This week’s girls swimming rankings are below.

These team rankings are created from the top marks of the season so far which have been entered in MaxPreps. They are compiled by PrepSwimCo.com.

In addition, the top individual marks of the season to date are compiled here.

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PrepSwimCo.com Girls Swimming & Diving Rankings

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This week’s girls swimming rankings are below.

These team rankings are created from the top marks of the season so far which have been entered in MaxPreps. They are compiled by PrepSwimCo.com.

In addition, the top individual marks of the season to date are compiled here.

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PrepSwimCo.com Girls Swimming & Diving Rankings

This week’s girls swimming rankings are below.

These team rankings are created from the top marks of the season so far which have been entered in MaxPreps. They are compiled by PrepSwimCo.com.

In addition, the top individual marks of the season to date are compiled here.

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PrepSwimCo.com Girls Swimming & Diving Rankings

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The preseason girls basketball rankings are led by Grandview (5A), Mullen (4A), University (3A), Rye (2A), and Briggsdale (1A).

The rankings, voted upon by coaches, are the official polls of the Association. They are a factor in the postseason. During the regular season, the poll will release each Monday.

Complete rankings are below.

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CHSAANow.com Girls Basketball Polls

First-place votes are in parentheses.

Coaches looking to vote should email rcasey@chsaa.org.

The 2020 all-state girls cross country teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

The athletes who won championships at their classification were named runner of the year.

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Class 2A

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Runner of the year: Ella Johnson, The Vanguard School

Coach of the year: Julia Fuller, Buena Vista

Honorable mention:

• Maci Barnes, Freshman, Ignacio
• Brooke Bomgardner, Sophomore, Custer County
• Isabel Case, Junior, Colorado Springs Christian
• Cecilia Davies, Senior, Clear Creek
• Layla Haji, Senior, Lotus School for Excellence
• Megan Jenkins, Junior, Hotchkiss
• Kadance Kelso, Sophomore, Buena Vista
• Allura Luna, Junior, West Grand
• Sofia Mcgrath, Sophomore, Colorado Springs Christian
• Cecilia Richardson, Junior, Peyton
• Reaghan Rinow, Senior, Strasburg
• Alexis Santopietro, Senior, Buena Vista
• Madison Sutter, Senior, Merino
• Lizzie Valentine, Senior, Centauri
• Samantha Westfahl, Senior, West Grand

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Class 3A

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Runner of the year: Katelyn Maley, Basalt

Coach of the year: Alan Versaw, The Classical Academy

Honorable mention:

• Evelyn Boyd, Junior, Holy Family
• Madison Brosig, Sophomore, Frontier Academy
• Kendall Clark, Senior, Aspen
• Ella Hedman, Sophomore, Elizabeth
• Hana Husmann, Sophomore, St. Mary’s Academy
• Bryanna Kauffman, Junior, Liberty Common
• Payton Kauffman, Freshman, Liberty Common
• Michaela Kenny, Sophomore, Aspen
• Kylie Kravig, Senior, University
• Emma Murphy, Senior, Frontier Academy
• Summer Norwell, Sophomore, Holy Family
• Ellie Sundheim, Senior, Berthoud
• Madeline Tapp, Senior, Holy Family
• Elsie Weiss, Sophomore, Aspen
• Alyssa Wells, Senior, Holy Family

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Class 4A

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Runner of the year: Bethany Michalak, Air Academy

Coach of the year: Kelly Christensen, Niwot

Honorable mention:

• Milaina Almonte, Sophomore, Battle Mountain
• Hayley Brewster, Senior, Battle Mountain
• Lex Bullen, Sophomore, Niwot
• Maren Busath, Senior, Palmer Ridge
• Cruzie Dudley, Junior, Silver Creek
• Brooklyn Ewert, Sophomore, Mountain View
• Abby Fehr, Junior, Durango
• Adele Havlick, Sophomore, Palmer
• Loren Linnenburger, Senior, Discovery Canyon
• Angela Mcmanus, Junior, Durango
• Brooke Moss, Senior, Air Academy
• Sarah Perkins, Freshman, Niwot
• Anne Reilly, Freshman, George Washington
• Lily Whelan, Sophomore, Battle Mountain
• Lindsey Whitton, Freshman, Battle Mountain

