Apr 18, 2022

Eaglecrest's Haley Esser won the 400 at Pomona in 57.44 for a Colorado No. 3.

Whew.

What. A. Weekend.

In all seriousness, I'm still recovering from the action, which included a sunburn from Saturday's National Meet of the Week - the Pomona Invitational.

It was a week chalk-full of state-leading marks.

Alright, let's get into it, here are the highlights of the highlights...

We'll start with the Mountain Range Mustang Track & Field Invitational

Symone Adams torched a state-leading 12.11 to win the 100, while Allison Pippert swept the distance events. The Stargate sophomore won the 1,600 in 5:09, and the 3,200 in 11:13, which was just ahead of Mckenna Mazeski's 11:15. As per the usual, Agur Dwol swept the horizontal jumps, winning the long jump in 18-8.5, and the triple jump in 38-8.

Elizabeth Heumann added two inches to her high jump personal best - the Thompson Valley junior cleared 5-6 for a Colorado No. 2. For the boys Peyton Sommers won the 200 in 21.95, while Jackson Shorten sharpened up with a 1:54.37 half-mile - that's a CO No. 3, and the third sub-1:55 clocking in 4A. And look at Cherokee Trail's distance duo of Reuben Holness and Hunter Strand! Holness chopped a whopping five-seconds off his 1,600 PR to win the event in 4:23, while Strand sliced 18-seconds off his 3,200 PR to win the event in 9:26.

There was some great action in Glenwood Springs at the Demon Invitational.

Cedaredge freshman Jessica Black ran a 2A No. 1 of 2:18.79 to win the 800. Ava Lane was a close second in 2:19. On the topic of tight battles - Gabrielle Horton and Megan Jenkins took the 300H down the hundredths-of-a-second, with Horton taking the W in 46.20 to Jenkins' 46.23. Meanwhile Elizabeth Brooks dominated the shot put with a toss of 38-1.

On the topic of throws, cue the Terry Amundson Invitational.

Zadie Mackey kept her unbeaten streak in the discus alive. The Elbert sophomore won the event with a toss of 135-2.

Alexandria Tice was second in 126-2, while Lauren Herman was third in 123-7. Tice got the victory in the shot put, however, tossing 41-0 for a 3A No. 1. Correy Koellner was a close second in 40-5.5. Bryant Schoenthal and Mohamed Ibrahim battled for the second time last week in the throws. Schoenthal got the victory in the discus, tossing 175-0, which was just three-feet beyond Ibrahim's 172-3. Schoenthal also won the shot put in 53-10.75.

The Boulder County Track Championships was one of three absolutely loaded meets this past week.

Julia Pattison continued to rage over the 2022 season. The Monarch senior just gets better every week - she won the 200 in a state-leading 24.68. Doubling up in distance, Stella Vieth ran a 4A No. 1 of 57.47 in the 400. Mia Prok and Maelynn Higgins made a race of the 800, with Prok taking the win in 2:13.85 to Higgins' 2:14.29. In the 1,600 Eva Klingbeil ran away for a 4:54.18 victory. Maggie McCleskey also dipped under five-minute, running 4:58.84. Meanwhile Kimora Northrup swept the hurdles, winning the 100H in 14.97, and the 300H in 44.01. Charlotte Elliston won the long jump with a leap of 18-3.25, while Kourtney Rathke won the triple jump with a leap of 36-3.5. Rathke also got big air in the pole vault, which was another hotly contested event. Lilly Nichols and Rathke cleared 12-8, while Megan Kelleghan cleared 12-4.

On the boys side of the competition it was Zane Bergen verses Connor McCormick in two epic battles. In the 1,600 McCormick took down the defending 4A state champ with a 4:11.13. Bergen was a second back in 4:12.30. The Niwot senior turned the tables on the Longmont senior in the 800, however. Bergen won the 800 in 1:52.90 to McCormick's 1:53.62. In the field events Quin Dukes won the pole vault with a 14-6, while Caleb Johnson won the triple jump with a leap of 45-7.

The Lions Classic Invitational saw some stellar results as well.

