark Award.
Last year, Jordan Acosta of Douglas County was the recipient of the girls Steinmark and Brandon Micale of Pomona the boys Steinmark.
Finalists for the 2018 Steinmark Award: Rylee Anderson, Silver Creek; Addi Iken, Littleton; Micayla Isenbart, Kit Carson; Skylar Lodice, Dakota Ridge; Gabriella McDonald, Rocky Mountain.
A roundup of Jeffco prep highlights from May with Dennis Pleuss, Jeffco Public Schools’ Communication Specialist. This month’s edition features playoff action in boys lacrosse and girls soccer. Along with Lakewood girls tennis ending a 36-year drought at the Class 5A state tournament. Evergreen baseball advanced to its third 4A baseball state tournament in four years. Highlights from the three-day state track meet.
LAKEWOOD – Arria Minor has asserted such a dominance that her silver finish in the 400-meter state track finals on Saturday was surprising to many in the stadium.
No mind, though.
It’s already squelched from memory.
The Denver East junior went on to win the Class 5A 200 and anchored her team victory in the 4×100 for her third gold at the state track and field meet at Jefferson County Stadium as Colorado’s fastest girl rebounded from an earlier slipup that saw her come short of individual gold for the first time in her career.
“I can definitely shift my focus pretty well,” Minor said. “I was totally focused on the 200. The 400 didn’t exist to me at that moment.”
Minor began the final day with a win in the 100 (11.51 seconds) before her streak of seven individual golds at state was ended in silver. The junior said her hamstrings tightened up with 50 meters to go in the 400 as Grandview’s Lily Williams swooped from behind and outstretched Minor by .09 seconds in 53.85.
Minor said it was the first time she’d ran a 400 in Colorado and didn’t win.
“It’s definitely humbling,” Minor said. “It’s good to have those kinds of moments. They hurt a lot, especially on such a big stage in front of the whole state. It’s tough, but it’s good.”
Minor had set the state record in the 400 (51.92) to go along with a state-best time in the 200 (22.89) in preliminaries Thursday. After her runner-up place in a much colder and wetter 400 finals, the speedster cleared her mind and went on to blur past the field in the 200 (23.60) and 4×100 (47.10) for her ninth state title.
For Minor, it was all about moving forward.
“It’s always the next thing,” Minor said. “It’s never living in the past. In two hours state will be just another meet and I’m focused on Great Southwest.”
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Also claiming three golds on the day, Discovery Canyon senior Lauren Gale made her emphatic return from hip surgery to the top of the state podium with wins in the 4A 100 (11.79), 200 (24.05) and 400 (54.23).
“I’m truly happy,” Gale said. “It took a long time to get back.”
The Canadian — who moved to Colorado in 2015 — marveled at her first state meet two years ago, sweeping the same three events she did Saturday. The star-made sophomore, however, became the hard-luck junior that winter when X-rays found she’d been running with a torn labrum.
“Yeah, not fun,” she said.
Following surgery and a few months of physical therapy, Gale admittedly returned too soon and ran at state as junior. She took two silvers but suffered through pain throughout.
Since then, she’s worked to get her endurance back — even electing to join the school’s JV swim team in the winter. It wasn’t until these last few weeks, though, that Gale said she finally felt like she was where she wanted to be.
“It was only two meets ago that I finally ran 54 in the 400 — and I was like ‘Ah, that only took a year-and-a-half to get,’” the Colorado State commit said. “But honestly just the prelims at state were fast for me and I was super surprised. … That gave me a whole lot of confidence.”
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Notables
(Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
Rock Canyon’s Emily Sloan had done a pretty good job keeping her mind free of her mishap in last year’s 300 hurdles on Saturday.
She was sent a stark reminder in the blocks of the moment she tripped on a hurdle, and ended up finishing second as a result.
“It was out of my head until the announcer was like ‘state runner-up, lane five,’” Sloan said. “But that kind of gave me motivation.”
Sloan made amends with a win in the 5A 300 (41.42) and added her fourth straight gold in the 100 hurdles (13.59) to wrap up her high school career. She will head to Oregon next season.
“I feel relieved,” she said.
On Friday, Sloan broke the 300 hurdles state record with a time of 40.60 in prelims. Her friend and club teammate, Anna Hall, had held the record for a brief time Friday with a prelim mark of 40.76.
(Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics)
The Valor Christian junior won both 4A hurdle events (14.23, 42.67) on the final day to go along with her gold in the long jump (18 feet and 9.75 inches).
“With running that (record time) yesterday, today was just about getting that place and helping my team get points,” Hall said. “With this weather, it wasn’t likely to PR.”
Team winners included Cherokee Trail (5A), Valor Christian (4A), The Classical Academy (3A), Highland (2A) and Shining Mountain (1A).
Rock Canyon’s Emily Sloan. (Ryan Casey/CHSAANow.com)
LAKEWOOD — Emily Sloan knows Class 4A’s top hurdler well.
