Relays got it done for Wray last spring. Relays are doing their part again this spring. Colorado Track XC file photo.
The gaps in the meet results are a little fewer at the 2A level, so the picture we see at this time for 2A is perhaps a little more telling than in some other classificiations. While there's still a good month left in the season, some trends are clearly developing.
2A Girls (Scroll down for 2A Boys)
The deeper we get into the season, the more it appears Akron is the team to beat. With relays that are ranked at or near the top across the board and potential to put up points in several more individual events, the Rams are in the driver's seat as of April 23. There may be some event choices to be made for Sydney Clarkson, but that still leaves a big gap on the field.
Johanna Reed and Jordyn Rienks will take Paonia a long way, and relay points are clearly going to help, but the Eagles need more to run down Akron.
Behind Akron and Paonia is a logjam of nearly-matched programs--Nederland, Limon, Holyoke, and Dolores. Nederland's strength in distance will put a lot of points on the board, but the Panthers will end up competing against themselves for most of those points. Holyoke, also, is a little limited in where their points seem to be coming from. On that basis, Limon and Dolores may have the advantage as team entries heading into the state meet.
Calculated as of April 23, 2010
These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and relay rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
| 1. | Akron High School | 91 |
| Allyson Vasquez (200m 5 = 5) | ||
| Ella Saunders (S 5 = 5) | ||
| Laura Measles (PV 7 = 7) | ||
| Relay Team (48) | ||
| Sidney Merrill (PV 10 = 10) | ||
| Sydney Clarkson (400m 10 + 800m 6 = 16) | ||
| 2. | Paonia High School | 61 |
| Johanna Reed (1600m 6 + 3200m 8 + 800m 8 = 22) | ||
| Jordyn Rienks (D 5 + S 6 = 11) | ||
| Relay Team (28) | ||
| 3. | Holyoke High School | 46 |
| Heather Duester (400m 2 = 2) | ||
| Marci Vasa (TJ 8 = 8) | ||
| Marissa Smith (100m 10 + 400m 8 = 18) | ||
| Relay Team (18) | ||
| 4. | Dolores High School | 45 |
| Cassie Lard (LJ 4 + TJ 2 = 6) | ||
| Jordan Mchenry (300H 1 = 1) | ||
| Lexi Atkinson (100m 3 + LJ 6 = 9) | ||
| Maniesha Buck (D 1 = 1) | ||
| Rachel Beverlin (800m 5 = 5) | ||
| Relay Team (23) | ||
| 4. | Nederland High School | 45 |
| Kat Robinson (1600m 10 + 800m 10 = 20) | ||
| Kelley Robinson (1600m 8 + 3200m 10 + 800m 4 = 22) | ||
| Rebecca Hermann (3200m 3 = 3) | ||
| 4. | Limon High School | 45 |
| Ashton Taylor (PV 3 = 3) | ||
| Breanna Stickels (PV 3 = 3) | ||
| Caitlyn Hubbard (100H 10 + 300H 8 = 18) | ||
| Nicole O`Dwyer (3200m 1 = 1) | ||
| Relay Team (20) | ||
| 7. | Eads High School | 32 |
| Lori Weirich (D 10 + S 8 = 18) | ||
| Nissi Hallman (100m 4 + 200m 6 = 10) | ||
| Relay Team (4) | ||
| 8. | Rocky Ford High School | 30 |
| Amber Lowther (HJ 10 + LJ 10 + TJ 10 = 30) | ||
| 8. | Norwood High School | 30 |
| Lindsey Stindt (100H 8 + 300H 10 + LJ 1 = 19) | ||
| Mollie Lane (D 8 + S 3 = 11) | ||
| 10. | Vanguard School, The | 25 |
| Brittany Crippen (100m 8 + 200m 10 = 18) | ||
| Chelsea Kilgore (1600m 4 + 3200m 2 = 6) | ||
| Relay Team (1) | ||
| 11. | Wray High School | 18 |
| Dani Lenz (D 6 = 6) | ||
| Mackenzie Twiss (S 4 = 4) | ||
| Relay Team (8) | ||
| 12. | Kim High School | 17.33 |
| Cathryn Ambler (400m 4 = 4) | ||
| Chelsea Butler (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| Relay Team (12) | ||
| Tiffany Ambler (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| 13. | Idalia High School | 17 |
| Breanna Royer (TJ 3 = 3) | ||
| Samantha Cure (800m 1 + TJ 6 = 7) | ||
| Sydney Weyerman (PV 7 = 7) | ||
| 14. | Telluride High School | 16 |
| Emy Ludwig (100H 4 + 300H 5 = 9) | ||
| Rachel Hampton (1600m 3 + 3200m 4 = 7) | ||
| 14. | Otis High School | 16 |
| Alexis Seifert (100m 6 + 200m 8 + LJ 2 = 16) | ||
| 16. | Meeker High School | 14 |
| Bailey Atwood (S 2 = 2) | ||
| Kathryn Doll (LJ 8 + TJ 4 = 12) | ||
| 16. | Genoa-Hugo High School | 14 |