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Class 5A

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Runner of the year: Riley Stewart, Cherry Creek

Coach of the year: Ethan Dusto, Cherry Creek

Honorable mention:

• Lauren Boutelle, Sophomore, Pine Creek
• Natalie Buchanan, Junior, Pine Creek
• Amelie Colsman, Junior, Regis Jesuit
• Imani Fernandez-Gorbea, Senior, Fairview
• Shantell Hafner, Senior, Mountain Vista
• Abigail Maclean, Junior, Cherry Creek
• Mckenna Mazeski, Sophomore, Cherokee Trail
• Mia Mraz, Junior, Legacy
• Alexis Pagel, Sophomore, Cherokee Trail
• Sierra Parks, Junior, Broomfield
• Isabella Prosceno, Senior, Valor Christian
• Mollie Roden, Senior, Rampart
• Taylor Rorick, Sophomore, Valor Christian
• Nina St John, Senior, Mountain Vista
• Jordan Stead, Freshman, Arapahoe

The 2020 all-state girls swimming teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created based upon results at the state meet. The swimmers and divers of the year were also selected based upon the state meet.

The coaches of the year voted on by coaches at the state meets.

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Class 5A

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Swimmer of the year: Lucy Bell, Fossil Ridge

Diver of the year: Isabel Gregersen, Ralston Valley

Swim coach of the year: Tom Byorick, Heritage

Dive coach of the year: Jacob Dunbar, Denver East

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Class 4A

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Swimmer of the year: Lindsey Immel, Rampart

Diver of the year: Maggie Buckley, Rampart

Swim coach of the year: Susan Stone, Mullen

Dive coach of the year: Chris Madsen, Standley Lake/Arvada West

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Class 3A

Swimmer of the year: Elise Mishmash, Salida

Diver of the year: Rachel Alexander, Discovery Canyon

Swim coach of the year: Wendy Gorie, Salida

Dive coach of the year: Josh Kinney, Discovery Canyon

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THORNTON — The history book for Class 3A swimming not is a long read, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to add chapters to it.

That’s exactly what Evergreen did at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center on Saturday. Relay teams won their races to start the meet and end the meet and the Cougars ended the night with 372.5 points and, more importantly, their second straight state championship. Aspen was the runner-up with 214 points. (Find the full results here. And the Team Manager file here.)

“It’s not easy to win,” Evergreen coach Liz Hudd said. “This meet was really faster. Our girls swam faster than they did last year and were lower in places. This was much faster and it was an amazing experience.”

The 2019-20 season marked just the fourth season of 3A’s existence. The rising numbers of participation prompted the addition of the classification for the 2016-17 winter season. With the fourth championship in program history, Evergreen became the first 3A school to successfully defend the title it had won the year before.

And that was the mission from the very start. After grabbing the top seed in the 200-yard medley relay during Friday’s preliminaries, the Cougars matched their prelims pace, finishing in one minute, 51.28 seconds to claim gold.

Then senior Remi Gucker added some instant padding to the team lead. Her 1:56.61 in the 200 freestyle helped the Cougars build up a quick 83 points and take every bit of momentum a team could ask for to start a championship meet. St. Mary’s Academy’s Sydney Silver won the race at 1:52.06.

“We were on the top of the roller coaster from the start,” Gucker said. “They had the team scores posted after the fourth event and we knew we were ahead. I didn’t do as well as I wanted in my event, but we had a lot of great swims. We had a lot of personal bests.”

She later added a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:15.71, only adding to a banner performance for herself and her team. Kent Denver’s Jolie Kim won the race at 5:08.16.

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After taking the top seed in the 50 freestyle last year and falling just short of winning the race, St. Mary’s senior Caitlin Cairns wasn’t going to be denied gold or a lasting legacy this year. Her 23.09 in the sprint set a 3A state record.