Nearly a decade ago, Sloan and Anna Hall were already teammates in a club track program. They have been great friends ever since.
Now donning the black and gold of Rock Canyon and the blue and white of Valor Christian, the tandem has flourished into Colorado’s premier hurdlers.
During the state track preliminary rounds of the 300 hurdles at Jeffco Stadium, Sloan saw her friend break her Colorado record with a time of 40.76 seconds, bettering the Jaguar’s time of 40.77 last week at the Continental League Championships. Then, Sloan managed to flip the script on Hall and take her record back in her 5A prelim with a new all-classification best of 40.60.
In a terrific display of sportsmanship and a sign of the friends’ bond, Hall cheered loudly on the infield during Sloan’s attempt at the feat.
“I definitely had extra motivation going into that race, because Anna’s my best friend,” Sloan, a senior, said. “I’m happy she got it, but I definitely wanted to take it back from her. She’s a great competitor though. We’ll push each other throughout the years.
“We’re sisters almost.”
Sloan and Hall, still only a junior, tallied the second and third best times in the nation for the 2018 season. As impressive as Friday’s hurdle races happened to be, the prep stars have a laundry list of other accomplishments.
Sloan chose to sign with the University of Oregon, having already claimed four state titles (three in a row in 100 hurdles) going into her final season for the Jaguars.
“It’s been a dream school of mine since I was little,” she said. “I knew that would be the best place to give me a shot at my goals.”
She has ambitions of winning an individual and team national championship at Oregon, but before she embarks on even greater goals she’ll be putting the final touches on an illustrious prep career on Saturday in the 100 hurdles (No. 1 seed), 300 hurdles, and 200 (No. 2 seed at 23.93 seconds).
Valor Christian’s Anna Hall. (Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)
As for Hall, the junior has been a national champion indoors in the high jump and pentathlon, along with being tabbed the defending state champion in both hurdles in 4A.
On top of that, she claimed her first long jump state crown on Friday with a mark of 18 feet, 9.75 inches. Valor Christian’s latest elite female in track could have a flurry of accomplishments coming her way at the prep level and beyond.
As usual, the 4A and 5A competitions delivered plenty of eye-opening performances. Denver East girls continued their domination in sprints with a time of 46.51 seconds in the 400-meter relay in prelims, tying the state record held by George Washington from 2007. Later on in the meet, despite not running Arria Minor in the final, the Angels won the 800 relay (1:40.25).
Denver East and Grandview both shattered the all-classification state records (previously held by George Washington) in the 800 meter sprint medley relay with marks of 1:42.62 and 1:42.89. Freshman Kyairra Reigh ran the 400 anchor leg for East.
The beauty of track and field is that times and marks never lie though. With competitors from all five classifications testing themselves against the state’s finest athletes at Jeffco Stadium, small school competitors sometimes prove themselves as the best in Colorado.
Soroco’s Ben Kelley.
Soroco senior Ben Kelley shattered the 2A state record in the 800 three consecutive seasons at Jeffco Stadium (1:55.61 in 2016, 1:54.75 in 2017, 1:52.77 in 2018). He also broke the classification record in the 1,600 with a time of 4:17.23 at the St. Vrain Invite last week, a best time held by Paul Roberts of Lyons in 2016 (4:17.35).
Kelley also claimed state crowns in cross country as a senior, the 1,600 as a junior, and the 3,200 as a junior. He has chosen to pursue collegiate running at Columbia University in the Ivy League.
Oh, and the sensational Soroco harrier even ran the fastest 800 time in all classifications on Friday. Kelley feels inspired by the town he lives in.
“I come from a super small community,” he said. “We have less than 90 kids in our school, so we’re practically 1A. We’re like a family. We get a lot of support from the community. Even the teachers, people who aren’t necessarily associated with athletics, they always keep up with it.”
The state track and field meet will resume at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.
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Class 5A notes:
Fairview junior Marlena Preigh (2:09.19) fended off Broomfield senior Madison Mooney (2:10.19) and Highlands Ranch sophomore Bryce Johansen (2:10.55) in the 800-meter run.
Grandview senior Kylee Harr (5-10) won high jump with an impressive mark.
Landon Rast, a senior for the Legend Titans, won the 800 in 1:53.03.
Fountain-Fort Carson boys (1:26.53) beat a game Cherry Creek (1:26.65) contingent in the 800 relay. Fountain also finished first in prelims of the 1,600 relay (3:17.85).
Class 4A notes:
Valor Christian girls won the 800 relay (1:41.89). They might also claim the team title on Saturday.
Discovery Canyon junior Liberty Ricca (10:57) and Valor Christian sophomore Cole Sprout (9:22) topped all competitors in the 3,200 races.
Mead girls (1:45.17) continued their high-level relay performances with a sprint medley championship.
