LA GRANDE, Ore. \u2013\u00a0The men\u2019s 4x100m relay highlighted a solid first day for LC State Men\u2019s Track and Field at the 2026 Cascade Conference Track and Field Championships, presented by U.S. Bank. The Warriors had all-conference finishes in three events as Reid Thomas and Kobe Wessels joined the relay team on the podium. The Warriors also had the first student-athlete in program history compete in the 5,000m racewalk.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe had a pretty good day considering conditions were extremely challenging due to the winds,\u201d coach Mike Collins said. \u201cOur throwers had a pretty good day across the board for both genders, especially Reid who came away with points that weren’t on paper to begin with. We also saw our men’s 4x100m team break the school record and a first in school history with our first racewalker. Track is definitely a numbers game and going into tomorrow we’ll be working hard to try to both earn individual recognitions, but also to have a shot at finishing in a top half of the conference in both genders on the team side.\u201d<\/p>\n
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LC State\u2019s men\u2019s 4x100m relay had a big day with a school record, national qualifying standard and All-CCC honors accomplished in less than 41 seconds. The team of Jedidiah Barnaby, Preston Cooper, Jordan Castillo and Collin Wimer clocked a time of 40.81, the fastest in school history, to place second at the CCC meet. The time ranks in the top 20 in the NAIA this season.<\/p>\n
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Dawson Welliver became the first Warrior to compete in the 5,000m racewalk and did so in impressive fashion. The sophomore earned a provisional standard for outdoor nationals with a time of 25:31.66. He now holds the LC State record in the event.<\/p>\n
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Reid Thomas shattered his previous record in the shot put and earned All-CCC honors in the process. The senior hit a mark of 15.35m, besting his previous record of 15.05m, to finish second in the event. Zane Hearne also had a PR of 13.31m to place 10th.<\/p>\n
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Thomas also led the Warriors in the hammer throw where he finished fourth overall with a 52.26m throw. Ian Roeber was 12th\u00a0(44.42m), while both Alexzander Lambson (13th, 44.14m) and Hearne (17th, 41.44m) had personal bests.<\/p>\n
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Lewiston native Kobe Wessels earned All-Cascade Conference honors in track and field for the first time in his career with a third-place finish in the 1,500m. He clocked a time of 3:58.30.<\/p>\n
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Freshman Aidan Grenier ran a personal-best time of 15.20 in the 110m hurdles to finish fifth overall. The time ranks third all-time at LC State, and Cameron Carrara was 11th\u00a0(16.01).<\/p>\n
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Trenton Johnson was the top LC State finisher in the long jump. The senior placed seventh (6.90m), Koerner was eighth (6.76m) and Max Funk finished 25th\u00a0with a PR of 6.24m. Brandon Decker was 12th\u00a0in the pole vault (4.11m) and Zack Wolfe cleared a personal-best height of 3.96m to finish 15th.<\/p>\n
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Freshman Harry Lazenby earned a spot in the top 10 of the 400m race. He finished 10th\u00a0with a time of 50.12 and Avery Seal was 12th\u00a0(50.14).<\/p>\n
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Manuel Valdez, Welliver, Christian Lybyer and Luke Siler combined to run a time of 9:11.88 in the 4x800m relay to place third. The event does not count toward the CCC standings. Ben Vernon was 19th\u00a0in the 3,000m steeplechase (10:38.24) and Connor Alexander finished 16th\u00a0in the 10,000m (35:26.23).<\/p>\n
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UP NEXT<\/p>\n
LC State Track and Field concludes the conference championships on Saturday with a full slate of events on the schedule in La Grande.<\/p>\n
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