Colorado's smallest-school classifications delivered plenty of standout moments at the 2026 Colorado (CHSAA) State Track and Field Championships, as athletes across Classes 1A, 2A and 3A turned in personal bests, claimed state titles and capped memorable spring seasons at Jefferson County Stadium. From dominant distance performances to breakthrough sprint and field event marks, the state meet showcased the depth of talent across Colorado's lower classifications.
Here are some of the top performances.
Parker Arbuthnot, Springfield High School: Arbuthnot won the 800m, the 1600m, and the 3200m once again for Class 1A! He now has six individual titles from the past two seasons, making him one of the best distance runners in the smaller classifications! He ran two personal bests, running 1:57 in the 800m and 9:56 in the 3200m, while also running 4:33 in the 1600m, which was a season's best time.
Tuff Kelly, McClave High School: Kelley won both the 110m hurdles and the 300m hurdles for Class 1A, running an impressive time of 15.06 in the 110m hurdles and 41.01 in the 300m hurdles! Both marks were personal bests for the season, and he is only a junior, showing a lot of potential in the event!
Javin Summers, Swink High School: Summers won the high jump, long jump, and the triple jump, finally earning all three individual titles in one season! On top of winning, he hit a state meet record in the triple jump getting out to 45-3.75! His other marks were 6-7 in the high jump and 21-11.25, which was a personal best in the long jump.
Jayce Ballah, Otis High School: Ballah also broke a state meet record for pole vault in the process of winning the Class 1A title, getting over the bar at 14-6! His previous personal best was 13-10, improving immensely on the biggest stage of the season!
Max Miller, The Vanguard School: Miller broke an impressive Class 2A state meet record in the 3200m with a time of 9:17! He won the title by just one second over Cooper Osmus. In the 1600m, it was just as close of a race between Miller and Osmus, where Miller ended up 2nd overall, but ran a season-best time of 4:23 in the process.
Cooper Osmus, Dayspring Christian Academy: Osmus did battle it out with Miller, finishing just behind him in the 3200m with a huge personal best time of 9:18, also dipping under the state meet record! He did come out victorious in the 1600m, just edging Miller running 4:22.99.
Brady Mollendor, Sedgwick County: Mollender scored some big points for his team, winning multiple individual titles in the jumping events. He jumped a new personal best in high jump of 6-4 to finish 1st overall! He then went on to place 3rd in the long jump with a mark of 21-5.75. Finally, he took the victory in the triple jump with another new personal best of 44-8.25.
Thomas Mahoney, Telluride High School: Mahoney also broke a Class 2A record in the sprints, running a time of 10.85 in the 100m for the preliminary round! He then went on to lower the record even more, running 10.83 to win the individual title! He also placed 3rd overall in the 200m with a time of 22.22.
Thiago Roberts, Harrison High School: Roberts came from behind in both the 200m and the 400m to win the Class 3A titles for Harrison High School! He ran two personal bests for those titles, finishing the 200m in 21.49 and running 47.63 for the 400m. He also helped both the 4x100m and the 4x200m relays to two state titles and two state meet records.
Tiden Silver-Colbert, Denver West High School: Silver-Colbert won both the 110m hurdles in a wind-aided time of 14.22, and he won the 300m hurdles in a time of 38.39! Both times were new personal bests, and he defeated the reigning 110m hurdle champion in Solomon Morrell. Furthermore, a year before, Silver-Colbert was on his way to a top-three finish, when a flying hurdle went into his lane right at the end, making this season a year of redemption!
Harrison High School's Sprint Relays: Harrison broke two more state meet records for Class 3A, running times of 41.56 in the preliminary round and 41.72 in the finals to win the Class 3A title! They also ran 1:27 in the preliminary round of the 4x200m relay and 1:26 in the finals to take the record and the victory.
Aidan Malherbe, Berthoud High School: In a very tight battle that came down to a photo finish, Malherbe came out victorious in the 800m, running a time of 1:55! He also anchored his team's 4x800m relay in a split of 1:57, leading them to a 1st place victory for Class 3A.
Marcus Munoz, Coal Ridge High School: Munoz helped his team to the Class 3A team title, placing 1st overall in the long jump with a big personal best of 23-2.75! He also placed 2nd in the triple jump with a mark of 45-3.25 and was a part of the 4x100m and 4x200m relays, which placed 2nd and 6th, respectively, helping his squad to the Class 3A team title.
