Introducing: Track & Field Recruits - Class of 2020

EUGENE, Ore. – The final day of introductions of the 2020 Oregon Track and Field recruiting class features members of the sprint and hurdle group. The previous two days featured the distance crew on Friday and field events/multis on Saturday. Follow along on social media—OregonTF on Instagram and Twitter—for messages from this year's recruiting class.

Overall, this class features incoming Ducks from 12 states—nine of the 25 are from Oregon—and South Africa.

Event Group: Sprints/Hurdles
Alexa Webster (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands HS)
Colleen Uzoekwe (Portland, Ore./Westview HS)
Jadyn Mays (Glendale, Ariz./North Canyon HS)
Micah Williams (Portland, Ore./Benson HS)
Ryan Mulholland (Grass Valley, Calif./Del Oro HS)
Shaniya Hall (Glen Burnie, Md./Bullis HS)

Alexa Webster
Hurdles
The Woodland, Texas (The Woodlands HS)

Runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles at the 2019 Texas UIL 6A State Championships … also finished third in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2019 state meet … 2019 USATF National Junior Olympics champion in the 400-meter hurdles in 59.55 … has a personal best of 59.42 in the event … swept both 100- and 300-meter hurdles and was part of the first-place 4x200-meter relay at the 2019 District 15-6A Championships … ran a personal best of 13.62 to win the 100-meter hurdles at the 2019 UIL 6A Region Championships … owns a personal best of 8.45 in the 60-meter hurdles from the 2020 indoor season.

Colleen Uzoekwe
Sprints
Portland, Ore. (Westview HS)

Three-time state champion at the 2019 OSAA 6A meet … collected wins in the 100 meters, 200 meters and long jump along with a runner-up finish in the high jump … four-time 6A-2 Metro League champion—100m, 200m, high jump, long jump—as a junior … finished third in the high jump at the 2018 OSAA 6A State Championships … also qualified for state in the 100 and 200 meters … established a personal best of 11.86 with a runner-up finish at the 2019 Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays … additional prep best of 24.52 in the 200 meters, 5-8.25 in the high jump and 18-11.75 in the long jump.

Jadyn Mays
Sprints/Jumps
Glendale, Ariz. (North Canyon HS)

11-time Arizona state champion … won state titles at 100 meters, 200 meters and with the 4x400-meter relay as a freshman, sophomore and junior … added state titles in the long jump in 2017 and 2018 … owns the No. 4 time in Arizona prep history over 100 meters with an 11.56 at the 2019 Great Southwest Classic … ran a personal best of 23.84 to win the 200 meters at the 2018 AIA Division II State Championships; matched that time at the 2019 state meet … owns a prep best of 19-5 in the long jump … anchored the NCHS 4x400-meter relay to a state-record time of 3:42.46 at the 2019 AIA Division II state meet … established a 60m best of 7.47 during the 2020 indoor season.

Micah Williams
Sprints
Portland, Ore. (Benson HS)

Two-time Gatorade Oregon Boy's Track and Field Runner of the Year (2017-18, 2018-19) … 2019 New Balance Nationals indoor champion at 60 meters … winning time of 6.60 ranked No. 1 nationally … 2018 OSAA 6A state champion in the 100 and 200 meters … broke the Oregon prep state records with times of 10.21 in the 100 meters and 21.03 in the 200 meters … ranked No. 2 nationally in the 100 meters … finished fourth at the 2018 USA Junior Championships in the 100 meters (10.37) … six-time 6A-1 PIL champion (100m, 200m and 4x100m in 2017 and 2018) … finished third in the 100 meters at the 2017 OSAA 6A State Championships as a freshman.

Ryan Mulholland
Sprints
Grass Valley, Calif. (Del Oro HS)

Ran to a third-place finish in the 100 meters at the 2019 CIF State Championships … also finished fourth in the 200 meters … established personal best of 10.48 and 21.17 at the state meet … CIF Sac-Joaquin section champion in the 100 and 200 meters as a junior … 2018 state qualifier in the 200 meters … owns a personal best of 23-9.5 in the long jump … runner-up at 100 and 200 meters at the 2019 USATF Region 16 Junior Olympics.

