Prelims of the 100/110 Hurdles are still scheduled for Thursday, but finals are scheduled for Saturday this year. Colorado Track XC file photo.
If you've been figuring on the state meet following more or less the same schedule as the last two years, your thinking is out-of-date. There are some significant changes ahead for this year. A complete state meet schedule is shown below, but I'd like to highlight the biggest changes first.
The Thursday session will have no overlapping 4A/5A and 1A/2A/3A events this year. 4A and 5A will finish their events, and a short break will ensue, before the smaller schools take the track for any of their events on the first day of the state meet.
To do this, some of the Thursday event prelims had to be moved into Friday. The events making the move were the 4x100 and 4x400 relay prelims. All classications with prelims in these events (which would be all classifications except 1A) will now have prelims on Friday instead of Thursday.
With the extra pressure on the Friday schedule and a widely-expressed desire to see more event finals falling on Saturday, some of Friday's events under the old schedule picked up their bags and moved to Saturday. Specifically, the 100/110 Hurdles finals and the 200 finals will now be contested on Saturday. That means that every sprint and hurdle final will now be contested on Saturday. The 4x200 and 800 Meter Sprint Medley Relay finals will remain on Thursday.
From a practical perspective, this means the scoring on Thursday and Friday will be a bit more tilted toward distance events than it has been the last two years. It also means that the state's top sprinters and hurdlers will be busier on Saturday than they've been in the past, though they will be bringing less of a load of fatigue into Saturday than in previous years.
It's difficult to project how all of that will work out in terms of athlete performances, but it will definitely be different than before.
Here is a comprehensive look at the state track meet schedule:
State Track Meet Schedule
times in red are estimated times only and not on the official CHSAA schedule
Thursday Track Events Schedule:
8:20 am National Anthem
8:30 am 5A SMR Prelim
8:40 am 4A SMR Prelim
8:50 am 5A 100M Dash Prelim
9:00 am 4A 100M Dash Prelim
9:10 am 5A 3200 Run Final
9:40 am 5A 4 x 200 Relay Prelim
10:00 am 4A 4 x 200 Relay Prelim
10:25 am 5A G-100M Hurdles Prelim
10:30 am 4A G-100M Hurdles Prelim
10:40 am 5A B-110M Hurdles Prelim
10:50 am 4A B-110M Hurdles Prelim
11:00 am 5A 400M Dash Prelim
11:15 am 4A 400M Dash Prelim
11:35 am 5A 4 x 800 Relay Final
12:05 pm 4A 4 x 800 Relay Final
12:35 pm 100m Paralympics Wheelchair Race
12:50 pm 5A 200M Dash Prelim
1:00 pm 4A 200M Dash Prelim
Break
2:00 pm 3A SMR Prelim
2:10 pm 2A SMR Prelim
2:25 pm 3A 100M Dash Prelim
2:35 pm 2A 100M Dash Prelim
Break
3:00 pm 3A 4 x 200 Relay Prelim
3:15 pm 2A 4 x 200 Relay Prelim
3:40 pm 3A G-100M Hurdles Prelim
3:45 pm 2A G-100M Hurdles Prelim
3:55 pm 3A B-110M Hurdles Prelim
4:00 pm 2A B-110M Hurdles Prelim
4:10 pm 3A 4 x 800 Relay Final
4:40 pm 2A 4 x 800 Relay Final
5:10 pm 1A 3200M Run Final
5:45 pm 3A 200M Dash Prelim
6:00 pm 2A 200M Dash Prelim
6:20 pm 3A 3200M Run Final
6:55 pm 3A 400M Dash Prelim
7:15 pm 2A 400M Dash Prelim
Friday Track Schedule:
8:10 am National Anthem
8:20 am 2A 3200M Run Finals
9:00 am 4A 4 x 100 Relay Prelim
9:15 am 2A 4 x 100 Relay Prelim
9:30 am 5A 4 x 100 Relay Prelim
9:45 am 3A 4 x 100 Relay Prelim
10:00 am 4A 3200M Run Finals
10:45 am 4A G-300M Hurdles Prelim
10:50 am 2A G-300M Hurdles Prelim
10:55 am 5A G-300M Hurdles Prelim
11:00 am 3A G-300M Hurdles Prelim
11:10 am 4A B-300M Hurdles Prelim
11:15 am 2A B-300M Hurdles Prelim
11:20 am 5A B-300M Hurdles Prelim
11:25 am 3A B-300M Hurdles Prelim
11:30 am Paralympics 800M Race
11:50 am 4A 800M Medley Finals
11:55 am 2A 800M Medley Finals
12:00 pm 1A 800M Medley Finals
12:05 pm 5A 800M Medley Finals
12:10 pm 3A 800M Medley Finals
12:20 pm 4A 800M Run Finals
