There was only one scratch and it took a time of 4:28+ to make it into the 5A 1600 field at state. Photo by Alan Versaw.
5A has the deepest concentration of top athletes of any classification in Colorado. Nobody needs to be convinced of that. And in 5A, the biggest attrition before the state meet came at 200 and 400 meters. Several state qualifiers were scratched in each event, allowing those further down the list to move up into a state berth.
While scratches were common, the differences between top 18 times and state qualifying times were small. That would be a reflection of the depth of talent in 5A referred to above.
Following is a breakdown of scratch numbers and qualifying times for the 5A classification in 2011:
| Top 18 | State | Scratches | |
| Boys | |||
| 100 | 11.12 | 11.12 | 0 |
| 200 | 22.23 | 22.39 | 4 |
| 400 | 50.11 | 50.40 | 5 |
| 800 | 1:58.41 | 1:58.41 | 0 |
| 1600 | 4:27.82 | 4:28.23 | 1 |
| 3200 | 9:53.06 | 9:56.45 | 4 |
| 110H | 15.32 | 15.32 | 0 |
| 300H | 40.38 | 40.38 | 0 |
| 4x100 | 43.50 | 43.50 | 0 |
| 4x200 | 1:30.39 | 1:30.39 | 0 |
| 4x400 | 3:27.01 | 3:27.01 | 0 |
| 4x800 | 8:16.98 | 8:16.35 | 0 |
| HJ | 6-2 | 6-2 | 0 |
| LJ | 21-4.25 | 21-4.25 | 0 |
| TJ | 42-10 | 42-10 | 0 |
| PV | 12-10 | 12-10 | 1 |
| SP | 47-4.25 | 47-4.25 | 0 |
| D | 141-8 | 141-8 | 0 |
| Girls | |||
| 100 | 12.54 | 12.57 | 2 |
| 200 | 25.61 | 25.73 | 4 |
| 400 | 58.34 | 58.72 | 5 |
| 800 | 2:19.86 | 2:19.86 | 0 |
| 1600 | 5:15.38 | 5:15.38 | 0 |
| 3200 | 11:32.11 | 11:32.11 | 0 |
| 100H | 15.62 | 15.64 | 1 |
| 300H | 46.28 | 46.48 | 2 |
| 4x100 | 50.15 | 50.15 | 0 |
| 4x200 | 1:46.48 | 1:46.48 | 0 |
| 4x400 | 4:06.60 | 4:06.60 | 0 |
| 4x800 | 9:51.82 | 9:51.82 | 0 |
| SMR8 | 1:50.95 | 1:51.38 | 2 |
| HJ | 5-2 | 5-2 | 1 |
| LJ | 16-10.5 | 16-10.5 | 0 |
| TJ | 35-5 | 35-5 | 0 |
| PV | 9-1 | 9-1 | 0 |
| SP | 35-2 | 35-2 | 0 |
| D | 111-4 | 111-4 | 0 |