Shaniya Hall
Sprints
Glen Burnie, Md. (Bullis HS)

Ranked No. 3 in the state of Maryland in the 400 meters as a junior … runner-up at the 2019 ISL/MAC Championships … won the ISL/MAC 400-meter title as a freshman … eight-time New Balance Nationals (indoor and outdoor) champion … turned in a 53.6 anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay that posted a winning time of 3:39.62 … part of the Bullis HS sweep of the 4x100-, 4x200- and 4x400-meter relays at the 2017 New Balance Nationals … 2017 New Balance National freshman champion in the 400 meters (54.33) … opened the 2020 indoor season with a time of 38.76 over 300 meters … also carries a personal best of 23.85 in the 200 meters.

Event Group: Field Event/Multis
Christalee Kirby (Denton, Texas/Guyer HS)
Ellie Akough (Omaha, Neb./Elkhorn South HS)
J. Kai Yamafuji (Honolulu, Hawaii/Punahou HS)
Jaida Ross (Medford, Ore./North Medford HS)
Jett Kinder (Brentwood, Tenn./Brentwood HS)
Mason Strunk (Salem, Ore./Salem Academy HS)
Riley Traeger (Silverton, Ore. /Silverton HS)
Taylor Chocek (Eugene, Ore./South Eugene HS)
Tyler Arbaugh (Findlay, Ohio/Van Buren HS)

Christalee Kirby
Throws
Denton, Texas (Guyer HS)

Finished in fifth place in the discus at the 2019 UIL 6A State Championships … District 5-6A champion in the shot put and discus … also swept shot put and district titles at the 2018 District 6-6A Championships as a sophomore … placed sixth in the shot put at the 2018 UIL 6A State Championships … established personal best of 46-4.25 in the shot put (4 kg) and 160-7.25 in the discus (1 kg) to win both events at the 2019 USATF Southwestern Association Junior Olympics.

Ellie Akough
Throws
Omaha, Neb. (Elkhorn South HS)

Three-time Nebraska Class A state champion … swept the shot put and discus titles at the 2018 NSAA Class A State Championships … successfully defended state title in the discus in 2019 … finished first place in the shot put and discus at the 2019 District 4-A Championships; won the shot put the previous year … 2018 USATF Youth National champion in the shot put … owns prep bests of 43-3.25 in the shot put (4 kg), 151-8 in the discus (1 kg) and 142-8.5 in the hammer (4 kg).

J. Kai Yamafuji
Pole Vault
Honolulu, Hawaii (Punahou HS)

2018 HHSAA state champion in the pole vault as a sophomore … two-time state runner-up (2017, 2019) … back-to-back league champion in 2018 and 2019 … won the 2018 ILH Championships with a personal-best clearance of 16-0 … Hawaii state runner-up in the pole vault in 2017 and 2019 … since the beginning of his sophomore season, won 16 of 18 competitions.

Jaida Ross
Throws
Medford, Ore. (North Medford HS)

Two-time OSAA 6A state champion in the shot put (2017, 2019) … state runner-up in 2018 … twice finished in third place in the discus at the OSAA 6A State Championships … four-time Southwest Conference champion … finished first in the shot put each year at the conference meet … swept the shot put and discus titles in 2018 … conference runner-up in the discus in 2017 and 2019 … established personal best of 48-5 in the shot put (4 kg) and 147-8.5 (1 kg) during her junior year.

Jett Kinder
Multis
Brentwood, Tenn. (Brentwood HS)

Silver medalist in the decathlon at the 2019 Pan American U20 Championships … scored 6,627 points at the international meet … runner-up at the 2019 USATF U20 Championships … scored a personal best of 7,077 points in winning the decathlon at the 2019 TSSAA (D-I Large Schools) Championships … twice was a runner-up at the TSSAA AAA Championships … three-time Tennessee state indoor champion … finished in sixth place at the 2017 New Balance Nationals meet as a freshman.

Mason Strunk
Throws
Salem, Ore. (Salem Academy HS)

2019 OSAA 3A state champion in the discus and runner-up in the shot put … finished in third place in the discus at the 2018 OSAA 3A State Championships; also fourth in the shot put … during the 2020 indoor season with the Super Throwers Track Club, had a personal-best mark of 75-7 in the weight throw (25 lb) … four-time district champion … swept the shot put and discus titles at the 2018 and 2019 district meets … established additional best of 61-0.5 in the shot put (12 lb), 166-9 in the discus (1.6 kg) and 183-0 in the hammer throw (12 lb).