Arapaho swept the distance events, with Emily Lamontagne running a 5A No. 2 of 10:40 to win the 3,200, while Ava Escorcia took second in 11:11. In the 1,600 Ava Mitchell won going away in 5:09. Meanwhile Gabriella Cunningham won the 300H in 45.96, which was just ahead of Reece Mercer's 46.45. Casia Provencal went three-for three, winning the 100 in 12.47, the 200 in 25.50, and the 100H in 14.92. In the boy's 200 David Maldonado dipped under 22-seconds for the first time this season, winning the event in 21.99, while Mateo Munoz cleared 14-2 to win the pole vault.

The National Meet Of The Week - Pomona Invitational - definitely earned that title this year. The meet was loaded.

Long story short, nine meet records were broken, and there were six state-leading marks that came out of this meet.

Read: Records Fall At The Pomona Invitational

Watch: Pomona Invitational Videos

Bryant Schoenthal and Mohamed Ibrahim met for the first time last week at the 54th Annual Yuma Bill Kalb Invitational. Schoenthal won the shot put in 53-9.5, while Ibrahim was second in 51-6.5.

At the High Altitude Challenge Durango's Sydney Flores was the highlight with a 37-10 shot put victory.

Meanwhile Fabiola Belibi was the star of the Don Osse Lakewood Tiger Invitational. The Regis Jesuit senior won the 100H in 14.81, and the long jump in 18-7.25. In the pole vault Isabella Coscetti cleared 11-6 for the W.

The triple jump was The event at the Randy Yaussi City Championships. Brooke Naughton won the event in her first outing of the season with a 36-11.75. Lily Patrick took second in 36-4.75.

Kyle Bigley nearly had the sweep in the throws at the Pueblo D60 City Championships. The Pueblo Central senior won the discus with a toss of 154-11, and took second in the shot put in 52-5, which was just short of Xavier Freeman's 53-11.

Five weeks to State!

