Prep athletes put on quite a show Friday and Saturday as the OSAA 6A, 5A, 4A Track and Field State Championship Meet was held at Hayward Field. Junior Hayley Crouser of Gresham, one of the nation’s top track and field athletes, placed first in the 100 meter hurdles, javelin and shot put. Senior Garrett Snow of Eagle Point threw 205-8 to set a new meet record for 5A men’s javelin. Sophomore Paige Rice of St. Mary’s Academy ran the 3000 meter race in 9 minutes, 49.77 seconds, easily taking first place and running the eleventh fastest time in state history. With the 2012 track and field season coming to an end for high school athletes, work on Hayward Field will continue to morph it into the location of the 2012 US Olympic Trials.
Senior Nykell Hunter of Madison launches off the starting blocks in the preliminaries of the men’s 4×400 meter relay. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Isareal Inge of Aloha takes off running in the preliminaries of the 6A men’s 4×100 meter relay. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Joe Delgado of Ontario reacts after taking first place in the 4A men’s 300 meter hurdles. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Male athletes running in the 4×400 meter relay hand off the baton while a track official directs runners off the track after the exchange. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Gresham’s Haley Crouser, one of the United State’s top-ranking track and field athletes competes in the women’s 100 meter hurdles. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Schuller Rettig of Madison, after finishing in 8th place of the men’s 300 meter hurdles, collapses to the ground in pain after injuring himself on a hurdle. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Kylie Durant of Mazama sprints down the straight-away after completing a hand-off in finals of the women’s 4×100 meter relay. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Isareal Inge of Aloha prepares himself for the 6A men’s 4×400 meter relay. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A Westview Wildcat lands in the sand pit while competing in the 6A men’s long jump. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Madi Greenleaf of Lakeridge collapses to the ground after taking second in the 6A women’s 300 meter hurdles. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
A St. Mary’s Academy Blue sprints in the finals of the 6A women’s 400 meter dash. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
Joe Delgado of Ontario runs in the finals of the 4A men’s 110 meter hurdles. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
The Corvallis 4×400 meter relay team celebrates after placing 1st in the finals of the 4A 4×400 meter relay. (Nate Barrett/Oregon Daily Emerald)
