Chris Humphreys became Heppner's first state champion in the shot Thursday in the 2A meet at Hayward Field.

EUGENE — Heppner’s Chris Humphreys was sitting fifth going into the shot finals at the OSAA/OnPoint Community Credit Union 2A track and field championships Thursday, and he was OK with that.

On his final throw, with nothing to lose, he unleashed a personal best throw of 48 feet, 11 inches to win the event at Hayward Field.

“Coming in, I was ranked second, so I was hoping for that," Humphreys said. "I have been here three times, but I was extremely nervous today. It was a struggle to get ready to throw. After one of my throws stayed in, I found my groove and made it to the finals. I wasn’t looking for anything crazy. My last last throw, I knew it was good, but not 48 feet good. I was happy.”

Adding to the gold medal, Humphreys won the first-ever boys state shot title at Heppner. He is a bit off Jim Parker’s school record of 53-3, but that doesn’t take the shine off the title.

“I thought he would be right in there,” Heppner coach Russ Nichols said. “I think it was a shock that he waited until his sixth throw to do that. It was a great time to throw a PR. He is going to be in contention for all the throwing events.”

Humphreys, who is headed to Clackamas Community College in the fall to continue his throwing career, will compete in the javelin and the discus on Friday. Humphreys owns the Heppner javelin record with a toss of 191-1.

“Hopefully I can add to today’s win,” said Humphreys, who was second in the javelin last year.

Heppner has never had a boys state javelin champion. The Mustangs have a state discus champion — Gary Connor in 1952 with a throw of 130-1. Parker holds the school discus record at 145-2. 

Weston-McEwen’s Wyatt Parsons, the fastest man in the state at the 2A level, put his stamp on the season with a state record in the 100 prelims. Parsons ran a 10.89, eclipsing the previous record of 10.91, set in 2024 by Austin Snyder of Mannahouse Christian Academy.

Parsons was the only runner at the 2A, 1A or 3A level to run under 11 seconds.

Parsons also will run in the 200 finals after posting the top time in the prelims of 22.14.

Bandon leads the 2A team race with 23 points after Noah Brown won the pole vault (14-2 1/2), and teammates Jonah Brown (13-3 1/2) and Beckett Pahls (13-3 1/2) were fourth and fifth. Weston-McEwen second with 22 and Knappa third with 20.

3A

Siuslaw is atop the team standing with 21 points, getting a title from Will Johnson in the long jump (21-8 1/4), a second-place finish by Henry Stone in the 3,000 (8:42.96), and a sixth-place finish by Jack Mann in the shot put (47-1 1/2).

Oregon Episcopal and Valley Catholic are tied for second with 12 points.

1A

Harper’s Isaac Walker, who competed at Nyssa High School the past three years, won the long jump with a state record leap of 22-10. The previous record of 22-9 was set in 2018 by Ethan Kassebaum of North Clackamas Christian. 

Walker also will run in the 100 and 200 finals. He had a time of 11.05 in the 100 prelims, and ran a 23.17 in the 200.

Joining Walker in the 200 will be teammates Sam Jensen (22.86) and Maddox Martinez (23.23).

“Those boys all year, between football and track, have not let me down,” Harper coach David Marker said. “They have been great kids to be around. They are competitors and they want to do well. Each one of them has a pretty good internal drive. It’s just fun to watch them.”

In the boys 110 hurdle prelims, two runners eclipsed the state record of 39.01 set by Sean Lewis of Damascus Christian in 2009.

Elijah Davidson of Damascus Christian topped the field with a time of 38.65, while Tristen Adams of Triangle Lake ran a 38.85.

Joseph is at the top of the team standings after the first day with 17.5 points, with Cove, Harper and Union tied for second with 15.

Girls

1A

Echo’s Jude Royer, who’s been the top 1A discus and shot put thrower in the state this spring, dominated the discus event.

Royer’s winning throw of 126-0 1/4 came on her final throw of the series, but any of her five legal throws would have won the event. Prairie City’s Ava Brown was second with a mark of 104-2 3/4. 

“I think she was a little nervous,” Echo throws coach Thomas VanNice said. “Her first throw was 111 or something. Then she got her bearings. After she got that first one, she settled in.” 

Harper’s Lindsay Talbot won her first state long jump title with a personal best leap of 17-8 1/4. State is just the third meet she has competed in the long jump in her high school career. 

Talbot, who is looking for her third consecutive state title in the 100 hurdles, took a big step toward that goal, placing first in the prelims with a new state record time of 14.66 seconds. Talbot had the previous record of 14.79, set last year.

Talbot will try to defend her title in the 300 hurdles after winning the prelims with a time of 45.55.

“She is pretty hard to bet against,” Marker said. “She decided to try the long jump for fun. Of course, she’s great at anything she tries. I honestly still think her best event is the 800 and she hasn’t run it. She is so smooth going over the hurdles. She and her dad (Ron Talbot) have worked hard to get her where she is. I wouldn’t want to compete against her.”

In the 400 prelims, Adrian’s Kiara Rios set a state record with a time of 57.42 seconds. She won the race by 3 seconds. The previous record of 58.39, set in 2009, belonged to Emily Funkhouser of Sherman.

Joseph has a commanding lead in the team standings through seven events with 44 points, after Annie Rose Miller won the pole vault (10-9) and Lilly Weer won the 3,000 (10:28.30).

Defending state champion Imbler is second with 27, and Trout Lake is third with 18.

2A

Enterprise’s Owyhee Harguess set a state meet record in the 400 prelims, crossing the finish line in a time of 56.61 seconds. The previous record of 56.85 was set in 2007 by Lakeview’s Keli Hall.

In the 300 hurdles, Marley Petrey of Bandon broke her own state record of 45.02 with a time of 44.30 to lead the prelims.

Bandon, which got a 3,000-meter title from Jael Legutki (10:39.53) leads the team standings with 23 points, with Crosshill Christian a close second with 22, and Clatskanie third with 18.

3A

Pleasant Hill’s Ryan Thomas ran her way into the state record book with a time of 12.17 in the 100 prelims. The previous record of 12.25 was set in 2017 by another Pleasant Hill runner, Megan Miller.

Vale’s Claire Johnson won the 200 prelims with a state record time of 24.64 seconds. Ella Bulkley of Catlin Gabel ran a 25.13 last year.

Dayton, which got discus (126-1) and javelin (126-0) titles from Hadley Hughes, leads the team scoring with 26 points, while Banks and La Pine are tied for second with 20.