(Pictured: North Fremont's Corbin Johnston is one of many Idaho athletes to keep an eye on this weekend)

The 2025 season has produced numerous historic moments and major 'firsts' so far for Idaho high school athletes.

From local meets to large, out-of-state invitationals in Washington, Oregon, Utah and California, Idaho athletes have delivered and celebrated personal, school and all-time records along the way, and had the opportunity to compete in a new state sanctioned event: javelin.

The state championships begin Friday in the Treasure Valley, with the 4A/3A/2A meet taking place at Middleton High and the 6A/5A meet taking place at Mountain View High. Here are the storylines, teams, athletes and records to keep an eye on this weekend.

CLASS 6A

Most of the athletes and teams formerly competing in the 5A classification are now in the new 6A classification and have made quite the impression thus far this spring.

Last year's 5A state team champions extended their dynasties, as the Boise girls won a fifth consecutive state championship and the Rocky Mountain boys were victorious over Boise by two points points for its eighth consecutive state championship.

Both the Grizzlies and Brave graduated an incredibly talented 2024 senior class which contributed greatly to those titles. District 3 is still highly competitive, as evident by last week's 6A District 3 championships. The Mountain View boys and Capital girls won the District 3 titles, with the Mavericks winning by 20 points over Boise and the Eagles winning by three points over Rocky Mountain. Mountain View placed fifth in last year's 5A boys track state meet, just missing out on a trophy by eight points, while the Capital girls placed third by 19 points over Rocky Mountain. None of these District 3 teams should be counted out. However, the Mountain View, Boise and Rocky Mountain boys and Capital, Rocky Mountain and Mountain View girls are carrying much momentum into state.

The 6A boys hurdles state finals are shaping up to be the marquee event of the entire state track weekend. Before this season, 2022 Emmett graduate Landon Helms was the only Idaho boy to break 14 seconds in 110 hurdles. That list has grown to five thanks to Highland junior Spencer Van Orden (13.55), Nampa senior Tegon Lords (13.81), Boise senior Chase Lawyer (13.84) and Emmett senior Kenyon Carter (13.98) achieving that milestone this season with their new personal bests. Van Orden, Lords and Lawyer compete in 6A while Carter competes in 5A. Van Orden is currently No. 14 in the U.S. for his 110 hurdles personal best, per athletic.net.

Additionally, Van Orden (36.60), Lords (36.89) and Lawyer (36.98) became Idaho's first athletes on record to break 37 seconds in 300 hurdles this season. Van Orden is currently No. 13 in the U.S. for his 300 hurdles personal best per athletic.net, and he and Lords and Lawyer were all in the top 25 in the U.S. on April 19 for their personal bests at the time. Lords is undefeated in 300 hurdles this season while Van Orden is undefeated in 110 hurdles this season, including becoming Idaho's first individual champion at the Arcadia Invitational in a decade.

"I'm really just trying to bring the energy," Van Orden said at 6A District 4-5-6 championships last week in Idaho Falls. "I will not disappoint."

Capital junior Christine Huckins, who won four gold medals at last year's 5A state championships, lowered her Idaho all-time outdoor bests to 11.61 for the 100 and 23.58 for the 200 this season, the latter of which is the only sub-24 second 200 on record for an Idaho girl, indoor or outdoor. She is also member of an undefeated 4x400 team with Amelie Purcell, Alena Garrison and Cadence Mitchell and she and Grace Russell, Veronika Russell and Eden Francis ran a blistering 46.95 to win the 4x100 at the 6A District 3 championships, which is the first sub-47 girls 4x100 on record in Idaho. In the 6A state sprint finals, keep an eye on Huckins and Mountain View junior Quincy Keller. Both girls have broken 11.9 seconds for the 100 this season and 25 seconds for the 200. Additionally, Keller edged out Huckins, 11.93 to 11.94, to win the 100 finals at districts, which was Huckins' first loss in the 100 in Idaho in two years. Keller has run a season best 11.86 for the 100 and personal best 24.21 for the 200 (No. 2 all-time on record in Idaho) this season. She and teammates Talia Johnson, Taysia Johnson and Addie Lee are currently undefeated in the 4x200 and are coming off a win at districts in 1:41, which is No. 4 all-time on record in Idaho in the event.

Mountain View senior Joseph Miraya remained undefeated in shot put this season upon sweeping both boys throws titles at 6A District 3 championships. His personal bests of 62-8 in shot put and 191-4 in discus are the best in Idaho this season for any classification and are each No. 5 all-time on record in Idaho for those events and he was previously ranked in the top 25 in the U.S. earlier this season. Capital junior McKenna Chavez, last year's 5A girls shot put state champion who has a season best mark of 41-5.75, returns to state having repeated as 6A District 3 champion and has traded off this season with Mountain View junior Kami Clayton, whose personal best 43-0 is No.2 in Idaho this season for all classifications. Another Mountain View athlete,senior Madilyn McCarty, leads 6A this season in girls discus with her personal best 138-2. Meridian senior Blake Johns, last year's 5A state runner-up in boys shot put, is a 6A thrower to watch as is Rigby junior Brayden Maughan, who swept 6A District 4-5-6 throwing titles. 

Rocky Mountain senior Paul Anderson cleared a personal best 16-0 to win boys pole vault at 6A District 3 championships, his fourth win in a row.  He is the only Idaho boys pole vaulter to clear 16-0 thus far this season. Rigby freshman Gracie West, who won 6A District 4-5-6 championships last week, is one of three Idaho girls pole vaulters to clear 12-0 this season and the only one in 6A so far to do so. 

