Colorado State Track and Field Championships 2014

Nothing at today's opening day of the 2014 Colorado State Track and Field Championships generated as much buzz and conversation as the train wreck at the fifth hurdle of the 3A boys 110 meter hurdles prelims, first heat. Photo by Eric Versaw.

Colorado State Championships - 3A Boys 110 Hurdles Prelims

Colorado State Championships - 4A Girls 3200 Finals

Colorado State Championships - 5A Girls 4x200 Prelims

Colorado State Championships - 5A Boys 4x200 Finals

Colorado State Championships - 5A Boys 800 Finals

Colorado State Championships - Olabisi Johnson Interview - 5A Boys 110 Hurdles Champion

Colorado State Championships - Alleandra Watt Interview - 5A Girls 200 Meter Champion

Colorado State Championships - Andy Bowles Interview - 3A 110 Hurdles Finalist

Colorado State Championships - Ashley Miller Interview - 5A Girls 300 & 110 Hurdles Finalist

Colorado State Championships - Broomfield Eagles 1600 Boys

Colorado State Championships - Corissa Guynes Interview - 1A Girls 100 Hurdles Champion

Colorado State Championships - Carly Lester Interview - 5A Girls 300 Hurdles Champion

Colorado State Championships - Cedaredge Bruins 4x100 Girls

Colorado State Championships - Cerake Geberkidane Interview

Colorado State Championships - Cherokee Trail Cougars 400 Boys

Colorado State Championships - Cherry Creek Bruins 4x400 Boys

Colorado State Championships - Chris Baker Interview - 3A Boys 1600 Meter Champion

Colorado State Championships - Conner Wilburn Interview - 3A Boys 3200 Meter Champion

Colorado State Championships - Clay Russell Interview - 1A Boys 100, 200, 400, 800 Meter Champion

Colorado State Championships - Dior Hall Interview - 5A Girls 100 Hurdles Champion - US #3 All-Time

Colorado State Championships - Dominic Compoz Interview - 5A Boys 1600 Meter Runner Up

Colorado State Championships - Fountain Fort Carson Trojans 100 Boys

Colorado State Championships - Jackson Spalding Interview - 4A Boys Shotput & Discus Champion

Colorado State Championships - Katie Rainsberger Interview - 4A Girls 1600 Meter Runner Up

Colorado State Championships - Kevin McClanahan Interview (2/2) - 4A Boys 100, 200, 400 Meter Champion

Colorado State Championships - Marissa Storey Interview - 2A Girls 100 & 200 Meter Champion

Colorado State Championships - Nicole Montgomery Interview - 4A Girls 400 Meter Champion

Colorado State Championships - Pine Creek Eagles 4x400 Girls

Colorado State Championships - Ryan Younggreen Interview - 3A Boys 110 Hurdles Champion

Colorado State Championships - Spencer Long Interview - 5A Boys 300 Hurdles Champion

Three days of run in the sun! ...and jump! ...and throw!

It would appear that Roya Burton beat MaryBeth Sant and Lindsey Kroboth out of the blocks last year in the prelims of the 4A girls 100. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Manitou Springs brought in last year's top 4x200 seed at 1:30.58. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Eaton set the standard in 3A 4x200 qualifying last spring with a 1:44.39. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Rye's Sam Ambler qualified for state last spring with a triple jump of 43-0.5. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Max Ornelas qualified for the 5A state 200 last spring with a time of 22.23. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Briggsdale's Darian Hale ran 2:34.15 for the #2 seed in last year's State 800. Photo by Paul Jaeger.

Are things trending more difficult, easier, or staying about the same? Colorado Track XC file photo.

There have been a few minor revisions to the state heat sheets.

Your link to all the results as soon as they are posted!

If you don't know what this matchup is all about, you haven't been paying very good attention this spring. Photos by Alan Versaw and Paul Jaeger.

Live results from the Colorado State Track & Field Championships this weekend in Lakewood, Colorado can be found on MileSplit. Events start on Thursday and last through Saturday. MileSplit is on-site with coverage as well.

Fort Collins moved by Monarch on the second leg of the 4x800 and never looked back. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Sarah Yocum had a very nice first day of her first state meet, with promises of more to come. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Taylor Alexander rose to the occasion to reset her own 1A state meet record, a few times over. Photo by Tim Hilt.

Your complete program for Friday's events....

Photo coming soon to this space.

Photo coming soon to this space.

One of the things you can look forward to on Saturday is a kind of rematch of today's 4x200 final between Fountain-Fort Carson and Cherokee Trial in the 4x100. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Morgan Hartigan pitched a win for Paonia in the shot put with a throw of 39-10. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Coal Ridge extended their tradition of relay excellence with a big win in the girls 4x200. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Elise Cranny's 10:17.48 3200 eclipsed all other state meet news on Friday. Photo by Alan Versaw.

TCA's Andrea Willis sets a new 3A pole vault standard at 11-6. Photo by Tim Hilt.

Clay Russell keeps Idalia's Erick Enriquez-Acosta in second place around the third turn. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Cerake Geberkidane and Blake Yount battled for the entire last 300 meters of the 5A boys 800. Photo by Alan Versaw.

The eventual top teams were nicely represented the 5A boys 100 meter final, but it was Trey Smith of Douglas County in lane one who took the event title. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Nick Deray, second from left, stunned a strong 3A 200 meter field. Photo by Alan Versaw.

The lengthy list of state meet records from 2014 includes a 53.44 400 from Nicole Montgomery. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Want to watch the actual race video of the above carnage from a hurdles race at the Colorado High School Track & Field State Meet this past weekend? Check out the linked article with video with a story context or watch the video directly here.