The Bayfield High School track and field teams capped off a historic season with more strong times at the Colorado High School Activities Association’s 3A state meet in Lakewood.
The Bayfield boys finished seventh overall out of 44 teams and the girls took ninth out of 38. The Wolverines nearly had a handful of state titles, but racked up points with runner-up performances.
Carl Heide finished second in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 40.49. The winner, Elizabeth’s James Finken, finished in 40.42. Heide also took fourth in the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.58.
Sam Westbrook had another near win, but settled for a second-place finish with a throw of 51-5.75 feet in the shot put. He was less than a foot behind winner Jacob Dack’s 51-6.50. Ryan Phelps finished seventh in the shot put with 47-0 and Wyatt Killinen was 14th (43-0.5). Westbrook also took second in the discus with a throw of 157-7 and Phelps was ninth with 141-8. Lutheran’s Adam Dawson was the clear discus champion with a lengthy throw of 203-1.
Senior Amber Johnson closed out her career placing third in the 300 hurdles (46.81), sixth in the 400-meter dash, ninth in the 100 hurdles (16.84) and 10th in the 200-meter dash (26.34). Sophomore Jordan Lanning also put points on the board with a third-place, 15.59 finish in the 100 hurdles. She was far and away the fastest sophomore in the race. Lanning also took third in the high jump with a clear of 5-3.5 and seventh in the long jump (16-5.5).
Colton Fine finished seventh in the pole vault with a clear of 11 feet, 10 inches.
Bayfield’s 4x200 team of Dylan Hilliker, Killinen, Gus Roberts and Ethan Tate ran in 1:32.77 and finished ninth. Sloan Mazur’s time of 2:01.90 earned 12th place in the 800-meter run.
The BHS girls sprint medley relay (Claire Belmear, Tymbree Florian, Maddi Foutz, Bridget Goddard) placed eighth with a time of 1:54.55. Mikayla Barnes took 16th in the shot put with 32-4.
