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| OSAA Oregon State Championships
Hayward Field - University of Oregon, Eugene OR
May 22-24, 2008
DyeStat on-site with Dave Devine and Laura Magee
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| Dave Devine's Lead Story | | Mathabane 3:53.28 1500, Shueler leads Summit to 5A title with 4 state records | 
| Lincoln junior Nathan Mathabane crosses the line with a 3:53.28 1500 PR and his first state track title - Photo by Dave Clark
| Saturday Top Highlights
- Lincoln junior Nathan Mathabane runs new US #1 3:53.28 1500, with Taylor Morgan (Central Catholic sr) second at 3:54.74
- Kellie Schueler (Summit so) helps lead Summit to girls 5A title by sprinting her way to four state meet records: 12.01 100, 55.04 400, 24.54 200, and anchor on 3:55.11 4x400
- National elite 1500m time of 4:33.79 for Taylor Wallace (Henley jr), who also anchored Henley's state record 3:56.83 4x400 to seal the girls' 4A team title.
- Senior Eric Capelle helps lead Barlow HS to boys 6A title with three golds (14.51 110H, 38.89 300H, and leg on Barlow's 41.92 4x100 relay) and silver in 100 (10.72 to Jordan Polk's 10.63)
| Other Highlights and event winners
6A
- Barlow freshman Ryan Crouser claims second throws title of weekend with 178-09 DT win, extending his existing Oregon freshman record by several feet
- Lindsay Beard (South Eugene sr) clears 12-07.00 for state title and new pole vault meet record
- Girls 4x100 relay gold goes to St. Mary's at the line for their 48.14
- Garrett Sim (Sunset sr) 47-07.75 TJ
- Alexandra Jones (St. Mary's jr) 4:42.32 1500m
- Meet record in girls 200m dash for Benson junior Kayla Smith with a 24.18 finish to go with 12.11 (-0.3) 100 win
- Jordan Polk (Lincoln sr) 10.63 (+1.2) 100, then runner-up 21.81 200 to cousin Nycole Griffin (Benson so) 21.79 (+0.8)
5A
- Matt Miner (Ashland sr) runs meet record, elite time of 3:55.17 in the 1500m and Jared Bassett (Marshfield sr) 3:55.28 takes second
- Marshfield sr Alison Worthen makes it a triple-gold weekend with HJ on Friday, state meet record 44.46 300H, 17-11.50w (+2.5) LJ, plus runner-up 15.07 in 100H to Liberty soph Olivia Ferrara's 14.78 state meet record
- Alyssa O'Connor (Summit jr) adds two more state titles and two more meet records to her weekend collection with 4:42.90 1500m and leg on Summit's winning 3:55.11 4x400.
- Long jump champion Derek Newsom (Silverton sr) with a mark of 23-08.75
- New state meet record for Robert Atoe, senior from The Dalles/Wahtonka with a 59-10.00 SP
- Alesha Trattner (Glencoe sr) also grabs state record SP with 41-11.00 toss
- 49.50 4x100 relay for Pendleton girls
- 400m win and meet record for Shane O'Connell (Churchill sr) for his 49.21
- Best relay battle of the day in the boys 4x400, where Jefferson's Darius Strickland never gave up after being passed in the homestretch and slipped past Churchill's Shane O'Connell for 3:24.41 to 3:24.42 win
4A
- US top 10 1500m for Elliott Jantzer (Phoenix jr) in 3:58.53
- Eric Whalen (La Salle sr) wins javelin throw with a huge personal best of 192-08.00
- Cottage Grove girls win 4x100 relay 49.52
- La Salle's defending champ Laura Schmitt (jr) keeps her 400m title with a 57.39 time and takes 2nd in the 200m (25.61)
- Braidy Bates (Pleasant Hill sr) runs 100m state meet record of 12.24
- Henley sr Danny Staats clears 6-09 to win the HJ, then immediately rips 49.01 400 winner
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OR 4A-5A-6A State Meet Index
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