The 2026 spring track season is finally here with the season starting on Monday, February 23rd and some of the first meets of the season kicking off the first weekend of March. Here are the biggest names to look out for going into the new season in Class 4A for the girls!
Sprints, Hurdles, and Relays
The sprints events will be incredibly competitive on the girls' side for 4A, starting with the top returner in Claire Tannehill of Holy Family High School. She has a personal best time of 11.75 in the 100m that she ran at the state meet to earn 1st place. Mead High School's Rylee Klatt is the next top returner running 11.79 last season and has been fairly strong this winter indoor season. She has run 7.70 in the 60m and is 2nd on the list for Colorado. The returning runner-up in the 100m is Maya Brasch of Windsor High School, who ran 11.83 to earn that 2nd place finish.
These three will be contenders in the 200m as well, but will also be joined by long sprinter specialist Kiana Cumings of Windsor High School. Cumings still has a PR of 11.85 in the 100m, but her best marks are in the 200m and 400m, where she leads class 4A. In the 200m, her PR of 23.96 helped her to a state title in the event. Tannehill was 2nd overall with a time of 24.37, followed by Brasch at 24.44. These are the next fastest times for returners in the event as well.
Cumings continues her dominance with the 400m, where she has a PR of 53.89 and is over a second faster than the next best returner! She is also the top returner for all classifications. Klatt is 2nd on both lists for 4A and all of Colorado with a personal best time of 54.98, making her an all-around strong sprinter similar to Cumings.
In the hurdles, Reagan Falletta of Pueblo East High School is the clear favorite to take the victory in the 100m hurdles. She has a personal best time of 14.42 - over a half a second ahead of the next best returner. She also finished 2nd overall at the state meet and is the top returner from the field. In the 300m hurdles, Falletta is also the top returner with a personal best time of 42.57. She placed 2nd in the event and will look to win two state titles in the hurdles events!
Distance Events
In the longer events, Addison Ritzenhein of Niwot High School will once again be the one to beat, though the 800m has been her weakest event. Air Academy High School also drops down to 4A along with Niwot, making the events slightly more interesting. Sage Siegrist of Central Grand Junction High School is the returning state champion in the event and has the top time in 4A of 2:11. Jordan Banta of Air Academy High School and Madeline Clark of Mountain View High School also have PRs of 2:13 along with Ritzenhein's season best time, so they will be competitive in the middle distance event.
However, increasing the distance has always been Ritzenhein's strength, where she has dominated in the 1600m and the 3200m, winning the state title in both events. She has personal best marks of 4:45 and 10:05 from last season and is the top returner in both events. Chamorra Cooper of Air Academy High School had a very strong fall season and will definitely place herself near or at the front in the 1600m and 3200m, where she has PRs of 4:52 in the 1600m at altitude and 10:22 in the 3200m.
Plus, we cannot forget the incredible battle between Raegan McRae of Cheyenne Mountain High School and Kayla Broecker of Summit High School at the cross country state meet. McRae came out victorious and has shown immense improvement from her fall season. She will have her hands full with Niwot and Air Academy but there is no reason she will not improve on her personal best marks of 11:00 in the 3200m and 5:07 in the 1600m. For Broecker, she is just a freshman, so we will have to see what her potential is later on in the season, but if the fall is any indicator, she will be up there for at least a podium finish in the distance events.
Field Events
Roosevelt's Braelyn Bailey will definitely be the highlight for high jump with her PR of 5-9! She is the returning state champion and the top returner in all of Colorado in high jump. It will definitely be exciting to see how high she can go this season and maybe even see her fly over six feet!
Sylvie Harrison of Palmer High School is the top returner in the whole state for the pole vault with her personal best mark of 12-7! She finished 2nd overall at the state meet, but is the top returner from the championship and showed a lot of improvement throughout last season, so she will be one to watch in the field events as well.
Her chances of being a double state champion are fairly high in the hurdles, but Falletta is also the top returner for 4A and from the state meet in the long jump. She definitely has a shot to take home three state titles this season! Her personal best is 18-2, which is one of the best returning marks in the state.
Finally, for the throwing events, Reese Douglas of Lewis-Palmer sits on the top of the list in both the discus and shot put, showing a lot of diversity in her throwing. She has personal best marks of 135-7 in the discus and 38-.5 in the shot put. She finished 3rd in both disciplines at the state meet.