Featured Meets

Pomona Invitational

Jeffco Stadium Lakewood, CO

Apr 15, 2022 Apr 16, 2022

Girls (55)
100m	F 1 1st	12.21	Peyton Holmes	Valor Christian High School
100m	F 1 2nd	12.21	Sophia McHenry	Rock Canyon High School
100m	p 10 1st	12.16 w	Sophia McHenry	Rock Canyon High School
100m	p 9 2nd	12.25 w	Peyton Holmes	Valor Christian High School
400m	F 1 1st	57.98	Haley Esser	Eaglecrest High School
400m	p 3 1st	57.44	Haley Esser	Eaglecrest High School
800m	F 5 1st	2:11.59	Kinsey Christianson	Cherry Creek High School
800m	F 5 2nd	2:12.99	Jaycee Williams	Berthoud High School
800m	F 5 3rd	2:13.97	Avery Marr	Prospect Ridge Academy
800m	F 5 4th	2:14.49	Addison Price	Cherry Creek High School
800m	F 5 5th	2:15.85	Keeghan Edwards	Valor Christian High School
800m	F 4 6th	2:17.85	Rosie Mucharsky	Denver East High School
800m	F 4 7th	2:18.96	Leah Hill	Denver East High School
1600m	F 4 1st	4:48.24	Riley Stewart	Cherry Creek High School
1600m	F 4 2nd	5:00.31	Shelby Balding	Cherry Creek High School
1600m	F 4 3rd	5:00.37	Emma Stutzman	Pomona High School
1600m	F 4 4th	5:01.50	Isabel Allori	Liberty Common High School
1600m	F 4 5th	5:07.32	Ella Johns	Fort Collins High School
1600m	F 4 6th	5:08.51	Cadence Lapp	Loveland High School
1600m	F 4 7th	5:10.17	Olivia Krueger	Berthoud High School
1600m	F 3 8th	5:11.94	Aidyn Woodall	Douglas County High School
3200m	F 1 1st	10:47.95	Emma Stutzman	Pomona High School
3200m	F 1 2nd	10:50.63	Keeghan Edwards	Valor Christian High School
3200m	F 1 3rd	11:00.49	Tristian Spence	Central Grand Junction High School
3200m	F 1 4th	11:03.93	Ella Johns	Fort Collins High School
100H	F 1 1st	14.80	Kendall McCoy	Vista Peak High School
100H	F 1 2nd	14.83	Amelia Hubbell	Chatfield High School
100H	p 8 1st	15.00	Kendall McCoy	Vista Peak High School
300H	F 1 1st	44.58	Kylie Bahr	Valor Christian High School
300H	F 1 2nd	44.96	Amelia Hubbell	Chatfield High School
300H	F 1 3rd	45.64	Iris Wang	Cherry Creek High School
300H	F 1 4th	45.77	Kendall McCoy	Vista Peak High School
300H	p 7 1st	45.40	Amelia Hubbell	Chatfield High School
300H	p 8 2nd	45.87	Kylie Bahr	Valor Christian High School
4x100T	F 2 1st	53.00		Berthoud High School
4x100T	F 2 2nd	56.38		Fort Collins High School
4x100T	F 1 3rd	57.70		Douglas County High School
SMR8	F 4 1st	1:48.52		Cherry Creek High School
SMR8	F 4 2nd	1:53.83		Vista Peak High School
SMR8	F 4 3rd	1:53.97		Eaton High School
SMR8	F 3 4th	1:54.42		Arvada West High School
SMR8	F 4 5th	1:54.80		Fossil Ridge High School
4x800m	F 2 1st	9:38.17		Denver East High School
4x800m	F 2 2nd	9:43.37		Mountain Vista High School
4x800m	F 2 3rd	9:44.82		Berthoud High School
TJ	F 4 1st	36-8.25	Kylee Kielian	Roosevelt High School
PV	F 1 2nd	10-10	Katie WRONA	Liberty Common High School
PV	F 1 1st	12-4	Anna Willis	The Classical Academy
D	F 5 4th	121-2	Laura Davis	Fort Collins High School
D	F 5 3rd	126-6	Brooke Franke	Riverdale Ridge High School
D	F 5 2nd	146-2	Kajsa Borrman	Loveland High School
D	F 5 1st	156-10	Giavonna Meeks	Northfield High School
S	F 5 3rd	37-2	Mia Speights	Chaparral High School
S	F 5 2nd	38-3.25	Laura Davis	Fort Collins High School
S	F 5 1st	39-5.5	Giavonna Meeks	Northfield High School
Boys (40)
100m	F 1 1st	10.68	Devyn Lauer-Duarte	Platte Valley High School
100m	p 12 1st	10.57 w	Devyn Lauer-Duarte	Platte Valley High School
100m	p 10 2nd	10.80	Hayden Marx	Chatfield High School
200m	F 1 1st	21.55	Devyn Lauer-Duarte	Platte Valley High School
200m	F 1 2nd	21.84	Ben Kirk	Denver East High School
200m	p 12 1st	21.63 w	Devyn Lauer-Duarte	Platte Valley High School
400m	F 1 1st	49.29	Brandon Bate	Liberty Common High School
400m	F 1 2nd	49.42	Jacob Culig	Bear Creek High School
800m	F 5 1st	1:55.07	Camden Law	Chatfield High School
800m	F 5 2nd	1:55.07	Timothy Thompson	Rocky Mountain High School
800m	F 5 3rd	1:55.44	Tyler Downs	Mountain Vista High School
800m	F 5 4th	1:56.26	Erik Le Roux	Cheyenne Mountain High School
800m	F 5 5th	1:56.94	Corbin Hobert	Denver East High School
800m	F 5 6th	1:57.62	Joseph Kirwan	Cheyenne Mountain High School
1600m	F 5 1st	4:18.14	Bryce Reeburgh	Golden High School
1600m	F 5 2nd	4:18.57	Drew Costelow	Valor Christian High School
1600m	F 5 3rd	4:19.21	Enzo Knapp	Cheyenne Mountain High School
1600m	F 5 4th	4:19.31	Connor Kennedy	Heritage High School
1600m	F 5 5th	4:19.75	Christian Groendyk	Fort Collins High School
1600m	F 5 6th	4:24.23	Jayden Nats	Mountain Vista High School
3200m	F 1 1st	9:12.62	Jackson Shorten	Mountain View High School
3200m	F 1 2nd	9:16.41	Tyler Nord	Cheyenne Mountain High School
3200m	F 1 3rd	9:17.30	Knox Exton	Cheyenne Mountain High School
3200m	F 1 4th	9:18.45	Drew Costelow	Valor Christian High School
3200m	F 1 5th	9:22.35	Bryce Reeburgh	Golden High School
3200m	F 1 6th	9:32.73	Ty Garrett	Valor Christian High School
3200m	F 1 7th	9:33.22	Dane Eike	Valor Christian High School
3200m	F 1 8th	9:38.82	Jackson Edwards	Central Grand Junction High School
110H	p 7 1st	14.14	PJ Robinson	Cherry Creek High School
4x200m	F 5 1st	1:29.91		Rock Canyon High School
4x800m	F 2 1st	8:02.33		Mountain Vista High School
HJ	F 1 1st	6-9	Antoni Smith	Cheyenne Mountain High School
TJ	F 4 1st	45-4.75	Tucker Peterson	Roosevelt High School
PV	F 1 1st	15-0	Lucas Couron	Riverdale Ridge High School
D	F 6 3rd	160-11	Blaine Fisher	Denver East High School
D	F 6 2nd	164-6	Austin Appiah	Rangeview High School
D	F 6 1st	165-4	Kevin Bruxvoort	Rocky Mountain High School
S	F 6 3rd	51-6.5	Cade Whish	Fort Collins High School
S	F 6 2nd	52-5.5	Taylor Nichols	Douglas County High School
S	F 5 1st	52-7.25	Charles LaFore	Chatfield High School

