Carter Christiansen of Wilsonville competes in the high jump during the Class 5A state track and field championships at Hayward Field on Saturday, May 31. (John Lariviere)

The Wildcats’ best earned their places among the state’s best.

The Wilsonville track and field teams, competing in the Class 5A state meet – held Friday and Saturday, May 30-31, at Hayward Field, showed up big-time, with the Wildcat girls placing fifth overall while the Wilsonville boys finished 13th.

In the girls meet, senior Amina Redfield and sophomore Maisy Scanlan led the way, with Redfield winning the javelin, taking second in the shot put and fifth in the discus, while Scanlan placed second in both the high hurdles and intermediate hurdles.

Redfield, an Oregon Institute of Technology commit, made her final state meet one for the memory books, setting a PR of 146 feet, 10.5 inches to win the javelin by more than seven feet.

Redfield was solid in the shot put, too, taking second with a PR of 36-10.5 and trailing just Eagle Point senior Thianna Deng and her winning mark of 38-6.5. Finally, Redfield threw 116-3.5 to take fifth in the discus.

For her part, Scanlan notched a time of 15.15 seconds to finish second in the 100-meter high hurdles (trailing only Thurston junior Brooklyn Anderson and her winning mark of 14.93), then came back later in the meet to take second at 45.93 (trailing only Canby junior Abella Leder and her 44.86).

In the boys meet, senior Carter Christiansen – a Whitworth University football commit – and senior Ben Harris led the way, with Christiansen finishing second in the discus and fifth in the high jump, while Harris grabbed third in the triple jump and fifth in the long jump.

Christiansen notched a new PR of 155-10.75 to take second in the discus (he trailed only Central senior Gabriel Haines and his winning mark of 156-5), then went 6-2.75 to place fifth in the high hurdles.

Harris, meanwhile, leapt 44-5.5 to finish third in the triple jump, and posted a new PR of 21-1.5 to take fifth in the long jump.

 

District Track

The Wildcats flexed their muscles impressively at the Northwest Oregon Conference district track meet, held May 21 and 23 at Canby High School, with the Wilsonville boys racking up 142 points to win by 38 points, while the Wildcat girls amassed 150 points and won by 39.

Boys Meet

The Wildcat boys stepped up to win four times at district and qualify athletes for state in eight events.

Wilsonville event winners included: sophomore Ty Dougall in the 800 at 1:58.54; junior Liam Wilde in the 1,500 at 3:54.04 and first again in the 3,000 at 8:43.99; and Christiansen in the discus at 138-3.5.

Other Wilsonville state qualifiers included: Harris in the 100 (third at 11.28), the long jump (second at 21-1) and the triple jump (second at 44-0.25); Christiansen in the high jump (second at 6-2); and senior Adrian Cseh in the pole vault (second at 11-7).

In addition to their district and state success, the Wildcats also broke a couple school records this spring, including: Wilde in the 3,000 at 8:24.69 (breaking Mason Weisgerber’s time from 2023); and Harris in the triple jump at 46-4 (breaking Tanner Shipley’s mark from 2013).

 

Girls Meet

Wilsonville’s girls were even more dominant, winning seven times at district and qualifying athletes for state in 10 events.

Wilsonville event winners included: Scanlan in the high hurdles at 14.92; Scanlan in the 300 intermediate hurdles at 44.81; the 4×100 relay team of Scanlan, sophomore Sydney Sheldon, senior Katy Weisse and sophomore Alix Koehler at 49.61; Redfield in the shot put at 35-9.75; Redfield in the discus at 120-9.5; Redfield in the javelin at 138-7; and senior Natalie Howorth in the triple jump at 33-6.

Other Wilsonville state qualifiers included: Koehler in the 100 (third at 12.93); Koehler in the 200 (second at 26.5); senior Isabelle Wellehouser in the javelin (second at 104-6); and Koehler in the pole vault (fifth at 8-2).

In addition to their district and state success, the Wildcats also broke a several school records this spring, including: senior Jadyn Kipe in the 3,000 at 10:06.41 (breaking the time of Taryn Rawlings in 2014); Kipe in the mile at 5:07.72; Scanlan in the high hurdles at 14.92 (breaking her own time from 2024); Scanlan in the intermediate hurdles at 44.81 (breaking the time of Morgan Oswald in 2011); and Redfield in the javelin at 146-10 (breaking the mark of Kylie Fox in 2022).

*This story has been updated with information from the NWOC district track meet.