Tag: state track and field
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The Classical Academy girls collect third consecutive state title, boys finish as 3A runners-up; Peyton wins 2A boys championship
LAKEWOOD – The Classical Academy not only looked like champions with their plaques, but the Titans sounded the part as well. As TCA athletes navigated through the swarm of teams at Jeffco Stadium on Saturday during trophy presentations, copious amounts of clanging filled the air as Titan competitors wore their numerous medals collected throughout the…
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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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Vanguard’s Max Miller crushes state record, wins 2A boys’ 3,200 run
LAKEWOOD — Max Miller’s performance was surgical at Jeffco Stadium. Miller operated with precision and the Vanguard junior recognized keeping Dayspring Christian Academy’s Cooper Osmus as his pacer would serve well on his final push Friday. Suffice to say it worked as Miller ran a 9-minute, 17.67-second 3,200 race in the 2A finals and set…
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The Classical Academy’s 4×800 girls relay cruises to consecutive 3A state titles
LAKEWOOD — The Classical Academy trailed in the girls 4×800 meter relay for two seconds. That’s not hyperbole; that’s dominance. TCA’s quartet of Jana Yuschalk, Stella Briggeman, Joy Ahnfeldt and Vivian Jack cruised past the 18-team field and ran a 9-minute, 31.76-second relay to earn the Titans’ second consecutive title in the 3A race Thursday at Jeffco…
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Manitou Springs’ Mackinzy Wall wins 3A girls discus, sets state record
LAKEWOOD – As Mackinzy Wall watched her discus soar through the air at Jeffco Stadium, she recognized it was a strong throw. But Wall didn’t think it would shatter a record. When the discus landed in the grass and staff measured the Manitou Springs senior’s heave, it surprised her. The board Thursday at the discus…
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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,…
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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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Mesa Ridge’s Josiah Garcia raises the bar ahead of state 4A high jump competition
Josiah Garcia watched the Colorado High School State Track Championships from the stands in 2025. This year, he aspires to view that same crowd from atop the podium in Lakewood. Garcia enters Jeffco Stadium for Thursday’s 4A boys high jump finals as the No. 1 seed with a height of 6 feet, 7¼ inches.…
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Woodland Park’s Jaedyn Kohn wins back-to-back discus titles at state meet
LAKEWOOD • Jaedyn Kohn sat on the cusp of an early exit from the girls discus one year after earning a title in the event. Kohn scratched on her first two throws in the 3A discus finals on May 17 at Jeffco Stadium. Then, on her third toss, Kohn had her best throw of the…
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Air Academy’s Bethany Michalak wins 1,600, dominates distance events
LAKEWOOD – Bethany Michalak said she’s had bad luck prior to state championship events this year and feared more might be on the way. However, the “stomach bug” she awoke with on Saturday didn’t keep her from a stellar performance in the 1,600-meter run. She finished in four minutes, 47.47 seconds, easily crossing first and…