Colorado State Championships 2024 Discussion

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There are some good reels on milesplit's instagram showing the finishes. The finish for 5a 4X800 is crazy.

The runner in lane 1 veered into lane 2 to prevent the other runner from passing, is that a legal move? Look at the video he clearly steps into lane 2.

I was wondering if he was going to drift out -- I did only see it once live but it didn't seem like he really drifted much. I think it was mostly fair game.

Comments are disabled on boys 4x8 finish with rocco as expected.

Huh? We're talking about the 5A finish.

Referring to 4A finish

5 Mountain Vista girls in the 3200 5a

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Track & Field, Cross Country Results, Statistics

Meet results and team scores.

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new Colorado state championship 3200 record by will Brunner and porter middaugh - 9:01

Addy Ritzenhein won the Girls 4A 3200 in 10:28.54. Will Brunner and Porter Middaugh had a very close battle to the line (9:01.22 to 9:01.33) in the Boys 4A 3200!

W/ 57s last laps too! was awesome! Slso a freshman running 9:12!!!

The 3200 was absolutely perfect. Everyone switched off leads and spread around the pacing (not planned, I don't think) and then Middaugh and Brunner just let it fly. So close to sub 9. Both under that legendary state meet record by Brent Vaughn in 2003.

I remember watching Vaughn set that record. It seemed unfathomable at the time. Shows you how distance running training and tech has really improved in the last 10-15 years that two guys can go under that. It withstood a lot of challenges over the years. Sprout probably would have broken it in 2020 if he had the chance to race but even still -- Parker Wolfe, Steven Weeks, Joseph Manilafasha, Mo Ige, Futsum, Bergen, and a horde of others couldn't take it down. Props to the Battle Mountain guys.

I remember David Perry and Scott Fauble chasing it together around 2010 or so -- got close.

Most of the other names on that list weren’t wearing spring shoes.

Correct. Vaughn remains one of the best to ever do it. Goucher, too. The times were very different.

Those two and Sprout & Wolfe, as far as 3200 performances, are tops.

Can anyone explain to me why Niwot isn't moving up to 5A in T&F next year? They are moving up in XC. I'm wondering if it's that they're dominant in distance but not as much in the other events, but it sure looks like the Niwot girls will stroll to a dominant team championship and the boys are in a much more competitive battle.

On the girls side it's generally not that much fun watching 6-8 Niwot girls clog up all the entries and dominate. It's not a whole lot better on the boys side (the clogging). An embarrassment of riches. I wonder how they get such great talent?

(Rest of post deleted by LRC. We don't need someone mocking a HS sophomore with sarcasm).

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Track and field: Niwot sophomore stars stay centered in success

Brent W. New

Addy Ritzenhein won the 4A 3,200-meter run for a second straight year on Friday, hours before Rocco Culpepper landed his first individual gold in the 800.

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It's probably due to the size of their school. Niwot only has around 1300 students. It doesn't really make sense that they're moving up in Cross Country though. The only reason I can think of is that they could win 5a in Cross Country?

As far as talent, Niwot is an unincorporated town governed by Boulder County. Boulder is a running mecca that attracts a lot of great runners. These runners move to Boulder County, have kids and their kids have great running genetics. Since it's possible to open enroll within Boulder County, many people tend to send their kids to the school with the best running coach/program.

It’s all based on school size, I believe, but the standards differ from sport to sport. For a long time Niwot was 3A in football but 4A in everything else, for instance.