District track: 7 records fall in 6A. See who set them and who’s headed to state
The javelin throw first became part of the modern Olympics in 1908.
But more than a century later, Idaho teenagers are just starting to get the hang of it.
The javelin will be an official event at the state track and field championships next weekend, one year after the discipline was approved for competition at the high school level in the Gem State.
“It’s great that javelin’s in the state of Idaho,” Centennial javelin coach Cody Westbrook said. “It’s gonna open way more doors to all athletes that do track, because they can get noticed, not only doing hurdles or another event, but they can also throw, so it gives them more opportunity at the next level, wherever they choose to go.”
Centennial senior Eliana Ti’a will be heading to Washington State this fall on a volleyball scholarship, but she’s spent the spring track season trying something new.
With little more than a month of practice, Ti’a won the 6A District Three girls javelin title with a throw of 129 feet, 10 inches on Friday afternoon at Meridian High. It was a personal best by more than 13 feet and the No. 2 mark in the state this season.
“If I’m gonna be real, we had sprint workouts and I was just not feeling it,” Ti’a said. “So then head coach (Joel) Seagraves, he was just like, ‘You know what? You could be a really good javelin thrower.’
“So I went over to javelin. It was just one practice, so I didn’t think I would take it that seriously, and then I just kept showing up and started competing. Now I’m here.”
Ti’a has thrown the javelin in six meets this season, placing fifth with a toss of 77-2 in her first official meet March 28. She’s improved with each ensuing competition.
“I knew she was gonna have a big throw when I saw the look on her face,” Westbrook said. “She was gonna turn that javelin loose. And she timed it up perfectly and we all saw it fly.
“It’s just a credit to who she is as an athlete and as a person. She’s willing to learn. She picked up the javelin mid-season and she’s done wonders with it.”
Centennial finished 1-3 in the girls javelin, with freshman Jaylen Matsushita exceeding her previous best throw by nearly 8 feet (113-2).
Rocky Mountain sophomore Carter Gleave edged Capital’s Elliot Schrack by 3 inches (151-3 to 151-0) for the boys javelin title Thursday.
The two-day 6A District Three track and field championships wrapped up Friday night. Read all about the athletes who set meet records or launched to the top of the state rankings:
▪ Timberline’s Nick Janecko, Ethan Derderian, William Cox and Mason Pierce teamed up for a 7:50.32 in the boys 4x800 relay, setting a meet record and the No. 1 time in the state this season. The previous record of 7:51.74 was set by Boise last season.
▪ Rocky Mountain senior Paul Anderson won the pole vault by 1 foot over his nearest competitor, clearing a state-leading 16-0, which is also a personal best.
▪ Meridian senior Carver Martin soared to a season-best 23-5.75 to win the boys long jump title. It is the No. 1 mark in the state this season.
▪ Rocky Mountain’s Olivia Weatherford, Solana Lucas, Hallie Heemeyer and Emme Hamm clocked a state-leading 9:24.16 to win the girls 4x800 relay.
▪ Mountain View’s Talia Johnson, Taysia Johnson, Addie Lee and Quincy Keller already owned the state’s top time in the 4x200 relay this season, but the quartet improved on that time to win the district title in 1:41.00.
▪ Mountain View held off Kuna at the finish line by five-hundreths of a second, winning the boys 4x200 relay in a district meet record 1:26.17. The Mavericks’ Omar Osman, Behr Scott, Catcher Gennette and Jacob Allen bested the previous record of 1:26.89 by Boise from 2022.
▪ Meridian senior Hannah Bingham improved her PR by nearly one second, claiming the girls 400 in a state-leading 56.58.
▪ Capital junior Christine Huckins broke her own meet record in the girls 100, crossing the finish line in 11.67 in Thursday’s prelims. Her previous record was 11.74 from last season. But Huckins lost her only race in the event the past two seasons in Friday’s final as Mountain View junior Quincy Keller edged her 11.93 to 11.94. Huckins exacted revenge in the 200 final, beating Keller in a meet record time of 23.83.