Girls (21)
200m	F 7 1st	24.68 w	Julia Pattison	Monarch High School
400m	F 5 1st	57.47	Stella Vieth	Niwot High School
800m	F 3 1st	2:13.85	Mia Prok	Niwot High School
800m	F 3 2nd	2:14.29	Maelynn Higgins	Broomfield High School
800m	F 3 3rd	2:14.95	Lex Bullen	Niwot High School
800m	F 3 4th	2:15.49	Bella Nelson	Niwot High School
800m	F 3 5th	2:16.68	Maggie McCleskey	Centaurus High School
800m	F 3 6th	2:18.81	Grace Moroney	Silver Creek High School
1600m	F 2 1st	4:54.18	Eva Klingbeil	Niwot High School
1600m	F 2 2nd	4:58.84	Maggie McCleskey	Centaurus High School
1600m	F 2 3rd	5:07.13	Sarah Perkins	Niwot High School
1600m	F 2 4th	5:10.90	Grace Moroney	Silver Creek High School
100H	F 5 1st	14.97	Kimora Northrup	Niwot High School
300H	F 6 1st	44.01	Kimora Northrup	Niwot High School
SMR8	F 2 1st	1:51.71		Niwot High School
LJ	F 3 1st	18-3.25	Charlotte Elliston	Fairview High School
TJ	F 2 1st	36-3.5	Kourtney Rathke	Peak to Peak Charter School
PV	F 1 4th	10-8	Olivia Kosanovich	Fairview High School
PV	F 1 3rd	12-2	Megan Kelleghan	Silver Creek High School
PV	F 1 1st	12-8	Kourtney Rathke	Peak to Peak Charter School
PV	F 1 2nd	12-8	Lilly Nichols	Broomfield High School
Boys (7)
800m	F 3 1st	1:52.90	Zane Bergen	Niwot High School
800m	F 3 2nd	1:53.62	Connor McCormick	Longmont High School
1600m	F 3 1st	4:11.13	Connor McCormick	Longmont High School
1600m	F 3 2nd	4:12.30	Zane Bergen	Niwot High School
1600m	F 3 3rd	4:20.93	Dominic Warner	Longmont High School
TJ	F 3 1st	45-7	Caleb Johnson	Longmont High School
PV	F 1 1st	14-6	Quin Dukes	Mead High School