12:30 pm 2A 800M Run Finals
12:40 pm 1A 800M Run Finals
12:50 pm 5A 800M Run Finals
1:00 pm 3A 800M Run Finals
1:15 pm 1A 4 x 200 Relay Finals
1:25 pm 4A 4 x 200 Relay Finals
1:35 pm 2A 4 x 200 Relay Finals
1:45 pm 5A 4 x 200 Relay Finals
1:55 pm 3A 4 x 200 Relay Finals
Break
2:30 pm 1A 4 x 800 Relay Finals
3:10 pm 4A 4 x 400 Relay Prelims
3:40 pm 2A 4 x 400 Relay Prelims
4:10 pm 5A 4 x 400 Relay Prelims
4:40 pm 3A 4 x 400 Relay Prelims
5:00 pm 3A 4 x 400 Relay Prelims
Saturday Track Schedule
9:15 am National Anthem
9:30 am 4A G-100M Hurdles Finals
9:33 am 2A G-100M Hurdles Finals
9:36 am 1A G-100M Hurdles Finals
9:39 am 5A G-100M Hurdles Finals
9:42 am 3A G-100M Hurdles Finals
9:50 am 4A B-110M Hurdles Finals
9:53 am 2A B-110M Hurdles Finals
9:56 am 1A B-110M Hurdles Finals
9:59 am 5A B-110M Hurdles Finals
10:02 am 3A B-110M Hurdles Finals
10:20 am Jefferey Zaragoza 100M Dash (Special Olympics)
10:30 am 4A 100M Dash Finals
10:35 am 2A 100M Dash Finals
10:40 am 1A 100M Dash Finals
10:45 am 5A 100M Dash Finals
10:50 am 3A 100M Dash Finals
11:10 am 2A 1600M Run Finals
11:30 am 4A 400M Dash Finals
11:35 am 2A 400M Dash Finals
11:40 am 1A 400M Dash Finals
11:45 am 5A 400M Dash Finals
11:50 am 3A 400M Dash Finals
12:10 pm 1A 1600M Run Finals
12:30 pm Past Champions & Officials Awards Recognition
12:50 pm 4A 1600M Run Finals
1:10 pm 4A 200M Dash Finals
1:20 pm 2A 200M Dash Finals
1:30 pm 1A 200M Dash Finals
1:40 pm 5A 200M Dash Finals
1:50 pm 3A 200M Dash Finals
2:00 pm 4A G-300M Hurdles Finals
2:04 pm 2A G-300M Hurdles Finals
2:08 pm 1A G-300M Hurdles Finals
2:12 pm 5A G-300M Hurdles Finals
2:16 pm 3A G-300M Hurdles Finals
2:20 pm 4A B-300M Hurdles Finals
2:24 pm 2A B-300M Hurdles Finals
2:28 pm 1A B-300M Hurdles Finals
2:32 pm 5A B-300M Hurdles Finals
2:36 pm 3A B-300M Hurdles Finals
2:45 pm 3A 1600M Run Finals
3:05 pm 4A 4 x 100 Relay Finals
3:15 pm 2A 4 x 100 Relay Finals
3:25 pm 1A 4 x 100 Relay Finals
3:35 pm 5A 4 x 100 Relay Finals
3:45 pm 3A 4 x 100 Relay Finals
4:00 pm 5A 1600M Run Finals
4:25 pm 4A 4 x 400 Relay Finals
4:35 pm 2A 4 x 400 Relay Finals
4:45 pm 1A 4 x 400 Relay Finals
4:55 pm 5A 4 x 400 Relay Finals
5:05 pm 3A 4 x 400 Relay Finals
Pole Vault Schedule
5A Boys Thursday 8:30 am
5A Girls Thursday 11:00 am
3A Boys Thursday 1:30 pm
1A Girls Thursday 4:00 pm
2A Boys Friday 8:30 am
2A Girls Friday 11:00 am
3A Girls Friday 1:30 pm
4A Girls Saturday 8:30 am
4A Boys Saturday 11:00 am
1A Boys Saturday 1:30 pm
Long Jump Schedule
5A Girls Thursday 8:30 am
2A Girls Thursday 12:30 pm
2A Boys Thursday 3:00 pm
1A Boys Thursday 5:30 pm
4A Boys Friday 8:30 am
5A Boys Friday 11:30 am
4A Girls Friday 2:30 pm
1A Girls Saturday 8:30 am
3A Boys Saturday 11:00 am
3A Girls Saturday 1:00 pm
Triple Jump Schedule
4A Boys Thursday 8:30 am
4A Girls Thursday 11:00 am
3A Boys Thursday 2:30 pm
1A Girls Friday 8:30 am
3A Girls Friday 10:00 am
1A Girls Friday 12:30 pm
2A Boys Friday 2:00 pm
5A Boys Saturday 8:30 am
5A Girls Saturday 11:00 am
2A Girls Saturday 2:00 pm
High Jump Schedule
5A Boys Thursday 8:30 am
4A Girls Thursday 11:00 am
3A Girls Thursday 1:30 pm
2A Girls Thursday 4:00 pm
1A Girls Friday 8:30 am
5A Girls Friday 10:30 am
4A Boys Friday 1:30 pm
3A Boys Saturday 8:30 am
2A Boys Saturday 11:00 am
1A Boys Saturday 1:30 pm
Shot Put Schedule
4A Boys Thursday 8:30 am
2A Boys Thursday 12:00 pm
2A Girls Thursday 2:00 pm
1A Boys Thursday 4:00 pm
3A Boys Friday 8:30 am
1A Girls Friday 10:30 am
4A Boys Friday 12:30 pm
5A Girls Saturday 8:30 am
5A Boys Saturday 10:30 am
3A Girls Saturday 12:30 pm
Discus Schedule
5A Boys Thursday 8:30 am
5A Girls Thursday 11:00 am
3A Boys Thursday 1:30 pm
1A Girls Thursday 4:00 pm
2A Boys Friday 8:30 am
3A Girls Friday 11:00 am
1A Boys Friday 1:30 pm
2A Girls Saturday 8:30 am
4A Boys Saturday 11:00 am
4A Girls Saturday 1:30 pm
Prelims of the 100/110 Hurdles are still scheduled for Thursday, but finals are scheduled for Saturday this year. Colorado Track XC file photo.