▪ Huckins and Capital teammates Grace Russell, Veronika Russell and Eden Francis added another district meet record and state No. 1 later in the evening, winning the girls 4x100 relay in 46.95. Capital established the meet record last season of 47.46.
▪ Timberline sophomore Nadja Burkholder posted a 38-9 in the girls triple jump, the No. 1 mark in the state this season.
▪ Ridgevue’s Uluaifiu Tinoifili, Cash McKie, Tristin Veach and Caden Warren posted the fastest boys 4x100 relay time this season, winning the event in 41.93, just three-hundredths shy of tying the meet record.
▪ Eagle senior Makenzie Baisch swept the girls hurdle races, including recording a state-leading and personal-best time of 44.64 in the 300 hurdles, bettering her own time of 44.91 from last month.
▪ Nampa senior Tegon Lords surpassed the boys 300 hurdles meet record by more than 1 second, running away with a victory in 36.89. The previous record of 38.00 was held by Capital’s Sam Brixey from 2016.
▪ Entering the final event of the night, the Capital and Mountain View girls were tied with 90.5 points each. The Eagles pulled out the team championship with a win in the 4x400 relay. Huckins, Amelie Purcell, Alena Garrison and Cadence Mitchell won in a state-leading 3:53.76. Capital finished with 100.5 points, Rocky Mountain was second with 97.5 and Mountain View was third with 92.5.
▪ Kuna’s Izaki Abongela, Owen Waters, Izaiah Allen-Heinrich and Myles Johnson-Nicholson won the boys 4x400 relay in a district meet record 3:19.31. The previous record was 3:19.97 established by Boise in 2022.
▪ The Mountain View boys won the team championship with 117 points. Boise was second with 97 and Rocky Mountain was third with 87.75.
6A DISTRICT THREE MEET
Thursday-Friday
At Meridian High
*denotes district meet record
BOYS TEAM SCORES
1, Mountain View 117. 2, Boise 97. 3, Rocky Mountain 87.75. 4, Capital 80. 5, Meridian 71. 6, Timberline 67. 7, Owyhee 60. 8, Kuna 51. 9, Eagle 33.75. 10, Ridgevue 31. 11, Centennial 27.5. 12, Nampa 18.
GIRLS TEAM SCORES
1, Capital 100.5. 2, Rocky Mountain 97.5. 3, Mountain View 92.5. 4, Centennial 72. 5, Eagle 65. 5, Timberline 65. 7, Owyhee 60.5. 8, Boise 53.5. 9, Meridian 46. 10, Ridgevue 35. 11, Kuna 32. 12, Borah 10. 13, Nampa 7.5. 14, Caldwell 4.
BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
100: 1, Hudson Lewis, Timberline, 10.86. 2, Eli Rich, Boise, 11.02. 3, Behr Scott, Mtn View, 11.04. 4, Jacob Allen, Mtn View, 11.06. 5, Cashton Gennette, Mtn View, 11.18. 6, Beau Stewart, Mtn View, 11.22. 7, Kaiden Kimble Turner, Rocky Mtn, 11.33. 8, Catcher Gennette, Mtn View, 11.35.
200: 1, Myles Johnson-Nicholson, Kuna, 21.77. 2, Eli Rich, Boise, 21.87. 3, Behr Scott, Mtn View, 21.96. 4, Hudson Lewis, Timberline, 22.00. 5, Jacob Allen, Mtn View, 22.53. 6, Izaki Abongela, Kuna, 22.56. 7, Cashton Gennette, Mtn View, 22.94. 8, Catcher Gennette, Mtn View, 29.08.
400: 1, Ethan Kirkendall, Timberline, 47.94. 2, Izaki Abongela, Kuna, 47.96. 3, Myles Johnson-Nicholson, Kuna, 48.31. 4, Quinton Williams, Boise, 49.26. 5, Izaiah Allen-Heinrich, Kuna, 49.78. 6, Colton Papa, Owyhee, 49.86. 7, Nathan Bunning, Mtn View, 49.90. 8, Colin New, Eagle, 51.91.