“Both (winning the race and setting the record) felt great,” Cairns said. “I was just happy to win again and represent my team.”

After Discovery Canyon’s Rachel Alexander claimed the diving crown, Cairns jumped right back in the pool for the 100 butterfly and won with a time of 55.27

Other notable wins included Salida’s Elise Mishmash in the 100 freestyle, defending the title she won a year ago.

Silver added a win in the 100 backstroke to go with her earlier win in the 200 freestyle and in doing so she set a 3A state record at 54.55.

Delta’s Jillian Carlson took the 100 breaststroke at 1:07.09 as the 400 freestyle relay teams prepared for the final event of the day.

Evergreen closed out the meet the way it opened it, by building a solid lead in the race and riding to a time of 3:39.77. That win gave the Cougars another gold medal, but more importantly it also cemented a stellar performance that earned another state championship trophy.

“The girls brought it,” Hudd said. “They’re competitive and they knew what had to get done.”

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THORNTON — Erie’s Payten Irwin fully intends on defending her 2019 state championships in the Class 3A 50-yard freestyle and the 100 butterfly.

To do it, she’ll have to repeat her performance from a year ago in more ways than one. In both events, Irwin claimed gold but did it from outside the prime starting position of the fifth lane.

Caitlin Cairns from St. Mary’s entered the finals with the best time in prelims and that will be the case again this year. Cairns clocked 26.62 seconds in prelims on Thursday to once again take the top seed in the event. Irwin will start in lane six after finishing the race in 24.56 seconds.

It’s the same story in the 100 butterfly as Cairns will start the race in lane five with Irwin right next to her lane six. The battle between the Erie and St. Mary’s standouts will be a fun storyline to watch when finals begin at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Defending team champion Evergreen reminded everyone why they are the team to beat in the event as the Cougars started the day best all other teams in the 200 medley relay. Remi Gucker took the first leg of that race before coming right back to take the top time in the 200 freestyle at 1:56.84. She won the event last year and is looking to add a second gold medal while also helping the Cougars become the first back-to-back champion in 3A history.

Gucker helped her team take the top spot at the meet’s big distance relay races with a time of five minutes, 13.45 seconds in the 500 freestyle relay and 3:42.65 in the 400 freestyle relay.

Salida took a couple of top times through day as Elise Mishmash swam the 100 freestyle in 53.95 seconds. Mishmash won the event last year. She also anchored the 200 freestyle relay team in its top race of 1:42.76.

A neck-and-neck race in the 200 freestyle saw Kent Denver’s Jolie Kim touch the wall in 2:13.24, less than a 10th of a second faster than Aspen’s Lilly Huggard.

St. Mary’s Academy’s Sidney Silver will swim in lane four in the 100 backstroke after a prelim time of 55.27. Thomas Jefferson’s Caitlin Beery dropped nearly two seconds off her qualifying time in the 100 breaststroke and took the top time in the event at 1:07.51.

The 3A meet will continue first thing Saturday morning with diving prelims . Swimming and diving finals are scheduled for a 3:30 p.m. start at the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center in Thornton.

(Dan Mohrmann/CHSAANow.com)

The 2019 all-state volleyball teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These team were created following a lengthy process which included nominations from leagues and then a vote of coaches.

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Class 5A

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Player of the year: Julianna Dalton, Chaparral

