Oregon City’s Sophia Beckmon continues to set new standards in the long jump.
Beckmon set a new Class 6A record in the long jump after posting a leap of 20 feet, 8 inches at the 2022 Nike Outdoor Nationals on Friday at Hayward Field. Beckmon won the long jump title for the second consecutive year at the event.
Beckmon, who will be a senior in the fall, improved on her recent state record of 20 feet, 1 1/2 inches she registered at the Class 6A state championships in May.
Beckmon was among a number of Oregon high school track and field athletes who competed and performed very well at the event during the weekend.
Lake Oswego’s Mia Brahe-Pedersen won the 200 meters in a time of 23.25 seconds. Lily Jones, a graduate of Roosevelt, finished third with a time 23.80 seconds. Brahe-Pedersen finished second in the 100 meters in a time of 11:36 seconds and Jones was fourth in a time of 11.54 seconds.
Lake Oswego’s Kate Peters won the two-mile event in a time of nine minutes, 51.48 seconds. Charlotte Richman, a graduate of Wells, finished second in the 5,000 meters in a time of 16:46.45 and Franklin’s Kaiya Robertson finished third in one mile with a time of 4:47.33.
Oregon City’s Harley Daniel finished second in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.05 seconds, the second-fastest time in Oregon girls prep history.
Brahe-Pedersen helped the Lake Oswego 4×100-meter relay team (Quinn Greene, Josie Donelson, Dakota Webb-Hawkins) to a second-place finish with a time of 43.37 seconds. The Mondo Track Club (Barrett Justema, Teaghan Knox, Claire McDonald, Magdalene Williams) finished third in the 4×800-meter relay in a time of 9:06.57.
Kyreese Hollands, a graduate of Central Catholic, finished third in the javelin with a throw of 152 feet, seven inches. Cascades’ Emma Gates was second in the high jump at five feet, 10 1/2 inches.
On the boys side, Benjamin Balazs, who graduated from Sunset, finished first in the 2,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 5:47.14.
Nolan Malcomson, who graduated from Wells, finished second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 52.47 seconds. Milwaukie’s Logan Law was second in the 5,000 meters in the time of 14:34.29 while Franklin’s Charlie North finished third in the two-mile in a time of 8:54.86.
The Forest Park Track Club’s 4xMile relay team of Finn Chamberlain, Henry Alexander, Tucker Bowerfind and Aiden Smith finished first with a time of 17:36.02. The Tualatin Track Club’s 4×200 relay team of Noah Ogoli, Marcus Ludes, Alex Smith and Joshua Tedlock finished third in a time of 1:30.15.
Hermiston’s Caden Hottman finished second in the hammer throw with a toss 204 feet, nine 3/4 inches.