Meeker seniors Madison Russell and Loran Casias, along with sophomores Gracie Bradfield and Tori Lasker, are Colorado 2A state champions in the 4×100 relay and set a new school record (50.10).
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Meeker freshman Tevin Pelloni represented the Cowboys in a new event to the team this year, the pole vault.
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MHS senior Peyton Burke competed in the 100-meter hurdles on a sprained ankle, yet finished the race.
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Sophomore throwers Megan Shelton and Sydnie Main, pictured with coach Ben Quinn, both placed in the state meet. Shelton was fourth in the discus and fifth in the shot put, while Main placed fifth in the discus behind her classmate.
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Meeker girls wore a Henna tattoo which read, “We didn’t come this far to only come this far.”
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MHS freshman Kristin Brown qualified in the triple jump.
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MHS senior Julia Eskelson also ran the 3,200.
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RHS junior Austin Ficken qualified for state in the shot put.
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MHS senior Loran Casias and Gracie Bradfield fly during a championship handoff.
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RHS junior Katelyn Brown earned a seventh place medal in the triple jump.
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Patrick Scoggins won two silver medals and a fourth place finish at the state meet.
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RHS senior Lindzey Thacker made the tough decision of returning to give a co-valedictorian speech instead of competing at the state track meet held on the same day because of a weather delay.
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MHS senior Maggie Phelan won four medals, including two gold.
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Marshall Webber, RHS sophomore, gained state experience in the 300 hurdles.
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Rangely senior Troy Allred qualified for the state meet in the triple jump.
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Avery Watt, Julia Eskelson, Sierra Williams and Briar Meszaros stood on the podium in the eighth position after running the 4×800 relay.
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MHS senior Cole Brown won both of his heats in the 200 and 400 meter dashes and placed ninth and sixth respectively.
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Meeker senior Caleb Bradford flexed his muscles and finished fourth in the shot put.
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Rangely’s Patrick Scoggins and Meeker senior Cole Brown both placed in the 200-meter dash.
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Meeker sophomores Tannen Kennedy, cousins Kale and Pake Burke, teamed up with senior Josh Cochran to compete in the 4×800 relay.
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The Meeker girls’ track team was not the biggest or the best at the 2017 Colorado State Track and Field Championships, as they finished third as team, but they were right in the middle (like Avery Watt) of the competition, winning gold medals in three relays, two in record fashion and several girls experienced the view from the podium in front of 1000’s of track and field fans. Watt, a junior, medaled on two relay teams.
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Meeker seniors Madison Russell and Maggie Phelan hold the baton atop the podium in the 2017 Colorado State Track and Field Championships, with teammates Gracie Bradfield and Sierra Williams behind them, after winning the 4×400 relay. Russell was on four relay teams and a champion on three, while Phelan won two gold medals as a relay team member and also medaled in the triple jump (5th) and 400-meter run (9th).
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Meeker senior Austin Russell broke a MHS record set by Coley King in 1988 in the 800-meter run. “I wanted that record since I was a sophomore,” Russell, who is excited he will be running in college on a scholarship. “I get to do this for another four years.”
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Meeker senior Loran Casias confidently holds her arms up after handing off the baton to Gracie Bradfield who helped set a new school record and win a gold medal in the 4×100 relay.
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