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FIVE QUALIFY FOR STATE
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May 15, 2024
FIVE QUALIFY FOR STATE

Five members of the combined Ouray-Ridgway-Silverton track and field team qualified for the state championships and will be competing in Lakewood at Jeffco Stadium this week.

Vinny Schierenberg will compete in the 400-meter dash and the 4×200 relay. Caleb Crandall will compete in four events – the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and the 4×100 and 4×200 relay races. Roman Sackman will compete in three events – the long jump, 100-meter dash and 4×100 relay. Landen Hill and Jeep Demuth will both compete in the 4×100 and 4×200 relay races.

 

Madalyn Freed competes in the 100 meter run at the Dennis Teeters Invitational Meet in Grand Junction last week. Photo by David Emory

 

Roman Sackman competes in the 100 meter dash during the Dennis Teeters Invitational meet last weekend in Grand Junction. Photo by David Emory

 

Keaton Nelson makes a run for it after Josh Densow-Pope hands off the baton during the 4×100 relay race at the Dennis Teeters Tiger Invitational meet in Grand Junction last weekend. Photo by David Emory

 

Landen Hill completes the handoff to Jeep Demuth during the 4×100 relay race at the Dennis Teeters Tiger Invitational meet in Grand Junction last week. Photo by David Emory

 

Caleb Crandall takes the baton from Vinny Schierenberg in the 4×100 race. Photo by David Emory

 

Karely Ortega throws the discus for the Ouray track and field team during the Dennis Teeters Tiger Invitational meet last weekend in Grand Junction. Photo by David Emory

 

Brooklyn Monahan finishes the 1600-meter race at the Dennis Teeters Tiger Invitational meet last weekend in Grand Junction. Photo by David Emory

Roman Sackman prepares to land in the long jump competition last weekend at the Dennis Teeters Tiger Invitational meet in Grand Junction. Photo by David Emory

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