Riley Traeger
Throws
Silverton, Ore. (Silverton HS)

2019 OSAA 5A state champion in the javelin … improved from a seventh-place state finish as a sophomore … won the 2019 USATF National Junior Olympic Championships in Sacramento … 2019 5A-3 Mid-Williamette Conference champion … runner-up at the conference meet as a sophomore … set a personal best of 154-1 at the Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays … also a state qualifier in the shot put during her junior season.

Taylor Chocek
Multis
Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS)

Qualified for the 2019 OSAA 6A State Championships in four events … state runner-up in the 300-meter hurdles and finished third in the 100-meter hurdles and with the 4x100-meter relay; also qualified in high jump … runner-up in the heptathlon at the 2019 USATF Region 13 Junior Olympic Championships with a personal best of 4,530 points … went on to finish seventh at the junior national meet … two-time Southwest Conference champion in the 300-meter hurdles … twice the conference runner-up in the 100-meter hurdles and high jump … state qualifier in the high jump and long jump as a freshman.

Tyler Arbaugh
Throws
Findlay, Ohio (Van Buren HS)

Two-time Ohio state champion in the weight throw … back-to-back titles (2019, 2020) at the OATCCC D2/D3 Indoor State Championships … finished second in 2018 … placed second in the discus and sixth in the shot put at the 2019 OHSAA D3 State Championships … 2018 OHSAA D3 Region champion in the discus … established prep bests of 73-9 in the weight throw (25 lbs.) and 178-4 in the discus (1.6 kg).

Event Group: Distance
Carly Corsinita (Mission Viejo, Calif./Capistrano Valley HS)
Elliott Cook (Powell, Ohio/Dublin Jerome HS)
Evan Holland (Ashland, Ore./Ashland HS)
Lydia Russell (Bryn Mawr, Pa./Friends' Central HS)
Maddy Elmore (Eugene, Ore./South Eugene HS)
Michael Abeyta (El Paso, Texas/EP Hanks HS)
Nicole Louw (South Africa)
Quincy Norman (Forest Grove, Ore./Forest Grove HS)
Reagan Mahoney (Atlanta, Ga./Atlanta International HS)
Terra Trom (Bozeman, Mont./Bozeman HS)

Coming Soon…
Saturday, May 9: field events/multis
Sunday, May 10: sprints

Carly Corsinita
Distance
Mission Viejo, Calif. (Capistrano Valley HS)

Three top-20 finishes at the CIF State Cross Country Championships including a career-high seventh as a junior in 2018 … made debut at the Foot Locker National Championships with a 34^th-place showing in 2019 … was seventh at the Foot Locker regional meet … two-time South Coast League champion in cross country (2016, 2019) … at the 2019 CIF State Track and Field Championships, finished 18^th in the 3,200 meters … runner-up at the CIF-SS Division 2 meet … established prep bests of 4:58.98 (1600m) and 10:29.63 (3200m).

Elliott Cook
Distance
Powell, Ohio (Dublin Jerome HS)

2020 Ohio state indoor champion at 1,600 meters … finished in fifth place at the 2018 OHSAA D1 State Championships in the 1,600 meters … four-time OHSAA D1 Central District champion … back-to-back district champion in cross country (2018, 2019) … won district titles in the 800 meters in 2019 and 1600 meters in 2018 … finished in 11^th place at the 2018 OHSAA D1 State Cross Country Championships … two top-10 finishes at the Nike Cross Midwest Regional Championships; sixth in 2017 and 10^th in 2019 … set prep bests of 1:51.66 (800m) and 4:13.10 (1600m).

Evan Holland
Distance
Ashland, Ore. (Ashland HS)

Twice named the Gatorade Oregon Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year (2018-19, 2019-20) … six-time OSAA 5A state champion with back-to-back cross country titles in 2018 and 2019 … finished sixth at the 2019 Nike Cross National Championships; finished 16^th at the 2018 national meet … swept the 1,500 and 3,000 meters at the 2018 and 2019 OSAA 5A State Championships … led Ashland to the 2019 state team title in cross country … was runner-up at the 2017 state cross country meet and fifth in 2016 as a freshman … two-time Nike Cross Northwest Regional champion (2018, 2019) … established prep bests of 1:53.84 (800m), 3:50.42 (1500m), 4:10.11 (mile) and 8:13.10 (3000m).

