A state best 4A triple jump of the season for Addy Adams and two wins by distance ace Emily Picard were among several Madras highlights of the Tri-Valley Conference Championships track and field meet in Prineville May 21-22.

Adams went 37-10.35 to win by more than three feet over Magdalen Gehred of Estacada, and it’s a mark that re-established Adams with the longest 4A triple of the season heading into next week’s state meet at Hayward Field in Eugene. It’s also a school record mark.

Adams was second in the long jump to Molalla’s Peyton Craven. Craven went 17-9 and Adams 17-3.25.

Picard, a senior, dominated the 1,500 early in Thursday’s second day then then did the same to cap the meet in the 3,000. Picard ran a 4:58.55 in the 1,500, expanding her lead late against a rival from The Dalles, fellow senior Alaina Casady, who finished second in 5:07.39. In taking the 3,000, Picard won with a 10:44.53 to Casady’s 10:58.36.

At district, the top two finishers in each event, and individuals finishing below second who beat state qualifying marks, get state berths. Qualifying marks are the times and distances of the average of fourth-place finishers at state over the past four years.

As squads, the Buffalo boys finished second to Crook County. The Cowboys finished with 216.5 while Madras had 128.5. The Dalles was third at 119, Molalla fourth with 93, followed by Estacada and Gladstone, with 51 and 46, respectively.

The Buffalo girls were fourth. Crook County won with 195. Molalla had 127.5. The next three were bunched, Estacada at 106, Madras at 103.5, The Dalles at 96, while Gladstone totaled 29.

Buffalo boys
For the Buffalo boys, Andres Aguilar led a sweep of the top three places in a very tight triple jump competition. Aguilar went 43-11.25 to get the title, the lone title for the boys squad. Gavin Williams took second with a 43-8. The Buffs’ Reed Simmelink and Crook County standout Eli Oelkers both soared 43-7, tying for third, and all four made state by beating the qualifying mark of 42-4.6.75. All but Aguilar had personal record days. Aguilar has a 4A state best 44-4, set April 12.

The power of Tri-Valley boys long jumpers was in full display as the top seven placers qualified for state. Oelkers took the title with a PR 23-6.25 but Aguilar and Simmelink also topped 22 with 22-1.75 marks. Williams had a PR at 21-2.5 which was good enough for sixth.

Madras sophomore thrower Brock Etter had a great meet, qualifying for state in both the shot put and discus. On Wednesday, he went 45-0.25 to take second in the shot to Estacada’s Paul Ables, who went 45-9.25. Logan Hayre was eighth to score for Madras with a 40-4.75. On Thursday, Etter took second by nearly seven feet past the third-place finisher, throwing 133-2. Samuel Astanin of Estacada went 144-9 to take the title.

The Madras boys 4×100 made state with a season-best 43.20. Unfortunately for the Buffs, The Dalles also kicked in a season best with their 42.80 to win it. The Buff foursome was Michael Young, Aguilar, Andres Pineda and Williams.

The Buffalo trio in the 100 meters finished fourth, fifth and sixth, but their times were all good enough to qualify for state. Aguilar was fourth in 11.02, Williams fifth in 11.10 and Pineda sixth in 11.24. The qualifying mark was 11.26.

Crook County’s standout Gabe Love and The Dalles speedster David McCracken both broke 11 seconds in the 100, going 10.75 and 10.92, respectively. Love also took the 200 over the Riverhawk sophomore, 21.89 to 22.73. The Buffs’ Pineda was fourth in 23.11.

The Madras boys had a season-best time in the 4×400, too, with a 3:34.55. However, it was only good enough for third. Crook County won in 3:22.88 and The Dalles was second in 3:28.26. The Madras team included Alex Aguilar, Pineda, Reed Simmelink and RedSky Waheneka.

The Buffs’ Young made state by going 11-10 in the pole vault to finish second to The Dalles ace Julian Morehouse, who went 14-4. The Buffs’ Christian Brown and Gabe Fessler also got team points, taking sixth and seventh, respectively, with vaults of 10-4.

Alex Aguilar also placed fourth for Madras in the 400 in 54.09. Crook County junior Jace Jonas won with a 50.12. In the 800, Theron Young and Julian Stwyer were eighth and nine, respectively. Crook County’s Adam Radabaugh capped his win the in 1,500 by taking the 800 too, edging The Dalles’ Tyson Long 1:58.07 to 1:59.01.

Radabaugh stretched it out a bit to win the 1,500, going 4:08.51. Waheneka was sixth for Madras in 4:32.94. Waheneka was fifth in the 3,000 with a time of 10:00.17. Taylor Harper of Crook County won in 9:26.65.

Simmelink and Diego Sedano were fourth and fifth for Madras in the high jump, Simmelink going 5-9.75 and Sedano 57.75. Eduardo Alferez Diaz, a freshman, was seventh for Madras at 5-3.75.

Buffalo girls
Along with the event titles from Adams and Picard, another highlight for the Buffalos at district was their girls 4×100 team taking second to Crook County and making state. The Buffs squad of Miriam Egoavil, Ana Boyle, Caylie Owens and Marlee Simmelink clocked a 50.79. Crook County won with a 50.23. Molalla was third in 51.14.

Egoavil also made state with a second-place finish in the 400, to Cowgirl standout Natalia Crass. Crass ran a 4A state best 57.34. Egoavil nipped Estacada’s Magdalen Gehred 1:02.11 to 1:02.25 to take second.

Crass won the 800 as well, going 2:21.76. Her teammate, Pati Carne, was second at 2:26.48. Callie Delamarter was seventh for Madras at 2:46.18.

Arema White, a junior, was third in the shot put, going 32-3.75, a PR. Estacada’s outstanding Abby Behrman took the title with a 43-3.75. Kailee Mora was a top eight placer, finishing eighth with a 26-1.5. Kyra Weeks and White were seventh and eighth in the discus, with marks of 80-7 and 80-6. Behrman won the discus by 30 feet. Weeks was sixth in the javelin, where the freshman went 92-11. Paige Wood of Crook County easily took the javelin with a 125-5.

Madras sprinter Woods, a junior, had a good meet. Along with the third leg in the runner-up 4×100 team, she PR’d in the 100 with a 13.05 to take fourth. Denise Hicks of Estacada took the 100 in 12.65. Another Madras junior, Ashlyn Wolfe PR’d in taking sixth in the 200 with a 27.66. Cowgirl freshman Hanna Zapf won the 200 in 26.83.

Boyle was sixth in both the 100 and 300 hurdles. Molalla’s Peyton Craven won both events. Ashlyn Wolfe was seventh in the 300 for Madras.

Egoavil and Hope Wright were sixth and eighth in the triple jump, with marks of 33-4 and 31-11.5. Claire Affeldt scored with an eighth-place finish in the pole vault, clearing 6-4.

The state meet is at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene on May 30-31.