| Brittney Graham (D 4 + S 10 = 14) | ||
| 18. | Kiowa High School | 13 |
| Kira Wendrych (100H 5 + 300H 4 = 9) | ||
| Relay Team (4) | ||
| 19. | Sedgwick County High School | 12 |
| Erin Bell (PV 3 = 3) | ||
| Nicole Newth (300H 6 + PV 3 = 9) | ||
| 20. | Creede High School | 11.67 |
| Calla Uhrich (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| Kelly Lamb (1600m 5 + 3200m 6 = 11) | ||
| 21. | Fleming High School | 11 |
| Ashley Atkin (100m 5 + 400m 6 = 11) | ||
| 22. | Custer County High School | 10 |
| Sierra Geroux (200m 3 + HJ 7 = 10) | ||
| 23. | Briggsdale High School | 9 |
| Dani Ziegler (100H 2 = 2) | ||
| La Rona Mondt (TJ 5 = 5) | ||
| Relay Team (2) | ||
| 23. | Elbert High School | 9 |
| Logan Franek (100H 6 = 6) | ||
| Relay Team (3) | ||
| 25. | Vail Christian High School | 8 |
| Ashlyn Gruber (400m 5 = 5) | ||
| Kylie Alexander (PV 3 = 3) | ||
| 26. | West Grand High School | 7.67 |
| Brook Cecil (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| Melissa Kraker (HJ 7 = 7) | ||
| 27. | Miami-Yoder High School | 7.5 |
| Kim Hazelton (LJ 3 = 3) | ||
| Relay Team (4.5) | ||
| 28. | Las Animas High School | 7.17 |
| Michelle Pleuger (800m 3 + HJ 0.67 = 3.67) | ||
| Relay Team (3.5) | ||
| 29. | Bethune High School | 6 |
| Melanie Burton (1600m 1 = 1) | ||
| Nicole Aranci (HJ 5 = 5) | ||
| 30. | Simla High School | 5.67 |
| Kenzi Mitchell (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| Relay Team (5) | ||
| 30. | Sangre de Cristo High School | 5.67 |
| Kathryn New (200m 2 + 400m 3 + HJ 0.67 = 5.67) | ||
| 32. | Mancos High School | 5 |
| Kelsey Corbin (3200m 5 = 5) | ||
| 32. | Cheyenne Wells High School | 5 |
| Casey Mitchek (LJ 5 = 5) | ||
| 32. | Wiggins High School | 5 |
| Relay Team (5) | ||
| 35. | Pawnee High School | 4 |
| Adele Cass (200m 4 = 4) | ||
| 36. | Sanford High School | 3.67 |
| Alison Canty (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| Tori Mortensen (100H 3 = 3) | ||
| 37. | Dayspring Christian Academy | 3 |
| Jessie Mitchell (D 3 = 3) | ||
| 37. | Merino High School | 3 |
| Relay Team (3) | ||
| 37. | South Park High School | 3 |
| Sarah Saleck (300H 3 = 3) | ||
| 37. | Woodlin High School | 3 |
| Brandy Haller (100H 1 + 300H 2 = 3) | ||
| 41. | Ignacio High School | 2.67 |
| Michelle Simmons (100m 2 + HJ 0.67 = 2.67) | ||
| 42. | Sargent High School | 2 |
| Abbey Pizel (100m 1 = 1) | ||
| Relay Team (1) | ||
| 42. | Shining Mountain Waldorf High School | 2 |
| Birdie Hutton (1600m 2 = 2) | ||
| 42. | Nucla High School | 2 |
| Harley Narramore (D 2 = 2) | ||
| 42. | Fowler High School | 2 |
| Relay Team (2) | ||
| 42. | Wiley High School | 2 |
| Maggie Schneider (800m 2 = 2) | ||
| 47. | Cripple Creek-Victor High School | 1 |
| Sydni Riley (400m 1 = 1) | ||
| 47. | Burlington High School | 1 |
| Marisol Ordonez (200m 1 = 1) | ||
| 47. | Caliche High School | 1 |
| Kelsey Koester (TJ 1 = 1) | ||
| 47. | Rangely High School | 1 |
| Holly Lepro (S 1 = 1) | ||
| 51. | Moffat Senior High School | 0.67 |
| Becca Drake (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| 51. | Hayden High School | 0.67 |
| Taylor Petersen (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| 51. | Haxtun High School | 0.67 |
| Abby Kurtzer (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| 51. | Calhan High School | 0.67 |
| Jessica Tubbs (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| 51. | John Mall High School | 0.67 |
| Katie Monahan (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) | ||
| 51. | Holly High School | 0.67 |
| Haley Martinez (HJ 0.67 = 0.67) |
2A Boys
Wray's 2A state championship trophy is apparently getting lonely sitting in the trophy case. The boys are doing everything possible to bring it a little companionship. Wray's strengths aren't spead across the board, but what they have in the sprint and jumping events is such that their margin on the rest of the field is a considerable one. And, just as Akron dominates the 2A girls relays, so Wray dominates the 2A boys relays. For now, the Eagles are soaring.
