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PROVO — American Fork's boys and girls track and field teams practice and perform like one giant squad of athletes at the Utah County school that has become a power in the sport.
So when the Cavemen joined together for a big, combined "victory lap" after the 6A state meet at BYU's Robison complex, it wasn't surprised.
For some, though, the hardware they brought in tow might have been. Both of them.
Cael Flinders and Kaden Fairbanks took two of the top-three spots in the 400 meters, and the Cavemen used their depth to rise to the top of 6A boys track and field, upending Corner Canyon's four-year run as the top team in the state's highest classification.
Perhaps less surprising was the American Fork girls team, which won a second straight 6A title under head coach Brett Myrup, who the Cavemen drenched with an ice bath after their celebratory victory lap.
"We train them as one team," Myrup said. "We're all working together — boys, girls — doing the same thing. Since I took over, that's been a big emphasis. We all wear the same uniform, we are all the same team, helping each other out, boys or girls. It's been awesome."
A veritable cross country powerhouse, the Cavemen boys program added a number of field events and mid-distance strengths like Flinders and Fairbanks to overtake the Chargers' bid for a fifth consecutive crown.
Like their boys' team counterparts, the Cavemen girls team used their depth to overcome region rival Lone Peak for their third championship in program history. Cambria Hasler finished runner-up twice to Mountain Ridge star Kinzlee Riddle, who won individuals titles in the 100, 200 and 400.
"Our sprinters just caught up these last couple of years," Myrup said. "It all came together. … We got points everywhere. We got a lot of fifth through eighth-place points to add to it; Lone Peak was that tough."
Corner Canyon's boys were led by David Konan, who won individual titles in the 100, 200 and as part of the 4x100-meter relay to pace 117.5 points. Herriman finished third with 89.50, including a large section from Tayshaun Ogomo's record-setting 800-meter run and a 4x800-meter title run, as well.
Ogomo didn't aim to break a state record that has stood since 2016 when he reeled in Corner Canyon's McKay Wells down the stretch en route to a 1 minute, 49.40-second finish with a blistering kick in the final 200 meters.
Ogomo used a similar strategy last month at the Mount SAC relays, where he hung off the shoulder of the leader for a bit more than the first lap before powering through the final turn and sprinting the final 100 meters to best former Davis standout Logan MacKay's 800-meter record of 1:49.77.
"Coming into this, that was my plan: sit right behind him, see who wants it more with 400 to go and battle down the line," said Ogomoa, a Utah State signee who credited runner-up Wells for responding the way he did on the back stretch and pushing him .17 seconds past the record.
"I don't think I could have ran that without McKay being there; 1:49 is really hard. But the fact he responded to a move every time I made them, and I responded to a move when he made one, I think that's the reason why the state record went down today."
Full results are available at SportTrax.
Class 6A
6A boys individual results
1600m — 1. Jackson Spencer, Herriman, 4:10.46. 2. Ryker Bement, American Fork, 4:11.94. 3. Austin Plewe, American Fork, 4:12.63. 4. Tayshaun Ogomo, Herriman, 4:13.14. 5. Micah Tang, Herriman, 4:14.02. 6. Kaden Evans, American Fork, 4:15.15. 7. Carter Moore, American Fork, 4:15.76. 8. Cooper Tripp, Herriman, 4:16.45.
110m hurdles — 1. Josh Hamblin, Weber, 14.03. 2. Caleb Flint Davis, 14.26. 3. Bradley Floyd, Syracuse, 14.68. 4. Trevor Cox, Layton, 15.26. 5. Blake Ames, Corner Canyon, 15.28. 6. Brenden Peavley, Corner Canyon, 15.34. 7. Carson Howard, Lehi, 15.59. 8. Kyle Greenwood, Farmington, 15.62.
100m — 1. David Konan, Corner Canyon, 10.67. 2. Ryker Robinson, Layton, 10.72. 3. Gavin Hurst, Layton, 10.75. 3. Jerome Myles, Corner Canyon, 10.75. 5. Wyatt Harmer, Syracuse, 10.89. 6. Briggs Parker, Skyridge, 10.92. 7. Chryshaun Lee, Corner Canyon, 10.93. 8. Steven Carlsen, Corner Canyon, 10.94.
400m — 1. Cael Flinders, American Fork, 48.34. 2. Tanner Merrill, Syracuse, 48.47. 3. Kaden Fairbanks, American Fork, 48.48. 4. Liam Lungren, Westlake, 49.41. 5. Zeke Kearney, Herriman, 49.53. 6. Orion Patten, Fremont, 49.58. 7. Kyrik Patch, Lone Peak, 49.87. 8. Slade Parker, Fremont, 49.88.
