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PROVO — Herriman and Lone Peak’s 400-meter relay squads finished with identical times of 41.94 seconds in a pair of preliminary heats before Saturday’s finals at the Class 5A state boys track meet at BYU.
A win, then, would come down to the little things.
Just as Mustang senior Jake Jutkins expected.
Herriman’s team of Dylan Casady, Dallin Tycksen, Jordan Marr and Jutkins ran a 41.86 in the final to edge Lone Peak’s 42.23 in the finals to clinch a gold medal at Clarence Robison Track in Provo.
“In the prelims, Lone Peak tied us with 41.94, so we knew they would be right there with us,” Jutkins said. “It was all something we expected.
“We thought it would come down to a lean, to be honest.”
Herriman won its second-straight 400-meter relay at the state meet, a fitting way to send Southern Utah track signee Jutkins out of his senior year.
“This was a big 10 points for us,” he said, “and a repeat state championship — it’s pretty cool, for sure.”
Herriman (92 points) finished second behind state champion Davis’ 126.6 points, and American Fork (81), Lone Peak (75) and Syracuse (64) rounded out the top five.
Lone Peak's Jackson McChesney unofficially runs a 10.99 in the 5A 100-meter final. pic.twitter.com/6qUnEpDGGe
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The Mustangs won the Class 5A girls track and field title with 88.5 points, followed by Davis (87), Syracuse (67), Lone Peak (63) and Bingham (63).
“We struggled a little bit. We didn’t run our best time, and we thought we could get away with it,” said Lone Peak’s Jackson McChesney. “But Herriman pulled out a great time, and it’s hard to beat a team running that well.”
McChesney had his own moment less than an hour previous. The junior BYU football commit edged out Stanford football signee Simi Fehoko by .12 of a second in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 10.99.
McChesney won by a lean at the line, but mentioned he clinched the win at the starting line with his push out of the blocks.
“My game plan was just to fire out of the blocks as fast as I could,” McChesney said. “I knew if I could get out the quickest, I could probably maintain it. And that’s just what I did.”
Fehoko made up ground in the final 50 meters to nearly overtake McChesney before finishing his prolific high school athletic career with a silver medal.
Class 5A boys
Davis 126; Herriman 92; American Fork 81; Lone Peak 75; Syracuse 64; Viewmont 42; Riverton 33.5; Bingham 26; Layton 22; Brighton 18.
Class 5A Girls
Herriman 88.5; Davis 87; Syracuse 67; Lone Peak 63; Bingham 63; Mountain Crest 34; Sky View 32; American Fork 28; West 23; Lehi 22.
Class 4A Girls
Orem 71; Box Elder 54; Springville 54; Ogden 52; Olympus 51; Timpanogos 44.5; Maple Mountain 40; Salem Hills 39; Provo 38; Mountain View 25.
Class 4A boys
Orem 77; Timpanogos 58; Bountiful 54; Salem Hills 42; Springville 41; Maple Mountain 41; Olympus 38; Ogden 38; Spanish Fork 29; Mountain View 27.
Class 3A girls
Cedar 135; Desert Hills 109; Stansbury 61; Dixie 49; Richfield 47; Park City 34; Union 26; Logan 22; Canyon View 19; Carbon 18.
Class 3A boys
Desert Hills 127; Juab 68; Cedar 48; Richfield 46; Logan 42; Snow Canyon 40; Canyon View 37.5; Morgan 34; Stansbury 34; Pine View 29.
Class 2A girls
North Summit 142; Delta 91; North Sevier 60; Millard 52; Enterprise 42; Gunnison Valley 33; American Leadership 29; Manti 26.5; South Sevier 26; Grand County 26; Kanab 22.
Class 2A boys
North Summit 101; Delta 96; South Summit 80; Millard 58; Beaver 51; Manti 48; Summit Academy 34; Enterprise 26; Emery 26; San Juan 23.
Class 1A girls
Panguitch 158; Parowan 71.5; Rich 54; Altamont 47; Duchesne 44; Wayne 40.5; Milford 38; Saint Joseph 36; West Ridge 33; Tintic 30.
Class 1A boys
Monticello 85; Duchesne 83; Panguitch 78; Parowan 76; Valley 51; Saint Joseph 39; Tabiona 31; Whitehorse 30; Wayne 24; Escalante 21.
Fehoko will report to Stanford after serving a two-year LDS Church mission in Seoul, South Korea, beginning in June. The former Bengal wide receiver leaves high school as the state’s all-time leader in receiving yards, and looked around as he saw football rivals in McChesney, Jutkins, Herriman’s Jordan Marr and Brighton teammate James Debow in the 100 final.
“All of the guys in there are all great athletes,” Fehoko said. “We’ve all been working and training against each other in football and all the other sports. It’s great to get out here, run against them and compete against the best. This really is the best, the fastest in the state.”
