Gallery: 3A/2A OSAA state track and field championships, day one
3A/2A state track
Bailey Kniebuehler of Santiam Christian competes in the 3A Girls Javelin during the OSAA Track & Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023, in Eugene. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Daisy Lalonde of East Linn Christian (R) competes in the 2A Girls 3000m finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Lalonde went on to become the state champion in the event with a final time of 10:30.34. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Runner-up Delaney Draeger of Vernonia (R) congratulates Daisy Lalonde of East Linn Christian (L) after the 2A Girls 3000m finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Lalonde won the event with a final time of 10:30.34. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Athena Lau of Scio competes in the 3A Girls 3000m finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Lau went on to finish the event with a final time of 11:57.72. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Brooklyn Kramer of East Linn Christian competes during the 2A Girls High Jump at the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023, in Eugene. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Benjamin Bourne of Santiam Christian competes in the 3A Boys 3000m finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Bourne went on become the state runner-up with a second place finish of 9:02.45. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Elliott Nofziger of East Linn Christian competes in the 2A Boys Long Jump finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Nofziger went on to finish the event with a sixth-place finish of 19-6¾. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Kaleo Wellman of East Linn Christian competes in the 2A Boys Long Jump finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Wellman went on to win the event with a final jump of 22 feet, ¼ inches, becoming the state champion. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Nate Young of Monroe competes in the 2A Boys Long Jump finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Young went on to become the state runner-up with a finish of 20-9. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Owen Gurney of Santiam Christian competes in the 3A Boys Long Jump finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Gurney came away with a eighth-place finish of 19-4. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
State champion Kaleo Wellman of East Linn Christian (R) and state runner-up Nate Young of Monroe (L) stand on the podium after the 2A Boys Long Jump Finals during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. (Photo by Ali Gradischer)
3A/2A state track
Kaleo Wellman of East Linn Christian claps his hands to get the crowd pumped up before his final jump during the OSAA Track and Field State Championships 2A Boys Long Jump finals at Hayward Field on May 25, 2023 in Eugene. Wellman went on to win the event with a final jump of 22’ 00.25 becoming the state champion.
EUGENE — Daisy Lalonde often feels the nerves before a race, no matter the size of the meet.