Colorado State HS Meet--Addison Ritzenhein

Didn’t run a single fastest time over any distance. Michalak got her in the 3200m, Allori in the 1600.

She only ran 4 events and didn't have the fastest times? I'm absolutely disgusted a girl in the most competitive state didn't dominate everything. She also only runs the mile like 4 minutes faster than the average lets run poster so yeah she's really slow.

Didn’t she also run a leg of the 4x400?

She ran this over several days, many states would have this quadruple in one day. Or if lucky, two.

Other than the last name, Allori had the better meet:

4x800: 2:10.31 split (1st)

800: 2:09.16 (1st)

1600: 4:45.44 (1st)

3200: 10:39.03 (1st)

You forgot Allori is a senior and Addy is only a sophomore. Addy performances are incredible, not on hendegren/leachman level, but still great.

Yeah Allori was the star of the meet for sure, although she has less lcomp in 3A. They are a good match to be honest, I wish they were in the same division. I think Allori is the better runner over 800 and a slight edge over 1600, Ritz probably takes it in 3200 and XC. Their best showdowns would be in the 1600 and 3200 so it’s a shame they only raced once this season (at Arcadia in the mile, with Allori winning that matchup).

They will be running against each other in the Brooks PR 2 mile.

The 1600/3200m conversions to sea level are 4:39 and 10:07. This was a pretty strong state meet. She has good speed for a Ritzenhein as well.

I think she broke (?) or nearly broke the state 1600 record earlier in the year at the Niwot Invitational. She ran around 4:44, so a couple seconds faster. Yesterday was hot and somewhat windy during the 1600s. Definitely can run 9:05ish for 3000 and 4:15-18ish for 1500 in the right race.

Allori won the 3200 at Arcadia and Ritz was in the mile, they haven't raced each other this track season.

9:05? Give me a break. She literally just ran a 3000 in 9:17 two or three weeks ago.

In the right race. She went wire to wire and won by 15 seconds at Penn. 9:10, then?

For what it’s worth her NBIN 2mi converts to 9:08 for 3000…

You forgot. There is no age group running in high school track. The kid who ran the fastest ran the fastest. The kid who won the races won the races.

The schedule is different for each division, so they all run events on different times on different days. For example girls 3a had their 4X8 on Thursday morning and 3200 at 6:30pm that evening. Friday was just the 800 and Saturday was the 1600. 4a had the 4X8 on Thursday, then on Friday the 3200 and 800 were run a few hours apart in the middle of the hottest day. I'd argue they all ran great and it's impossible to know who ran better unless they run head to head in the same race.

Yep, this is a good point.

On the boys side, Culpepper and Fagerlin both really impressed me on the distance side. Obviously Brunner had a great meet as well. Munn the standpoint sprinter.

She's also a Toedebusch. You forget her mother was known for speed moreso than distance though she was great at both.

Her mother's speed genetics:

High School: A four-year letterwinner in both cross country and track at Rockford, Toedebusch graduated as the Michigan state two-mile record holder and was the state’s indoor two-mile champion in 1999 and ’00. She was an all-state performer in cross country as a freshman and sophomore, and on the national scene she was a prep All-American her junior and senior seasons, finishing 10th in the national championships in 1999 and fifth in 2000. On the track she was a member of the national champion distance medley relay team and was an All-American in just her second track season. She repeated her DMR national title as a junior and added national crowns in the 4x800-meter and 4xmile relays as well, successfully defending the 4xmile title as a senior.