The last week of the invitational track and field season is
never short on heroics. And if a hero is what you seek, there is no better
place to find one than the St. Vrain Invitational. Outside of the state track
meet, there is no bigger weekend of track and field than the last week of
qualifiers and there is no bigger meet than St. Vrain.
For coaches who ply their trade in the lower three
classifications, there is nothing better than working with a meet director who
is willing to pay a little extra attention to the dynamics of what it takes to
qualify athletes through to the state meet. Scanning through the heat sheets,
athletes from every classification were represented and seeded in to heats that
would give them the best chance at extending their season for another week.
Representing every classification does not mean that there
is anything...