The Dolores girls 4x100-meter relay teams have won the last two 2A state championships.
The Lady Bears are ranked No. 1 going into state this week.
Lexi Atkinson, Mindy McCracken, Cassie Lard and Brianna Schwartz won the San Juan Basin League title in 51.10 last Saturday in Grand Junction.
Atkinson, McCracken, Lard and Olivia Wright won the 4x200 in 1:46.97 to secure that No. 1 ranking heading to state.
Weve won it two years in a row. Id like to win it a third year, Dolores coach Nick Kohler said. Well be favored to win it, but anything can happen in the 4x100. I want to win that 4x200. Weve never won that before. Were in a good position to do it, if they run well.
It was a good day of relays for Dolores. The girls 4x200 set a personal record. The boys 4x400 team of Ryan Johnston, Stephen OConnor-Seville, Alex Goodwin and Mikeal Ford won the event in a school record time of 3:36.70. The four Bears qualified for state as the sixth-ranked 2A relay team.
Moki Youngquist was third in the boys 110-meter hurdles in 16.66 to punch his state ticket. Atkinson took third in the girls 100-meter dash in 12.97. Shes currently ranked third and placed third in the long jump (16-0.75). Lard was second in the 200 at 26.57 and is eighth going into state. She also placed second in the triple jump at 34-2.
The Mancos Bluejays had a very strong day. Kenny Philpott won the league championship in the high jump at 6-5. Hes tied for No. 1 (6-6) in 2A going into state.
Branson Mitchell, Connor Jankowski, Anthony Reiners and Philpott won the boys 4x100 in 45.80. The quartet also won the 4x200 at a time of 1:35.60. Mitchell was fourth and third in the 100 (11.89) and 400 (53.15).
For the girls, Kristin Adams placed sixth in the 800-meter run in a time of 2:35.80. Devin Kroeker placed fifth in the high jump at 4-6.50.
Dove Creek secured two state spots in the girls 100-meter hurdles. Shelbie Knuckles and Cori Guynes were seventh and eighth, respectively, in 18.38 and 23.02. Madison Young made state in the shot put, heaving it a sixth-place distance of 31 feet.
Cole Baughman took fifth in the 110-hurdles in 18.22
Mancos, Dolores and Dove Creek will be at the CHSAA 2A and 1A Track and Field Championships on Thursday through Saturday in Lakewood at Jefferson County Stadium. Action begins Thursday at 8:30 a.m.