800: 1, Nate Stadtlander, Meridian, 1:53.93. 2, Nick Janecko, Timberline, 1:54.55. 3, Austin Riley, Mtn View, 1:55.67. 4, Jaymon Clark, Rocky Mtn, 1:56.54. 5, Arnulfo Romero, Centennial, 1:56.59. 6, Landon Fife, Meridian, 1:57.08. 7, Ethan Derderian, Timberline, 1:57.28. 8, Cody Lucas, Rocky Mtn, 1:57.39.
1600: 1, Nate Stadtlander, Meridian, 4:15.24. 2, Koda VanDahlen, Mtn View, 4:15.81. 3, Jack Sheesley, Boise, 4:19.15. 4, Carter Burdick, Owyhee, 4:20.15. 5, Benjamin Jensen, Mtn View, 4:23.63. 6, Cody Lucas, Rocky Mtn, 4:23.85. 7, Hyrum Tuft, Rocky Mtn, 4:24.55. 8, Drew Donahue, Centennial, 4:24.69.
3200: 1, Jack Sheesley, Boise, 9:23.94. 2, Nate Stadtlander, Meridian, 9:23.95. 3, Jens Knutsen, Boise, 9:24.99. 4, Drew Donahue, Centennial, 9:31.68. 5, Jacob Thomas, Rocky Mtn, 9:31.87. 6, Everett Metier, Owyhee, 9:32.33. 7, Carter Burdick, Owyhee, 9:32.99. 8, Ben Hugaboom, Boise, 9:34.97.
110H: 1, Chase Lawyer, Boise, 13.84. 2, Tegon Lords, Nampa, 13.86. 3, William Studebaker II, Boise, 14.44. 4, Noah Fisher, Owyhee, 14.98. 5, Cody Weed, Owyhee, 15.01. 6, Jordan McDonald, Boise, 15.25. 7, Kellen Hulquist, Boise, 15.35. 8, Wade Pollock, Owyhee, 15.47.
300H: 1, Tegon Lords, Nampa, 36.89*. 2, Wade Pollock, Owyhee, 38.20. 3, William Studebaker II, Boise, 39.43. 4, Noah Fisher, Owyhee, 39.52. 5, Cody Weed, Owyhee, 39.64. 6, Kellen Hulquist, Boise, 40.98. 7, Quincey Clay, Capital, 41.59. 8, Chase Lawyer, Boise, 42.83.
Shot put: 1, Joseph Miraya, Mtn View, 60-10. 2, Blake Johns, Meridian, 57-6. 3, Waylon Legler, Capital, 54-1. 4, Kelby Rice, Mtn View, 48-7. 5, Tatteham Burnham, Rocky Mtn, 48-3. 6, Andrew Price, Timberline, 48-2. 7, Tanner Hacker, Timberline, 48-2. 8, Jake Farar, Ridgevue, 47-3.
Discus: 1, Joseph Miraya, Mtn View, 180-1. 2, Waylon Legler, Capital, 155-7. 3, Blake Johns, Meridian, 153-7. 4, AJ Segers, Meridian, 152-10. 5, Jake Farar, Ridgevue, 145-3. 6, Tatteham Burnham, Rocky Mtn, 144-6. 7, Carter Gleave, Rocky Mtn, 142-0. 8, Liam Ronayne, Timberline, 139-9.
Javelin: 1, Carter Gleave, Rocky Mtn, 151-3. 2, Elliot Schrack, Capital, 151-0. 3, Silas Malizio, Ridgevue, 144-4. 4, Blas Telleria IV, Capital, 138-4. 5, Braidon Earl, Mtn View, 136-9. 6, Jude Rice, Eagle, 136-7. 7, Andrei Hellwege, Ridgevue, 133-10. 8, Thomas Tobin, Ridgevue, 133-7.
