Justin Boldt's ride over the 300 hurdles was one of several Lyons qualifying marks for tomorrow's finals. Photo by Alan Versaw.
Amazingly enough, Lyons does not hold the 2A boys points lead heading into the final day of the state meet. That honor would belong to Telluride.
But Telluride's total is also heavily skewed by points from events 800 meters and up. Today, Telluride's big point production came from Jeff (3rd) and Ty (7th) Williams in the 800. But, on Saturday, the 800-and-up event category includes only the 1600, while the rest of the day is sprint and hurdle heavy. To borrow an expression from tennis, advantage Lyons.
At the end of Friday's events, Telluride sits at 43, Lyons at 37.5, and Wiggins next at 22. With what Lyons has on tap for Saturday, there doesn't figure to be a mass emergence of teams working their way into contention on the final day.
Looking at Saturday's track events, Lyons is very well represented with Matt Radich in the 110s,...
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