Windsor track and field coach Lyndsey Lewis had to pull teeth to get Mikey Munn to run track his junior year. Saturday, he was crowned champion in all three sprints in Class 4A.
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.
If recent history is any indication, Cherokee Trail locked up the Class 5A boys team title by winning the 800-meter relay in historic fashion on Friday afternoon at Jeffco Stadium.
After breaking a 33-year-old state record to win the long jump championship on Friday, Vista Ridge star Brandon Hills added the title of Fastest in Colorado to his resume on Saturday.
Cherokee Trail turned in a state record 3:13.02, helping the Cougars to the Centennial League championship. That mark roasted the previous record, Rangeview's time of 3:14.72 from 2012, by over 1.5 seconds.