Not much happens at the state meet that these two guys don't touch. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Day Two Question:
These guys handle the timing and scoring of the state meet each May, but who are they? What high schools did they graduate from? And, did you know that one of them still holds a statewide classification record in Colorado high school track and field?
And, now, if you scroll down, you can see a better-than-advertised answer to the Day One question. But, so that nobody inadvertently sees the answer, you will have to scroll down a little:
A ranked list of all schools that have posted at least 40 state meet points (boys and girls combined) in the horizontal jumps, beginning in 2010:
| Lyons | 110 |
| Cherokee Trail | 101 |
| Pagosa Springs | 97 |
| Highlands Ranch | 94 |
| Walsh | 88 |
| Prairie | 82 |
| Kent Denver | 80 |
| The Classical Academy | 79 |
| Widefield | 78 |
| Berthoud | 73 |
| Meeker | 68 |
| Stratton | 67 |
| Mountain View | 65 |
| Elbert | 64 |
| Longmont | 64 |
| Fossil Ridge | 62 |
| Caliche | 59 |
| Niwot | 57 |
| Sterling | 56 |
| Granada | 54 |
| Simla | 54 |
| Custer County | 53 |
| Highland | 53 |
| Mesa Ridge | 50 |
| Eaton | 49 |
| Vista Ridge | 47 |
| Regis Jesuit | 45 |
| Fountain-Ft. Carson | 45 |
| Fort Collins | 45 |
| Littleton | 45 |
| Rye | 44 |
| George Washington | 44 |
| Hoehne | 43 |
| Platte Valley | 42 |
| Elizabeth | 42 |
| Doherty | 42 |
| Lakewood | 42 |
| Telluride | 41 |
| Cedaredge | 41 |
| Thompson Valley | 41 |
| Eagle Valley | 41 |
| Arickaree | 40 |
| Paonia | 40 |
| Coronado | 40 |