LAKEWOOD, Colo.-
Mullen won only two relays Saturday, but it didn’t keep the school from defending its girls championship at the Colorado Class 4A Track and Field Championships held at Jefferson County Stadium.
Mullen won the 3,200-meter relay in 9 minutes, 26.66 seconds and closed the meet by running 3:57.10 to win the 1,600-meter relay.
Mullen won the team title with 84 points, to 72 for Thompson Valley. Broomfield was third at 58 1-2 points.
Conifer’s Emily Blok was a two-time winner. She won the 100 meters with a time of 12.11 seconds and the 200 with a 25-second sprint.
Kendra Gerk of Greeley West won the 1,600 in 5:06.35. It came a day after Gerk won the 3,200 meter race.
Cherokee Trail won the 4A boys team title with 61 points. Mullen’s boys were second with 54 and Longmont was third with 52.
Like the Mullen girls, Cherokee Trail boys won despite winning only two events.
The school’s 1,600 meter relay team won in 3:21.14. Its 800 meter relay team won in a time of 1:28.45.
Sierra’s Kelby Dias won both hurdles events. He ran 14.58 seconds to win the 110 meter hurdles and won the 300 meter hurdles with a time of 39.12.
Matt Butcher of Longmont broke the 4A record in the 400 meters with a time of 47.01 seconds.
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