Ellery Lincoln crushes mile record, Aster Jones keeps winning at Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays
BEAVERTON – The annual Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays always provide memorable moments for athletes from the city of Portland, and the 2026 meet was no different.
Perhaps the biggest performance of the day came from Lincoln junior Ellery Lincoln in the elite girls one mile race.
Lincoln crossed the four-lap race in 4 minutes, 30 seconds, smashing the previous Oregon high school record of 4:36.09 set in 1991 by Springfield’s Maria Mutola.
Not only that, but the 4:30.00 time is the fourth fastest outdoor time in the girls one mile in the country’s history.
“It felt good, seeing 2:15 through 800 I was really happy with, it meant I didn’t settle in too much in the second lap,” Lincoln, an Oregon commit, said. “Just trying to refocus through the third and bring it home. I can’t complain about 4:30, but I'm always hoping to break under the next barrier.”
Lincoln’s previous best in the race was 4:39.37, which was already the second best time in Oregon history.
Speaking of breaking records though, Roosevelt senior Aster Jones, a UCLA commit, was able to break a more personal mark in the elite girls 100 meters.
Jones, the two-time defending champ in the race already at the Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays, won again with a time of 11.40 seconds. That’s her best non wind-aided time of her career and is .01 seconds faster than her older sister Lily Jones’ best of 11.41.
Jones’ 11.40 also puts her fourth all-time in Oregon history.
“It’s been kind of a hard week with training, I’ve been battling some injuries,” Jones said. “I think coming out here and knowing that I’m still staying consistent from Arcadia really means a lot and I think this was just a great meet and a great way to end it.”
Two relay events also went the way of the PIL, including the girls 4x100 relay which was won by a Grant team made up of Laela Divine, Osa Olsgaard, Rosemary Sheerin and Willa Stockton.
The Generals crossed in 47.73 seconds, beating out Jesuit in second at 48.06 and Tualatin in third at 48.46.
Earlier in the day, Olsgaard won the varsity girls 100 with a time of 12.07, meanwhile Stockton, an Oregon State commit, competed in the elite heat and took fourth in a time of 11.99.
“Me and my first leg (Divine), we’re both seniors, we’ve both been on this relay for four years straight,” Stockton said. “We want to win state, we want to win these big meets. It feels so good to win this now leading up to state, really building up our confidence.”
The 4x800 relay isn’t a part of the OSAA rotation, but the Generals were able to win that race on the boys side in a time of 7:56.27, besting Central Catholic in second at 7:57.57.
The Grant squad was made up of Jasper Bennett, Kael Uyeda, Nicholas Akita and Jack McDaniel.
Those were all the local winners from Nike/Jesuit, here’s a look at some more notable performances from the April 24 meet:
Notable field results
Lincoln senior Harlan Novy-Marx may have lost the boys high jump title on tiebreakers, but his clearance of 6 feet, 9 inches has moved him to the top of the 6A standings with that new PR.
Cleveland senior Noah Malmon and Jefferson senior Q Gresham are two of the best triple jumpers in 6A, and they took sixth and fifth respectively on Friday. Malmon went 43-10 for his best jump and Gresham finished ahead at 44-2.5.
Wells sophomore Samantha Moylan got past the 18-feet barrier with a new PR mark of 18-0.25 to take home eighth in the girls long jump.
The boys long jump race continues to heat up as defending state champ EJ Cozart, a senior at Jefferson, took third with a top jump of 23-1.25. Oregon City senior Chase Borden won with a mark of 24-0.75, the new best jump in 6A this season.
De La Salle North Catholic junior Jahzara Wheatt put on for the small schools with a seventh place finish in the girls shot put. Her top toss was 36-7.75, a new PR that puts her third in 3A this season.
Cleveland senior Milo Swinth had another strong day, taking third in the boys shot put with a top mark of 55-8.25. He also took seventh in the discus with a throw of 152-01.
Notable track results
Central Catholic junior Jordan Dillard took fourth in the boys 110 meter hurdles in a time of 14.73, a mark that is the fastest time in 6A this year and puts him in the driver’s seat heading into the final month of the season.
Wells senior Tyler Marshall and Franklin senior Elliot Platt finished seventh and eighth in the boys 110 hurdles, putting them at fourth and fifth in 6A this year.
Grant junior Nick Normington took second in the varsity boys 100 with a time of 10.79, which was the eighth best time of the day mixing in the elite results.
Wells junior Tilda Hathaway, runnerup at state last year in the girls 100, is working her way back in and took fifth in the varsity 100 with a time of 12.18 seconds.
The Grant girls took third in the 4x200 relay with a time of 1:44.33. The team was composed of Rosemary Sheerin, Parker Hetherington, Soriah Vandenhooff and Osa Olsgaard.
Central Catholic took fourth on the boys side of 4x200 with a time of 1:30.06, running behind Tayton Promma-Harris, Jordan Dillard, Christopher Daugherty II and Asa Lundberg.
Franklin juniors Felix Snyder and Max Gallagher took third and fifth in the varsity boys 3000 with times of 8:39.94 and 8:46.07, respectively. Both were PRs. Teammate Alison Fajardo, a junior, took 10th in the girls 3200 with a PR time of 11:04.79.
Wells senior Otto Sellers took seventh in the varsity boys 3200 with a PR time of 9:03.37.
St. Mary’s Academy took third in the girls twilight DMR race in a time of 12:26.24. Megan Coffield, Anja Kochheiser, Lydia Creany and Adelaide Nelson made up the team.
The top local team on the boys DMR was Wells in a time of 10:37.01, made up of Lev Mitchell, Nolan Gorsegner, Clark Bradley and Otto Sellers.
Sticking with Wells, the Guardians took a close second in the girls 4x400 in a time of 3:55.90, falling just short of Sumner in first at 3:55.27. Millie Grabenhorst, Samantha Moylan, Zora Li Budd Baker and Tilda Hathaway still own the fastest time in Oregon this season.
