A number of podiums, medals and school records returned home with Routt County’s track and field athletes this weekend following the 2025 Colorado High School Activities Association Track and Field State Championships. 

The competitions ran at JeffCo Stadium in Lakewood from Thursday-Saturday. 

The Hayden Tigers sent a pair of triple jumpers to state, each earning top-10 finishes. Ella Harris jumped her way to fifth place with a 33-foot, 9.25-inch performance. Peyton Johnson’s triple jump of 40–11.75 was good for seventh among the boys. 

Soroco’s Nick Clark ran the 3200m run (2 miles) in 9 minutes, 59.76 seconds for 7th place, giving him mile splits of sub-5 minutes. Alayna Edwards vaulted to 8-10 for eighth place, 2 feet and 3 inches behind the vault winner. 

The Rams’ top performance of the weekend came from the 4×100 meter relay girls. The girls opened with a 51.55 second time in prelims, qualifying for finals as the No. 7 seed. 

In finals, the girls shaved over half a second from their time, crossing the finish in 50.98 seconds for fourth place. They were just 0.85 seconds behind the Class 2A state champions. 

For the Sailors, Austin Prost made history with a 38.65-second 300-meter hurdles time in prelims — breaking the school record that he set in 2024 of 38.92 seconds. 

Prost qualified for finals in both 110-meter and 300-meter hurdles. He placed seventh in the 110-meter event at 14.89 seconds, later taking third in the 300-meter finals, smashing the record set the day before with a time of 38.51.

Steamboat’s 4×400 meter relay girls missed out on finals by roughly half a second, but managed to set yet another school record after setting the new standard at the regional meet earlier this season. 

The relay team of Carly Pappas, Gracey Keller, Whitney Warnke and Ayla Oslowski ran a 4:04.48 time, beating their previous record by 3.69 seconds. 

The Steamboat boys 4×400 meter relay team of Mattias Wolf, Asher Rowan, Wrigs Neeley and Prost also managed to set a new school record, finishing the prelims in 3:25.07 to qualify for finals. The previous record had been held since 1980.

A couple seconds slower in finals, the boys took seventh with a time of 3:26.83. 

Senior Brandon Kolb managed a high-jump of 6-1 to tie for seventh. He will be continuing his jumping career at Western Colorado University in Gunnison. 

The Sailors also sent three unified athletes to state — Xavier Knott, Aedan Naused and Luka Russell. 

Russell placed eighth overall in the 100-meter wheelchair race, breaking the 15-second barrier for the first time this season. Nausea and Knott each took top-10 finishes in the 200-meter race, placing seventh and ninth, respectively. 

Results
2025 CHSAA State Track and Field Championships 
JeffCo Stadium

Girls Finals
4x100m Relay — 4. Soroco, 50.98.
High Jump — 12. Ellie Carolus, S, 4-6.
Triple Jump — 5. Ella Harris, H, 33-9.25; 18. Antigone Loomis, SS, 33-2.5.
Pole Vault — 8. Alayna Edwards, S, 8-10; 13. Addie Whaley, S, 8-4.

Boys Finals
110m Hurdles — 6. Austin Prost, SS, 14.89.
300m Hurdles — 3. Austin Prost, SS, 38.51.
3200m Run — 7. Nick Clark, S, 9:59.76.
4x400m Relay — 7. Steamboat Springs, 3:26.83.
High Jump — 8. Brandon Kolb, SS, 6-1.
Triple Jump — 7. Peyton Johnson, H, 40-11.75.

Unified
100m Wheelchair Race — 8. Luka Russell, SS, 14.86; 14. Xavier Knott, SS, 15.46; 17. Aedan Naused, SS, 15.85.
200m Wheelchair Race — 7. Aedan Naused, SS, 31.63; 9. Xavier Knott, SS, 32.28.