High jump: 1, Ambrose Brainard, Eagle, 6-8. 2, Jordan McDonald, Boise, 6-6. 3, Aldin Godinjak, Capital, 6-4. 3, Tobin Knudson, Centennial, 6-4. 5, Abdul Ahmed, Capital, 6-2. 6, Timothy Price, Rocky Mtn, 6-2. 7, Ellion Bailey, Capital, 6-0. 7, Brady Pratt, Rocky Mtn, 6-0. 7, Thomas Priegel, Eagle, 6-0. 7, Quincey Clay, Capital, 6-0.
Pole vault: 1, Paul Anderson, Rocky Mtn, 16-0. 2, Jacob Farmer, Eagle, 15-0. 3, River Spaulding, Meridian, 14-6. 4, Dax Sather, Eagle, 14-0. 5, Daniel Le, Timberline, 13-6. 6, Jack O’Very, Rocky Mtn, 13-6. 7, Andrew Boyle, Centennial, 13-6. 8, Deakan Richeson, Kuna, 13-6.
Long jump: 1, Carver Martin, Meridian, 23-5.75. 2, Beau Stewart, Mtn View, 21-10.25. 3, Timothy Price, Rocky Mtn, 21-9. 4, Jevaun Foreman, Capital, 21-7.5. 5, Caden Warren, Ridgevue, 21-7. 6, Kellen Walbuck, Mtn View, 21-5.25. 7, Marcellus Clay, Capital, 21-5. 8, Omar Osman, Mtn View, 21-2.75.
Triple jump: 1, Timothy Price, Rocky Mtn, 47-1.75. 2, Aldin Godinjak, Capital, 45-8.75. 3, Nick Loufoua, Capital, 45-6. 4, Mason Gibbons, Owyhee, 45-4.5. 5, Marcellus Clay, Capital, 45-3.5. 6, Tresean Ellis, Eagle, 44-2. 7, Jevaun Foreman, Capital, 43-4. 8, Andrew Olson, Mtn View, 42-6.5.
4x100: 1, Ridgevue 41.93. 2, Boise 42.15. 3, Rocky Mtn 42.39. 4, Mtn View 42.57. 5, Timberline 42.57. 6, Capital 42.97. 7, Centennial 43.16. 8, Owyhee 43.45.
4x200: 1, Mtn View 1:26.17. 2, Kuna 1:26.22. 3, Capital 1:28.50. 4, Owyhee 1:28.57. 5, Rocky Mtn 1:29.51. 6, Ridgevue 1:29.80. 7, Centennial 1:29.92. 8, Eagle 1:30.01.
4x400: 1, Kuna 3:19.31*. 2, Timberline 3:20.13. 3, Owyhee 3:20.25. 4, Meridian 3:20.65. 5, Capital 3:21.73. 6, Rocky Mtn 3:21.76. 7, Centennial 3:22.51. 8, Boise 3:22.55.
4x800: 1, Timberline 7:50.32*. 2, Mtn View 7:51.37. 3, Rocky Mtn 7:51.42. 4, Boise 7:53.21. 5, Centennial 7:58.51. 6, Owyhee 7:59.71. 7, Eagle 8:08.28. 8, Kuna 8:24.28.
GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
100: 1, Quincy Keller, Mtn View, 11.93. 2, Christine Huckins, Capital, 11.94. 3, Aubri Minnick, Kuna, 12.51. 4, Lilli Denhardt, Owyhee, 12.63. 5, Aubrey Montoya, Rocky Mtn, 12.73. 6, Hannah Bingham, Meridian, 12.93. 7, Bree Davis, Eagle, 12.95. 8, Nadja Burkholder, Timberline, 13.00.
