Author: MARCUS HILL marcus.hill@gazettedev.gazette.com
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Harrison boys’ 4×100 overcomes injury to win 3A relay, Panthers finish third in team standings
LAKEWOOD — Gulong Craft Jr. required assistance from his 4×100 teammates to safely step from atop the podium at Jeffco Stadium. Craft pulled up 20 meters shy of the finish line during the 3A boys’ relay Saturday, hopped on his left leg to the finish line with a strained right hamstring and, after dropping to…
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Sara Christensen leads dominant Thomas MacLaren run, Highlanders finish tied-for second in 2A girls
LAKEWOOD – Sara Christensen became the first double champion in Thomas MacLaren history. Christensen won consecutive 2A girls’ 100 hurdle titles and earned this year’s crown at 14.83 seconds. She then won the 300 hurdles championship at 44.96. Rather than marvel at her success from Saturday’s individual events, Christensen shared her gratitude for those who…
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Palmer Ridge boys’ 4×100 wins 4A crown with ‘next man up’ mentality
LAKEWOOD – After Eli Stewart leaned at the finish line with the baton still in tow, he checked the board at Jeffco Stadium to see Palmer Ridge’s 4×100 relay time. First place, Palmer Ridge 41.72 seconds. Stewart immediately celebrated with a “Yes!” as loud as the remaining oxygen in his lungs allowed, found his teammates…
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Palmer Ridge boys’ 4×100 wins 4A crown with ‘next man up’ mentality
LAKEWOOD – After Eli Stewart leaned at the finish line with the baton still in tow, he checked the board at Jeffco Stadium to see Palmer Ridge’s 4×100 relay time. First place, Palmer Ridge 41.72 seconds. Stewart immediately celebrated with a “Yes!” as loud as the remaining oxygen in his lungs allowed, found his teammates…
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Peyton’s Caleb Kearse claims consecutive 2A boys’ 400 titles
LAKEWOOD – Whoever displayed the most heart on the final stretch of the 2A boys’ 400 would win the race. That’s according to Peyton’s Caleb Kearse, who won the event. Kearse repeated as the 400 champion Saturday at Jeffco Stadium and finished in 48.86 seconds, the lone runner to complete his lap sub-49. “You have…
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The Classical Academy girls’ 4×200 blows past the field to earn 3A title
LAKEWOOD – The Classical Academy entered the girls’ 4×200 seeded fourth. The Titans demonstrated to eight other teams those seed times held no importance. The quartet of Whitney Meister, Autumn Ferguson, Lauren Pantusa and Reese Blackwood placed first Friday at Jeffco Stadium with a time of 1 minute, 43.19 seconds to claim the 3A girls’…
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Harrison boys’ 4×200 relay breaks its own record, dominates field to win 3A title
LAKEWOOD – Harrison’s excellence at the Colorado High School State Track Championships boils down to one word. Dedication. For the second time in as many days at Jeffco Stadium, the Panthers’ 4×200 relay team broke the state record and won the 3A event Friday at 1 minute, 26.56 seconds. “If coach (Al) Melo is in…
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The Classical Academy’s Vivian Jack secures 3A girls’ 800 crown
LAKEWOOD – As Vivian Jack crossed the finish line with a smile plastered across her face, she immediately glanced to her right to scan the crowd at Jeffco Stadium. She trotted toward the fence Friday and found her father, Ryan, who reached over the fence to embrace his daughter. Before her 2-minute, 15.22 second state…
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Lewis-Palmer’s Reese Douglas overcomes sprained throwing elbow, wins 4A girls shot put title
LAKEWOOD — That bandage on Reese Douglas’ throwing arm wasn’t for show. But the medal she won in the 4A shot put sure will be. Douglas sprained her right elbow three weeks ago throwing discus, but remained unfazed Thursday at Jeffco Stadium to win the shot put title with a distance of 40 feet, 10…
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Palmer Ridge’s Owen Twesme repeats as 4A boys shot put champ, sets meet record
LAKEWOOD — As Owen Twesme walked in the circle for his final throw in the shot put, he requested assistance from the audience gathered at the thrower’s pit. Twesme raised his left arm twice, and the crowd at Jeffco Stadium began to clap for the Palmer Ridge thrower. As the pace of the claps increased,…