For the top two teams in boys Class 3A, the scores are pretty tight, with Berthoud High School holding onto almost a 14 point lead over The Classical Academy. What will make this state meet interesting for these two teams is both teams are very well-rounded in many of the track and field events, including the hurdles, relays, distance, jumps, and throws. The determining factor may be which individual athletes can place ahead of each other in the head-to-head events. Let's take a closer look.
For both of these teams, they each have top hurdlers with Jayden Michaelis pulling ahead of Marcus May. Michaelis has the top spot in the 110m hurdles and the top spot in the 300m hurdles by a good margin over May. If Berthoud wants to win the state title, they will need Michaelis to follow through with his top rankings.
Currently on the distance side, Berthoud has a slight lead with Scott Clark who is placing well in all of his distance events. They also have Aiden Malherbe and Benjami...