200: 1, Christine Huckins, Capital, 23.83*. 2, Quincy Keller, Mtn View, 24.21. 3, Aubri Minnick, Kuna, 25.44. 4, Lilli Denhardt, Owyhee, 25.50. 5, Bree Davis, Eagle, 25.74. 6, Aubrey Montoya, Rocky Mtn, 25.80. 7, Talia Johnson, Mtn View, 26.03. 8, Ophelia Robison, Kuna, 26.10.
400: 1, Hannah Bingham, Meridian, 56.58. 2, Lily Munson, Rocky Mtn, 58.67. 3, Lily Vertrees, Boise, 59.07. 4, Talia Johnson, Mtn View, 59.12. 5, Gabs McHargue, Timberline, 59.77. 6, Ellery Brooks, Eagle, 1:01.34. 7, Samantha Watson, Eagle, 1:03.90. 8, Grace Russell, Capital, 1:05.49.
800: 1, Emme Hamm, Rocky Mtn, 2:14.77. 2, Hallie Heemeyer, Rocky Mtn, 2:15.91. 3, Annie Herd, Centennial, 2:16.13. 4, Paisley Taylor, Meridian, 2:16.27. 5, Lily Simmonds, Timberline, 2:17.91. 6, Audrey Orme, Boise, 2:18.36. 7, Jamie Roldan, Timberline, 2:18.79. 8, Amelie Purcell, Capital, 2:18.96.
1600: 1, Paisley Taylor, Meridian, 4:59.40. 2, Audrey Orme, Boise, 5:01.34. 3, Lily Simmonds, Timberline, 5:02.80. 4, Hallie Heemeyer, Rocky Mtn, 5:04.69. 5, Emme Hamm, Rocky Mtn, 5:06.60. 6, Nadia Kouskov, Timberline, 5:09.16. 7, Lily Sullivan, Capital, 5:09.77. 8, Sasha Livingston, Timberline, 5:10.16.
3200: 1, Paisley Taylor, Meridian, 11:06.13. 2, Faith Johnson, Owyhee, 11:12.78. 3, Sasha Livingston, Timberline, 11:16.06. 4, Lucy Spiess, Boise, 11:16.71. 5, Brooke Thompson, Rocky Mtn, 11:17.18. 6, Brooklyn Hom, Rocky Mtn, 11:17.34. 7, Sage Powell, Capital, 11:17.48. 8, Lily Sullivan, Capital, 11:18.43.
100H: 1, Makenzie Baisch, Eagle, 15.02. 2, Hallie Esmiol, Centennial, 15.08. 3, Eden Francis, Capital, 15.34. 4, Paisley Cole, Boise, 15.67. 5, Josie Davis, Owyhee, 15.88. 6, Kennedy Brink, Timberline, 15.90. 7, Danae Martinez, Nampa, 16.90. 8, Sierra Middleton, Borah, 17.42.
300H: 1, Makenzie Baisch, Eagle, 44.64. 2, Ellery Brooks, Eagle, 45.50. 3, Hallie Esmiol, Centennial, 46.85. 4, Danae Martinez, Nampa, 47.80. 5, Lucinda Patterson, Centennial, 47.82. 6, Alena Garrison, Capital, 47.83. 7, Madi Brooks, Owyhee, 48.90. 8, Tess Holdaway, Owyhee, 48.93.
Shot put: 1, McKenna Chavez, Capital, 41-4. 2, Kami Clayton, Mtn View, 41-0. 3, Eleanor Armitage, Ridgevue, 34-10. 4, Amiyah Baxter, Ridgevue, 34-9.5. 5, Emilee Suarez, Caldwell, 34-9.5. 6, Leah Thueson, Centennial, 33-3.5. 7, Taimane Tutogi, Meridian, 32-6.75. 8, Ella Engle, Timberline, 32-3.75.