Coach of the year: Amanda West, Chaparral

Honorable mention: Joy Aburto, Freshman, Vista PEAK Prep; Jessie Bilello, Senior, Heritage; Bri Binder, Senior, Dakota Ridge; Talia Borenstein, Senior, Cherry Creek; Shelle Brozek, Senior, Gateway; Rachel Coffey, Senior, Fruita Monument; Trinity Corney, Senior, Fort Collins; Jolie Cranford, Sophomore, Highlands Ranch; Katie Dalton, Sophomore, Chaparral; Amelia Davis, Junior, Arapahoe; Queen Emenyonu, Senior, Hinkley; Kira Ervin, Senior, Overland; Vicki Fankell, Senior, Broomfield; Brianna Fay, Junior, Ralston Valley; Cindy Garcia, Senior, Bear Creek; Libby Goodman, Senior, Rock Canyon; Shelby Hernandez, Senior, Brighton; Faith Horton, Senior, Pine Creek; Sierra Hunt, Senior, Rangeview; Laurel Kelly, Senior, Ralston Valley; Gabrielle Kuzma, Senior, Valor Christian; Elsa Lamphere, Senior, Grandview; Chloe Nordstrom, Senior, Grand Junction Central; Abi Nua, Junior, Columbine; Breklyn Pulling, Sophomore, Mountain Vista; Caroline Pung, Senior, Chatfield; Riley Simpson, Junior, Rampart; Lauren Strain, Senior, Horizon; Ella Tschuor, Junior, Chatfield; Sabrina VanDeList, Senior, Fort Collins; Kea Veenendaal, Senior, Fairview; Gabby Vogt, Senior, Eaglecrest; Faith Zehnder, Senior, Lakewood.

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Class 4A

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Player of the year: Gianna Bartalo, Lewis-Palmer

Coach of the year: Wade Baxter, Lewis-Palmer

Honorable mention: Bella Adams, Sophomore, Pueblo West; Grace Baxter, Senior, Canon City; Mari Benitez, Senior, Pueblo County; Quincey Coyle, Sophomore, Mead; Emma Delich, Junior, Cheyenne Mountain; Hayley Dillon, Senior, Evergreen; Emma Freimuth, Junior, D’Evelyn; Sarah Garner, Senior, Woodland Park; Zoe Gibbs, Sophomore, Niwot; Sophia Hoffman, Senior, D’Evelyn; Tatum Huffman, Senior, Battle Mountain; Kaitlyn Johnson, Senior, Glenwood Springs; Natalia Lambos, Junior, Air Academy; Alicia Lest, Junior, Pueblo Central; Sky Lieurance, Senior, Eagle Valley; Kinley Lindhardt, Sophomore, Frederick; Christal Lucero, Sophomore, Lincoln; Kendyl MacAskill, Junior, Palisade; Elle Maggio, Senior, Thomas Jefferson; Hailee Martinez, Junior, Mead; Abbie McCrimmon, Junior, Thompson Valley; Diamond Moore Heath, Senior, Harrison; Bahati Nabindu, Junior, Skyview; Millie O’Ketter, Senior, Durango; Izzy Oss, Senior, George Washington; Erin Paik, Senior, Standley Lake; Brenna Reagan, Junior, Fort Morgan; Abigail Rupp, Senior, Canon City; Madison Satterly, Senior, Montrose; Kate Sebesta, Senior, Erie; Abigail Stoops, Senior, Skyline; Carlie Sweckard, Junior, Pueblo South; Allison Waller, Sophomore, Berthoud; Emilie Warehime, Senior, Weld Central; Linsey Whipple, Senior, Pueblo East.

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Class 3A

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Player of the year: Payton Brgoch, Lutheran