Burlington and Baca County, two of just a handful of programs lying as far to the east of the state as Wray, make up a big chunk of the competition. Baca County's rankings points should rise a little as Laken Alley and Landry Cogburn have missed finals in some recent track meets (I'm guessing that has something to do with conflicts with other sports, but I'm not sure). Burlington is simply a solid program with a strong tradition. It wasn't that long ago that the Cougars were the scourge of the plains in the world of track and field.
Cripple Creek-Victor and Paonia both have the potential to score a lot of points as well. Shawn Dubbs of CC-V may end up with more points than any other individual in the 2A state meet.
Calculated as of April 23, 2010
These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings and relay rankings and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
| 1. | Wray High School | 73 |
| Jack Schwinn (300H 4 = 4) | ||
| Jarret Cure (200m 10 + 400m 8 = 18) | ||
| Kelly Siegrist (LJ 5 = 5) | ||
| Luis Huerta (200m 8 = 8) | ||
| Relay Team (38) | ||
| 2. | Burlington High School | 47 |
| Cameron Beck (S 2 = 2) | ||
| Coley David (400m 6 + TJ 2 = 8) | ||
| Nolan Queen (D 10 + S 6 = 16) | ||
| Relay Team (4) | ||
| Spencer Cure (110H 5 + 300H 8 = 13) | ||
| Trenton Rico (1600m 4 = 4) | ||
| 3. | Cripple Creek-Victor High School | 38 |
| Ethan Browning (HJ 8 = 8) | ||
| Relay Team (2) | ||
| Shawn Dubbs (1600m 10 + 3200m 10 + 800m 8 = 28) | ||
| 4. | Paonia High School | 33.5 |
| Adrian Penny (100m 6 = 6) | ||
| Relay Team (20) | ||
| Steven Voight (100m 1.5 = 1.5) | ||
| Trevor Walters (1600m 1 + 3200m 5 = 6) | ||
| 4. | Baca County | 33.5 |
| Genesis Enriquez (LJ 2 = 2) | ||
| Hagen Turner (800m 6 = 6) | ||
| Laken Alley (200m 3 = 3) | ||
| Landry Cogburn (200m 1.5 + 300H 10 = 11.5) | ||
| Relay Team (8) | ||
| Weston Meardon (3200m 3 = 3) | ||
| 6. | Hayden High School | 31 |
| Chris Zirkle (1600m 2 + 3200m 6 = 8) | ||
| Jake Walker (100m 10 + 200m 5 = 15) | ||
| Rene Valdez (HJ 8 = 8) | ||
| 7. | Limon High School | 29.5 |
| Bradey Scherrer (400m 1 = 1) | ||
| Brett Schmidt (100m 5 = 5) | ||
| David Kelly (PV 10 = 10) | ||
| Matt Brown (200m 1.5 + 400m 2 = 3.5) | ||
| Relay Team (10) | ||
| 8. | Sedgwick County High School | 27.5 |
| Jaevyn Faulk (PV 0.5 = 0.5) | ||
| Johnny Ornelas (110H 3 + 300H 6 + PV 8 = 17) | ||
| Relay Team (10) | ||
| 9. | Holyoke High School | 25 |
| Alex Quintana (300H 3 = 3) | ||
| Jeremy Loutensock (1600m 5 = 5) | ||
| Kyle Carper (LJ 6 + TJ 10 = 16) | ||
| Relay Team (1) | ||
| 9. | Byers High School | 25 |
| Relay Team (13) | ||
| Travis Adamson (100m 8 + 200m 4 = 12) | ||
| 11. | Eads High School | 24 |
| Daniel Weirich (D 6 = 6) | ||
| Garrett Smith (D 8 + S 10 = 18) | ||
| 12. | Elbert High School | 23.5 |
| Dawson Weber (100m 1.5 = 1.5) | ||
| Kyle Brown (400m 5 + 800m 4 = 9) | ||
| Relay Team (13) | ||
| 13. | Soroco High School | 19.5 |
| Alex Estes (LJ 10 + TJ 8 = 18) | ||
| Pie Lombardi (PV 0.5 = 0.5) | ||
| Relay Team (1) | ||
| 13. | Rocky Ford High School | 19.5 |
| Cody Dell (300H 1 = 1) | ||
