Marshfield hosts big track meet Saturday

Most of the South Coast’s track and field teams will be at Marshfield High School on Saturday for the 22nd annual Prefontaine Rotary Invitational.

The meet runs most of the day and includes top athletes from a number of different schools. Field events begin at 10 a.m. and the first track race is at 11 a.m.

The meet includes 28 schools from across five of the six classifications in Oregon and three northern California schools — Arcata, Del Norte, Eureka and McKinleyville.

South Coast teams in the meet are Bandon, Coquille, Brookings-Harbor, Gold Beach, North Bend, Myrtle Point, Pacific, Siuslaw and host Marshfield.

Athletes ranked among the top in their events in Oregon include Marshfield’s Bodey Lutes in the 200 and 400 and John Parks in the pole vault, Myrtle Point’s Mason Detzler in the shot put and discus, Brayden Decker of Phoenix in the high jump, Bandon’s Caitlyn Michalek and Coquille’s Callie Millet in the javelin and North Bend’s Abby Woodruff and Coquille’s Millet and Reagan Krantz in the pole vault.

Other boys who lead their classifications in events include Marshfield’s Jaxson Stovall (1,500), Crook County’s Elijah Oelkers (high hurdles), Crook County’s 4x100 relay, Marshfield’s 4x400 relay team, South Umpqua’s Emori Pauli (300 hurdles), Siuslaw’s 4x100 relay, Siuslaw’s Will Johnson and Justin Allen (pole vault), and Gold Beach’s Korben Storns (shot put and discus).

Other girls who lead their classifications include Coquille’s Holli Vigue (discus) and Melanie Lambson (long jump), South Umpqua’s Lilly Rohm (high jump), Emma Johnston of St. Mary’s (triple jump), Bandon’s Marley Petrey (100 and 300 hurdles and Myrtle Point’s 4x100 relay team.