Coach of the year: Lisa Schumacher, Sterling

Honorable mention: Jacky Alvarez Gordillo, Senior, Eagle Ridge Academy; Samanta Andrade, Senior, Basalt; Fabiola Armendariz, Junior, The Pinnacle; Reese Barber, Junior, Bennett; Taylor Boeyink, Senior, Stargate School; Emma Cable, Senior, Eagle Ridge Academy; Kathy Cesta, Senior, DSST: College View; Emily DePriest, Senior, Alamosa; Jubilee Diamond, Senior, Colorado Springs Christian; Sydney Dunning, Freshman, Lamar; Mavis Edwards, Senior, Bayfield; Makenna Hachen, Senior, Faith Christian; Jeorgia Jones, Sophomore, Resurrection Christian; Eliana Katzer, Senior, SkyView Academy; Makayla Kehmeier, Senior, Cedaredge; Emma Koch, Senior, The Academy; Jada Lawson, Junior, DSST: Montview; Sydney Leffler, Junior, Eaton; Sierra Leopold, Junior, Prospect Ridge Academy; Haley Maeurer, Senior, St. Mary’s Academy; Logan Mahnke, Senior, Jefferson Academy; Hayden Mayo, Senior, La Junta; Abby Miller, Junior, Colorado Springs Christian; Harper Minton, Senior, Liberty Common; Teagan Nevada, Senior, Manitou Springs; Lindsey Pratt, Senior, Buena Vista; Kaitlyn Quinlan, Senior, Centauri; Merrill Rollhaus, Senior, Colorado Academy; Loghan Teter, Senior, Grand Valley; Taylor Wiescamp, Junior, Coal Ridge; Kylie Williams, Junior, University; Jenna Wise, Senior, Gunnison; Avery Wright, Sophomore, Montezuma-Cortez.

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Class 2A

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Player of the year: Jacki Bogner, Denver Christian

Coach of the year: Russ Haman, Denver Christian

Honorable mention: Erin Brown, Sophomore, Dolores; Alex Camilletti, Senior, Hayden; Payton Connolly, Senior, Vail Mountain; Emily Flanscha, Sophomore, Fowler; Annaliese Fricke, Sophomore, Fountain Valley; Morgan Geiger, Senior, Soroco; Bre Gilliland, Junior, Wiggins; Lyla Hayutin-Baril, Senior, Paonia; Bailey Hobson-Kroll, Senior, Gilpin County; Addie Joy, Senior, Meeker; Lexi Linafelter, Senior, Vail Mountain; Sarina Mansour, Senior, Colorado Springs School; Trista Marx, Sophomore, Limon; Chloe Mason, Senior, Fountain Valley; Chloe McComas, Junior, Del Norte; Averie Navarette, Senior, Hoehne; Reagan Nolin, Senior, Yuma; Danika Petit, Senior, Telluride; Hannah Piland, Senior, Plateau Valley; Ashlyn Romine, Senior, Rye; Elle Roth, Sophomore, Yuma; Nicole Scribner, Junior, Dawson School; Mercedes Smith, Junior, Simla; Riley Stearns, Junior, Peyton; Emily Sullivan, Sophomore, Denver Christian; Kristin Vieselmeyer, Sophomore, Holyoke; Makena Weber, Junior, Clear Creek; Amy Weisensee, Senior, Limon; Brooke Younger, Senior, Limon.

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Class 1A

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Player of the year: Nya Sciacca, La Veta

Coach of the year: Doug Kamery, Fleming

Honorable mention: Amy Antes, Senior, Evangelical Christian; Jenna Baugh, Junior, Norwood; Becca Bleak, Junior, Otis; Shealee Coleman, Junior, Cotopaxi; Lexi Crane, Senior, Springfield; Talia Donoho, Senior, Briggsdale; Lauren Fritzler, Senior, Merino; Cassie Gatlin, Senior, Dove Creek; Mary Goins, Junior, La Veta; Alissa Hebberd, Junior, South Baca [Campo/Vilas/Pritchett]; Mary Jefferson, Senior, Arickaree/Woodlin; Katelyn Klann, Junior, Flagler/Hi-Plains; Kylie Krise, Sophomore, Briggsdale; Lexis Metz, Senior, Sangre de Cristo; Avery Palmgren, Junior, Sangre de Cristo; Emily Raymond, Senior, Mile High Academy; Savannah Rothbauer, Senior, Stratton/Liberty; Macy Rowan, Junior, Wiley; Ciera Schelling, Senior, Haxtun; Tessa Smith, Junior, Genoa-Hugo/Karval; Emma Stump, Senior, Prairie; Sara Torres, Senior, Belleview Christian; Zoey Vandenbark, Sophomore, Fleming.

The 2019 all-state girls cross country teams are presented by CHSAANow.com, ColoradoPreps.com and MaxPreps.

