 | By Tony Jones
The Salt Lake Tribune
| First published May 21 2011 09:52PM
Updated May 21, 2011 11:55PM
Provo • Last year’s bold guarantee of winning a 2011 Class 3A state title didn’t jinx the Hurricane boys’ track and field team.
A construction project that robbed the Tigers of a track to practice on this season wasn’t enough to deter Hurricane either. The Tigers simply boarded a bus when they could and rode an hour each way to St. George to get their practice time in.
Surviving adversity paid off for Hurricane on Saturday at the state track and field championships at BYU. By scoring 89.5 points, and holding off Canyon View, the Tigers won their third consecutive state title and celebrated with what had to be one of the slowest victory laps ever.
Cedar, with 116 points, won the Class 3A girls’ title. Hurricane’s mastery, however, proved to be the story of the day.
“It’s sort of becoming a tradition here,” Hurricane coach Boyd Prince said. “Kids know that if they come to Hurricane, they’re most likely going to win a state title. We weren’t supposed to win today. Canyon View was supposed to win by 25 points. But we had some guys step up and we got points where we weren’t supposed to.”
Jordan Prince, Boyd’s son, was a classic exhibit of that. The senior distance runner finished second in the 1,600 meters, when he was seeded fourth. He finished second in the 3,200, and he finished third in the 800 when he was seeded fifth.
That, along with Brian Scott, who won the discus and finished second in the shot put, earned Hurricane more than a few unexpected points coming into Saturday’s finals.
“It’s just a pleasure to see guys step up and perform well,” Boyd Prince said.
Individually, Richfield senior Tyler Sorensen pulled off the rare sprint triple, winning the 100, 200 and 400. Sorensen, before this season, had never run a 400. He improved enough over the season that he peaked when it counted.
“I thought today was going to be a pretty good day,” Sorensen said. “I thought that I had a chance in every event. I did the little things. I took care of my body last night and I was able to perform well today.”
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