Closing Out 12 Days of Trivia


Despite not scoring any hurdle points at state in 2011, Granada--including Kirby Vanderpool and Kyle Holden, shown above--has piled up 109 state hurdle points in the last four years. Photo by Alan Versaw.


Day Twelve Answer:

There is only one item left to be completed--reporting the (expanded) answer to the Day 12 trivia question.

Here is the ranking of teams according to points scored in hurdle events at state from 2011 - 2015 (boys and girls combined, all teams scoring at least 50 points):

The Classical Academy - 115, Granada - 109, Lyons - 92, Elbert - 90, Poudre - 85, Walsh - 78 (in addition, Baca County scored 25 in 2015), Dove Creek - 76, Holy Family - 70, Limon 69, Coal Ridge - 67, Telluride - 65, Heritage Christian Academy - 64, Longmont - 63, Canon City - 62, Manitou Springs - 61, ThunderRidge - 60, Mullen - 57, Colorado Springs Christian - 57, Niwot - 57, Highland - 56, Glenwood Springs - 55, Thompson Valley - 54, Loveland - 54, Grandview - 53, Bethune - 53, South Park - 52, Wiley - 51, Pagosa Springs - 51, Springfield - 50

In all, 189 teams scored hurdle points at state between 2011 and 2015. 44 of those teams, including several teams you would likely recognize as strong track and field programs, scored hurdle points only once during that span.

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