These teams were created based upon results at the state meet.

The athletes who won championships at their classification were named runner of the year.

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Class 2A

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Runner of the year: Quin Gregg, Lyons
Coach of the year: Mark Roberts, Lyons

Honorable mention: Eliana Caucutt, Sophomore, Golden View Classical Acad; Cecelia Davies, Sophomore, Clear Creek; Benisa Ellis, Senior, Springfield; Gretta Gavette, Junior, Colorado Rocky Mountain; Jaylene Gutierrez-Hermo, Freshman, Ellicott; Summer Hernandez, Freshman, Rocky Ford; Grace Manning, Junior, Mancos; Katie Preciado, Junior, Rocky Ford; Cecilia Richardson, Sophomore, Peyton; Katya Schwieterman, Senior, Paonia; Mary Scoggins, Sophomore, Rangley; Ruby Tanguay, Sophomore, Telluride; Hannah Thomas, Junior, Lyons; Charlize Valdez, Junior, Ignacio; Samantha Westfahl, Junior, West; Hannah Wilkie, Senior, Rangely.

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Class 3A

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Runner of the year: Sierra Bower, Basalt
Coach of the year: Alan Versaw, The Classical Academy

Honorable mention: Madison Brosig, Freshman, Frontier Academy; Kendall Clark, Junior, Aspen; Madi Eggers, Freshman, Faith Christian; Katherine Heekin, Sophomore, Faith Christian; Hana Husmann, Freshman, St Mary’s Academy; Kylie Kravig, Junior, University; Emily Lavier, Junior, Alamosa; Sarah Levy, Freshman, Basalt; Madi Moen, Senior, The Vanguard School; Kotryna Obergfell, Senior, Classical Academy; Ally Padilla, Sophomore, Berthoud; Kyra Shaner, Freshman, Classical Academy; Quinn Smith, Freshman, Salida; Eliana Thompson, Sophomore, D’Evelyn; Rebecca Thompson, Senior, Classical Academy; Sophia Valentine, Sophomore, Classical Academy.

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Class 4A

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Runner of the year: Samrawit Dishon, Niwot
Coach of the year: Kelley Christensen, Niwot

Honorable mention: Milaina Almonte, Freshman, Battle Mountain; Maren Busath, Junior, Palmer Ridge; Ella Chura, Sophomore, Air Academy; Sophia Connerton-Nevin, Freshman, Glenwood Springs; Aspen Fulbright, Sophomore, Pueblo West; Rachel Goodrich, Senior, Golden; Baylie Koonce, Senior, Ponderosa; Kenadi Krueger, Senior, Thompson Valley; Olivia Krueger, Sophomore, Thompson Valley; Willow Lott, Freshman, Durango; Lily Mourer, Freshman, Golden; Emma Reeder, Sophomore, Battle Mountain; Grace Staberg, Senior, Summit; Aubrey Surage, Junior, Lewis-Palmer; Dylan Teeples, Sophomore, Air Academy; Lily Whelan, Freshman, Battle Mountain.

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Class 5A

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Runner of the year: Riley Stewart, Cherry Creek
Coach of the year: Jeff Krause, Arapahoe

Honorable mention: Aloha Churchill, Senior, Fairview; Alexandra Collins, Freshman, Regis Jesuit;
Jadyn Heil, Sophomore, Fruita Monument; Bryanna Hoffman, Freshman, Chaparral; Caitlin Hunt, Sophomore, Fossil Ridge; Emily Lamontagne, Freshman, Arapahoe; Cadence Lapp, Sophomore, Loveland; Lauren Lapporte, Senior, Cherry Creek; Kira MacGill, Senior, Arapahoe; Abigail Maclean, Sophomore, Cherry Creek; Sarah O’Sullivan, Senior, Mountain Vista; Sierra Parks, Sophomore, Broomfield; Laura Romero, Junior, Denver East; Anna Swanson, Senior, Grandview; Anna Wexler, Senior, Monarch; Shayda Zarrin, Sophomore, Mountain Vista.