Jesuit's Iman Foster triple-jumped 41-8 twice Saturday in finishing as runner-up in the Nike Outdoor Nationals at Hayward Field.

In the 6A track meet at Hayward Field last month, Jesuit senior Iman Foster soared past the state record in the triple jump, only to be denied the mark because it was wind-aided.

Saturday, Foster returned to Hayward Field for the Nike Outdoor Nationals, and this time, she secured her place in history.

Foster jumped 41 feet, 8 inches on her first attempt, beating the record of 41-2 ¼, set by McDaniel's Maleigha Canaday-Elliott in 2024. It also eclipsed her wind-aided mark of 41-5 ¾ at state.

“It definitely felt really exciting,” Foster said. “I wasn't even aware you could get the state record outside of the state meet. I was really happy. I wasn't expecting that at all.”

Jesuit jumps coach Eric Miller praised Foster, who has signed with Pittsburgh.

“She's been putting in work consistently over the last few weeks since state,” Miller said. “And today was the result of it.”

Foster, who had not improved on her personal best of 40-11 ½ from her junior year, was on top of her game Saturday. She hit another 41-8 on her third jump, then went 41-7 on her sixth and final attempt, despite taking off well behind the board.

“That definitely would've been my best jump,” said Foster, who competed for Inner Circle Track Club. “I think it would've been 42. I was pretty locked in from the start.”

Foster excelled Saturday despite dealing with a cold in the days leading up the meet.

“It definitely affected my breathing a little bit, and it made my body a little bit worn down,” Foster said. “That's the part that made me a little nervous because, especially with the triple jump, that's an event that I really need all my energy for.

“My parents were like, 'You'll be fine.' I just prayed on it, and I woke up and I was feeling great. I was like, 'Why waste the opportunity to go out and do good today?'”

Foster was able to erase the memory of the wind – measured at 3.5 meters per second, above the legal threshold of 2.0 – costing her the record at state. At the time, it came as a surprise considering few marks were ruled wind-aided at the meet.

“The other jumps didn't have any wind, so the fact that there was wind on that one jump was definitely frustrating,” she said. “So it felt really great to be able to get a wind-legal jump. I thought I wasn't going to be able to leave my legacy.”

Her state mark, if wind-legal, would have been good enough to qualify for the USATF U20 Championships, also held at Hayward Field over the weekend.

“That kept us out of U20s, so we were just focused on winning,” Miller said.

Foster took second at Nike Outdoor Nationals behind Mia Maxwell, a senior from Texas who went 43-6. Foster's mark would have placed fifth in the U20 meet.

She came back Sunday to take fourth place in the long jump at Nike Outdoor Nationals. Her mark of 19-9 3/4 broke her PR of 19-8 from the state meet and moved her to No. 5 all-time in Oregon.

Lincoln improves on 1,500 record

Foster wasn't the only Oregon girl to break a state record at Hayward Field during the weekend.

Lincoln junior Ellery Lincoln broke her own record in the 1,500 meters by clocking 4 minutes, 7.99 seconds in the U20 Championships on Friday. She finished second to Claire Stegall (4:04.59), a freshman from the University of Florida.

It is the third time this year that Lincoln has broken the 1,500 record. The other two – the Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays (4:12.16) on April 24 and the HOKA Festival of Miles (4:09.13) on June 4 – were en-route times recorded in mile races.

The University of Oregon-bound Lincoln, the reigning 6A cross country champion, also the state record in the 3,000 this year.

Add Nike Outdoor Nationals

Summit senior Anna Millikan claimed the title in the javelin at Nike Outdoor Nationals on Sunday. Millikan's winning throw was 160-10, off her best of 165-4, which ranks No. 7 in state history.

A team of Jesuit boys ran to victory in the 4xmile relay Friday. Sophomore Brady Lukasiewicz and seniors Liam Donnelly, Kellen Williams and Jackson Welsh finished in 17:12.63. The second-place team, from California, clocked 17:14.32.

Central senior Aidan Wendring won the 2,000 steeplechase in 5:53.58 on Friday.