LAKEWOOD -- Addyson Smith spent 365 days fixated on making up a hundredth of a second.

This year, there were cones, Delaney Reuter noted. A set of them, marking the lanes where footsteps should fall at Jeffco Stadium. A gentle warning on this stretch of rubber that saw chaos last year, practically bellowing out in bold plastic lettering: THIS IS WHERE TO CROSS THE CUT-LINE.

Jermaine Stafford can walk the talk. Sprint it, actually.

Emry Schwalm didn't get into distance running until high school. Now she's Division I bound after winning a track-and-field state championship in the 3,200 Thursday.

The dual eye-popping performance was a culmination of a lifetime in the event for Zenobia Witt and a season of breakthroughs for Cameron Bell.