6A/5A Idaho state track: Capital’s golden girl wins 4 events. 6 meet records fall
Capital junior Elliot Schrack’s first throw in the 6A boys javelin sent meet officials scrambling.
They needed a longer tape measure.
Schrack set a classification record with his throw of 176 feet, 5 inches to win the event Saturday on the final day of the Idaho 6A/5A state track and field meet at Mountain View High School.
The day featured five other overall or classification records in addition to Schrack’s performance.
“It was very cool, because after I threw it, they tried to measure it, and they said that they needed a new (measuring tape),” Schrack said. “I was like, ‘Wow, so that’s the state record.’ It was just a great feeling. That’s just a lot of aura in that.”
While the javelin is only in its second year as an official IHSAA event, Schrack surpassed the previous record of 170-6 by St. Maries’ Julien Ceja-Grimaldon by nearly 6 feet.
“I knew that from last year I’d be one of the top in the state, so I’d have to prove myself,” Schrack said. “Actually ending up proving myself is just a great feeling. The pressure is off my shoulders and I get to take a deep breath now.”
Treasure Valley athletes won 23 of the 50 event finals contested Saturday. Here’s a look at those winning performances.
• Capital senior Eden Francis finished off her high school career with four gold medals over the two-day meet. Francis won the 6A girls javelin (125-9) in record-setting fashion Friday and then collected individual wins in the long jump (18-11) and 100 hurdles (14.67), and ran the second leg on the Eagles’ 4x100 relay, which set an overall meet record in 46.53 seconds.
“We feel very happy, and are so very happy that even though Christine (Huckins) is hurt, we all pushed our hearts out,” Francis said. “They all ran for me to get four, and that just made me really emotional.”
Huckins, who won four events as a sophomore and will compete for Indiana at the next level, received a medical hardship to qualify for the state meet after spending weeks with a boot on her right foot because of a stress fracture. She was still able to anchor Capital’s winning relay alongside Francis, Alena Garrison and Grace Russell.
• Columbia sophomore Ammon Hammer beat older brother Landon Hammer for the 5A boys pole vault title. His winning height of 16-0.25 also set a classification record that unseated another of his brothers, Ethan Hammer, who had held the record of 15-7 since 2023.
“It’s really fun, because we kind of all work together,” Ammon Hammer said. “I actually like cheering a lot more for my brothers. It makes me feel a lot happier than like actually PR-ing myself.”
• Capital senior Nick Loufoua posted the longest jump in Idaho this season to win the 6A boys triple jump with a mark of 48-7.
• Mountain View senior Kristin Geiser won a tiebreaker with teammate Lilly Stebbins to claim the 6A girls high jump title with a personal-best clearance of 5-4.
“This is my fourth year at state, but every other year, it’s been like my worst meet of the season,” Geiser said. “To come in as a senior and finally do something good, it feels so good, better than I could have imagined.”
• Columbia junior Tyson Winkelman dipped below the 15-second barrier, crossing the finish line in a personal-best 14.93 to win the 5A boys 110 hurdles. Boise junior Will Studebaker followed with a win in the 6A boys race in 14.04.
“I just love this sport and getting better,” Studebaker said. “… I just want to be a better version of myself, and I think (this win) is a great testament to that.”
• Mountain View senior Quincy Keller, who is committed to Utah Valley, successfully defended her titles in the 6A girls 100 (11.87) and 200 (24.82), and also had a win in the 4x200 on Friday. She finishes her high school career with seven gold medals.
“I never imagined it being quite like this,” Keller said. “I guess you never really can see where you’re going, but this has been just a perfect ending to my high school track career.”
• Seeded third in the 6A girls 400, Rocky Mountain senior Lily Munson used a powerful kick to outpace the competition and run to victory in a personal-best 56.14.
“I think I just really wanted it,” Munson said. “I was going for it, and I didn’t want to hold back. It was my last race ever.”
• After setting a classification record in Friday’s prelims, Vallivue junior Jakobe Davis outdid himself in the finals of the 5A boys 400, clocking an overall meet record of 47.40. The previous record of 47.50 was set by Boise’s Liam Murray in 2022.
“It feels amazing,” Davis said. “I’ve been working hard for this all season, so it feels really good that it just paid off.”
• Despite competing in four events, Boise junior Quinton Williams didn’t show any signs of fatigue. He swept the 6A boys 200 (21.60) and 400 (48.51), and helped the Brave’s 4x200 and 4x400 relays take second.
• Rocky Mountain senior and BYU signee Hallie Heemeyer added another gold medal to her stockpile with a victory in the 800 (2:10.30). Heemeyer won the 1,600 on Friday and is the reigning state cross country champion. She also took second in the 3,200.
• With 200 meters left, Meridian senior Logan Payne moved into the lead of the 6A boys 800 and never flinched, winning in a personal-best 1:52.86.
“I knew it was gonna hurt,” Payne said. “But I knew it would hurt worse if I didn’t go.”
• Mountain View’s Denton Wilson, Beau Stewart, Cashton Gennette and Behr Scott combined to win the 6A boys 4x100 relay in 41.51.
• Mountain View freshman Kara Beck made a splash in her state debut, edging Capital sophomore Alena Garrison for a victory in the 6A girls 300 hurdles in 44.26.
• Eagle junior Trev Larson held off the competition for a victory in the 6A boys 300 hurdles in 38.33.
• A good 10 meters separated Rocky’s Heemeyer and Boise senior Audrey Orme heading into the eighth and final lap of the 6A girls 3,200. But Orme closed the gap down the stretch to cross the tape first in a personal-best 10:35.11.
“I was pretty far behind Hallie going into the last lap, but I just thought, ‘This is it. This is my last race for Boise High,’” said Orme, who will run for Gonzaga next year. “I just wanted to give it all I had. So I just tried to close as far as I could, and going into the last 200, I knew I could probably do it, so I just gave it all to finish.”
• Heading into the final race of the meet, the Mountain View girls led Capital in the team race 96.5 points to 96. The Mavericks made sure that lead held up, as Talia Johnson, Lilly Stebbins, Bree Cardon and Kara Beck teamed up to win the 6A girls 4x400 relay in 3:55.83. Capital took second in 3:58.53, assuring the Mavericks a team victory with 106.5 points to Capital’s 104. Mountain View finished with a sweep of the team titles, with the Maverick boys totaling 103 points to second-place Capital’s 87.
• The two other classification records set Saturday came from Blackfoot’s Owen Gregory in the 5A boys 800 (1:50.93) and Sandpoint’s 5A boys 4x100 relay (41.47).
This story was originally published May 16, 2026 at 6:48 PM.
