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Boys’ cross country field wide open in Pikes Peak region
This is a strange year for cross country in this town, full of more top-drawer depth than we’ve seen in most recent years and not one heralded favorite to win a state title among the bunch. In 2015, there probably won’t be a duplicate performance of Eric Hamer, who won the 4A state meet by…
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Boys’ cross country field wide open in Pikes Peak region
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save This is a strange year for cross country in this town, full of more top-drawer depth than we’ve seen in most recent years and not one heralded favorite to win a state title among the…
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Boys’ cross country preseason capsules
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY 5A Region 5 Coronado Coach: Doug Hugill Key players: Michel Swanson, sr.; Nic Vai, sr.; Clay Rahamen, jr.; Conor Strizich, so. What to know: Coronado has lost quite a bit of talent…
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Boys’ cross country preseason capsules
BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY 5A Region 5 Coronado Coach: Doug Hugill Key players: Michel Swanson, sr.; Nic Vai, sr.; Clay Rahamen, jr.; Conor Strizich, so. What to know: Coronado has lost quite a bit of talent since winning the state title in 2012. Bailey Roth, now a sophomore at Arizona, and Adam Egger, who took 10th…
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Injuries, heath issues flatten state cross country course
Before the state cross country course at Norris-Penrose Event Center was altered over the summer, its punishing hills, close-knit crossings and pinpoint switchbacks had led to an unsettling rumble across the running community. Perhaps the hellish 5K will be best remembered for tripping up former Coronado runner Bailey Roth in the course’s state-meet debut in…
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The Gazette Boys’ Track and Field Coach of the Year: Kelly Christensen, Palmer Ridge
BOYS’ TRACK AND FIELD Kelly Christensen Palmer Ridge If Palmer Ridge coach Kelly Christensen being named Coach of the Year sounds familiar, it’s because this is the second time in eight months that he’s won the award. Christensen coached the Palmer Ridge boys’ cross country team to its first state championship in the fall, and…
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Lewis-Palmer sprinter takes home golds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAKEWOOD – When you’re a state-class sprinter, you’re used to doing everything on a little bit of a faster pace. But not many are like Lewis-Palmer’s Nicole Montgomery. She broke high school track records in…
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TRACK NOTEBOOK: Pine Creek, Manitou dominate sprint relays
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pine Creek, Manitou Springs dominate sprint relays Not long after Pine Creek had been mathematically eliminated from 5A girls’ title contention late Saturday, the Eagles made quite the statement in the day’s last race, the 1,600-meter…
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Track and field: Air Academy girls set school record; F-FC boys finish third
LAKEWOOD – It’s a toss-up to which Katie Rainsberger moment caused more anxiety in the bleachers of Jefferson County Stadium. Was it watching her close a sizeable gap on Mountain View anchor Riley Cooney while turning ghostly white on the final leg of the 3,200-meter relay? Or was it watching her wobble in exhaustion on…
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Track and field: Walker, Spalding repeat as shot put champs
LAKEWOOD – If Discovery Canyon’s Jackson Spalding or Sand Creek’s Mariah Walker felt any nerves Thursday when trying to repeat as Class 4A state shot put champions, they didn’t show it. In a field smeared with amped-up athletes, nervous performances and more overthrows than the 15th century, Spalding and Walker stayed calm and repeated to…