| Kyle Moore (400m 4 + 800m 2 + TJ 3.5 = 9.5) | ||
| Relay Team (9) | ||
| 15. | Ignacio High School | 18.5 |
| Alex Herrera (D 3 + S 5 = 8) | ||
| Casey Haga (PV 0.5 = 0.5) | ||
| Oakley Hayes (400m 10 = 10) | ||
| 16. | Karval High School | 18 |
| Brett Stone (HJ 8 = 8) | ||
| Taylor Russel (HJ 2 + LJ 8 = 10) | ||
| 17. | Idalia High School | 17 |
| Adam Marostica (LJ 4 + TJ 3.5 = 7.5) | ||
| Josh Thomas (PV 0.5 = 0.5) | ||
| Logan Ramseier (PV 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| Luke Terrell (PV 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| 18. | Del Norte High School | 15.5 |
| Chris Archuletta (300H 2 = 2) | ||
| Nicholas Trujillo (HJ 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| Relay Team (9) | ||
| 19. | Mancos High School | 15 |
| Eric Lewis (1600m 8 + 800m 3 = 11) | ||
| Reiss Dillon (LJ 1 = 1) | ||
| Relay Team (3) | ||
| 19. | Dolores High School | 15 |
| Sean Mccoy (110H 10 + 300H 5 = 15) | ||
| 21. | Norwood High School | 14 |
| Ty Williams (1600m 6 + 3200m 8 = 14) | ||
| 22. | Meeker High School | 13 |
| Brock Campbell (800m 5 = 5) | ||
| Colton Brown (HJ 2 = 2) | ||
| Relay Team (3) | ||
| Toby Casias (100m 3 = 3) | ||
| 23. | Wiggins High School | 12 |
| Corey Miller (TJ 6 = 6) | ||
| Tyler Davis (D 5 + S 1 = 6) | ||
| 23. | Merino High School | 12 |
| Bryar DeSanti (200m 6 = 6) | ||
| Relay Team (4) | ||
| Theo Kurtzer (110H 2 = 2) | ||
| 25. | Hoehne High School | 10 |
| Brandon Tortorelli (800m 10 = 10) | ||
| 26. | Lutheran High School - Parker | 9 |
| Matthew Feola (110H 8 = 8) | ||
| Relay Team (1) | ||
| 27. | Sargent High School | 8 |
| Justin Lowder (110H 1 = 1) | ||
| Morgan Biel (400m 3 + LJ 3 + TJ 1 = 7) | ||
| 27. | Pikes Peak Christian | 8 |
| Caleb Smith (S 8 = 8) | ||
| 29. | Vanguard School, The | 7 |
| Jeremiah Evangelista (3200m 4 = 4) | ||
| Relay Team (3) | ||
| 30. | Stratton Senior High School | 6 |
| Colin Simon (110H 6 = 6) | ||
| 31. | Crowley County High School | 5 |
| Jakota Walters (D 1 + S 4 = 5) | ||
| 31. | West Grand High School | 5 |
| Logan Cummings (PV 0.5 = 0.5) | ||
| Tim Ritschard (PV 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| 31. | Ouray High School | 5 |
| Kaleb Sackman (TJ 5 = 5) | ||
| 31. | Plainview High School | 5 |
| Kirbi Stum (3200m 2 = 2) | ||
| Steven Chuma (1600m 3 = 3) | ||
| 35. | Calhan High School | 4.5 |
| Scott Dow (HJ 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| 35. | North Park High School | 4.5 |
| Logan Anderson (PV 4.5 = 4.5) | ||
| 37. | Springfield High School | 4 |
| Relay Team (4) | ||
| 37. | Swink High School | 4 |
| Keith Cabrera (110H 4 = 4) | ||
| 37. | Simla High School | 4 |
| Mike Mullin (100m 4 = 4) | ||
| 37. | Hi-Plains High School | 4 |
| Cory Arnold (800m 1 = 1) | ||
| Zeb Bailey (S 3 = 3) | ||
| 37. | Otis High School | 4 |
| Lance Pickett (D 4 = 4) | ||
| 42. | Plateau Valley High School | 2 |
| Chase Langley (HJ 2 = 2) | ||
| 42. | Bethune High School | 2 |
| Andrew Carson (D 2 = 2) | ||
| 44. | Dayspring Christian Academy | 1 |
| Keith Heintzelman (3200m 1 = 1) | ||
| 45. | Akron High School | 0.5 |
| Jourdan Hottinger (PV 0.5 = 0.5) |