The Cherokee Trail boys repeated as the Class 5A track state champions on Saturday at Jeffco Stadium, blowing away the field with 111 points, nearly double the tally of second-place Mountain Vista.
Gabriella Cunningham, still in the clear, got about nine strides past the finish line, cocked her head and shrugged, the way Michael Jordan did during the 1992 NBA Finals. Dad would've loved that.
Two years removed from winning the Class 3A 1,600-meter run at the CHSAA State Track and Field Championships, Resurrection Christian's Jackson Fagerlin was back on top of the Jeffco Stadium podium Saturday after winning the race a second time.
As evidence of the Centennial State's premier place in the sport, just look at the results for the 2023 Nike Cross Nationals last November, when four locals finished in the Top 10.