Tag: track and field
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Former Pine Creek, UCCS runner Layla Almasri represents Palestine at Paris Olympics
Layla Almasri probably won’t use her voice during competition at the Paris 2024 Olympics. But Almasri expects her presence will speak volumes. The former Pine Creek High School and University of Colorado Colorado Springs track and field star will represent the Palestinian people during Friday’s women’s 800-meter run at Stade de France at 11:45 a.m.…
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Boys Track Peak Performer of the Year: Fountain-Fort Carson hurdler Kyler Lewis displays excellence of execution
Start to finish. Kyler Lewis heard those words and cherished them each time he stepped on the track. And in his final season on Fountain-Fort Carson’s track and field team, that mentality earned him titles in the 110- and 300-meter hurdles. But the senior’s journey to a pair of state hurdle titles began with a…
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The Classical Academy track and field coach Tim Daggett not selected as NHSACA coach of the year
It’s rare that Tim Daggett attends an event and leaves without a title. But that was the case Wednesday night in Bismarck, N.D., at the National Coach of the Year Awards Banquet at the Bismarck Hotel and Convention Center. The Classical Academy track and field coach was named a finalist, but Daggett was not selected…
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The Classical Academy’s Matthew Edwards repeats as 2-mile champion
LAKEWOOD – Each time Matthew Edwards completed a lap, the gap between The Classical Academy senior and second place grew. By the finale of the 3A 3,200-meter run Thursday, Edwards felt comfortable enough to look over his right shoulder and then shrug as he crossed the finish line. Edwards earned back-to-back titles in the 2-mile…
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Peak Performer: Palmer’s Sylvie Harrison takes Terror pole vaulting to new heights
One glance at Sylvie Harrison’s pole vault stats could convince anyone that she’s a veteran in the track and field event. However, the Palmer sophomore barely has a year of experience in the event and — metaphorically speaking — continues her meteoric rise. Harrison, this week’s Peak Performer, began pole vaulting April 5, 2023, after…
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CHSAA approves girls flag football, adds shot clock for varsity basketball
What an eventful day for Colorado prep sports. After months of debate, CHSAA’s Legislative Council on April 23 voted 57-9 in favor of sanctioning girls flag football starting in fall 2024. Five voters abstained from the decision. The Legislative Council also voted 40-30 in favor of adding a shot clock in the 2026-27 season for…
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CHSAA approves girls flag football, adds shot clock for varsity basketball
What an eventful day for Colorado prep sports. After months of debate, CHSAA’s Legislative Council on April 23 voted 57-9 in favor of sanctioning girls flag football starting in fall 2024. Five voters abstained from the decision. The Legislative Council also voted 40-30 in favor of adding a shot clock in the 2026-27 season for…
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CHSAA Legislative Council sanctions girls flag football, adds shot clock for varsity basketball
What an eventful day for Colorado prep sports. After months of debate, CHSAA’s Legislative Council on Tuesday voted 57-9 in favor of sanctioning girls flag football starting in fall 2024. Five voters abstained from the decision. The Legislative Council also voted 40-30 in favor of adding a shot clock in the 2026-27 season for varsity…
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In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the day before the start of Lent
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Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar, has died in a car crash
Marathon world record-holder Kelvin Kiptum, who was set to be a superstar of long-distance running, has died along with his coach in a car crash in Kenya