The stage has been set.

The 2025 Colorado state track and field championships will launch off the starting line this Thursday.

As of Saturday night, all regular season meets have come to a close, sending all eyeballs to the latest MaxPreps rankings. The top-18 performances in all events (Class 5A-2A, top-nine for 1A) have officially booked their tickets to the Big Dance.

Now that the dust has settled, it’s clear that we’ve got an exciting week ahead of us.

Andrew Simmons and I broke down the top storylines across all classifications for the 2025 Colorado state track and field championships in a live recording of my podcast Spiked UP! at Runner Roost Denver Saturday night — video above.

And while we were dissecting some of the biggest storylines, some of the fastest performances of the season were still unfolding on the track.
The Eaglecrest girls 4×100-meter relay made history Saturday afternoon at the Centennial League Championships.

The Raptors torched a Colorado state record of 46.41 second.

Their performance sliced a full tenth-of-a-second off the previous state record, which was held by both George Washington and Denver East, at 46.51 from 2007 and 2018.

Now, there will be no sharing of the state record, as Eaglecrest owns it outright.

While they will head to Jeffco Stadium as the favorite to claim the 5A state title in the event, they’ll likely have competition — Fossil Ridge clocked a Colorado No. 2 of 46.80 Saturday afternoon at Teddy’s Last Chance Qualifier.

Sticking with the theme of relays, Windsor has found their quartet right in time for state — they dropped state leading times in the 4×200 and the 4×400 at the HOKA St. Vrain Invitational, running 1 minute, 37.91 seconds in the 4×200, and 3:51.34 in the 4×400.

On the boys side of the relay chaos, Eaglecrest nearly replicated their girls’ success in terms of running a state-leading time. They clocked 40.99 to win the event at the Centennial League Championships.

In the 4×200 Cherry Creek flirted with the Colorado state record, running 1:25.20 for a state-leading mark. The current state record — run by Cherokee Trail in 2024 — stands at 1:24.93.

Friday night’s HOKA St. Vrain Invitational saw quite a few state-leading marks.

Windsor’s Kiana Cumings solidified herself as one of the favorites to sweep the 4A sprints. Cumings stormed back late in the 400 to win the event in a state-leading 53.89. She’s also ranked No. 1 in the 200. Niwot’s Reese Kasper — primarily a hurdler — was a close second in 54.38.
Kasper’s performance begs the question: Does she run the 400 in addition to the 100 Hurdles and 300H?

The girls 1,600 saw perhaps the most competitive field to date. It was a race of high quality and high quantity, as a staggering nine girls broke the five-minute mark.

Niwot’s Addy Ritzenhein set a hot pace, though it was Denver East’s Rosie Mucharsky who went on to win it with a fiery kick. Mucharsky clocked a state-leading 4:46.02, which was just ahead of Ritzenhein’s 4:46.65.

Mucharsky’s time is a 5A No. 1, while Ritzenhein’s is a Class 4A No. 1.

Likewise, the boys 300 hurdles saw fireworks as well.

Longmont’s Teagan Malcom, and Berthoud’s Jayden Michaelis dropped the two fastest times run in the event this season, and flirted with the state record, which stands at 36.41.

Malcom took the win in a state-leading time of 36.81, which was a stride ahead of Michaelis’ 36.83.

They are currently the only two to crack 37 seconds in the event this season.

Unfortunately, these two will not be meeting up for a rematch at State — Longmont is 4A, while Berthoud is 3A.

But both teams will be fun to watch when competition gets underway on Thursday. The 2025 Colorado state track and field championships are here.