Lydia Russell
Distance
Bryn Mawr, Pa. (Friends' Central HS)

Turned in first-place showing at the 2019 PAISAA Cross Country Championships … finished more than 35 seconds clear of the runner-up … two-time Friends School League champion (2016, 2019) … placed 19^th at the 2017 Foot Locker Northwest Regional … 2020 PTFCA indoor state champion in the mile; won in a personal best of 4:51.07 … runner-up at the 2019 PAISAA Track and Field Championships in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters … finished third in the 5,000 meters (16:18.72) at the 2019 New Balance Nationals.

Maddy Elmore
Distance
Eugene, Ore. (South Eugene HS)

2019 OSAA 6A state champion at 1,500 meters … captured the title with a personal best of 4:27.13 … finished third in the event at the 2017 state meet as a freshman … six-time 6A Southwest Conference champion with five on the track and one in cross country (2019) … won the 2017 and 2019 conference titles in the 1,500 meters … finished in fifth place at the 2019 OSAA 6A State Cross Country Championships … runner-up at the 2016 Nike Cross Northwest Regional Championships … finished 12^th at the Nike regional meet in 2019 … additional prep bests of 2:12.35 (800m) and 4:53.81 (mile).

Michael Abeyta
Distance
El Paso, Texas (Hanks HS)

Two-time Texas state champion … at the 2018 Texas UIL 5A State Championships, won the 800 meters and was the runner-up at 1,600 and 3,200 meters … won the state title in the 1,600 meters in 2017 as a freshman … finished sixth or better at the Texas UIL 5A State Cross Country Championships four times including two runner-up performances in 2017 and 2019 … two top-15 finishes at the Foot Locker South Regional including an 11^th-place showing in 2019 … had prep bests of 1:52.64 (800m), 4:16.40 (1600m) and 9:13.89 (3200m).

Nicole Louw
Distance
South Africa

2019 South African U20 champion at 1,500 meters and runner-up at 800 meters … one month later was third in the 1,500 meters at the 2019 South African Championships … placed fifth at the 2017 World U18 Championships in the 1,500 meters… three-time South African U18 champion including two titles at 1,500 meters; also won in the 3,000 meters … unleashed a time of 2:07.64 over 800 meters at the Sasolburg meet in March 2018 … owns bests of 4:21.44 (1500m) and 9:33.07 (3000m).

Quincy Norman
Distance
Forest Grove, Ore. (Forest Grove HS)

Twice finished third at the OSAA 6A State Cross Country Championships (2017, 2019) … runner-up in the 3,000 meters at the 2017 OSAA 6A Track and Field Championships … won two conference titles in cross country (2017, 2019) … back-to-back 6A-5 Greater Valley Conference champion in the 3,000 meters as a freshman and sophomore … state qualifier in the 1,500 and 3,000 meters all three years … prep bests of 4:01.16 (1500m), 4:20.75 (mile) and 8:33.98 (3000m).

Reagan Mahoney
Distance
Atlanta, Ga. (Atlanta International HS)

Four top-15 finishes at the GHSA 1A Private State Cross Country Championships … state runner-up during junior and sophomore seasons … finished fifth in fifth place at the 2019 state meet … finished second at 1,600 and 3,200 meters at the 2019 GHSA 1A Private State Track and Field Championships … established bests of 2:12.37 (800m), 4:58.74 (1600m) and 10:53.41 (3200m) … finished third in the emerging elite section of the 800 meters at the 2019 New Balance Indoor Nationals meet.

Terra Trom
Distance
Bozeman, Mont. (Bozeman HS)

Twice a runner-up at the MHSA AA State Cross Country Championships (2018, 2019) … finished in ninth place at the state meet as a sophomore … three top-30 showings at the Nike Cross Northwest Regional including eighth in 2016 … finished in 69^th place at the Nike Cross National Championships in 2017 … two-time MHSA state champion … posted a personal best of 4:55.92 to win the 1,600 meters … also runner-up in the 800 meters at the 2019 state meet … three-time Eastern AA divisional champion.

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