Denver Post staff writer Jon E. Yunt looks ahead at this week’s action:
TRACK AND FIELD
Star watch on
The brainchild of CHSAA assistant commissioner Rhonda Blanford- Green has come to fruition starting today at Jeffco Stadium: all four classifications of track and field at one location for the whole state to see. A positive thing, indeed.
It will be well worth your nickel to go see Buena Vista’s Mason Finley throw the discus today at 3 p.m. or Conifer sprinter Emily Blok add to her already-impressive five state titles. Or maybe the pole vault is your thing, and in that case you’ll have to wake up in time to see Smoky Hill’s Chase Cooper go at 9 a.m. today.
In any case, it’s a three-day affair that is sure to please.
BOYS SWIMMING
A team race?
Regis has won 14 straight Class 5A boys swimming titles and along the way has been tested here and there. The rumors swirling that the championship trophy already has been engraved and shipped to Fort Collins’ Edora Pool Ice Center are greatly exaggerated, and the Raiders know they will have to be at their absolute best to fend off Highlands Ranch’s co-op team. The Falcons can match the Raiders’ depth, but the Raiders just know how to win.
Some names to keep an eye on: Legacy soph Steve Schmuhl (defending champ in the 100- and 200-yard freestyles), Regis’ Blas Yslas (100 breaststroke champ in ’08) and Chatfield diver John Fox.
In Class 4A, set for the Mountain View Aquatic Center in Loveland, an equally exciting team race is in the making. Lewis-Palmer and Cheyenne Mountain will make a strong case for the Colorado Springs area’s title run and appear to be the teams to beat overall.
Defending champs are hard to come by, just Moffat County’s Cole Worsley in the 100 butterfly (he’s seeded fifth) and Tanner Krall in the breaststroke. Krall, who won his title last season at Pueblo Centennial, has since transferred to Pueblo South.
