Bulldog 4x100 relay brings home title and sets new school record

One state championship title and 16 other top-10 finishes is an impressive finish to the Haxtun Bulldog's 2023 track season. The track team competed in the Colorado State Track meet May 18-20 at Jefferson County Stadium in Lakewood.

The boys four-by-100 meter relay team made up of Ryland Wolff, Kyle Fryrear, Michael Gerk and Grant Statz took first place at the Colorado 1A State Track meet on Saturday, earning a State Championship medal while also setting a new school record with a time of 44 seconds. The previous record, set earlier this season with a team of Wolff, Gerk, Fryrear and Josh Wright, was 44.41.

The State Championship title in the four-by-100 relay is the second for Gerk and Fryrear; the two were a part of a team who finished in first place in 2021. That team also included Owen Knode and Isaac Andersen.

Other placings from the 2023 Colorado State Track Meet are as follows:

Girls

100-meter hurdles: Kayti Williams, ninth, 18.11.

Four-by-200-meter relay team: ninth, 1:55.89.

Four-by-800-meter relay team: ninth, 11:23.74.

High jump: Jayleigh Bullard, fourth, four feet, 11 inches.

Discus: Cassidy Goddard, second, 129 feet, eight inches; Reagan Jones, eighth, 102 feet, 11 inches.

Shot put: Goddard, eighth, 32 feet, 10 inches.

Boys

100-meter dash: Fryrear, fourth, 11.43; Wolff, fifth, 11.44; Wright, seventh, 11.54.

200-meter dash: Fryrear, eighth, 23.64; Wolff, ninth, 23.66.

400-meter dash: Wright, sixth, 52.12.

3,200-meter run: Corbin Andersen, 12th, 12.03.71.

Four-by-100-meter relay team: first, 44.00.

Four-by-200-meter relay team: 10th, 1:43.02.

Four-by-400-meter relay team: fifth, 3:43.89.

Triple jump: Wright, eighth, 38 feet, 10.75 inches.