Limon's Gabe Schubarth came away with the upset in the boy's 100, claiming the event by one-hundredth of a second over Yuma's Clay Robinson. Schubarth ran 11.37 to Robinson's 11.38.
Robinson turned the tables on Schubarth in the 200, however. The Yuma senior won the 200 state title in 22.32. Schubarth took second in 22.82.
Robinson successfully defended his 400 state title as well, running 49.08. Ouray's Paton Edwards was a close second in 49.34.
The distance races were close all the way from the 800 up to the 3,200.
The 800 came down to a wild kick, and on the winning end of it was St. Mary's Jackson Neppl, who won the state title in 2:00.45. Cole Thomas was a close second in 2:00.81.
The two met a day later in the 1,600, and the result was the same, with Neppl winning the event in 4:29.59 and Thomas second in 4:31.23
In the 3,200 Tyler Ball kicked to win in 9:41, which was just ahead of Lyndon Gotelaere's 9:42, and Jonathan Wiggins' 9:45.
Jaden Dodsworth won the 110H state title in 15.43, while Nate Early was a close second in 15.84. Several hours later Early got gold, however, winning the 300H in 40.73.
Centauri ran away with the 4x100, and the 4x200, running 43.62 in the 4x100 and 1:31.09 in the 4x200.
Ouray telescoped away with the 4x400 state title, running 3:25 while Limon was second in 3:29.
Likewise, Ouray made no contest of the 4x800. The quartet from the Western Slope left it all out on the track, running a 8:16 for the state title. Lyons took second in 8:29, which just ahead of Peyton's 8:30.
Two-inches isn't much, but it was all Clay Robinson needed to claim the long jump state title. The Yuma senior leapt 21-10.5, which was just beyond Gabe Schubarth's 21-8.5.
Meanwhile it was all Jeremiah Leeper in the triple jump. The Limon senior won the state title with a leap of 42-07.50. Devon Ealey was a close second with a leap of 41-4.25.
Mason Goodwin dominated the high jump with a 6-4 clearance, while Johnathan Mikita cleared 14-0.5 to win the pole vault.
In the shot put the two best throwers in the state battle on Day 1. Wiggins' Mohamed Ibrahim and Wray's Bryant Schoenthal both went well over 50-feet, with Ibrahim defending his state title with a toss of 59-10. Schoenthal took second with a toss of 53-04.75.
Schoenthal turned the tables on Ibrahim in the discus, however. He won the event with a 177-6 toss, which was 10-feet beyond Ibrahim's 167-7.
Yuma took a tight victory over Limon in the overall team race. Yuma tallied 59 points to Limon's 56. Banning Lewis Prep Academy with third with 54.