Broomfield Shoutout 2025 Meet Recap


Usually one does not expect fast times in the first couple heats of the sprint events, but Jackson Conroy of Loveland High School was placed in the first heat of the boys' 110m hurdles, winning outright with a time of 14.35. Conroy already had the #1 time in all of Colorado previously, but he improved upon his mark by almost three tenths of a second! 

Conroy also went on to run 10.95 in the 100m, which was good enough for 6th place overall in the flat race. The win, however, did go to the favorite in Ryan Elsen, who improved on his personal best time, running 10.60. 

He also pulled along a few others, including Justyn Jordan of Fountain-Fort Carson, who ran 10.83 for another personal best for the Trojan. 

Jordan also raced the 200m, where he took that victory fairly easily. Though his time of 21.81 had a small tailwind so it was not legal, it definitely still shows a lot of potential Jordan has in the event, especially as he continues to improve his 100m times. 

The 300m hurdles definitely lived up to its promise to produce an exciting race, though Joseph Barlow was unable to compete. However, Francis Ojowa of Prairie View High School stole the show with a time of 38.41. Though this is slower than his previous marks, the headwind was strong on the backstretch, making the first part of the race especially tough. 

Ojowa pulled along Marcus May of The Classical Academy, who despite having the strong headwind, ran under 40 seconds for only the second time in his career! His mark of 39.78 puts him at #2 in the stat rankings for 3A. 

It is always fun when an underdog comes up to take the win in an incredibly competitive race, which is what happened in the 3200m. Curtis Smela of Thompson Valley High School won over the competitive field with a time of 9:24.36 as opposed to Colin Olson of Loveland High School and his time of 9:24.75. 

However, maybe Smela was really only an underdog in his seed time, but definitely had the resume to back up this win. His seed time of 9:34 was nothing special in this kind of field. However, Smela did have other times of 1:55 in the 800m and a most recent time of 4:12 in the indoor mile at the New Balance Indoor Championships. Clearly those times do not say underdog, and he went into the race confident, taking the overall win. 

The long jump runway was definitely on fire at the meet and though many of these jumps were not wind legal, they do still show the potential for this group. 

Starting with the overall winner, Nurudeen Diallo of Cherokee Trail High School got out to 23-9 taking the #2 spot in the whole nation if it were wind legal. Moving on to Joseph Barlow of Fountain-Fort Carson, he jumped over 23 feet for the first time with a mark of 23-3 but the wind still pushed him down the runway, making the mark unofficial for the #2 spot in Colorado. This meet produced two more boys over the 23 foot mark from Brek Hoenninger of Monarch High School and De Marcues Harris of Cherokee Trail High School. They got out to 23-1 and 23-.05 respectively. Again, though these marks were wind-aided, but it can still show the potential for this group in later meets. 

One final note in the long jump that is worth mentioning is Jonathan Rice of Palmer Ridge High School, who actually jumped a wind legal mark of 22-10.5. This mark will be the official new #1 jump in Colorado and is the best we have seen from Rice all season, who has the potential to jump over 23 feet. 

Cherokee Trail High School knows their way around the jump pits with the overall winner of the triple jump coming from the school. Jason Lomosi jumped 46-6, though once again, not wind legal, but still a great mark nonetheless. Elijah Roy of Pine Creek High School was lucky enough to get a wind legal jump of 45-4.75, putting him at #4 in all of Colorado. 

Finally, the discus also produced some MileSplit Second Team National Standards. Ian Zahner of Stargate High School threw 152-3 for a new personal best by over 10 feet and put himself in the top 5 rankings in all of Colorado. Ayden Mills of Cherokee Trail High School also got out to 150-2 reaching a new PR as well and in the top 5 of the state rankings.