Preview of Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays & Sacramento MOC
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Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays - April 23 - 24, 2026
Jesuit High School - Portland, OR
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Jesuit High School hosts their 26th annual Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays. The distance races include Thursday evening 1500s and 3000s. Friday has 4 X 800, Distance Medley Relays, 1500s and 3000s. Here is the preview of the evening 3200 meter and mile races.
3200 Meters
The top two seeds in the girl's 3200 are Ella Koch of Union and Natalie Kupka of Ashland. They both have seed times of 9:53 in the 3000 meters. Other contenders in the 3200 include Elizabeth Welsh of Jesuit, Sara Thompson of Union, Sophia Capozzi of Summit and Brooke Thompson of Rocky Mountain.
Malachi Schoenherr of Sheldon has an impressive resume from the spring season with an Oregon Relays victory in the 2-mile and finishing tenth at the invitational 3200 at the Arcadia Invitational. Oliver Zimmerman of Cedar Park Christian broke the fabled nine minute barrier in the 3200 at the Arcadia Invitational two weeks ago. Rowan Henry of Coeur d'Alene, Eli Jarvis of Herriman, Matthew Lawrence of Mercer Island, Henry Herb of Seattle Prep and Carson Stafford of Tahoma will be factors in the 3200.
Elite Mile
Seventeen athletes have seed times under five minutes in the girl's mile and will provide for a fast race. Ellery Lincoln of Lincoln won this event last year and set the meet record of 4:39.37. Lincoln ran a 4:35 mile back in February at the Wildwood Mile. Sophia Rodriguez of Mercer Island travels south to race in Portland. Rodriguez won the 3A 1600 and 3200 titles spring and won the 3A cross country title in Washington back in November. Sisters Iris, Remy and Reese Latta from South Texas Heat Homeschool have all broken five minute in the mile. Hallie Heemeyer of Rocky Mountain and Audrey Orme of Boise qualified for NXN in December should be in the front pack.
Michael Slagowski of Rocky Mountain broke four minutes in the mile at the Nike Jesuit Twilight Relays in 2016 and there is a possibility of athletes breaking four minutes this year. Caden Leonard of South Lake Carroll (TX) ran 4:00.07 at an indoor meet earlier this year. Jackson Spencer of Herriman (UT) has a personal best of 4:02.56 this season, won an incredible 3200 at the Arcadia Invitational in a record time of 8:31.80 and ran a 56 second last lap. Hometown athlete Kellen Williams of Jesuit hopes to lower his 4:08.00 mile time. Individual Northwest NXN qualifiers Yosuke Shibata of South Eugene, Cohen Butler of Camas, Garrett Faught of Crater and Dylan Rowell of Anacortes are entered in the elite mile.
After the meet, look for photo galleries from Russell Moore
Sacramento Meet of Champions - April 25, 2026
American River College - Sacramento, CA
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Bella Vista High School hosts one of biggest meets in the Sac-Joaquin section and here are athletes to watch at the Sacramento Meet of Champions.
1600 Meters
Last year nine athletes broke five minutes in last year's girls 1600 meter race and the possibility of a repeat performance is possible. Gretchen Yakaitis of Carondelet won the seeded mile at the Arcadia Invitational two weeks ago and has the fastest seed time. Ava Padilla of Monte Vista, Norah Feldt of Davis and Gioia Coudriet of Galena (NV) should easily break five minutes in the 1600 meters. Brianna Hayes of Core Butte, Lillian Hales-Yang of Davis, Kaylie O'Connell of Monte Vista and Carina Nottingham of Berkeley have seed times under five minutes.
Cooper Stream of Vacaville finished a close second at The Ten with a time of 4:06.03 and Lucas Alberts of Jesuit won the Stanford Invitational in a time of 4:07.61. Peter Kendall of Twelve Bridges, Drake Hoferer of Jesuit, Kiefer Willcox of Tahoe Truckee and Hugh Heyer of McClatchy all will look to dip under 4:10 in the 1600 and challenge Stream and Alberts.
800 Meters
Josie Hill of Sonoma Academy opened her track season in late March to record her 2:06.38 time and hopes to lower that mark. Ava Padilla of Monte Vista is running the 1600 and returns to the track as the closest challenger to Hill based on her 2:10.69 season best. Brianna Hayes of Core Butte and Brooke Blume of Twelve Bridges are other athletes to watch.
Cooper Barr of Placer was a state finalist in the 800 last year and is also listed in the 1600 meter race. Hunter Steele of Galena (NV) and Patrick Pinjuv of Union Mines have both run 1:53 this season. There are also seven athletes listed at 1:54 in what should make for a competitive boy's 800 meters.
3200 Meters
The top three seed times in the girl's 3200 are from athletes who are also listed in the 1600 meter race earlier in the evening. Gioria Coudriet of Galena has the seed time of 10:27. 28, Gretchen Yakaitis of Carondelet has a seed time of 10:27.91 and Norah Feldt has a seed time of 10:32.46. Six athletes enter the 3200 with seed times under eleven minutes including Eleanor Hampton of Merced, Emmy Angelo of Ponderosa, Adriana Ingargiola of Oak Ridge, Maddie Goss of Woodcreek, Miya Menza of St Francis and Fernanda Cortes of Golden Valley.
The goal of breaking nine minutes in the boy's 3200 is quite possible. Andres Lomeli of Kimball won his heat at Arcadia Invitational two weeks ago with his 8:58.02 time. Lomeli is also listed in the 1600 meter race. Arcadia Invitational also helped Elias Thronson of Davis, Maseco Colombant of Reno and Landon Warriner of McClatchy run under 9:10 and have a chance to break nine minutes on Saturday night.
Look for photo galleries from Todd Tokubo after the meet!
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