Local standouts punch their tickets to state at Pacific Conference Track & Field Championships
Published 6:45 am Tuesday, May 27, 2025
- Liberty's Kaliyah Chronister competes in the 100 hurdles at the Elden Kellar Invitational earlier this spring. Chronister won the 300 hurdles and qualified for state in the long jump and 4x100 relay at last week's Pacific Conference Track & Field Championships. (Photo by Wade Evanson/News Times)
Below are the team scores and all the qualifiers for this week’s state track & field championships from the Pacific Conference Track & Field Championships held on May 21 & 23, at George Fox University in Newberg.
Boys
Team Scores: Newberg 141, Sherwood 131, McMinnville 117, Glencoe 90, Forest Grove 78, Century 54, Liberty 49.
100 Meters
1. 11 Kason Elkins 11.05a (0.0)
McMinnville
2. 12 Aidan Cvitkovich 11.38a (0.0)
Sherwood
200 Meters
1. 12 Andrew Waletich 22.14a (0.3)SR
Sherwood
2. 11 Kason Elkins 22.25a (0.3)PR
McMinnville
400 Meters
1. 12 Andrew Waletich 48.57a
Sherwood
2. 11 Mekhi Perry 49.31aPR
Liberty
3. 11 Hunter Bakke 49.69aPR
Glencoe
4. 11 Jayden Johnson 49.97aPR
Liberty
800 Meters
1. 12 Gustav Blank 1:54.82aPR
McMinnville
2. 12 Riley BROWN 1:57.43aPR
Forest Grove
1500 Meters
1. 12 Dylan Weniger 3:55.19a
Sherwood
2. 12 Gustav Blank 3:56.45a
McMinnville
3. 12 Sawyer Marquis 3:57.07aPR
Forest Grove
3000 Meters
1. 12 Dylan Weniger 8:14.39aPR
Sherwood
2. 12 Sawyer Marquis 8:15.18aPR
Forest Grove
3. 12 Ethan Krieger 8:35.94aPR
Forest Grove
110 Hurdles
1. 12 Dax Duggan 15.04a (0.1)PR
Newberg
2. 11 Brian Lewis 15.25a (0.1)PR
McMinnville
3. 12 Neo Hintz 15.40a (0.1)
Century
300 Hurdles
1. 12 Dax Duggan 39.45a
Newberg
2. 11 Benjamin Bondurant 40.29aPR
Newberg
4×100 Relay
1.
Sherwood
Andrew Waletich
Layton Walter
Jayden Wright
Wilson Medina
43.04a
2.
Liberty
Ryder Laureano
Jayden Johnson
James Aboagye
Mekhi Perry
43.77
4×400 Relay
1.
Liberty
James Aboagye
Aiden Donis
Jayden Johnson
Mekhi Perry
2.
Sherwood
Layton Walter
Blake Dunn
Jayden Wright
Andrew Waletich
3:24.85
3.
Newberg
Ethan Parmer
Benjamin Bondurant
Leo Keelan
Dax Duggan
3:25.02
Shot Put – 12lb Varsity – Finals
1. 10 Dennis Odom 15.25m
Forest Grove
2. 10 Brett Lee 14.59m
Glencoe
Discus – 1.6kg Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Alex Keleher 44.65m
McMinnville
2. 10 Brett Lee 44.41m
Glencoe
3. 10 Dennis Odom 43.94mPR
Forest Grove
Javelin – 800g Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Gracen Sandoz 56.71mPR
Newberg
2. 12 Colin Wujcik 52.75mPR
Newberg
High Jump Varsity – Finals
1. 11 Benjamin Bondurant 1.89mPR
Newberg
2. 11 Abdii Mohamed 1.86mPR
Century
Pole Vault Varsity – Finals
1. 11 Caleb Lofdahl 4.09m
Newberg
2. 11 Santino Soldani 4.09mPR
Glencoe
3. 12 Wyatt Kuchta 3.94m
McMinnville
Long Jump Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Alex Kubin 6.32mPR
Newberg
2. 11 Samuel Stewart 6.32mPR
Glencoe
Triple Jump Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Islam Muzaffarov 13.28mPR
Century
2. 11 King Mills 12.96mPR
Glencoe
Girls
Team Scores: Sherwood 161.5, McMinnville 150, Newberg 139, Glencoe 79, Liberty 60, Forest Grove 39.5, Century 32.
100 Meters Varsity – Finals
1. 9 Mayeli Wilson 12.58a (-0.6)
McMinnville
2. 12 Gracie Hess 12.85a (-0.6)
Newberg
200 Meters Varsity – Finals
1. 11 Sophia Castaneda 24.63a (0.7)SR
Newberg
2. 9 Mayeli Wilson 26.03a (0.7)
McMinnville
400 Meters Varsity – Finals
1. 11 Sophia Castaneda 54.59a
Newberg
2. 11 Harriet Roberts 57.99a
Liberty
800 Meters Varsity – Finals
Splits
1. 10 Evylee Bugher 2:16.09a
Sherwood
2. 12 Daisy Struk 2:19.57aPR
McMinnville
1500 Meters Varsity – Finals
Splits
1. 10 Evylee Bugher 4:42.36aPR
Sherwood
2. 10 Tyler Thomas 4:45.59aPR
Sherwood
3000 Meters Varsity – Finals
Splits
1. 11 Abigail Wheatley 10:24.66aPR
Newberg
2. 10 Tyler Thomas 10:25.90a
Sherwood
100m Hurdles – 33″ Varsity – Finals
1. 11 Tayah Curry 15.80a (0.0)
McMinnville
2. 11 Mia Phelps 16.01a (0.0)PR
Glencoe
300m Hurdles – 30″ Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Kaliyah Chronister 45.54aPR
Liberty
2. 9 McKinley Howard 46.30aPR
Newberg
3. 11 Mia Phelps 46.89aPR
Glencoe
4×100 Relay
1.
Newberg
Gracie Hess
Mary McLearn
Emma Nelson
Sophia Castaneda
49.26
2.
Liberty
Kaliyah Chronister
Ava Decker
Harriet Roberts
Maddie Berger
49.34
4×400 Relay
1.
Newberg
Sophia Castaneda
Sophia Carpenter
McKinley Howard
Gracie Hess
3:56.67
2.
Sherwood
Ally Burnett
Addison Cutsforth
Gentry Vargas
Evylee Bugher
3:57.07
Shot Put – 4kg Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Amira Whitson 10.06m
Sherwood
2. 12 Rachel Lee 9.98mPR
Glencoe
Discus – 1kg Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Rachel Lee 35.74m
Glencoe
2. 11 Olivia Osborn 35.15mPR
Century
Javelin – 600g Varsity – Finals
1. 11 Brooklyn Johnston 38.30mPR
McMinnville
2. 12 Amira Whitson 37.44m
Sherwood
3. 12 Aubrey Case 35.67m
Newberg
High Jump Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Reese Eckard 1.60m
Sherwood
2. 11 Sophia Carpenter 1.57m
Newberg
Pole Vault Varsity – Finals
1. 12 B Genduso 3.66m
Century
2. 12 Kennedy Blanton 3.16m
Forest Grove
Long Jump Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Alison Jensen 5.42mPR
McMinnville
2. 12 Kaliyah Chronister 5.32mPR
Liberty
Triple Jump Varsity – Finals
1. 12 Alison Jensen 10.92m
McMinnville
2. 11 Greta Breninger 10.49m
Newberg