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Real Training Girls Get Distance Relay Trifecta at Nike Outdoor Nationals, With Lee's Summit West and Cathedral Also Earning Third Wins

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Niwot High from Colorado helps Real Training become first girls team since 2000 to win 4x800, 4xMile and DMR in same year, Missouri program triumphs in girls 4x100, 4x200 and 1,600 sprint medley, with Los Angeles boys group capturing 4x400, 800 sprint medley and Swedish relay titles

By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor

EUGENE, Ore. – The final day of Nike Outdoor Nationals began and ended with impressive relay trifectas from the girls of Real Training Track Club in Colorado and Lees Summit West from Missouri, along with the boys representing Cathedral Phantoms Elite in Los Angeles.

In between, Amanda Moll took three more attempts at a 15-foot clearance and a new national high pole vault record, Jeremiah Nubbe achieved a dynamic throwing double, Shaina Zinter concluded the heptathlon in exceptional fashion, Sadie Engelhardt earned her first of many potential national titles, Addy Wiley added an 800-meter crown to last year’s mile victory, Mia Brahe-Pedersen completed a sweep of indoor and outdoor 200 championships and Zane Bergen punctuated his prep career with a long-awaited individual triumph Sunday at Hayward Field.

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Moll, a junior at Capital High in Washington representing Northwest Pole Vault Club, came through with clutch third-attempt clearances at both 14-2 (4.32m) and 14-8 (4.47m) to capture her first national outdoor title after placing fourth last year.

Moll, whose mark would have placed fifth at the recent NCAA Division 1 Championships, decided to raise the bar to 15-0.25 (4.58m) and showcased a promising second attempt at becoming the first prep female competitor to eclipse the 15-foot barrier.

Hana Moll, last year’s champion at 14-4 (4.37m), placed second Sunday behind her twin sister at 13-10 (4.22m). Four Northwest Pole Vault Club athletes earned All-America honors, including Ella McRitchie of Bainbridge High clearing 13-6.25 (4.12m) and Avril Wilson of Cedarcrest achieving a 13-2.25 (4.02m) clearance to secure sixth.

Emery Prentice of Vandebilt Catholic, an LSU signee, was fourth at 13-6.25, with California state champion Jathiyah Muhammad of Dublin finishing fifth at 13-2.25.

Bella Nelson, Eva Klingbeil, Mia Prok and Madison Shults helped Real Training – representing Niwot High – capture its first girls 4xMile relay title in 19:48.12, holding off Colorado rivals from Cherry Creek High, competing as the Creek Bruins.

Real Training followed its No. 2 all-time performance of 19:45.37 last year with the third-fastest effort in U.S. prep history. Addison Price, Addison Laughlin, Shelby Balding and Riley Stewart ran 19:55.36 for Creek Bruins, who became the third-fastest program behind Saratoga Springs from New York and Niwot, achieving the fourth-fastest mark in history.

Real Training became the first female program to sweep the 4x800, 4xMile and distance medley relays in the same year since Rockford High from Michigan in 2000.

Shults competed seven times in the four-day meet, contributing to six top-four relay finishes, including the three victories, along with running 2:13.62 in the 800 championship. Stella Vieth ran six times for Real Training, winning two relay championships and placing ninth in the 800 final in 2:11.62.

Cathedral Phantoms Elite became the first team in meet history to capture championships in the 1,000-meter Swedish relay, 1,600-meter sprint medley relay and 4x400 relay, the latter capping the meet, as Jake Preston, Tony Walton, Ekene Onwaeze and William Mullins clocked 3:15.65 to earn the first title by a California boys program since JW North in 2006.

Brandon Valley Track Club of South Dakota secured second in 3:18.09.

Lees Summit West of Missouri achieved its third national crown at the meet, with Sidney Cole, Whitney Farrington, Alivia Tolbert and Mikah Scott clocking 47.00 seconds to triumph in the 4x100 relay, adding to victories in the 4x200 and 1,600 sprint medley relay.

Lee’s Summit West became the first girls program in meet history to win all three championships in the same year. Makayla Clark joined Farrington, Cole and Scott to take third in the 4x400 relay in 3:51.44.

Nubbe, competing for Rainier High in Washington, swept the discus throw and hammer throw, becoming the first male competitor since Daniel Haugh of St. Pius X in Atlanta in 2014 to capture both titles in the same year.