300m hurdles — 1. Josh Hamblin, Weber, 36.78. 2. Caleb Flint, Davis, 37.16. 3. Brock White, Corner Canyon, 37.61. 4. Blake Ames, Corner Canyon, 37.95. 5. Dejan Richards, Riverton, 37.99. 6. Ryker Miller, American Fork, 38.67. 7. Trevor Cox, Layton, 39.37. 8. Bradley Floyd, Syracuse, 39.50.
800m — 1. Tayshaun Ogomo, Herriman, 1:49.40. 2. McKay Wells, Corner Canyon, 1:49.57. 3. Ryker Bement, American Fork, 1:52.26. 4. Micah Tang, Herriman, 1:52.39. 5. Garrison Johnson, Weber, 1:52.57. 6. Austin Plewe, American Fork, 1:53.66. 7. Jonah Tang, Herriman, 1:54.15. 8. Kaden Evans, American Fork, 1:54.84.
200m — 1. David Konan, Corner Canyon, 21.64. 2. Brock White, Corner Canyon, 21.71. 3. Chryshaun Lee, Corner Canyon, 21.76. 4. Owen McNeel, Lone Peak, 21.89. 5. Kaden Fairbanks, American Fork, 21.92. 6. Cael Flinders, American Fork, 21.93. 7. Wyatt Harmer, Syracuse, 22.16. 8. Briggs Parker, Skyridge, 22.27.
4x100m relay — 1. Corner Canyon, 41.02 (Bryton Brady, Isaiah Morris, Scott Pepper, David Konan). 2. Layton, 41.88. 3. Skyridge, 42.20. 4. Herriman, 42.24. 5. Syracuse, 42.28. 6. American Fork, 42.29. 7. Farmington, 42.71. 8. Bingham, 42.97.
4x400m relay — 1. Herriman (Ryan Snedaker, Tayshaun Ogomo, Jackson Spencer, Zeke Kearney), 3:15.83. 2. Westlake, 3:19.42. 3. Fremont, 3:20.81. 4. Weber, 3:21.44. 5. Lehi, 3:21.48. 6. Layton, 3:21.51. 7. Riverton, 3:23.49. 8. Davis, 3:23.57.
Pole vault — 1. Adam Wightman, Mountain Ridge, 16-1.0. 2. Ryker Miller, American Fork, 15-0.0. 3. Aidan Springer, Corner Canyon, 13-0.0. 4. Bronson Miller, American Fork, 13-0.0. 5. Porter Luthi, Copper Hills, 12-6.0. 6. Matthew Wagoner, Lone Peak, 12-0.0. 7. Joshua Conlin, Davis, 11-6.0. 8. Logan Allen, Farmington, 11-6.0.
High jump — 1. Kamryn Moore, Bingham, 6-6.0. 2. Konley Boyle, Weber, 6-4.0. 3. Ty Baird, Skyridge, 6-4.0. 4. Brandon Crockett, Weber, 6-2.0. 4. Joshua Merrill, American Fork, 6-2.0. 6. Griffin Davis, Layton, 6-2.0. 6. Andy Ramirez, Westlake, 6-2.0. 8. Cooper Ihler, Mountain Ridge, 6-2.0.
Javelin — 1. Ryder Gatten, Mountain Ridge, 191-0.0. 2. Keaton Peery, Copper Hills, 191-0.0. 3. Edward Hutchings, Skyridge, 188-4.0. 4. Trevor Cox, Layton, 174-3.0. 5. Spencer Rice, Westlake, 173-6.0. 6. Sterling Fillmore, Lehi, 165-4.0. 7. Pearce Fowler, Pleasant Grove, 165-3.0. 8. Luke Palmer, Riverton, 161-6.0.
6A girls individual results
1600m — 1. Maya Bybee, Lone Peak, 4e:56.74. 2. Chloe Swain, Riverton, 5:00.96. 3. Paityn Rohatinsky, Lone Peak, 5:01.26. 4. Skye Jensen, American Fork, 5;03.35. 5. Leah Larson, Riverton, 5:04.00. 6. Remy McAdams, Lehi, 5:04.34. 7. Zoey Nilsson, Lone Peak, 5:04.36. 8. Brielle Nilsson, Lone Peak, 5:05.89.
