Truitt Parrish battled it out with 4A's best at 15-0 last spring. That will give the 3A pole vault posse a lot to think about this spring. Colorado Track XC file photo.
Sure, we will miss Scott Carter and Tony Carodine this spring, but the jumping events should see the genesis of lots of good stories of rising from obscurity this spring.
5A
The 5A ranks graduated almost all of their jumps leaders last spring, making this a year of wide-open opportunity for last year's younger blood. It's now time for guys like Connor Turnage (Highlands Ranch), Travlor Skudneski (Cherry Creek), Chase Thurgood (Fort Collins), Eric Lanza (Fossil Ridge), and Cameron Gill (Rock Canyon) to step up and make their lasting impressions in the pits.
Turnage and Gill give the Douglas County schools an early-season lock on the top spots in the triple jump. Nick Kravec of Fossil Ridge, however, may be capable of breaking up the Douglas County hold on this event. Stanford Cooper (Cherry Creek...