Although he triumphed in the hammer in dominant fashion, winning by more than 30 feet with a mark of 236-4 (72.03m), Nubbe had to rally to earn the discus crown.

With six athletes in the competition that had produced 200-foot throws this season, Nubbe managed the only one in the championship when he needed it most, surpassing Brendon See of JSerra High in California in the fifth round with a 200-1 (60.99m) performance to secure the title.

See, the California state champion, finished second at 194-5 (59.27m).

Nick Godbehere of Shafter High in California was the only athlete to place in the top three in both the discus and shot put, producing sixth-round marks of 63-8.25 (19.41m) and 191-10 (58.48m).

Zane Forist of Carson City-Crystal in Michigan became the first male athlete to repeat in the shot put since Ben Gilbert of Lancaster High in Ohio in 1995-96.

Forist, a Michigan signee, delivered a 67-3.50 (20.51m) effort in the fifth round to capture back-to-back titles. He also finished fourth in the discus with a 191-2 (58.28m) performance.

Michael Pinones of San Antonio East Central in Texas was runner-up in the shot put at 66-9.75 (20.36m).

Madeleine Fey, a sophomore at Midlothian High in Texas, needed only one fair throw in the girls discus to win the national title with a mark of 163-8 (49.90m) in the opening round.

Giavonna Meeks of Northfield High in Colorado, rebounded from a disappointing outcome in the discus to win the girls hammer throw crown with a first-round mark of 181-1 (55.20m).

Katelyn Peterson of Dixon and Angela Schykerynec of Orland, both representing Golden State Throwers in California, finished second and third with throws of 176-6 (53.80m) and 174-2 (53.10m), respectively.

Mensi Stiff of Brentwood Academy in Tennessee enjoyed the most consistent day of any female thrower, winning the shot put at 51-8.25 (15.75m) in the sixth round, rallying past Carlie Weiser of Giddings High in Texas and her 50-10.25 (15.50m) effort.

Stiff also produced a discus performance of 162-10 (49.64m) to finish second behind Fey.

Zinter became the first Minnesota athlete to win the heptathlon since Shaina Burns of Lakeville South in 2014, capped by a lifetime-best 2:10.47 in the 800 meters to finish with 5,122 points.

Zinter, who was fifth last year with 4,975 points, entered Sunday’s competition in third place overall, but produced a 17-2.25 (5.24m) long jump and achieved a throw of 114-6 (34.92m) in the javelin throw to seize the momentum against runner-up Evie Culbreath of Baylor High in Tennessee, who scored 4,717 points.

The 800-meter finals showcased two of the elite matchups of the entire meet, with Bergen from Real Training – representing Niwot High – taking on Simeon Birnbaum of Rapid City Stevens in South Dakota, along with Jai Dawson of Dana Hills in California and Connor Burns of South Boone in Missouri in the boys race, in addition to Wiley of Huntington North in Indiana matching up against Ali Ince of Normal Community in Illinois in the girls championship.

Wiley became the first female athlete since Sarah Bowman of Fauquier High in Virginia in 2004-05 to win the 800 and mile titles in consecutive years, clocking 2:04.64, with Ince placing second in 2:06.00.

Bergen, who was second in the mile final last year, captured the 800 crown in a personal-best 1:49.18, holding off Birnbaum (1:50.12) and Dawson (1:50.18), with Burns finishing sixth in 1:51.60.

It marked the first 800 championship for a Colorado athlete in meet history, but it wasn’t the only middle-distance crown captured by Real Training, with Longmont High standout and Princeton commit Connor McCormick securing the mile title in 4:08.59, also the first for the state.

McCormick surged in the final lap, covering the last 440 yards in 55.46 seconds to rally past Isaac Teeples of Kamiakin High in Washington (4:09.21).

With Wiley focusing on the 800, it created an opportunity at redemption in the mile for Engelhardt, a freshman at Ventura High in California.

Following a 15th-place finish in last year’s final, Engelhardt took command early and never relinquished control, becoming the first girls mile champion from California since 1991 by clocking 4:38.40, the third-fastest performance in meet history.

Ella Borsheim of Bellarmine Prep in Washington produced the second-fastest time overall of 4:46.89, competing in an earlier section. Kaiya Robertson of Franklin High in Oregon took third in 4:47.33.

