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TRACK STATES
Racing Into Delphian History
The 2024 OSAA 2A (Oregon School Activities Association) Track and Field State Championship took place at the state-of-the-art Hayward Field on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene—also known as Tracktown, USA. The event brought together talented athletes from across the state, all eager to demonstrate their skills. Among them were 16 talented Delphian athletes. Of course, they were attended by busloads of Delphian supporters who brought the stadium to life with their cheers and enthusiasm.
Watching this team of athletes develop and excel throughout the season, and then witnessing their excellent performance at the state meet was an absolute joy. I am incredibly proud of them and their achievements!
-Head Coach Brandon Lidgard
The meet was peppered with victories, both from the team events and from individuals. The girls’ 4x100m relay team (Regina Romero-Bolaños, Avery Ott, Piper Gibson, and Allahta Persons) placed 7th, and the girls’ 4x400m relay team (Liv Curry, Sophie Eurell, Regina Romero-Bolaños, and Avery Ott) placed 8th. The boys’ 4x100m relay team (Emiliano Chaparro, Alex Maddox, Memo Cervantes, and Oli Beauregard), placed 10th.
Delphian students had not competed in field events at the state level since 1996. They came back with a bang: Siona Paden earned 8th place in javelin, Amy Guy placed 10th in the triple jump—in her first season competing in the event–and Liv Curry placed 3rd in the high jump where she jumped her personal best height of 4’11.75”.
Delphians also placed well in individual races. In the 100m sprint, Allahta Persons placed 11th. In the 400m, Emiliano Chaparro placed 14th. Avery Ott placed 6th in the 400m, and in the 800m she placed 7th after smashing her own school record by almost four seconds in the preliminaries! Liv Curry placed 6th in the 100m hurdles and 11th in the 300m hurdles. Oli Beauregard took 2nd in the 110m hurdles, as well as taking 4th in the 300m and 8th in the 100m.
…and we haven’t even gotten to the most thrilling part of the meet: the boys’ team had a chance to place highly, but everything depended on the meet’s final race: the boys’ 4x400m relay.
On the boys’ 4x400m relay team:
London Whitworth, who competed individually in the 800m. Going into the state competition, he was predicted to come in 6th, but he surprised everyone by shaving 4 seconds off his time, coming in 2nd at 2:00.43 minutes.
Sage Daniells, who shaved a full second off his time in the individual 400m race, taking 3rd.
Memo Cervantes, who took 9th in the 300m hurdles. Memo was actually a last-minute substitute on the 4x400m relay team, who stepped up when Emiliano Chaparro was injured and was unable to run.
Lucas Curry, who won 1st place in the 400m, setting a new Delphian record of 49.74 seconds. Lucas then went on to win 1st place in both the 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles. At the end of the day, Lucas Curry was named Athlete of the Meet, an award that recognizes the athlete who earns the most points for their team.
Weston-McEwen High School from Athena, Oregon, whose boys’ team was leading ours by 6 points for the day was poised to take 1st place unless our boys could overtake them by placing 1st in the 4x400m relay.
With the goal in sight—the chance to make Delphian’s team trophy a first-place win—Delphian’s boys’ team entered the 4x400m relay. The stakes were high, the pressure on. Under the bright stadium lights, the runners took their marks, and the race began.
The Delphian runners gave each 400-meter leg of the relay their all, running their hearts out to cross the finish line in first place! The fans went wild as the final scores blinked onto the screen and Delphian School’s name slid up the board into first place. The boys’ team had earned their place in Delphian history, a victory for the ages.
NEW SCHOOL RECORDS
Boys:
Lucas Curry, 400m - 49.74
London Whitworth, 800m - 2:00.43
Lucas Curry, 110m Hurdles - 15.50
Lucas Curry, 300m Hurdles - 39.41
Emiliano Chaparro, Alex Maddox, Memo Cervantes, and Oli Beauregar - 4x100m Relay - 44.92
London Whitworth, Sage Daniells, Memo Cervantes, and Lucas Curry - 4x400m Relay - 3:29.09
Alex Maddox, Discus - 109’2”
Girls:
Avery Ott, 400m - 1:01.11
Avery Ott, 800m - 2:25.49
Regina Romero, 1500m - 5:44.91
Liv Curry, Sophie Eurell, Regina Romero-Bolaños, and Avery Ott - 4x400m Relay - 4:25.67
Siona Paden, Javelin - 110’0”
Liv Curry, High Jump - 4’11.75”
Liv Curry, Long Jump - 14’11”
