Riddle’s Moana Gianotti (Photo: Aaron Yost)

EUGENE – The first day of the high school track and field state meet gets underway Thursday at 10:00 a.m. The first day of the meet focuses on the small schools in the 3A, 2A, and 1A classifications. A large majority of the local athletes competing in the state meet hail from the small school classifications.

Some of the highlights to watch for on Thursday include Riddle’s Moana Gianotti looking to repeat as the 2A girl’s discus champion, Oakland’s Skyler Shadbolt attempting to better last year’s third place finish in the 2A boy’s shot put, Yoncalla’s Laaron Lopez hoping to place higher than last year’s fifth place finish in the 1A boy’s high jump, and Camas Valley’s Jazmin Wilberg looking to finish better than her ninth place finish in the 1A girl’s javelin last year.

Here is a full list of events local athletes will be taking part in on Thursday (LIST WILL BE UPDATED WITH RESULTS WHEN AVAILABLE):

10:00am – 1A Boys High Jump: Tristan Ware (Glendale) PLACED 6TH (5′ 10″)
10:00am – 2A Boys Pole Vault: James Morhain (Oakland) PLACED 2ND (13′ 0.75″)
11:15am – 1A Boys Long Jump: Evan Gaskell (Days Creek) PLACED 5TH (19′ 4.75″), Jed Hays (Days Creek) PLACED 12TH (18′ 4.5″)
11:30am – 1A Girls Discus: Carlie Dossman (Days Creek) PLACED 12TH (62’00”)
11:45am – 3A Boys Shot Put: Dillon Towne (Glide) PLACED 1ST (49’3.5″)
12:30pm – 1A Girls 3000m Run: Hannah Hull (Umpqua Valley Christian) PLACED 12TH (13:19.79)
1:15pm – 1A Boys 3000m Run: Derek O’Connor (Camas Valley) PLACED 3RD (9:31.43)
1:15pm – 2A Boys Long Jump: Sean Keenan (Yoncalla) PLACED 5TH (20’3.75″)
1:30pm – 3A Girls Discus: Kaylee Hendron (Glide) PLACED 3RD (117’01”)
1:45pm – 1A Girls Long Jump: Moriah Micheals (Days Creek) PLACED 6TH (15’4″), Noel Krissie (Camas Valley) PLACED 10TH (14’6″), Jazmin Wilberg (Camas Valley) PLACED 1ST (16’5.75″)
1:58pm – 1A Girls 100m Dash (Prelims): Moriah Micheals (Days Creek) PLACED 6TH (13.38/QUALIFIED FOR FINALS)
2:00pm – 1A Girls Javelin: Jazmin Wilberg (Camas Valley) PLACED 6TH (111’7″)
2:18pm – 1A Boys 100m Dash (Prelims): Jed Hays (Days Creek), Ryan Weickum (Camas Valley)
2:26pm – 2A Boys 100m Dash (Prelims): Sean Keenan (Yoncalla) PLACED 6TH (11.85/QUALIFIED FOR FINALS)
2:42pm – 1A Girls 400m Dash (Prelims): Noel Krissie (Camas Valley) PLACED 5TH (1:02.63/QUALIFIED FOR FINALS)
3:06pm – 1A Boys 400m Dash (Prelims): Isaac Starcher (Days Creek) PLACED 6TH (53.46/QUALIFIED FOR FINALS)
3:30pm – 2A Girls Discus: Moana Gianotti (Riddle) PLACED 3RD (131’9″)
3:36pm – 1A Girls 100m High Hurdles (Prelims): Jazmin Wilberg (Camas Valley) PLACED 1ST (15.64/QUALIFIED FOR FINALS), Carlie Dossman (Days Creek) PLACED 9TH (18.23/DID NOT QUALIFY FOR FINALS)
3:45pm – 2A Boys Shot Put: Skyler Shadbolt (Oakland) PLACED 8TH (43′ 4.5″)
4:08pm – 2A Boys 110m High Hurdles (Prelims): Colton Langdon (Oakland) PLACED 7TH (18.17/ QUALIFIED FOR FINALS)
4:24pm – 1A Girls 200m Dash (Prelims): Moriah Micheals (Days Creek) PLACED 11TH (28.20/ DID NOT QUALIFY FOR FINALS)
4:45pm – 1A Boys 200m Dash (Prelims): Jed Hays (Days Creek) PLACED 8TH (23.77/QUALIFIED FOR FINALS)
4:56pm – 2A Boys 200m Dash (Prelims): James Morhain (Oakland) PLACED 12TH (24.79/ DID NOT QUALIFY FOR FINALS)
5:18pm – 1A Girls 300m Low Hurdles (Prelims): Carlie Dossman (Days Creek) PLACED 11TH (54.92/ DID NOT QUALIFY FOR FINALS)
5:42pm – 1A Boys 300m Int. Hurdles (Prelims): Joshua Whetzel (Days Creek) PLACED 8TH (44.35/ QUALIFIED FOR FINALS)