Brahe-Pedersen of Lake Oswego High in Oregon concluded a busy meet schedule with her first career outdoor championship, holding off fellow sophomore Adaejah Hodge of Alexander High in Georgia by a 23.25 to 23.29 margin in the 200 final.

Brahe-Pedersen, who was edged by Autumn Wilson of St. Dominic Savio in Texas by an 11.33 to 11.36 margin in the 100-meter final Saturday, also contributed to Lake Oswego finishing second in the 4x100 final in 47.37 and fourth in the 4x400 championship in 3:51.93.

Brahe-Pedersen, the first female sprinter from Oregon to win the outdoor 200 crown, added to her victory in March at Nike Indoor Nationals.

Finn Chamberlain, Henry Alexander, Tucker Bowerfind and Aiden Smith helped athletes from Lincoln High, competing as Forest Park Track Club of Oregon, win the boys 4xMile relay in 17:36.02, with the Los Angeles Cubs representing Loyola High in California finishing second in 17:48.36.

Lincoln coach Eric Dettman was a member of the national championship distance medley relay at York High in Illinois in 2006.

Roisin Willis of Stevens Point in Wisconsin prevailed in the girls 400 final in 52.64, giving her a pair of national championships this year, along with winning the 800 crown in March at New Balance Nationals Indoor. She equaled her top performance from last year’s Brooks PR Invitational in Seattle to prevail against Kaylyn Brown of Mallard Creek High in North Carolina, who ran 53.23.

Jake Andrews of Sehome High in Washington prevailed in the boys 400 final in a personal-best 46.39, becoming the first male athlete from the state to win the title in meet history.

Andrew Regnier of Waunakee High in Wisconsin achieved the second-fastest time overall of 47.66, winning an earlier section.

Pierre Goree of Duncanville added a 4x100 championship to his 100-meter dash title Saturday, with Chris Hicks, Caden Durham and Jaylen Washington contributing to victory in 40.81 for the program, which also had Clayton Brookins honored earlier in the meet by the National Scholastic Athletics Foundation as the coach of the year.

Jonas Clarke of South Hadley High in Massachusetts, a Harvard commit, won the boys 200 crown in 20.98, following a runner-up finish behind Goree in the 100 in 10.43. Will Floyd of Seattle Prep placed second in 21.27.

Comal Smithson Valley of Texas, competing as Spring Branch Track Club and led by freshman standout Alyssa Jones, won the girls 4x400 title in 3:47.48, with Real Training achieving its sixth relay podium finish of the meet by placing second in 3:51.28. Favour Udiji, Mia Perez and Jazmyn Singh joined Jones on the championship lineup.

Damilare Olukosi of Fort Bend Travis High in Texas, a TCU commit, won the boys triple jump title in a thrilling sixth round against long jump winner Jaylen Lloyd of Omaha Central in Nebraska.

Olukosi jumped 50-6.75 (15.41m) to secure the victory, but Lloyd continued to apply pressure with a 50-6 (15.39m) performance in his final jump, becoming the only athlete in the country this year to surpass 25 feet in the long jump and 50 feet in the triple jump.

Agur Dwol of Mullen High in Colorado, representing Mile High Track Club, triumphed in the girls triple jump in a competition that produced the top three marks in the first round.

Dwol opened her series at 42-3.50 (12.89m), with runner-up Ke’yona Gabriel of Central Lafourche High in Louisiana producing a first-round mark of 41-0.50 (12.51m) and Ava Cinnamo of Rosemount High in Minnesota taking third at 40-7 (12.37m).

Beau Domingue of Hammond High, an LSU commit, cleared 16-8 (5.08m) on his first attempt and benefited from successful attempts at his first four heights to become the first Louisiana male athlete to win the pole vault title since Devin King in 2014.

Landon Helms of Emmett High in Idaho, Cody Johnston of Hobart High in Indiana and Dallin Thornton from Bingham High in Utah also cleared 16-8, but trailed Domingue based on more overall attempts.

Spencer Young of Marlborough High in California, who finished seventh in the girls javelin throw championship a day earlier, won the inaugural javelin showcase by prevailing against Paris Kimble of Humble Atascocita in Texas by a 142-3 (43.36m) to 140-7 (42.86m) margin in the final round.

The format was similar to the boys long jump showcase Saturday, with athletes competing the first three rounds to qualify for the top eight seeds, then participating in a head-to-head tournament in the final three rounds to determine the winner.



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