Author: Brent Briggeman
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Sierra’s Suraiya Payne captures 4A 100-meter crown in a photo finish
LAKEWOOD – Suraiya Payne won a state championship and for a few excruciating moments didn’t know it. The Sierra senior crossed the finish line in the 4A girls’ 100-meter final virtually simultaneously with Holy Family’s Claire Tannehill. With the naked eye it was too close to call. Surrounded by photographers and commotion after crossing the…
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One and done: Palmer freshman Noa Harrison needs just a single leap to win 4A long jump title
LAKEWOOD – Noa Harrison has one long jump in the books at the state track meet. And the Palmer freshman turned that one attempt into a gold medal. Harrison fouled on her first attempt at the Colorado Track and Field Championships on Friday morning. On her second try she leapt 18 feet, 4.25 inches. She…
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Fountain-Fort Carson sophomore Kiara Humphrey captures 5A high jump title thanks to unblemished early tries
LAKEWOOD – Kiara Humphrey has her sights set higher than this, but she soared perfectly high enough on Friday. Humphrey, a Fountain-Fort Carson with sights set on the NCAA Division-I level and perhaps the Olympics, captured her first 5A high jump title at the Colorado Track and Field Championships. The way it happened was unique…
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Fountain-Fort Carson’s Amiyah Nash finds joy, contentment in runner-up finish in 5A discus
LAKEWOOD — Amiyah Nash didn’t need to wrap her time as an athlete with a gold bow. Silver will work just fine. The Fountain-Fort Carson senior set a personal best twice on Thursday morning, placing her in the lead entering the finals of the 5A girls discus at the CHSAA track and field championships. She…
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TCA’s Barrett Paas pulls off shocker of state track’s first day, capturing 3A 3,200 with speedy finish
LAKEWOOD — Barrett Paas made a decision that defied logic. And it made him a surprise state champion. Feeling good with around two laps remaining in the 3A boys 3,200, the sophomore from The Classical Academy decided to heck with seed placement (he entered 10th, 25 seconds out of the lead) and went for it.…
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Coronado’s Oliver Horton confidently waits to make winning charge late in 4A 3,200
LAKEWOOD – Oliver Horton demonstrated that one of the keys to being a champion is knowing you are a champion. The Coronado junior bided his time Friday morning in the 3A 3,200 meter run at the Colorado Track and Field State Championship. He was at times boxed in by the pack, but he didn’t panic.…
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Cheyenne Mountain’s Raegan McRae celebrates runner-up finish behind all-time great Addison Riztenhein of Niwot
LAKEWOOD – Raegan McRae raised her exhausted arms in celebration as she held off Niwot’s Elise Hagen by less than 2 tenths of a second at the finish line Friday morning. It was a second-place finish for the Cheyenne Mountain junior, but in this event that has been all there has been for the taking…
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Palmer’s Skylar Angelidis sets personal record, wins 4A triple jump by half an inch on clutch final attempt
LAKEWOOD — Skylar Angelidis knew the situation before her final jump and said to herself, “I have to get this.” The special athletes find a way when they “have to.” The Palmer sophomore — a soccer star and now a state champion in the triple jump despite a sprained ankle — belongs in that category.…
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Palmer Ridge’s Nathan Moller steals the show at state track & field with 6-foot-10 high jump
LAKEWOOD — Nathan Moller visualized a best-case scenario for his final state meet. Reality was even better. The Palmer Ridge senior and UCCS signee cleared the pack at 6 feet, 7 inches to secure the 4A boys high jump crown. Then he took the bar up to 6 feet, 10 inches and, with the full…
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Palmer Ridge’s Nathan Moller steals the show at state track & field with 6-foot-10 high jump
LAKEWOOD — Nathan Moller visualized a best-case scenario for his final state meet. Reality was even better. The Palmer Ridge senior and UCCS signee cleared the pack at 6 feet, 7 inches to secure the 4A boys high jump crown. Then he took the bar up to 6 feet, 10 inches and, with the full…