Devyn Lauer-Duarte was on fire this weekend. The Platte Valley senior picked up two big wins in state-leading marks, and two big personal bests.
He first swept the both 100 and 200 prelims on Friday, running 10.57, and 21.63, then came back Saturday to sweep them again, running 10.68, and 21.55.
Meanwhile the 400 saw two dip under 50-seconds, and it was almost three.
Brandon Bate took the win here, running 49.29, which was just ahead of Jacob Culig's 49.42. And put 2A on alert - Ouray's Paton Edwards sliced another second off his 400 - he finished third in 50.00.
The 800 saw one of the closest finishes of the day, as both Camden The Mullet Law and Timothy Thompson were clocked at 1:55.07. In a true testament to how incredible this meet was, this wasn't the only time a race went down to the thousandth-of-a-second. After a review of the finish, it was Law with the W with a 1:55.062 to Thompson's 1:55.068. Both times dipped under Cruz Culpepper's previous meet record of 1:55.22.
And on the topic of meet records, which will be the theme for quite a few more paragraphs...
Bryce Reeburgh kicked with 600 to go in a loaded 1,600 field. Reeburgh held off Drew Costelow, Enzo Knapp, Connor Kennedy, and Christian Groendyk down the final straight to win in a meet record of 4:18.14. Costelow took second in 4:18.57, while Knapp was third in 4:19.21, Kennedy was fourth in 4:19.31, and Groendyk was fifth in 4:19.75.
Friday night - as cold as it was - played host to a distance runner's favorite setting: a 3,200 under the lights.
And while temperatures plummeted, Jackson Shorten made sure to bring the fire to the track. The Mountain View senior set a hot early pace and never looked back, literally. Shorten ran a CO No. 1 of 9:12.62. The top-four times in Colorado were run Friday night, and all four went under the previous meet record, including Tyler Nord's 9:16, Knox Exton's 9:17, and Costelow's 9:18.
A few hours earlier PJ Robinson torched a state-leading, US No. 21 14.14 in the 110H prelims. The Cherry Creek senior came back Saturday to win the event in dominating fashion, running 14.72.
As dominating as Robinson's performance was in the 110H, the 300H was a hotly contested battle that went down to the line. Jack Wetterling and Tre Garcia were separated by four-hundredths of a second, with Wetterling taking the W in 39.72 to Gracia's 39.76.
In the long jump Grant Haskins claimed the event by 11-inches, leaping to a 21-9.5 victory, while Tucker Peterson won the triple jump with a leap of 45-04.75
Meanwhile Lucas Couron made light work of the pole vault. The Riverdale senior won the event with a 15-0 clearance, which was two-feet above the competition, and a meet record.
In the discus Kevin Bruxvoort won a tight battle over Austin Appiah. Bruxvoort tossed a 165-04 PR to win the event over Appiah's 164-6.
And on the topic of tight battles, the boy's shot put.
Charles LaFore won the event with a toss of 52-7.25, which was just under two-inches beyond Taylor Nichols' 52-5.5