Lamar's Santana Salazar was one of a surprisingly large number of athletes who started the 2015 season beyond the state-qualifying mark for the 2014 season. Photo by Eric Versaw.
The number of high-end kind of performances from this past weekend seems unusual, but I don't have the time run down the answer to the question of whether or not it actually is unusual. So, what I'll do here is list all those athletes who are already out ahead of last year's state qualifying marks and let you make up your own mind:
5A Boys
400 Meters - Duane McClurkin, 49.43
110 Hurdles - Jacob Hahn was unofficially under (NWI)
4x200 - Fountain-Fort Carson, 1:28.67
High Jump - Duane McClurkin, 6-6
4A Boys
400 Meters - Caleb Ojennes, 49.12
800 Meters - Zack Retzlaff, 1:58.83
1600 Meters - William Mayhew, 4:16.24; Eric Hamer, 4:22.37
3200 Meters - Eric Hamer, 9:39.38; James Jones, 9;49.41; Liam Cox, 10:04.99; Aidan Cusick, 10:05.12
110 Hurdles - Trenton Stringari, 15.43; Jay Shuman was unofficially under (NWI)
4x200 - Windso...
