Early assessment of the state track and field meet
With the state track and field meet in a weather delay, Alan Versaw takes a look at the first day of action.
Track and field – What it Took (May 16)
Alan Versaw dives into his predictions for track and field state qualifying times and what the actual marks turned out to be.
5A Boys & Girls Track – What Will It Take (May 10th)
Last week, I did what-will-it-take projections for 1A, 2A, and 4A. I’m mostly pleased with how the projections held up against the…
3A Boys & Girls Track – What Will It Take (May 9th)
Last week, I did what-will-it-take projections for 1A, 2A, and 4A. I’m mostly pleased with how the projections held up against the…
1A Boys & Girls Track – What Will It Take (May 5th)
It’s time to start giving some thought to what it will take to find a place in the 1A state meet later this month. In 1A, the top…
4A Boys & Girls Track – What Will it Take (May 4th)
It’s time to start giving some thought to what it will take to find a place in the top 18 in each event. Qualifying for state, of…
2A Boys & Girls Track – What Will It Take (May 3rd)
Date: May 3 (this is important to cross-reference the #18 rankings shown below) It’s time to start giving some thought to what it…
3A Girls State Track Preview
Like all the other previews, this one is a bit early, but that’s the point of a preview. A preview that doesn’t arrive until a…
Weekend Track Recap
Numerous meets were canceled, postponed, or stopped before completion in the last week. Wind will do that to track and field meets…
New Classifications for Cross Country
Shown below are the breakdowns, by classification and region, for all the schools indicating to CHSAA that they plan/hope to be…
4A Girls Track State Preview
In this article, we’ll get a four-weeks-out-from-state birds-eye view of the 4A Girls state team title race. In large part, I’ve…
Boys Track: 2A Deep Dive
One of the things I learned from previous Deep Dives is just how long it takes. I knew that already, but I was enough years…
Track – April 16th Distance
The idea in this article is the same as the last one. I’m setting out here to catch the highlights in the various classifications…
Track: The April 16 Throws Festival
This week, I’m doing something different. Partly, I’m psychologically about ready to do something different. The other part is…
Track & Field – Weekend Recap Part 1
In this article, we’ll run a quick review of the meets last week that completed through Friday. There were several enormous—both…
Girls Track – 5A Deep Dive
With this in-depth look at the 5A Girls team state championship race, we reach the half-way point of our deep dives. Stay with us…
Boys Track – 3A Deep Dive
Today, we come to 3A Boys. If you’ve been Rip Van Winkling through the first month of the season, you may not know how intensely…
Girls Track – April 5-9 Recap
Just as it was for the boys, so it was for the girls. The first full week of track in April was filled with stunning performances…
Boys Track – April 5-9th Review
The threshold for mention in these articles is taking a sharp, upward turn. And that sharp, upward turn would reflect the level at…
Class 1A Girls Track & Field Deep Dive
It’s a dangerous game writing a deep drive on the state prospects for 1A Girls this early in the season. Unfortunately, the…
Class 4A Boys Track & Field Deep Dive
It’s time for another in-depth exploration. This time, we’ll delve into the doings of 4A Boys. Last week, of course, we explored…
Opening April in Boys Track
There’s a sense in which March is the preseason of high school track and field in Colorado. April and May, then, become the…
Opening April in Girls Track
Track and field launched into a higher gear all around the state last weekend. With spring break mostly—not entirely—in the books…
Track & Field – Deep Dive into the 2A Girls Bracket
You should recall that Cedaredge won the 2A girls state championship last spring. Well, actually, by the time they won it, it was…
Track – Results from Arizona
About those Colorado Kids in Arizona… At long last, a complete a readable set of results from Chandler Rotary arrived in my inbox…