Discus: 1, Madilyn McCarty, Mtn View, 128-11. 2, Niah Davis, Rocky Mtn, 120-2. 3, Bailey Udeze, Borah, 117-6. 4, Emma Lenihan, Owyhee, 114-11. 5, Ava Morfin, Kuna, 114-4. 6, Amiyah Baxter, Ridgevue, 113-10. 7, Taimane Tutogi, Meridian, 111-3. 8, Kami Clayton, Mtn View, 110-3.
Javelin: 1, Eliana Tia, Centennial, 129-10. 2, Eden Francis, Capital, 113-10. 3, Jaylen Matsushita, Centennial, 113-2. 4, Miriam Stafford, Capital, 110-5. 5, Eleanor Armitage, Ridgevue, 109-8. 6, Shara Galvin, Ridgevue, 108-0. 7, Kasyn Coats-Wald, Capital, 99-11. 8, Heaven Mathis, Borah, 95-10.
High jump: 1, Kaitlyn McGee, Ridgevue, 5-4. 2, Eliana Tia, Centennial, 5-2. 3, Josie Davis, Owyhee, 5-2. 3, Kenzie Bennett, Rocky Mtn, 5-2. 5, Kristin Geiser, Mtn View, 5-2. 6, Cora Taylor, Ridgevue, 5-2. 7, Olivia Sangsland, Rocky Mtn, 5-0. 8, Claire Schinnerer, Nampa, 5-0. 8, Jaelle Stafford, Capital, 5-0.
Pole vault: 1, Lauren Rynhart, Rocky Mtn, 11-6. 2, Mia Nelson, Boise, 11-0. 3, Lilja Walmsley, Mtn View, 11-0. 4, Felicity Smith, Rocky Mtn, 10-6. 5, Shiloh Currin, Kuna, 10-0. 6, Reagan Heinzerling, Kuna, 10-0. 7, Duran Carnie, Boise, 9-6. 7, Aleysa Earl, Mtn View, 9-6.
Long jump: 1, Eden Francis, Capital, 18-1.5. 2, Nadja Burkholder, Timberline, 17-9. 3, Josie Davis, Owyhee, 17-5. 4, Ella Winnie, Boise, 17-4.75. 5, Eliana Tia, Centennial, 17-1. 6, Ophelia Robison, Kuna, 16-10.75. 7, Aliceann Hilleshiem, Eagle, 16-6. 8, Pepper Smith, Centennial, 16-4.75.
Triple jump: 1, Nadja Burkholder, Timberline, 38-9. 2, Bree Cardon, Mtn View, 37-11. 3, Josie Davis, Owyhee, 37-8.75. 4, Pepper Smith, Centennial, 34-9. 5, Ella Winnie, Boise, 34-8.75. 6, Aliceann Hilleshiem, Eagle, 34-6.25. 7, Austyn Utz, Mtn View, 34-6. 8, Sophie Coulson, Mtn View, 34-1.25.
4x100: 1, Capital 46.95*. 2, Mtn View 47.82. 3, Eagle 48.51. 4, Centennial 48.96. 5, Owyhee 49.61. 6, Kuna 49.78. 7, Borah 49.83. 8, Boise 49.84.
4x200: 1, Mtn View 1:41.00. 2, Eagle 1:42.25. 3, Capital 1:43.06. 4, Owyhee 1:43.13. 5, Boise 1:43.83. 6, Timberline 1:44.47. 7, Kuna 1:44.58. 8, Centennial 1:46.99.
4x400: 1, Capital 3:53.76. 2, Rocky Mtn 3:58.32. 3, Eagle 4:01.14. 4, Timberline 4:01.51. 5, Meridian 4:04.25. 6, Centennial 4:04.40. 7, Mtn View 4:08.72. 8, Ridgevue 4:09.48.
4x800: 1, Rocky Mtn 9:24.16. 2, Timberline 9:25.64. 3, Mtn View 9:29.43. 4, Capital 9:29.62. 5, Owyhee 9:29.89. 6, Boise 9:35.78. 7, Centennial 9:50.07. 8, Eagle 10:00.84.
This story was originally published May 9, 2025 at 11:17 PM.
