Barbara Lawlor, Nederland.  The small but mighty Nederland High School Track team competed in the Northern/Tri-Valley/Mile High League Championship in Longmont last weekend and Ned runners have won a ticket to the state meet May 18-19 at the Jefferson County Stadium.

The team has worked hard all season gaining personal bests and earning points that qualify the runners for the state competition.

Individual places and times:

800-meter: 49. Scout Edmondson 2:16.39; 43. Adam Figgins 2:13.92

1600-meter run: 44. Scout Edmondson, 5:06.02; 52. Adam Figgins 5:24.18; 58. Hakan Chunton, 6:35.88.

200-meter: 32. Elysia Nitsh, 28:70

400-meter: 26. Sarah Davidson.1:06. 48; 35. Alex Sorokach, 1:09.63.

800-meter: 16. Helen Cross, 2:29.48;

42. Alex Sorokach, 2:50.83;

51. Meagan Figgins. 2:58.83

1600-meter: 11. Sarah Davidson 5:28.81;19. Helen Cross 5:45.75

300-meter hurdles: 36. Elysia Nitsch 56:26

State track and field qualifiers from Nederland.

Sarah Davidson and Helen Cross qualified in the 800, 1600, and 3200

Sarah Davidson, Helen Cross, Meg Feeley, and Alex Sorokach qualified in the 4x800 relay

(Originally published in the May 10, 2018, print edition of The Mountain-Ear.)