DHS began competition Thursday at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood.

Alli Davis, a DHS freshman, finished second in the Class 4A girls high jump at 5 feet, 3 inches after entering the event as the No. 1 overall seed, the Demons’ first No. 1 seed at the state championships since Mark Cutter in the 110 hurdles in 2000.

“That was a good showing. No one jumped particularly well,” DHS head coach David McMillan said. “She did a good job keeping herself together and competing.”

Thompson Valley senior Lindsey Kroboth beat her by one inch.

Gabi Razma was ninth in the 4A girls triple jump at 35-03.25.

Eagle Valley’s Michelle Carbajal won at 36-10.75.

Durango’s girls 4×800-meter relay team finished 16th in 10 minutes, 9.78 seconds.

Mountain View was first at 9:15.48.

The Demons’ girls 800 sprint medley team finished 11th in the preliminary heats at 1:51.00, which did not qualify the relay for the finals but did break its own school record.

The Demons’ boys 4×200-meter relay team squeaked into finals, finishing ninth in 1:30.58.

“There was a particularly strong leg by Shane Bisogno to get us into the finals,” McMillan said.

DHS came in fourth in the boys 4A 4×800-meter relay at 8:00.73.

“Just a superb effort,” McMillan said. “Every time they raced toward the end of the season, they got better and better – just missed the school record by four-tenths (of a second).”

Broomfield won in 7:55.49.

Devin Lewis finished 12th in the boys 100-meter dash in 11.33 seconds.

DHS is back in action Day 2 at state at 9:08 a.m. Friday for the boys 4×100-meter relay prelims.

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