A more complete article and a few photos from the 4A/5A state meet will be forthcoming. For now, a few of the highlights of the meet:
4A
- Kevin Williams of D'Evelyn runs 9:06.27 virtually uncontested in the 3200 meters. He falls a second short, however, of breaking Brent Vaughn's all-time mark in the event. Wes Rickman was a DNF. Williams also won the 1600 on Friday in 4:14.76.
- Sierra's Kelby Dias has a huge meet, winning the 110 hurdles in 14.09, the 300 hurdles in 37.59, and the long jump with a leap of 22=2.75.
- Patrick Richards of Widefield pulls the upset of the weekend by beating Longmont's Matt Butcher in the 400 with a time of 47.50. Butcher goes on the win the 200, however, in 21.28.
- Joe Morris of Golden wins the 100 in a wind-legal 10.61.
- Battle Mountain wins the 4 X 800 in a sizzling 7:52.94.
- Ken Harriman of Pueblo South repeats as shot put champion.
- Despite Kelby Dias's big day and a couple of outstanding relay performances for Sierra, Longmont wins the team title by 10 points.
- Emily Blok of Conifer has another outstanding state meet, winning the 100 (11.80), 200 (24.11), and 400 (55.69).
- Laura Tremblay of Thompson Valley pulls off the 800-1600 double, winning in 2:13.68 and 5:03.23.
- Greeley West's Kendra Gerk closes out her high school career with a 10:55.49 in the 3200.
- Alamosa stuns nobody in southern Colorado but everyone from Denver northward by winning the 4 X 800 in 9:28.44, barely edging favored Mullen.
- Liz Johnson of Fossil Ridge returns to form for a final hurrah in the discus, winning with a throw of 134-4.
- Longmont's Elizabeth Stover sets a meet record with a finish of 13-3 in the pole vault.
- Thompson Valley's 4 X 200 and 4 X 400 relays pull through in a big way to help them to a convincing team title.
