Prefontaine Track Club has multiple state champions

The Prefontaine Track Club had several champions in the Oregon Junior Olympics State Championships in Gresham, and several others who advanced to this week’s regional meet.

The state meet was at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham and the regional meet will be at the same site over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

Brynn Blanc won the state title in the girls 8-and-under age group long jump with a personal best leap of 9 feet, 7 ¾ inches. She also was second in the turbo javelin with a new best 28-1 and finished fourth in the 200 meters (37.62). She qualified for the regionals in all three events (the top eight finishers advance).

Kaiicen Turner won the state title in the boys 9-10 100 meters in 14.47 seconds. It’s the second straight year he also won the event.

Turner also tied teammate Logan Vinyard for the title in the long jump, each soaring 12-10 ¾. Vinyard was the winner in the shot put with a new best 22-10.

Turner was sixth in the 400 meters with a new best 1:13.04.

Logan Vinyard also finished second in the high jump, clearing a new best 4-5.

Cooper Vinyard was third in the shot put with a new best 20-9 in the same age group. He also was fourth in the high jump, clearing 4-1 ¼) and sixth in the long jump (11-10 ¼).

Sadie Green won a state title in the girls 11-12 high jump, clearing 4-7, a new best. She also was ninth in the 200 meters with a new best 31.79 and 11th in the long jump with a new best 12-0 ½, though she didn’t advance to regionals in those two events.

Paige Johnson was third in both the high jump (4-3/ ¼) and the 80-meter hurdles (18.14) in the girls 11-12 age group, advancing to regionals. She was 10th in the long jump (12-1).

Gavin simpson was third in the high jump in the 13-14 age group with a new best 5-1. He also was fourth in the pole vault with another new best 7-8 ½. He was 17th in the 100 in 13.66.

Miles Baxter was second in the high jump in the 17-18 age group, clearing 6-0 ¾.

John Parks was champion in the men’s pole vault (17-18), clearing 14-11.

Reagan Krantz nearly got over the bar at 12 feet a couple of times, settling for second place with her clearance of 11-5 ¾.

Several South Coast athletes also advanced to regionals competing as unattached athletes.

Myrtle Point graduate Mason Detzler won the men’s discus with a throw of 168-7 and the shot put with an effort of 53-5 ½.

Myrtle Point teammate Logan Clayburn was seventh in the discus (131-8) while Jerico Jones of Coquille was 13th (120-10). Clayburn was eighth in the shot put (39-7 ¾) and Jones was 11th (37-4 ½).

Coquille graduate Callie Millet won the women’s javelin with a throw of 137-3.

Bandon student Marley Petrey was second in the 400-meter hurdles, a new distance for her, in 1:06.76.