Sometimes, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Anyone looking for a reprieve from the domination of Grand County in 2A boys track and field in Utah had best start looking for another year. Grand County figures to be back, and maybe in an even stronger position than this year.
Manti, Richfield, and Parowan all figure to be fielding solid teams, but each have some catching up to do--at least on paper--to the Grand County machine.
Here's what a virtual meet of returning members of this year's teams looks like for next year:
2011 UT HS M Outdoor Track Team Scores (Returners Only)
Calculated as of June 13, 2012
These rankings were calculated by scoring the rankings as a meet. We took the individual rankings only and scored them as a normal meet: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1.
Athletes whose graduation years are unknown were left out of the list.
| 1. | Grand County | 95 |
| Andy Bathemess (300H 10 = 10) | ||
| Jacob Francis (1600m 8 + 3200m 8 + 800m 5 = 21) | ||
| Kevin Ballard (110H 4 + D 8 + LJ 2 + S 4 = 18) | ||
| Spencer Smith (D 1 + S 8 = 9) | ||
| Tyler Hugentobler (800m 2 = 2) | ||
| Tyler Rockwell (D 6 = 6) | ||
| Wesley Rodda (100m 8 + 200m 10 + LJ 10 = 28) | ||
| Zak Hazlett (400m 1 = 1) | ||
| 2. | Manti | 56.67 |
| Austin Jackson (400m 5 = 5) | ||
| Chris Lauti (D 2 + S 2 = 4) | ||
| Christian Boorman (D 10 + S 10 = 20) | ||
| Jason Cole (HJ 6.33 = 6.33) | ||
| Joe Creery (HJ 6.33 + J 1 + LJ 5 = 12.33) | ||
| Nathan Adair (D 5 = 5) | ||
| Taylor Coburn (J 4 = 4) | ||
| 3. | Richfield | 56 |
| Brenan Thomas (HJ 10 = 10) | ||
| Burton Griffin (800m 8 + J 3 = 11) | ||
| Caleb Monsen (3200m 2 = 2) | ||
| Colton Brown (LJ 3 = 3) | ||
| Colton Kessler (100m 1 = 1) | ||
| Derrick Sorensen (100m 2 = 2) | ||
| Jazz Peppelaar (100m 6 + 200m 5 = 11) | ||
| Micah Mason (200m 4 + 400m 8 = 12) | ||
| Tyrone Hinck (300H 4 = 4) | ||
| 4. | Parowan | 51 |
| Ammon Blauer (1600m 10 + 3200m 6 + 400m 10 + 800m 10 = 36) | ||
| Garrett Robinson (110H 3 = 3) | ||
| Jaylund Hammonds (400m 2 = 2) | ||
| Sean Halterman (PV 10 = 10) | ||
| 5. | Enterprise | 45 |
| Brett Schill (D 3 + J 2 + S 1 = 6) | ||
| Dustin Delahoussaye (LJ 8 = 8) | ||
| Kendrick Stahelil (1600m 4 + 800m 1 = 5) | ||
| Sage Palmer (100m 10 + 200m 8 + J 8 = 26) | ||
| 6. | Emery | 37 |
| Brandon McCandles (S 3 = 3) | ||
| Brendon Jorgensen (110H 6 + 300H 8 + LJ 4 = 18) | ||
| Lucas Vanskyhawk (J 5 = 5) | ||
| Scott Jackson (100m 3 + 200m 1 + 400m 4 = 8) | ||
| Tyler Rowley (110H 1 + 300H 2 = 3) | ||
| 7. | San Juan | 28 |
| Ammon Mitchell (110H 10 + 300H 3 + LJ 6 = 19) | ||
| Eli Beck (HJ 3 = 3) | ||
| Jade Grover (1600m 1 + 3200m 5 = 6) | ||
| 7. | Kanab | 28 |
| Jared Southwick (110H 5 = 5) | ||
| Josh Urianza (LJ 1 = 1) | ||
| Tyler Glover (110H 8 = 8) | ||
| Yanni Gallagher (1600m 6 + 3200m 4 + 800m 4 = 14) | ||
| 9. | North Summit | 22 |
| Donovan Robertson (200m 2 + 400m 6 + PV 8 = 16) | ||
| Frank Buchanan (S 5 = 5) | ||
| Ryan Hicks (300H 1 = 1) | ||
| 10. | Rowland Hall-St. Marks | 20 |
| Andy Gilbert (1600m 2 + 800m 6 = 8) | ||
| Cameron Galt (400m 3 = 3) | ||
| John Gilbert (1600m 3 + 800m 3 = 6) | ||
| Ryan Westermann (3200m 3 = 3) | ||
| 11. | Millard | 19 |
| Dallin Shields (HJ 4 = 4) | ||
| Easton Richardson (1600m 5 + 3200m 10 = 15) | ||
| 12. | Gunnison Valley | 17 |
| Colton Caldwell (J 10 = 10) | ||
| Kaelob Miller (110H 2 + 300H 5 = 7) | ||
| 12. | Wasatch Academy | 17 |
| Justin Kwon (100m 5 + 200m 6 + 300H 6 = 17) | ||
| 14. | South Summit | 13.33 |
| Keyton Gines (100m 4 + 200m 3 = 7) | ||
| Taylor Anderton (HJ 6.33 = 6.33) | ||
| 15. | South Sevier | 10 |
| Joey Leavitt (D 4 + S 6 = 10) | ||
| 16. | Beaver | 6 |
| Kendell White (J 6 = 6) | ||
| 17. | American Leadership Academy | 1 |
| Kyle Gowers (3200m 1 = 1) |