{"id":93899,"date":"2019-05-20T15:45:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T21:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/caden-showalter-shines-as-mancos-track-team-places-2nd-at-state-meet\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T15:45:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-20T21:45:10","slug":"caden-showalter-shines-as-mancos-track-team-places-2nd-at-state-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/caden-showalter-shines-as-mancos-track-team-places-2nd-at-state-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Caden Showalter shines as Mancos track team places 2nd at state meet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=374e7c60-3295-4b50-adf1-b663609d30ac&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1606\" alt=\"Caden Showalter won the discus event at the Colorado State High School Track Field Championships Thursday through Saturday in Lakewood.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Caden Showalter won the discus event at the Colorado State High School Track Field Championships Thursday through Saturday in Lakewood.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Heath Showalter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Stepping into the discus circle at the Colorado State Track and Field Championships in Lakewood, May 16-18, Mancos High School junior Caden Showalter knew that he had a chance to strike gold.<\/p>\n<p>Summoning all of his strength while simultaneously quieting his mind, the powerfully built Showalter then unleashed one of the best throws of his high school career, which soared 161 feet and guaranteed him a state title.<\/p>\n<p>The junior also took top honors in the shot put with a throw of 48 feet, 1\u00bd inches, which was just good enough to beat his brother, freshman Connor Showalter, who finished second in the event with a toss of 47 feet, 4\u00bd inches.<\/p>\n<p>Rallying behind the Showalter brothers\u2019 impressive performances, which also included a third place finish by Connor Showalter in the discus (143 feet, 5 inches), the Mancos boys\u2019 team placed second overall in the team standings behind Class 2A team-champion Lyons High School.<\/p>\n<p>Junior Anthony Medina placed second in the long jump (20 feet, 5 inches), fifth in the triple jump (40 feet, 6 inches) and 14th in the 200-meter dash (23.62), while senior Caden Galloway soared to a third place finish in the high jump (5 feet, 11 inches).<\/p>\n<p>Other top performers for the Mancos boys included junior Breccen Morelli, who placed ninth in the 400-meter dash (52.61), senior Vassar Stephens, who finished 12th in the high jump (5 feet, 7 inches), and freshman Edgar Hernandez, who crossed the line 13th in the 1,600-meter run (4:49.98).<\/p>\n<p>Two Mancos relays also performed admirably as the 4\u00d7100-meter relay made up of Chance Garcia, Chase Moore, Morelli and Medina placed eighth overall (45.71) and the team\u2019s 4\u00d7400-meter relay comprised of Connor Showalter, Stephens, Moore and Morelli finished 12th overall (3:41.48).<\/p>\n<p>While the Mancos girls\u2019 team did not equal their male counterparts in terms of its total number of representatives, sophomore Grace Manning represented the Lady Jays well when she finished sixth in the 800-meter run (2:24.61), eighth in the 1,600-meter run (5:37.09) and 14th in the 400-meter run (1:01.75).<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Manning\u2019s impressive performances, the Mancos girls\u2019 team finished 30th in the team standings for Colorado\u2019s 2A classification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bluejays\u2019 star junior comes through with top finishes in the discus and the shot 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