AURORA | Team scores and championship finals results from the opening day of the Class 5A boys state track meet on May 16, 2024, at Jefferson County Stadium. Aurora teams and individuals bold and uppercased:
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2024 CLASS 5A BOYS STATE TRACK MEET (DAY ONE)
Team scores (through five events): 1. Mountain Vista 23 points; T2. OVERLAND 20; T2. CHEROKEE TRAIL 20; T4. Monarch 17; T4. ThunderRidge 17; 6. Valor Christian 16; 7. Cherry Creek 15; 8. Erie 14; 9. Rocky Mountain 10; T10. Fossil Ridge 8; T10. Chatfield 8; T10. Denver East 8; 13. Castle View 7; 14. Broomfield 6.5; T15. Vista Ridge 6; T15. Centaurus 6; T17. Fort Collins 5; T17. Rock Canyon 5; T17. Pine Creek 5; 20. Horizon 4; 21. Ralston Valley 3.5; 22. Heritage 3; 23. EAGLECREST 2; 24. Ponderosa 1
3,200 meter run: 1. Dane Eike (Valor Christian), 9 minutes, 7.42 seconds; 2. Jonas Scudamore (Denver East), 9:12.70; 3. Benjamin Anderson (Mountain Vista), 9:15.57; 4. Kaeden Dendorfer (Valor Christian), 9:17.49; 5. Owen Whitney (Rock Canyon), 9:17.62; 6. Benjamin Adams (Mountain Vista), 9:17.84; 7. Benjamin Wolff (Heritage), 9:19.99; 8. Tyson Bhalla (Rocky Mountain), 9:22.33; 9. Daniel Hruska (Cherry Creek), 9:23.10
4×800 meter relay: 1. Mountain Vista, 7 minutes, 46.16 seconds; 2. ThunderRidge, 7:46.19; 3. CHEROKEE TRAIL (Dylan Smith, McKay Larsen, Brady Smith, Gino Palombi), 7:54.56; 4. Centaurus, 7:54.58; 5. Pine Creek, 7:56.17; 6. Fort Collins, 7:57.48; 7. Broomfield, 7:58.48; 8. Erie, 7:58.71; 9. Castle View, 8:01.78
Discus: 1. JARRIUS WARD (OVERLAND), 203 feet, 4 inches (5A state meet record); 2. Charlie Lafore (Chatfield), 193-6; 3. Mason Cowgill (Erie), 162-11; 4. Kaiden Major (Rocky Mountain), 157-8; 5. Soren Shinofield (Cherry Creek), 154-6; 6. Thomas Goeglein (Cherry Creek), 153-11; 7. Evan Gaston (Castle View), 153-3; 8. Alex Hanson (Mountain Vista), 146-10; 9. Karsten Grogan (Fort Collins), 140-3
Long jump: 1. WONDAME DAVIS JR. (OVERLAND), 22 feet, 11 1/4 inches; 2. Marcus Mozer (Fossil Ridge), 22-11; 3. CAYDEN SWEETS (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 22-9 1/2; 4. Brandon Avance (Vista Ridge), 22-6 1/2; 5. Joshua Levine (Erie), 22-4; 6. Kaleb Kimaita (Horizon), 22-1; 7. Darrell Ishman (Castle View), 22-0 1/2; 8. PEACE WARAH (EAGLECREST), 21-9; 9. Maximus Hufford (Ponderosa), 21-9
Pole vault: 1. Tyler Rowan (Monarch), 16 feet, 9 inches; 2. Aaron Kucinski (ThunderRidge), 15-4; 3. Ethan Nuttall (Monarch), 15-4; 4. TAYLOR WATERS (CHEROKEE TRAIL), 14-10; 5. Grayson Pence (Cherry Creek), 13-10; T6. Dutch Neuweiler (Ralston Valley), 13-10; T6. Jacob Kress (Broomfield), 13-10; 8. Kanyon Schrom (Rocky Mountain), 13-4; 9. Connor Gerdes (ThunderRidge) 12-10
