Women's Track and Field | 05.08.2026

RESULTS
LA GRANDE, Ore. – Madigan Kelly took back her spot at the top of the podium with her third Cascade Conference 100m hurdles crown to highlight the first day of the 2026 Cascade Conference Track and Field Championships, presented by U.S. Bank, on Friday. Damaris Kibiwot also earned All-CCC honors with a strong finish in the 10,000m.
 
"We had a pretty good day considering conditions were extremely challenging due to the winds," coach Mike Collins said. "A conference championship from Madigan, and hopefully coming back tomorrow to get some more points. The women in the 10,000m scored some points that weren't expected. Our throwers had a pretty good day across the board for both genders. 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."
 
Kelly didn't just run her best race of the season; she legged out the best race of her historic career with a dominant victory in the 100m hurdles. The senior from Lewiston earned her third Cascade Conference crown in the event (2023, 2024, 2026) with the fifth-best time in the NAIA this season. She broke her own record, that stood for more than a year, with a time of 13.83. Olivia Yetter finished 14^th (17.44).
 
Damaris Kibiwot repeated All-Cascade Conference honors in the 10,000m and Lily Bennett finished just out of the top three in a solid race for LC State. Kibiwot placed second overall with a time of 39:19.65 and Bennett was fourth (40:05.48). Freshman Lilly Gilbert placed 11^th (44:30.19).
 
Ruby Kessinger led LC State in the hammer throw as LC State finished in places 8-12. Kessinger was eighth (46.52m) and Shayvon Williams had a PR of 42.35m to place ninth. Haylee Appleford had a personal best (42.10m) to finish 10^th, Grace Osborne was 11^th (41.81m) and Faith Wersland placed 12^th (41.75m).
 
Appleford led the group in the shot put in 14^th place (11.07m). Hope Zollman was 20^th (10.42m) and Kessinger was 21^st (10.30m).
 
Nuala Rollins competed in the 3,000m steeplechase where she finished 14^th (12:55.82), and Grace Tiegs was eighth in the 1,500m (4:50.94). Emily Collins, in the final event of her collegiate career, earned an eighth-place finish in the 400m (59.53).
 
"Although I coach an entire team, that team includes my own child," Mike Collins said. "It takes on a special meaning with a special relationship that you have with that one athlete. Today marks the end of a very special time in my own personal and professional life as I had the privilege to watch her race in her final race. Just like I could say of all my athletes, I'm extremely proud."
 
UP NEXT
LC State Track and Field concludes the conference championships on Saturday with a full slate of events on the schedule in La Grande.
 
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