2023 WSL 4A Championship Results

Another fantastic weekend! We've talked about developing a championship mindset and the distance runners have definitely embraced the ethos. A two-day championship meet presents new opportunities for testing race choice strategies and physical and mental recovery for multiple performances. The distance runners excelled and the coaching staff is excited to see the desire to perform spreading to the rest of the team, inspired by the distance performances. 

Amazingly, after setting 18 new distance PRs last week in Steamboat, the distance runners set 15 new PRs out of 18 races! 33 PRs in two meets. Incredible.

Other highlights - 2 new school records, 2 (possibly 3!) individual State Championship qualifying times, solidifying one relay State qualifying time and setting another! 

Dom had a huge weekend. He started Friday morning by running a new SCHOOL RECORD in the 3200 and securing a State Championship appearance. He followed Friday afternoon with a second place finish in the 800. Saturday started just as hot with a huge 6 second PR in the 1600 that secured a position in the State Championship 1600.  

Our goals all season long have been in getting as many runners as possible a chance to compete at State by qualifying multiple relays. Dom and Will ran two legs of the 4x400 for a time that should earn a trip to State. 

Athletes can complete in "only" 4 events at the State Championship (or any other track meet.) With both the 4x400 and 4x800 likely qualified for State, and being qualified in the 800, 1600 and 3200, Dom is in the very rare situation of having to decide which 4 of the 5 events he wants to do!

Lauren ran a big PR in the 3200 that is currently in the top 18 times and depending on movement next weekend, may get her a trip to State.

Josh's big PR in the 3200 puts him just outside the top 18. He will get a final chance Saturday at St. Vrain.

Ella lowered her in-state school record to 10:44, 6 seconds faster than she ran at State last year. That currently places her second in the State. (Some ranking systems only count in-state times.)

Cece, Faith, Lauren and Ella ran two seconds faster in the 4x800 than they did 3 weeks ago at Glenwood. While it didn't gain them any spots in the rankings, those two seconds could be crucial in securing a top 18 spot when all qualifying races have concluded Saturday.

Here are all of the new PRs: 

3200 

Ella - 6 second in state PR, 1st

Lauren - 17 second PR, 4th, moves up from 5th to 3rd on the all-time list

Cece - 41 second PR, 8th, moves from 19th to 15th on all-time list and enters the Sophomore list in 8th!!

Dom - 17 second PR, 3rd, moves from 2nd to 1st on all-time list – NEW SCHOOL RECORD!!!

Josh - 10 second PR, 4th, moves from 2nd to 1st on Sophomore list!!

Cain - 25 second PR, 8th, climbs from 12th to 9th on the all-time list and 3rd to 2nd on the Freshman list!!

1600

Ella - 3 second PR, 1st, resets her own SCHOOL RECORD!!

Avery - 12 second PR, 7th, moves up from 12th to 10th on the all-time list and 6th to 5th on the Sophomore list!!

Dom - 6.4 second PR, 3rd, now 2nd on the all-time list!

Josh - 3 second PR, 5th, now 3rd on the all-time list and 2nd on the Sophomore list!!

Carter - 12 second PR, 8th, moves from 12th to 6th on all-time list and 3rd to 2nd on Freshman list!!

800

Ella - 4 second PR, 2nd, 2nd on the all-time and Sophomore list!!

Avery - 11 second PR, 7th, advances from 14th to 8th on the all-time list and 8th to 5th on the Sophomore list!!

Dom - .24 off PR, 2nd, 2nd on the all-time list!

Will - 3 second PR, 7th, moves from 4th to 3rd on the all-time list and 3rd to 1st on the Sophomore list!!

Carter - 1.3 second PR, 13th, moves up from 14th to 12th on the all-time list and 3rd to 2nd on the Freshman list!!

400

Lauren - .5 second PR, 4th on the all-time list!

Updated record lists are here. There are a lot of 2023 times highlighted in neon green at the top of the lists!

Summit Track in the News:

2023/5/9: Fit for state: Summit track team sets 4 new school records at league meet

2023/5/9: Eagle Valley and Battle Mountain take respective boys and girls team titles at Western Slope League track and field championships

Team Scores

The team placing was a little disappointing. It was a huge improvement on previous years, but not the second place finishes we thought were a remote possibility. 

The distance runners did their part. The boys distance points were nearly a draw with Battle Mountain and Eagle Valley while the girls were close to Battle Mountain and well ahead of the other teams. 

Next year we hope to have throwers, high jumpers and possibly even pole vaulters so we aren't handicapped by not even competing in four of the events.

Click here for full results.

2023 WSL 4A Championship

WHEN:  Friday-Saturday 5-6 May 2023

WHERE:  Shocker Stadium, Grand Junction

TRANSPORTATION: Mini busses depart SHS at 4:30 Friday morning!

SCHEDULE: The 4A event schedule is below, with entries. This is really four separate meets being held concurrently, with the other meet events interspersed. I estimated the 4A event times as closely as possible.

