Manson Vaults To His Max
When Max Manson feel back to the earth the bar remained high above him at 16-10. The crowd went nuts because they knew how big of a performance this was.
The mark is not only a personal best and Colorado No. 1, it's currently the No. 6 mark in the country. Additionally, Manson made no competition of the pole vault, winning the event by over three feet. Manson did have his go at 17-1 - which prompted officials to take extensions to the bar so Manson could vault that high - and he nearly nailed his third attempt. But as the results show, 16-10 was his winning mark.
Also tallying a big day in the field events was Kain Medrano, who won the discus and the shot. Medrano won the discus in an impressive 165-2, and the shot in 52-6.5
Back on the track Joel Nyatusah continued his string of huge hurdling performances. Despite an slow start out of the blocks, Nyatusah stormed back to win the 110 hurdles in 14.07.
In the sprints Tyler Williams nipped Luc Andrada in a close 200. Williams ran (wind-aided) 21.79 to Andrada's 21.81.
In the 300 hurdles Oscar Sarabia nearly dipped under 39 seconds, running 39.10, while Adam Stark ran an impressive 48.99 to win the 400.
As we covered on the first page, the boy's 1,600 was the race of the meet, as nine ran under 4:24.83, and three under 4:20 (Foster ran 4:18.96). Perhaps my prediction that Sprout would break 4:20 wasn't so bold after all..
Dillon, the fastest second-placer in Colorado history, did get to taste the fruits of victory, however. Dillon rebounded from that insane 1,600 to win the 800 in 1:55.66. Nick Nowlen also dipped under 1:56 with a 1:55.9 for second place. Sprout, who wasn't in the invite heat of the 800, dominated his heet in 1:57.28.