Chris Youngs

The present and future of Niwot girls hurdles. Photo by Alan Versaw.

In one of the few events contested, and fewer still under marginally tolerable conditions, Lutheran ran away from their league rivals in the SMR8. Photo by Ben Hershelman.

Before the rain came, there was some serious heat in the Pueblo Twilight 100. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Ally Watt, whose been away for a few meets this spring, showed zero signs of rust at The Pueblo Twilight. Photo by Alan Versaw.

You go a long way down the list of Lutheran Lions who can score at state before you run out of guys like Matt Hanson. Photo by Eric Versaw.

Rangely didn't exactly dodge the weather for their meet, but Plateau Valley did manage to scramble for cover at their bus. Photo by Matt Scoggins.

Chris Youngs pushed his 200 time to 22.62, second only to Miguel Molas in the classification. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Kallysa McGeary of Springfield owns this week's top 1A Girls 100H time. Photo by Tim Hilt.

A lot of nice performances hit the cold weather ceiling on Friday, among those Dawit Abate's winning triple jump at the Sand Creek Scorpion Invitational. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Jordan Xiong screams through the 100-meter finish in 10.68. Photo by David Pressgrove.

Occupying four adjacent lanes of the 200 finals was one of the reasons Lutheran ended up dominating 2A boys last spring. Photo by Paul Jaeger.

You haven't seen the last of the guys in lanes 4 and 5. Colorado Track XC file photo by Alan Versaw.

Regular updates on the performances of Colorado-connected athletes at USATF JOs and World Juniors.

Javan Lanier, shown here at the Colorado USATF Junior Olympic Championships, has been on a steady curve of improvment all season. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Aaron Ragin earned his trip to Houston in two weeks with a come-from-behind win in the 400 meters. Photo by Tim Hilt.

Tarah Vijayasarathy went from relative unknown to a state title contender in the triple jump this spring. What will next year hold? One good indicator will come in this weekend's USATF JO meet in Aurora. Colorado Track XC file photo.

Swink's Jerod Berg had his shot put working well for him when he needed it most. Photo by Alan Versaw.

The uniforms at the start of the 2A boys 200 tended toward the side of monochromatic. Photo by Alan Versaw.

Photo coming soon to this space.

Officials check to ensure Jefferson Academy's Jenny Hesser keeps one hand tied behind her back as she wins the triple jump. Photo by Ben Hershelman.

After a couple years of stark domination by Lyons, suddenly 2A boys is a contest again. As with most other things in life, ebb and flow is part of the cycle of things.