100m hurdles — 1. Sariah Gerald, Westlake, 14.59. 2. Ava Wyatt, Layton, 15.05. 3. Mallory Palmer, Layton, 15.14. 4. Lily Collier, American Fork, 15.51. 5. Ella Edwards, American Fork, 16.06. 6. Addison Wilcox, Copper Hills, 16.11. 7. Aubrey Ostler, Fremont, 16.27. 8. Mercedes Weaver, Bingham, 16.45.
100m — 1. Kinzlee Riddle, Mountain Ridge, 11.70. 2. Cambria Hasler, American Fork, 11.85. 3. Liberty Henstrom, Corner Canyon, 12.00. 4. Layla Valadez, Corner Canyon, 12.20. 5. Sadie Fletcher, Weber, 12.23. 6. Aubree Hardy, Davis, 12.24. 7. Kaela Boden, Syracuse, 12.45. 7. Alice Peterson, Corner Canyon, 12.45.
400m — 1. Kinzlee Riddle, Mountain Ridge, 53.06. 2. Cambria Hasler, American Fork, 55.77. 3. Kaitlyn Durham, Bingham, 57.10. 4. Sienna Holje, Davis, 57.79. 5. Ava Steere, Riverton, 58.44. 6. Mia Taylor, Westlake, 58.65. 7. Paisley Rogers, Riverton, 59.38. 8. Kenna Wong, Corner Canyon, 59.48.
300m hurdles — 1. Addison Wilcox, Copper Hills, 44.40. 2. Sariah Gerald, Westlake, 44.78. 3. Lily Collier, American Fork, 44.99. 4. Lydia Tarbet, Davis, 45.81. 5. Ava Wyatt, Layton, 45.87. 6. Tatum Turner, Lone Peak, 46.25. 7. Alexia Jarvis, Mountain Ridge, 46.36. 8. Ariah Hacker, Syracuse, 46.49.
800m — 1. Leah Larson, Riverton, 2:14.50. 2. Maya Bybee, Lone Peak, 2:15.01. 3. Zoey Nilsson, Lone Peak, 2:15.02. 4. Brecklyn Bugnet, Fremont, 2:15.10. 5. Paityn Rohatinsky, Lone Peak, 2:15.19. 6. Brielle Nilsson, Lone Peak, 2:16.35. 7. Anna Bybee, Lone Peak, 2:17.29. 8. Haley Whitford, American Fork, 2:17.76.
4x100m relay — 1. Corner Canyon, 47.11 (Liberty Henstrom, Sophia Millich, Alice Peterson, Lily Winchester). 2. American Fork, 47.89. 3. Syracuse, 48.97. 4. Mountain Ridge, 49.22. 5. Weber, 49.31. 6. Davis, 49.43. 7. Farmington, 49.51. 8. Bingham, 49.58.
200m — 1. Kinzlee Riddle, Mountain Ridge, 23.66. 2. Liberty Henstrom, Corner Canyon, 24.61. 3. Cambria Hasler, American Fork, 24.75. 4. Aubree Hardy, Davis, 25.07. 5. Alice Peterson, Corner Canyon, 25.27. 6. Sadie Fletcher, Weber, 25.37. 7. Layla Valadez, Corner Canyon, 25.38. 8. Hannah Cluff, American Fork, 25.83.
4x400m relay — 1. Syracse (Kennedy Hadley, Aarianna Pearson, Shelby Lord, Talia Thompson), 3:53.60. 2. Riverton, 3:55.46. 3. Davis, 3:59.67. 4. Lone Peak, 3:59.98. 5. American Fork, 4:00.08. 6. Fremont, 4:01.84. 7. Westlake, 4:03.74. 8. Mountain Ridge, 4:04.24.
Pole Vault — 1. Elizabeth Ekins, Herriman, 12-0.0. 2. Savannah Berbert, Herriman, 11-6.0. 3. Saige Baxter, Farmington, 10-6.0. 4. Mikelle Molen, Corner Canyon, 10-6.0. 5. Sophie Robinson, Layton, 10-0.0. 6. Hazel Jenkins, American Fork, 9-6.0. 7. Pyper Van Leeuwen, Riverton, 9-6.0. 8. Katelyn Price, Syracuse, 9-0.0.
Discus — 1. Burklie Burton, Layton, 145-7.09. 2. Abigail Combs, American Fork, 134-1.0. 3. Princess Faeamani, Layton, 121-2.0. 4. Maddie Wheeler, Syracuse, 119-6.0. 5. Maryanne Carlson, Corner Canyon, 113-1.0. 6. Carly Trujillo, Mountain Ridge, 111-9.0. 7. Abigail Hall, Weber, 107-4.0. 8. Charleigh Hawkins, Fremont, 106-8.0.
