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It’s Day 2 of the Colorado high school state track and field meet at Jeffco Stadium in Lakewood. The Denver Post is there throughout the weekend providing live coverage. Refresh this page for the latest updates and results. Thursday headlines Colorado state track meet primer: Storylines, returning champions and what to know ahead of this weekend In tiny Western Slope town of De Beque, Scottie Vines emerges as record-breaking high jumper Friday headlines In 25th year of Special Olympic/Paralympic races at state track, events are “one of the greatest things we do here” Overland’s Jarrius Ward breaks Class 5A state meet record in epic discus duel Broomfield senior Lilly Nichols sets a new Colorado standard in the field pole vault Colorado state track meet, Day 1: Results from Jeffco Stadium Updates  Double winner (9:37 a.m.): Two days, two state titles for Konner Rowden-Stum, the Genoa-Hugo/Karval senior who now has won the 1A boys triple jump and long jump.

DALLAS — If anyone turned off the television midway through Game 4 and avoided the events of last night, they’d likely assume the Colorado Avalanche’s season was over. It certainly looked bleak, given the news prior to the game Monday night and the Avs’ performance as the Dallas Stars dominated in a way that neither side had.

By DOUG FERGUSON (AP Golf Writer) LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler was arrested Friday morning on his way to the PGA Championship, with stunning images showing him handcuffed as he was taken to jail for not following police orders during a pedestrian fatality investigation. In a span of four hours, the top-ranked golfer in the world was arrested wearing gym shorts and a T-shirt, dressed in an orange jail shirt for his mug shot, returned to Valhalla Golf Club in golf clothes and made his 10:08 a.m.

There is no elasticity left. Hyperbole exists. The Nuggets stand with their toes dangling over the edge of the cliff, a view never required during last year’s championship run. They have reached Game 7 in the Western Conference semifinals. Let’s call this series what it is with no historical perspective required: a clumsy mess of brilliance and blowouts. Everything screams that the Nuggets should be concerned.

LAKEWOOD — When Broomfield senior Lilly Nichols first cleared the 13 foot, 7 inch pole vault bar at the state track and field championships on Thursday afternoon, she had already won her third Class 5A crown and set a personal record. Then she kept going. Nichols decided to go for the all-Colorado girls record of 13-9, which Andrea Willis set in 2016.

LAKEWOOD — Lochlan Walker was still winded and hunched over from his 100-meter dash when his mom, Paige, mobbed him with the news of his personal record time of 12.48 seconds. They smiled simultaneously and shared a moment they won’t soon forget as Walker, a Fairview High School senior, notched the fastest time for a Special Olympic/Paralympic athlete on Thursday afternoon at the 2024 CHSAA state track and field meet at Jeffco Stadium. About an hour later, Walker also recorded the best Special Olympic/Paralympic time in the 200 meters, at 25.92.