Niwot freshman Taylor James (2:13.55) strided away from everyone in the two-lap 800 final. Former Niwot great Elise Cranny holds the classification state meet record with a time of 2:08.
Vista Ridge senior Raymon Harper has been terrific in all three jumps, finishing first in long jump (23-3) and second in high jump (6-9). He was also the winner of the triple jump on Thursday.
Garrett Martin, a Standley Lake veteran, cleared 6 feet, 10 inches to conquer high jump.
Pine Creek boys were victorious in the 800 relay (1:28.07).
Silver Creek superstar James Lee (1:54.25) is a back-to-back 800 state champion.
Class 3A notes:
TCA senior Erika Willis, the sister of Colorado record holder Andrea, broke her own 3A state meet record in pole vault. Last season she cleared 12-5, but this year 12-9 won it over Platte Canyon’s Hayley Rayburn (12-6).
The Classical Academy also won the girls 800 relay (1:43.91).
Sierra senior Alexandria Burns brought a triple jump title back to Colorado Springs with a mark of 36-5.
Maggi Congdon of Steamboat Springs (2:14) and Rasce Englehardt (1:56.41) claimed the 800 crowns. Denver West sophomore Yasin Sado (1:56.45) was barely second in the two-lapper.
Pagosa Springs senior Keena Murphy (127-10) topped the field in girls discus.
Faith Christian senior Reece Davidson finished first in another throwing event (53-4.50 in shot put).
Lutheran boys broke a 16-year record held by Yuma in the 800 relay with a blistering 1:28.01. The previous 3A record was 1:28.31. Lutheran girls won the sprint medley relay as well (1:49.43).
Bayfield senior Carl Heide (38.36) shattered the 3A state meet record in the 300 hurdles. The record was from 1995 and held by Ben Myers of Colorado Springs Christian (38.39).
Class 2A notes:
Telluride senior Soleil Gaylord (11:16) won her third consecutive title in the 3,200 with a 37-second winning margin.
Monika Williams anchored Denver Christian to a victorious sprint medley relay (1:51.67).
Peyton junior Kaylee Kearse (2:18) pulled away from the field in the 800. Peyton also won the 800 relay in 1:48.93.
Logan Kuskie of Lyons continued a family tradition of success in pole vault with a gold medal (11-2).
Holyoke sophomore Taeryn Trumper (18-1.75) was the long jump champion.
Burlington senior Alex Bauer won girls shot put (39-2.25).
Cedaredge (1:32.02) claimed the boys 800 relay.
Rocky Ford senior Cody Danley (9:42) put his foot on the gas in the final 1,600 as Lyons sophomore Isaac Roberts (9:55) and Custer County freshman Micah Zeller (10:04) showed plenty of distance promise for future years while rounding out the top three in the 3,200.
Brady Lenz of Sanford outperformed everyone in triple jump (43-2.5).
Crowley County junior Lane Walter (160-1) was terrific in boys discus.
Jake Chrisman of Yuma won pole vault (13-4).
Class 1A notes:
Springfield nipped the 1A state record in the girls sprint medley relay with a time of 1:53.88. JT Borunda also won boys discus (136-6) for Springfield. They were also champions in the girls 800 relay (1:50.89).
Heritage Christian once again dominated distance events as Leeann Wagner (2:25) and Levi Kilian (1:59.13) crushed the 800 races. Isaiah Bowsher finished runner-up in the 800 as well.
43-1.5 won boys triple jump (Jade Cass of Pawnee).
Genoa-Hugo swept gold and silver in girls shot put as Heather Graham (39-5.5) and Ryely Smartt (36-8) were first and second.
Matalynn Dawson (Miami-Yoder) was impressive in triple jump with a mark of 34-6.
Jerraldawn Rector of Simla (5-1) beat Dawson in a jump-off in the girls high jump discipline as both cleared 5-1.
Plateau Valley (10:28.66) shattered the 1A girls state record in the 3,200 relay. Heritage Christian boys did the same (8:23.44).
Haxtun boys (1:32.93) broke the classification record in the 800 relay.
LAKEWOOD — The field events for Saturday’s state track and field finals have been delayed by one hour.
Originally scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m., they will now begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday. All succeeding events have been delayed by one hour, as well. That means if an event was originally scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m., it is now scheduled for at 2:30 p.m.
The running events remain as originally scheduled, and will begin at 9:30 a.m.
LAKEWOOD — The state track and field meet is pushing through some rain at Jeffco Stadium on Saturday.
However, it has caused some changes to the schedule. Namely: all field events were delayed by an hour at the start of the day. The field events were also moved a rolling schedule, meaning the events will start immediately upon the completion of the preceding event.
Additionally, the pole vault and high jump were delayed from their original start times.
High jump was pushed back from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., with the 3A boys going first. The 2A boys will follow immediately upon the completion of that event, with the 1A boys following immediately after that.
The pole vault was delayed from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. The 1A boys will start, with the 4A boys and then 4A girls immediately following.
