Dakota Ridge Boys Crush Jeffco League Cross Country Championship

LITTLETON, CO — By Dennis Pleuss for CHSAANow.com/JeffCo. There is good chance the Class 5A boys cross country individual and team titles will be won by the Jeffco League in a couple of weeks in Colorado Springs.

Valor Christian junior Cole Sprout has been only building on his reputation after a remarkable sophomore campaign. Sprout grabbed the Class 4A boys cross country individual state, along with the 3,200 and 1,600 titles at the state track meet last spring. His success continued Thursday afternoon by winning the 5A boys race at the Jeffco League cross country championships.

“The focus was just to win it,” said Sprout, who won in a time of 15 minutes, 13 seconds at Clement Park in Littleton. “I was really happy with my time. It was a decent time on a pretty wet and muddy course.”

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Images: 1) Dakota Ridge junior Connor Ohlson crosses the finish line in third place of the Class 5A Jeffco League championships boys race Thursday. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics). 2) Dakota Ridge senior Austin Vancil helped lead the Eagles to the Class 5A Jeffco League team title Thursday at Clement Park. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics). 3) Green Mountain sophomore Grahm Tuohy-Gaydos won the Class 4A Jeffco League boys individual title. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics). 4) Wheat Ridge senior Tiya Chamberlin repeated as the Class 4A Jeffco League girls individual champion. (Dennis Pleuss/Jeffco Athletics).