Sports

LAKEWOOD – Reegan Shay got to experience something his brother knows all too well. 

LAKEWOOD – One new champion was crowned on the second day of the Class 5A girls state track meet, but three others went to athletes or relay teams that had garnered gold before.

LAKEWOOD – Over the years, there have been numerous athletes attempt to take down the Class 4A state meet record in the girls high jump.

LAKEWOOD – Nicholas Rothe was feeling “lousy” and “down” during warmups for the Class 3A pole vault state finals on Friday at Jefferson County Stadium.

LAKEWOOD – Coming from Swink, a town with a population in the hundreds, Javin Summers draws energy from the atmosphere at Jefferson County Stadium when it’s filled with several thousand people for the Colorado track and field state championships.

LAKEWOOD – Last season, Jaylyn Kechter set a Class 1A state meet record of 137 feet, 8 inches in the discus.

LAKEWOOD – Coal Ridge sophomore Effie Fletcher began this spring season with modest goals. But as the season progressed and the track times got faster, those goals began to change.

LAKEWOOD – Preston Wysocki is usually a pretty busy young man at track meets.
 

LAKEWOOD – Although Austin Cook was seeded 10th in the Class 2A 800 meters Friday, she could envision winning the state title.