The Wilsonville girls track and field team had a productive showing at the 2024 state championships last week, led by the standout performances of seniors Avery DeVincenzi and Caroline De La Motte.
DeVincenzi, who has put together a dominant season as a thrower this spring, finished first in the 5A girls shot put, hoisting a toss of 41 feet, ¼ inch to best Eagle Point’s Thianna Deng by nearly three feet at Hayward Field on Saturday, May 18.
“I did really well,” DeVinzenzi said. “I came out and threw 41 (feet), so right off the bat, I had it, and it was just that emotional release. I could just work on myself and work on my positions.”
DeVincenzi, who entered the meet as the top seed in the shot put, also finished second in the discus throw, recording a mark of 124-03 to finish behind only Milwaukie’s Yazmeen Brown.
With DeVincenzi’s two impressive throwing performances, the Wildcats finished second in the team competition with 58.5 total points, 18 of which came from the senior thrower.
“It’s beyond exciting,” DeVincenzi said. “The last meet of the year, to win some points for my team, it’s absolutely incredible.”
Meanwhile, De La Motte took first-place in the triple jump on Friday morning, traveling 37-08 ½ on her final jump to take the crown.
“I knew I wanted to have a big one on my last one; that’s usually my best. I was happy with how I was doing but I definitely wanted something bigger and was able to pop out on the last one, which was good.”
De La Motte also finished second in the long jump, adding eight more team points for the Wildcats.
With their victories in the triple jump and shot put, both De La Motte and DeVincenzi avenged second-place finishes in the same events a season ago.
“I’ve just been building up to this meet all season, and it being my senior season, I’m really glad to come out strong and finish strong,” De La Motte said. “It’s been a really fun season with all my girls and all my coaches, so yeah, it feels great.”
Also contributing heavily to Wilsonville’s second-place finish as a team was freshman Maisy Scanlan, who took fourth in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 15.38 seconds, fifth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 46.78 seconds, and eighth in the high jump with a leap of 4-11 ½.
Meanwhile, senior Kenley Whitaker took sixth in the 100 hurdles, while junior Katelyn Wesse took fourth in the pole vault, clearing 10-06 ¼.
Senior Helena Tyberg rounded-out point contributors for the Wildcats, finishing sixth in the shot put behind DeVincenzi with a toss for 36-09 ½.
On the boys side, Wilsonville finished 20th as a group, as sophomore Liam Wilde ran a personal-best 3:59.66 to take sixth in the 1500, and 8:52.95 to take seventh in the 3000.
Additionally, junior Carter Christiansen finished fourth in the high jump, clearing 6-02 ¼ to add five team points for the Wildcats.
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