The Salida High School track and field team concluded their season with multiple top 10 finishes at the Colorado State High School track championship meet.
The National High School Trail Championship race came down to a photo finish for the boys, as brothers Sullivan and Porter Middaugh raced across the finish line just 0.02 second apart, with Porter diving forward trying to beat his older brother.
Sullivan, 17, finished with a time of 33 minutes, 32.47 seconds, while Porter, 15, finished at 33:32.49. The brothers are from Battle Mountain High School in Vail.
In the girlsâ race, Aubrey Surage, 18, from Lewis-Palmer High School in Monument, broke the girlsâ course record by just a few seconds, with a time of 37:28.68.
The race course was 5.4 miles through the Arkansas Hills Trail System. It began on the north side of the F Street bridge and finished in Riverside Park.
State wrestling tournament in Pueblo requiring COVID tests for competitors
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) For high school wrestlers across the state, the biggest matches of their lives are scheduled for this weekend at the Colorado State Fairgrounds. However, once again, COVID-19 could get in the way.
On Tuesday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) issued updated guidance for the 2021 Colorado State Wrestling Tournament being held in Pueblo. CDPHE is requiring all wrestlers to test negative for COVID-19 before participating in the state tournament. Athletes may provide a negative test result conducted up to 72 hours prior to the day of competition or they will be tested upon arrival at the CDPHE testing center the day of the competition, said CDPHE in a press release on Tuesday. Students who test positive will not be allowed to compete and must isolate.