Several local athletes competed at the Colorado Track and Field Championships in the Class 3A division, held May 15-17 at JeffCo Stadium in Lakewood, to conclude the 2025 season.
A pair of Basalt High School athletes made the podium, including senior Jared Tannenbaum, who took third place in the 300-meter hurdles on the final day of competition.
It was sweet redemption for Tannenbaum who, as a junior, broke his arm when he fell in his preliminary heat of the hurdles event at state and was unable to proceed.
This year, after missing the finals in the 110-meter hurdles on Thursday, he rebounded to run 40.72 seconds in Friday’s prelim of the 300 hurdles. Saturday afternoon, he went 39.38 seconds (a new personal best) in the finals to bring home the bronze.
“It’s a good feeling, especially since last year not making anything and breaking my arm,” Tannenbaum said as he soaked it all in one last time on the infield after his race. “Just getting back here was a big step, so it was good to finish my senior year off strong.”
Also collecting bronze was Longhorns junior Towler Scott in Friday’s 3,200-meter run final. A strong headwind on the backstretch that day made for a tactical approach.
“I kind of just wanted to bring it out slow on those first two laps and stay at the back of the pack and let the others do the work and key off them,” Scott said after the race.
After the first four laps, he began to make his move, eventually pushing up to the lead pack and settling into chase pace.
Then it was go time.
“With two laps left [Alamosa freshman Ethan Clark] took off, and I tried to go with him,” Scott said. “I got passed on the last lap [by Berthoud senior Scott Clark], but it still felt pretty good to finish third.”
His time of 9:49.75 ended up being a personal best. On Saturday, Scott placed 15th in the 1,600 meters with a time of 4:37.74.
Carbondale’s Roaring Fork High School was represented by senior Isabella Moon, who moved up a few spots from her qualifying position to finish 13th (four spots off the podium) in the 800 meters on Friday in a 2:27.91.
Moon was joined on Thursday by junior Caroline Cole, sophomore Sadie Silcox and freshman Kinley Richmond in the 4×800 relay (17th, 10:41.09).
Rams junior Nikki Tardif finished 11th in the 300-meter hurdles on Friday in 48.94 seconds.
Also competing for Basalt at the state track meet were:
Junior Addison Raymond in the 1,600 meters (13th, 5:29.56); junior Sidney Barill in the triple jump (16th, 32 feet-0.75 inches); and, for the boys, senior Lorenzo Salazar Tedin in the 110 hurdles (10th, 15.99) and 300 hurdles (10th, 41.06), and three relay teams — 4×400 (14th, 3:31.58), 4×200 (17th, 1:38.38) and 4×800 (18th, 9:12.63).
