(Tim Bourke/TimBourke.com)
CHICAGO — Mountain Vista’s Harrison Witt is no stranger to making history this year, and now he is making a little more.
On Thursday, the recently graduated Golden Eagle became the first Gatorade Colorado boys track & field player of the year to be chosen from Mountain Vista.
“For Harrison, the team always comes first and his individual goals come second,” Mountain Vista coach Jonathan Dalby said. “His ability to relate, connect, and inspire everyone else around him is remarkable.”
The 6-2, 155-pound senior set a state record of 4:04.36 in his title-winning 1600-meter run at the Class 5A state meet this past season. The clocking ranked as the nation’s fourth-best performance among 2021 prep competitors. It also broke his own record of 4:05.18 set earlier in the season.
Witt also broke the tape in the 800 at the state meet with a meet-record time of 1:48.75. His personal-best clocking of 1:48.50 in the 800 this season eclipsed another state record and ranked No. 2 nationally.
President of his class, Witt has participated in service mission trips to Guatemala and Cuba and has volunteered locally on behalf of the Make-a-Wish Foundation as well as the Forever Home Foundation, which helps elderly community members stay in their homes.
Witt has maintained a weighted 4.34 GPA in the classroom. He will attend Princeton University this fall, where he will compete in track and field.
He joins recent Gatorade Colorado boys track & field players of the year Cole Sprout (2019-20, 2018-19, & 2017-18, Valor Christian), and Isaac Green (2016-17, Monarch), among the state’s list of former award winners.