LAKEWOOD – Mackinzy Wall’s first discus throw was the only one she required to earn her state championship. But she never relented en route to her first title.
The Manitou Springs senior won the 3A girls’ discus with a throw of 147 feet, 9 inches Thursday at Jeffco Stadium to break The Classical Academy’s Hannah Carr’s 12-year-old 3A state meet record of 143-9 set in 2014.
“Last year I finished in second and this year I’m thankful for first,” Wall said. “It feels nice. It feels like I’ve earned it and I’ve worked hard for it. It feels nice to come out here and get first place and do what I hoped to do.”
Wall was the runner-up in 2025 at 139 feet – a mark that would have secure this year’s title – and had a final distance of less than 140 feet just five times this year. That includes her final mark of 134-7, which was more than 10 feet better than second place’s Riley Watson of Peak to Peak.
Eaton’s Delaney Reuter enjoyed a similar streak of dominance as the 3,200 meter runner won the race at 10 minutes, 41.95 seconds. Reuter was the only competitor in the field of 18 to run sub-11 and nearly set a state record.
Reuter’s time fell nearly three seconds shy of Liberty Common’s Isabel Allori’s 10:39.03 record from 2024. Reuter finished first each time she ran the event in Colorado this year.
In the triple jump, University’s Ruby Naber’s mark of 39-7.75 helped her win the event by nearly three feet and almost gave the junior the state record. Naber fell .75 inches shy of tying Berthoud graduate Courtney Mills’ record of 39-8.5 set in 2012.
The Classical Academy’s 4x800 relay (Jana Yuschalk, Stella Briggeman, Joy Ahnfeldt and Vivian Jack) collected back-to-back championships and finished the race in 9:31.76. Jack took the baton in second place and TCA trailed by just two seconds after the final handoff.
After a sprint to pull ahead of Berthoud, which briefly led following the last exchange, Jack maintained the lead and helped the Titans cruise to the victory.
“My coaches have prepared me well,” Jack said. “We’ve done tons of workouts and simulations where there’s someone ahead of us and we have to go get them. I think the preparation they’ve given us has helped me mentally comprehend that and go after it.”
Platte Valley’s Lilly Rodriguez collected a championship in the pole vault and did so with ease. Rodriguez finished at 11-feet even to win the event.
No other competitor vaulted higher than 10-5 and just three athletes, including Rodriguez, cleared 10 feet. Rodriguez attempted 11-3, but missed on her three chances at the height.