{"id":2444241,"date":"2019-05-15T23:04:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T05:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/clark-leads-large-group-of-skiers-to-state-track-meet\/"},"modified":"2019-05-15T23:04:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T05:04:00","slug":"kendall-clark-leads-large-group-of-ahs-skiers-to-state-track-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/kendall-clark-leads-large-group-of-ahs-skiers-to-state-track-meet\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Clark leads large group of AHS Skiers to state track meet"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"6.1098265895954\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-305999-465\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Kara Williams\/courtesy | Aspen High School junior Julisa Ruiz-Vega competes in a track and field meet earlier this season.\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"6.05\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen High School junior Julisa Ruiz-Vega competes in a track and field meet earlier this season.\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7.4461538461538\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School junior Julisa Ruiz-Vega competes in a track and field meet earlier this season.<\/strong><br \/>Kara Williams\/courtesy<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/clark-leads-large-group-of-skiers-to-state-track-meet\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times | Aspen High School's Kendall Clark competes in Aspen's home cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\" readability=\"7.1409574468085\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aspen High School's Kendall Clark competes in Aspen's home cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"9.5212765957447\">\n<p><strong>Aspen High School&#8217;s Kendall Clark competes in Aspen&#8217;s home cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. (Photo by Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times).<\/strong><br \/>Austin Colbert\/The Aspen Times<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/aspentimes.mycapture.com\/mycapture\/remoteimage.asp?backtext=Return+to+AspenTimes.com&amp;backurl=https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/clark-leads-large-group-of-skiers-to-state-track-meet\/&amp;image=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1-1.jpg&amp;notes=https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/05\/AHStrack-atd-051619-1-1.jpg\"> Buy Photo<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/clark-leads-large-group-of-skiers-to-state-track-meet\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/clark-leads-large-group-of-skiers-to-state-track-meet\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">A year removed from not having a single qualifier for the state track and field meet, an older, hungrier Aspen High School team made the most of this spring. The Skiers have four individuals and three relay teams set to compete this week at the state meet in Lakewood, a significant step up from 2018.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe\u2019ve definitely taken some steps forward as a program,\u201d AHS track coach James Aldridge said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a year older, a year stronger. They had the makings of it last year, but were just right on the fringe. It\u2019s nice to go down there with a group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The group is led by sophomore Kendall Clark, who will compete in all three relays as well as the 800-meter run. A solid cross-country athlete in the fall and Nordic skier in the winter, Clark enters the 800 \u2014 3A finals are scheduled for 12:50 p.m. Friday \u2014 with the fifth-best seed time (2 minutes, 20.32 seconds). She\u2019s about eight seconds off the pace set by race favorite Lilly Lavier of Alamosa.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cI\u2019m super excited. I definitely couldn\u2019t believe my time when I finished. It didn\u2019t really settle in for a while,\u201d Clark said of her 800 time, which is believed to be a school record. \u201cIt was a PR by four seconds over my last time, so it came as a surprise. But I worked hard, so I\u2019m pretty proud. Really excited to go to state. I don\u2019t really have any goals in state. It will be my first time there. I\u2019m really excited, so I\u2019ll run my hardest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Clark is part of a state-qualified 4\u00d7400-meter relay team that broke the school record earlier this season. They\u2019ll need to step it up another notch in all likelihood to make the finals. The AHS girls also are sending their 4\u00d7800-meter relay team and their 800-meter sprint medley relay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Among Aspen\u2019s biggest surprises this season was the addition of junior Julisa Ruiz-Vega, a first-time track athlete who also plays soccer. She will compete in the 100-meter dash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">While her time of 12.87 seconds ranks in the bottom half of the 18 qualified athletes, it\u2019s still within striking distance of Montezuma-Cortez freshman Avery Wright, who has the best seed time of 12.46 seconds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cWe snuck her from soccer and she ended up being one of the fastest kids in the state,\u201d Aldridge said of Ruiz-Vega.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Aspen is sending one field athlete in junior Paige Quist. She will compete in the shot put, where her mark of 35 feet, 10 inches has her seeded roughly 12th out of 18 qualifiers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The lone male athlete going for Aspen is senior Nicholas Galambos, who set a 13-second personal record in the 1,600-meter run (or mile) at the last meet of the season to qualify. His time of 4:35.64 is seeded 14th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText Tagline\"><a href=\"mailto:acolbert@aspentimes.com\">acolbert@aspentimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/sports\/clark-leads-large-group-of-skiers-to-state-track-meet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aspen High School junior Julisa Ruiz-Vega competes in a track and field meet earlier this season.Kara Williams\/courtesy Buy Photo Aspen High School&#8217;s Kendall Clark competes in Aspen&#8217;s home cross country meet on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. 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