Girls (11)
100m	F 8 1st	12.11	Symone Adams	Cherokee Trail High School
1600m	F 2 1st	5:09.52	Allison Pippert	Stargate High School
3200m	F 1 1st	11:13.01	Allison Pippert	Stargate High School
3200m	F 1 2nd	11:15.48	Mckenna Mazeski	Cherokee Trail High School
300H	F 5 1st	46.29	Kilah Freelon	Mullen High School
SMR8	F 2 1st	1:54.64		Poudre High School
HJ	F 1 1st	5-6	Elizabeth Heumann	Thompson Valley High School
LJ	F 6 2nd	17-7	Kaeli Powe	Cherokee Trail High School
LJ	F 6 1st	18-8.5	Agur Dwol	Mullen High School
TJ	F 3 1st	38-8 w	Agur Dwol	Mullen High School
PV	F 1 1st	11-0	Victoria Spitzley	Legacy High School
Boys (4)
200m	F 8 1st	21.95	Peyton Sommers	Cherokee Trail High School
800m	F 3 1st	1:54.37	Jackson Shorten	Mountain View High School
1600m	F 2 1st	4:23.48	Reuben Holness	Cherokee Trail High School
3200m	F 2 1st	9:28.39	Hunter Strand	Cherokee Trail High School

Girls (7)
800m	F 1 1st	2:18.79	Jessica Black	Cedaredge High School
800m	F 1 2nd	2:19.20	Ava Lane	Basalt High School
300H	F 1 1st	46.20	Gabrielle Horton	Palisade High School
300H	F 1 2nd	46.23	Megan Jenkins	Cedaredge High School
SMR8	F 1 1st	1:53.24		Basalt High School
S	F 1 1st	38-1	Elizabeth Brooks	Cedaredge High School
S	p 1 1st	38-1	Elizabeth Brooks	Cedaredge High School

Girls (5)
D	F 1 3rd	123-7	Lauren Herman	Holyoke High School
D	F 1 2nd	126-2	Alexandria Tice	Lamar High School
D	F 1 1st	135-2	Zadie Mackey	Elbert High School
S	F 1 2nd	40-5.5	Correy Koellner	Holyoke High School
S	F 1 1st	41-0	Alexandria Tice	Lamar High School
Boys (4)
D	F 1 3rd	153-7	Laith Ibrahim	Wiggins High School
D	F 1 2nd	172-3	Mohamed Ibrahim	Wiggins High School
D	F 1 1st	175-0	Bryant Schoenthal	Wray High School
S	F 1 1st	53-10.75	Bryant Schoenthal	Wray High School

Girls (7)
1600m	F 2 1st	5:09.40	Ava Mitchell	Arapahoe High School
3200m	F 1 1st	10:40.67	Emily Lamontagne	Arapahoe High School
3200m	F 1 2nd	11:11.46	Ava Escorcia	Arapahoe High School
100H	F 4 1st	14.92	Casia Provencal	Ralston Valley High School
300H	F 4 1st	45.97	Gabriella Cunningham	Grandview High School
300H	F 4 2nd	46.45	Reece Mercer	Ralston Valley High School
SMR8	F 2 1st	1:52.09		Ralston Valley High School
Boys (2)
200m	F 8 1st	21.99 w	David Maldonado	Grandview High School
PV	F 1 1st	14-2	Mateo Munoz	Grandview High School

Girls (1)
S	F 1 1st	38-8.5	Correy Koellner	Holyoke High School
Boys (3)
D	F 1 1st	162-5	Mohamed Ibrahim	Wiggins High School
S	F 1 2nd	51-6.5	Mohamed Ibrahim	Wiggins High School
S	F 1 1st	53-9.5	Bryant Schoenthal	Wray High School

Girls (3)
100H	F 2 1st	14.81	Fabiola Belibi	Regis Jesuit
LJ	F 2 1st	18-7.25	Fabiola Belibi	Regis Jesuit
PV	F 1 1st	11-6	Isabella Coscetti	Manitou Springs High School

Girls (2)
TJ	F 2 2nd		36-4.75	Lily Patrick	Fossil Ridge High School
TJ	F 2 1st		36-11.75	Brooke Naughton	Fort Collins High School

Boys (3)
D	F 1 1st	154-11	Kyle Bigley	Pueblo Central High School
S	F 1 2nd	52-5	Kyle Bigley	Pueblo Central High School
S	F 1 1st	53-11	Xavier Freeman	Pueblo East High School