If recent results provide any indication, the Dolores High School boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 track teams will enjoy plenty of success following the conclusion of their regular season.<\/p>\n
Competing at the San Juan Basin League Championships in Ignacio on April 21, the Dolores girls\u2019 team finished tied with Telluride atop a 7-team field. Both the Lady Bears and the Lady Miners scored 160 total points.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were happy because we were shorthanded because of grades,\u201d said Dolores head coach Nick Kohler. \u201cTelluride joined with Norwood during the track season, so we were basically competing against two schools.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leading Dolores individually was senior Taylor Elder, who captured 1st place in the long jump (16 feet, 2 \u00c2\u00bd inches) and the triple jump (33 feet, 3 inches). Both of Elder\u2019s marks represented personal bests.<\/p>\n
\u201cTaylor keeps getting better,\u201d Kohler said. \u201cI think she wants to stand on the podium in both jumping events at state and I can\u2019t see anything happening that will keep that from happening.\u201d<\/p>\n
Also earning a first-place individual finish was junior Larissa Umberger, who crossed the line first in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 17.47.<\/p>\n
In the relay events, the Lady Bears 4\u00d7200-meter relay team made up of Kelly Charles, Olivia Wright, Nichole Kibel and Elder captured top honors (1:54.74).<\/p>\n
The Lady Bears 4\u00d7100-meter relay made up of Sierra Schwartz, Umberger, Kibel and Wright also finished 1st (54.15), and sophomore Teegan Hite competed in the 4\u00d7800-meter relay, the 800-meter run, the 1600-meter run and the 3200-meter run.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeegan gave the hardest effort out of anybody,\u201d Kohler said. \u201cShe sacrificed individual times for the good of the team and that is one of the reasons that we won the meet.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the boys\u2019 side, Dolores finished 3rd overall at the San Juan Basin League Championships thanks to several solid individual finishes and two top-placing relays.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe boys did well,\u201d said Kohler. \u201cI knew that there was no chance that the boys would win, but I knew that we would win events and we did.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the Bears individual winners was sophomore Tristan Medina, who placed 1st in the 110-meter hurdles (17.99) and 1st in the 300-meter hurdles (44.47).<\/p>\n
\u201cTristan just blew everybody away,\u201d Kohler said. \u201cHe loves the hurdles and that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the relay events, the Bears 4\u00d7100-meter relay made up of Branden Donaldson, Miceal Ford, Rylan Huff and Trevor Robinson finished 1st overall (46.59).<\/p>\n
The Bears 4\u00d7200-meter relay made up of Guy Wallace, Huff, Robinson and Ford also captured top honors (1:38.66).<\/p>\n
Next up for both Dolores track teams will be the B&B Invitational, which will take place in Aztec, April 24-25.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have done no speed work yet because I wanted to delay it as soon as possible,\u201d said Kohler, when asked about how his teams plan to prepare for upcoming meets. \u201cI wanted to delay (speed work) as long as possible, but now we\u2019re going to start doing it and I expect our times to drop.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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