Tag: track and field
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Gazette Preps 2018 Girls’ Track & Field Peak Performer of the Year: Lauren Gale, Discovery Canyon
A few weeks before the 2018 state track & field championships, Discovery Canyon’s Lauren Gale still didn’t feel like her old self, even though it was more than a year after hip surgery. As a sophomore she won four gold medals, dominating the sprints in her first state competition since moving to the United States…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Girls’ Track & Field All-Stars
FIRST TEAM 100M dash: Olivia Whitaker, sr., Air Academy – Whitaker ran a season-best of 12.22 at the PPAC Championships, and a month later claimed bronze at the 4A state championships with a time of 12.31. She earned the 100m title in at the Pueblo Twilight, and CSU-Pueblo Early Bird Invitational. 200M dash: Aliyah George,…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Girls’ Track & Field All-Stars
FIRST TEAM 100M dash: Olivia Whitaker, sr., Air Academy – Whitaker ran a season-best of 12.22 at the PPAC Championships, and a month later claimed bronze at the 4A state championships with a time of 12.31. She earned the 100m title in at the Pueblo Twilight, and CSU-Pueblo Early Bird Invitational. 200M dash: Aliyah George,…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Boys’ Track & Field Coach of the Year: Ben Montoya, Fountain-Fort Carson
Winning three of the last four Class 5A state championships didn’t change Fountain-Fort Carson track and field coach Ben Montoya’s pre-season talk heading into the 2018 season. The goal, when attainable, for the talent-rich Trojans is to finish in the top three of the state’s largest classification, but how they do that matters, too. “I…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Boys’ Track & Field All-Stars
FIRST TEAM 100M dash: Deondre Ritter, sr., Fountain-Fort Carson – The senior ran a 10.71-second race at state to finish .01 off a Class 5A gold medal in the event. Ritter, who’s headed to University of Northern Colorado, closed the meet by helping the Trojans take gold in the 4×400 relay and the team title. His…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Boys’ Track & Field Peak Performer of the Year: Jalen Lyon, Fountain-Fort Carson
The 2018 Colorado state track and field meet featured a little bit of everything for recent Fountain-Fort Carson graduate Jalen Lyon – everything but disappointment. Lyon won gold in all four events he entered and led the Trojans to a third state title in his four years with the program, earning Gazette Preps boys’ track…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Girls’ Track & Field Coach of the Year: Tim Daggett, The Classical Academy
For the 16th time in his 15-year tenure, coach Tim Daggett helped The Classical Academy hoist a state track & field trophy. The 2018 girls’ team won the program’s 11th state title, tying Mullen for the most girls’ track & field championships won by any school in Colorado. “It’s been a lot of fun,” Daggett…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Girls’ Track & Field Coach of the Year: Tim Daggett, The Classical Academy
For the 16th time in his 15-year tenure, coach Tim Daggett helped The Classical Academy hoist a state track & field trophy. The 2018 girls’ team won the program’s 11th state title, tying Mullen for the most girls’ track & field championships won by any school in Colorado. “It’s been a lot of fun,” Daggett…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Boys’ Track & Field Coach of the Year: Ben Montoya, Fountain-Fort Carson
Winning three of the last four Class 5A state championships didn’t change Fountain-Fort Carson track and field coach Ben Montoya’s pre-season talk heading into the 2018 season. The goal, when attainable, for the talent-rich Trojans is to finish in the top three of the state’s largest classification, but how they do that matters, too. “I…
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Gazette Preps 2018 Girls’ Track & Field Peak Performer of the Year: Lauren Gale, Discovery Canyon
A few weeks before the 2018 state track & field championships, Discovery Canyon’s Lauren Gale still didn’t feel like her old self, even though it was more than a year after hip surgery. As a sophomore she won four gold medals, dominating the sprints in her first state competition since moving to the United States…