Tight Battles At The Colorado State T&F Champs: The 2A Recap

On the girl's side of the competition two stood out: Mikayla Hutchison, and Jordan Burnett

The two first met in the 100 final Saturday morning. And in this meeting Hutchison came away with the state title. The Banning Lewis Prep senior won the event in 12.53. Burnett was a close-second in 12.62.

Several hours later Burnett turned the tables on Hutchison in the 200. The South Park senior ran 25.29 to Hutchison's 25.79. 

And that was actually Burnett's second state title of Saturday - she dominated the 400 in 56.91.

The distance events saw three separate winners across the 800, 1,600, and 3,200. Though, there was one runner who never finished outside the top-two, and that was Eowyn Dalbec - she endured the challenging triple.

Isabel Case claimed a two-second victory in the 800, running 2:23.41 for the state title. Dalbec took second in the event, running 2:25.38. 


Dalbec's spotlight came in her third event of the meet - the 1,600 - which she won in 5:24.65. Mallory Salazar took second in 5:30.30, which was just ahead of Case's 5:30.96. 

In the 3,200 Zaila Smith took a two-second victory over Dalbec, running 12:00 to Dalbec's 12:02.

The 100 Hurdles was another close race, with Dayspring Christian freshman Eboselulu Omofoma claiming the victory over Megan Jenkins. Omofoma ran 15.41, which was just ahead of Jenkins' 15.43.


Jenkins didn't leave Jeffco without gold, however. She won the 300H in 46.20. Hutchison was second in 46.82. 

Cedaredge tallied big team points in the relays. The one the 4x100, 4x200, Sprint Medley Relay, and the 4x400. Meanwhile, Wray won the 4x800. 

In the field events Omofoma added the high jump state title to her young resume, clearing 5-3.5, and she took second in the long jump, leaping to 16-7. Hannah Turpin claimed the state title with a 16-11.75 leap.

Alison Rajzer won the triple jump state title with a 35-7, while Sierra Staab was second in 35-00.5.

Likewise, the pole vault went down to two - Hannah Grover and Kaeci Madrid. Both went over nine-feet, with Grover taking the state title in 9-5. Madrid took second in 9-2. 

Holyoke's Lauren Herman and Correy Koellner battled in the throws, with a state title going to each of them. Herman won the discus with a toss of 126-1, while Koellner took second in 124-11. Koellner won the shot put with a toss of 38-8.25, while Herman took second in 36-8. Additionally, Holyoke took the top three spots of the shot - Emali Torres finished third in 36-6.5.

On the backs of the relays, Cedaredge took the overall team title with 87 points. Banning Lewis took second with 53 points, while Holyoke took third with 46. 


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