SCORING: CHSAA scoring for a 6 team meet is 6 deep for individual events (10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 1) and 5 deep for relays (10, 8, 6, 4, 2)

Last year's scores

Predicted 2023 scores

I went through all of the entries and put them in the Virtual Meet software for these projected scores. We've made big strides this year. Last year we were last and (barely) second from last. This year we are strongly in the hunt for second place in both boys and girls. Exceed our projections a few times (I.e. beat some people who have faster seed times than you) and we could be double league runner ups!

Projected scores by event - Girls

Projected scores by event - Boys

2022 WSL 4A Championship

WHEN:  Friday-Saturday 6-7 May 2022

WHERE:  Rifle High School

TRANSPORTATION: Be at SHS at 5:30 to load the bus. The bus departs at 5:45.

SCHEDULE: The meet begins at 9:00am both Friday and Saturday. See below (in the entries) for the approximate 4A race times on Friday and the scheduled times on Saturday. 1A/2A, 3A and 4A compete separately, each in their own heats. So for each un-laned event there will be six heats - girls then boys in 1A/2A, followed by 3A, then 4A.

DISTANCE RESULTS: 

The 3200 was the first event of the meet, run in the relatively cool and calm conditions on Friday morning.

• Dom was 5th in 10:14 after leading the pack for the first two laps of the race in a quest for a State Championship qualifying time.

• Josh ran his first 3200 ever in a swift 10:33.39. He set the fastest SHS Freshman 3200 time by 40 seconds! (Dom and Zach didn't get a chance to run the 3200 their Freshman years because of Covid.

• Ella finished first in 11:03.84. It was a 9 second PR and she missed the school record by just .2 seconds.

• Avery Eytel ran her first ever 3200 in 13:44.20 to finish 7th. That earns her the sixth fastest ever SHS Freshman time. 

• Niamh ran a big 13 second PR in 14:23.04 to finish 11th. That moves her into 11th on the SHS Freshman time list.

The 800 was run Saturday morning, again in nice conditions. Five of our six runners ran new PRs!

• Dom made a bold run for a state qualifying time, leading the pack through the first 400 in a sub-59 second split and led the SHS team in 5th. 

• Lucas ran an immense 9 second PR, dropping his best time from 2:20 to 2:11.47 for 12th place. He lead his heat for the majority of the race.

• Josh in just his second weekend of racing this year dropped .5 second PR after his big 3200 the day before.

• Ella ran a .5 second PR of 2:20.46 for second place.

• Adaline ran a huge 5 second PR of 2:47.95 that moves her into 16th on the all-time SHS performance list, right behind Avery Eytel.

• Cece ran an even bigger 7 second PR of 2:48.72 that moves her into 17th on the all-time list.

• I was particularly happy with how Adaline and Cece responded to the advice to start fast in the 800s and fight for position. They competed by far the best they have so far this season. It was really great to see them embracing the challenge.

1600: As opposed to the mornings, the afternoons were very windy both days, significantly slowing the runners and making the pursuits of new PRs very difficult. And despite that, the team ran two new PRs.

• Lucas has really learned how to compete and had an excellent start, getting to the rail and making the competition run wide around the first two curves. His huge effort in the 800 earlier in the day plus the wind made the 1600 a tough race for him, but he gave it his best and still had a strong performance.

• Roan ran very astutely and positioned himself well to take advantage of other runners breaking the wind. Combined with a hard effort, his smart racing resulted in a big 9 second PR.

• Cece ran very aggressively to win her heat by a healthy margin, despite being seeded third. She was just a half second off her PR despite the strong winds and finished 7th.

• Adaline also raced the 1600 after a huge PR earlier in the day in the 800. She also started very well and got into great position at the front of the pack. Like Lucas, her big effort in the 800 clearly made the 1600 a challenge but she persevered well to earn 8th place.

• Paige also ran aggressively for her best performance of the season to set a 4 second PR.

It was a very good meet with more and more of our runners showing they are learning how to compete, not just race. We had an excellent PR rate of about 75% despite tough winds in the 1600. The class of 2025 girls now have 4 of the top 15 SHS freshmen 1600 times and 4 of the top 11 freshmen 3200 times. Adaline has the 7th fastest sophomore 800 and 8th fastest sophomore 1600. Dom, Josh and Lucas have run 3 of the top 10 800 times ever for SHS. Dom leads the Junior boards in the 800, 1600 and 3200. Josh now has the fastest freshman times in both the 800 and 3200 (and hasn’t yet run the 1600.) Roan moved up to 11th fastest sophomore 1600. Lucas moved up to 8th fastest Senior 800 and now is in the all-classes top 20 in the 800, 1600 and 3200.

Updated SHS distance rankings are here.

Summit Daily Article: Summit track team sets its sights on State Championships after strong showing at Multi-League Championships in Rifle on May 6-7

https://www.summitdaily.com/news/summit-track-team-sets-its-sights-on-state-championships-after-strong-showing-at-multi-league-championships-in-rifle-on-may-6-7/

VIRTUAL MEET: Projected results based on prior results and projected team scores.