New Opportunities Could Inject Some New Life Into Oregon, Washington All-Time Indoor Best Lists

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

These lists are a work in progress. Indoor track in the Northwest has been a piecemeal affair for decades, but it could gain some consistency with the advent of a new indoor facility in Spokane, The Podium. 

Unlike the bulk of the states east of the Mississippi, and in hotbeds like New York, New Jersey and Virginia, the winter months have historically been downtime for high school track athletes in Oregon and Washington. The University of Oregon didn't even start paying serious attention to the winter season until the early 2000s. 

Some of the area's outliers -- people like Rick Noji and Tommy Skipper -- did make it to indoor nationals. Or rather, they were invited. But not many over the years went. 

The Dempsey Indoor facility has given some opportunities over the years to high school athletes, who sometimes run unattached against college and pro athletes, or took part in a few recent high school invitationals. 

In Washington, where high school track coaches are not allowed to coach their athletes in the winter, nearly all organized track is handled by clubs. The clubs are a primary outlet in Oregon, too, although there is a bit more flexibility. A motivated high school coach isn't restricted from taking athletes to a meet, although often must use a club name and fund-raising apparatus to do it. 

The Washington list is made primarily of the record-keeping of Scott and Joan Spruill, editors of the Washington State High School Track and Field Annual. I added a few more events and relied on Jack Shepard's High School Track, the athletic.net database, and results from the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation. Who's Who In Oregon Track has not traditionally bothered with indoor marks as there are so few of them. 

There are places left blank where it seems there are no reasonably important marks for certain events yet. Hopefully that changes.

Performances on Dempsey's oversized track are fair game. At this point in trying to illuminate this history, the only thing that matters is that they were indoors and in the winter period between cross country and outdoor track. 

Adjustments or corrections are welcome. Contact me at [email protected]

Oregon 

55 - Micah Williams, 6.17, 2019 // LaReina Woods, 7.17, 1990

60 - Micah Williams, 6.60, 2019 // Lily Jones, 7.43, 2022

200 - Ryan Bailey, 21.40, 2007  // Mia Brahe-Pedersen, 24.30, 2022

300 - Dalen Hargett, 38.24, 2015  //  Rachel Vinjamuri, 42.23, 2015 

400 - Nathan Anderson, 47.90, 2006  // Mia Brahe-Pedersen, 56.42, 2021

600 - Nathan Lightner, 1:22.81, 2008  //  Chiara Chandlee, 1:39.48, 2013

800 - Mike McGrath, 1:50.09, 2003 // Chloe Foerster, 2:13.12, 2020

1,000 - Jean Baptiste Tooley, 2:33.08, 2013  //  Morgan Anderson, 3:04.39, 2011

1,500 - Mike McGrath, 3:54.89, 2003 // Eryn Forbes, 4:24.4, 1976

Mile - Mike McGrath, 4:10.70, 2003 // Kate Peters, 4:49.42, 2022

3,000 - Tyrone Gorze, 8:11.38, 2022  // Kate Peters, 9:46.62, 2020

2-Mile - Galen Rupp, 8:54.45, 2004  // Sarah Brandy, 11:08.51, 1994

5,000 - Brad Hudson, 14:29.28, 1984  // 

55H - Bob Grey, 7.30, 1988  // 

60H - Carter Bracken, 7.98, 2016  // Harley Daniel, 8.90, 2022

4x200 - Summit, 1:32.68, 2012  //  Central Catholic, 1:45.89, 2014

4x400 - Summit, 3:27.16, 2020   // Lincoln, 4:14.29, 2019

4x800 - Central Catholic, 8:13.85, 2006 // Sisters, 10:49.61, 2019

4xMile - 

SMR - 

DMR - Central Catholic, 10:15.35, 2022 //

LJ - Harrison Schrage, 24-11.25, 2016  // Sophia Beckmon, 19-6, 2022

TJ - Harrison Schrage, 47-1.50, 2015  // Kalulusno Ngaida, 39-0, 2018

HJ - Chris Nelson, 6-10.75, 1993  // Joni Huntley, 6-0.50, 1974

PV - Tommy Skipper, 17-3.75, 2003   // Nicole Prall, 12-6, 2022-21; Sydney McCann, 12-6, 2020-21

SP - Ryan Crouser, 77-2.75, 2011 // Maddie Rabing, 49-0.75, 2016

WT - Mason Strunk, 75-7, 2020  // Shelby Moran, 62-4, 2018

Pent - Joseph Hart, 3,516, 2011  // --

Washington

55 -  --  // Hannah Cunliffe, 6.79, 2014

60 - Tatum Taylor, 6.63, 2013 // Hannah Cunliffe, 7.30, 2014

200 - Isaiah Brandt-Sims, 21.47, 2014 // Adaji Osaro-Igwe, 24.09, 2020

300 - Cameron Townsen, 39.01, 2015  // Marcia Washburn, 44.53, 1993

400 - Darren Woods, 47.60, 2003 // Kate Jendrezak, 54.80, 2020

600 - Nick Boersma, 1:22.09, 2012  // Brooke Manson, 1:34.46, 2017

800 - Daniel Maton, 1:51.88, 2019 // Alexa Efraimson, 2:05.18, 2015 (pro)   

1,000 - Tom Bradley, 2:43.63, 2011 // Alexa Efraimson, 2:41.23, 2015 (pro)

Mile - Marcus Dickson, 4:07.18, 2012 // Alexa Efraimson, 4:32.15, 2014

1,500 - Micah Davis, 3:59.58, 1995   //  Alexa Efraimson, 4:15.65, 2014

3,000 - Gerry Lindgren, 8:06.4c, 1964  // Alexa Efraimson, 9:00.16, 2014

2-Mile - Gerry Lindgren, 8:40.0, 1964 // Alexa Efraimson, 10:15.82, 2013

5,000 -   -- // Megan O'Reilly, 16:26.37, 2006

60H - Andre Korbmacher, 7.89, 2022 // Brandi Hughes, 8.62, 2016

4x200 - 

4x400 - Glacier Peak, 3:33.08, 2017  // Inglemoor, 4:09.69, 2002

4x800 - 

4xMile - Gig Harbor, 17:08.44, 2014 //  --

SMR -   --  // Inglemoor, 4:19.39, 2002

DMR - 

LJ - Zach Smith, 23-11.50, 2009  // Jelani Heath, 19-11.50, 2017

TJ - Lane Russell, 49-1, 2013  //  Chinne Okoronkwo, 42-11.75, 2016

HJ - Rick Noji, 7-4, 1985 //  Mary Moore, 6-0.75, 1981  

PV - Bowman Starr, 16-9.50, 2019  //  Chloe Cunliffe, 14-9, 2019

SP - Vince Goldsmith, 66-1.75, 1977  //  Lynette Matthews, 49-7.75, 1971

WT - Trey Knight, 86-7.50, 2019  //  Shreese Daniels, 55-5, 2011

Pent - Myron Wise, 3,898 pts, 1990 //  Alaina Brady, 3,682, 2019