Meridian senior Nate Stadtlander, last year's 5A state boys 1,600 champion, returns to state having won the 1,600 and 800 at districts and placing second in the 3,200 to Boise senior Jack Sheesley. Stadtlander is undefeated in the 800 this season and has run a season best 1:52.41, while his personal best of 4:06.14 is No. 3 all-time on record in Idaho and is currently No. 13 in the U.S. this season per athletic.net. He is the only Idaho boy to break 4:10 in the 1,600 this season and he joins Timberline senior Nick Janecko as the only Idaho boys this season to break 1:54 in the 800.

Two Rocky Mountain girls lead 6A this season in the 800. Senior Emme Hamm's personal best 2:12.03 is No. 5 all-time on record in Idaho while her teammate, junior Hallie Heemeyer, has a personal best 2:14.15. Heemeyer's personal best 4:48.31 leads the girls 1,600 in Idaho this season and is No. 3 all-time on record in Idaho. Meridian senior Paisley Taylor, who won the 1,600 and 3,200 at 6A District 3 championships, leads Idaho this season for all classifications in the girls 3,200 with her personal best 10:40.11. Heemeyer, Taylor and Hamm have all broken five minutes in the 1,600 this season while Taylor and Heemeyer are two of five girls, all 6A, to have broken 11 minutes in the 3,200 this season in Idaho. Hamm and Heemeyer were members of last year's 5A state champion and No. 1 all-time Idaho fastest 4x800 and have qualified for the 6A meet upon winning the 6A District 3 title in the 4x800 with Olivia Weatherford and Solana Lucas.

Six 6A boys have broken 11 seconds for the 100 thus far this season, led by Timberline junior Hudson Lewis (10.62), who is undefeated in the event this spring. Five 6A boys have broken 22 seconds for the 200, and Kuna senior Myles Johnson-Nicholson leads the 200 state qualifiers with his 21.67. Johnson-Nicholson is undefeated in the 200 this season, has a personal best 21.67 and is also a member of Kuna's undefeated 4x400 team with Izaki Abongela, Owen Waters and Izaiah Allen-Hinrich, whose 3:19.31 to win districts is No. 3 all-time on record in Idaho. Mountain View's Omar Osman, Behr Scott, Catcher Gennette and Jacob Allen beat two-time 5A state champion Kuna in the 4x200 at last week's district meet, 1:26.17 to 1:26.22. Ridgevue's district champion 4x100 of Ulsaifiu Tinoifili, Cash Mckie, Tristin Veach and Caden Warren currently lead Idaho this season with their No. 4 all-time Idaho 41.93.

Timberline sophomore Nadja Burkholder, last year's 5A state runner-up in triple jump, won last week's district title with a personal best 38-9, which is No. 8 all-time on record in Idaho. She and Owyhee senior Josie Davis (38-2) have both surpassed 38 feet this spring, and Mountain View junior Bree Cardon is not far behind with her personal best 37-11. Meridian senior Carver Martin won boys long jump at 6A District 3 championships with a mark of 23-5.75, the best in Idaho for any classification this season and his third consecutive victory. Capital junior Eden Francis, who won girls long jump at 6A District 3 championships last week with a personal best 18-1.5, is one of five Idaho girls this season to jump 18 feet or better and is the only 6A girl to do so.

Post Falls senior Isaac McKeon achieved a personal best 166-4 to win boys javelin at the 6A District 1-2 championships, the best boys javelin mark in 6A this season in Idaho. Centennial senior Eliana Tia, the 6A District 3 girls javelin champion with her personal best 129-10 that also leads 6A in Idaho this season, has won javelin at five meets in a row.

Eagle senior Makenzie Baisch is currently undefeated versus Idaho competition in both girls hurdles events and has personal bests of 14.68 (100 hurdles) and 44.64 (300 hurdles). Meridian senior Hannah Bingham's 56.58 to win the girls 400 at 6A District 3 championships is the fastest time in the event this season in Idaho for any classification and she has won three meets in a row.

Keep an eye out for Highland this weekend also. The Rams won the 6A District 4-5-6 girls team title, getting 38 points from junior Gracee Anderson with wins in the 200, 400 and 4x200 and a second-place finish in triple jump, a hurdles sweep from junior Leigh Ellis (45.79 in 300 hurdles, 15.71 in 100 hurdles) and wins in the 4x400 and 4x800. Anderson won last year's 5A girls triple jump state title. On the boys side, junior Van Orden won the 100 meters, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles and ran the anchor leg of the winning (and school record setting) 4x400 at districts. He also ran this season's fastest times in the 200 (21.53) and 400 (47.73, No. 4 all-time on record in Idaho), but opted to not compete in those events at districts.

The state schedule, with the 300 hurdles and 200 finals so close together, as well as the demands on his body with a four-event schedule were all factors in Van Orden's decisions on what to focus on for districts.

"We chose the 100 because I want to win it," Van Orden said. "I'm ranked pretty high." 

In Van Orden's absence, Timberline junior Ethan Kirkendall carries the fastest 6A boys 400 time into state with his personal best 47.94 in his win at 6A District 3 championships. Kuna's Izaki Abongela is the only other sub-48 400 runner with his personal best 47.96 from districts. Post Falls senior Cobe Cameron, who won the 5A boys 400 state title last year, repeated as 6A District 1-2 champion to advance to state.

Up north, Coeur d'Alene swept District 1-2 team titles and piled up points in distance events in particular. Coeur d'Alene seniors and twin brothers Max Cervi-Skinner and Zackery Cervi-Skinner went 1-2 in the 3,200 at districts and have the No. 3 and No.1 best times in Idaho this season in the event (8:58.50 and 8:58.33, respectively), which also happen to be the No. 7 and No. 5 best all-time on record in Idaho as they joined six other Idaho boys to break nine minutes.

Coeur d'Alene senior Kimberlee Priebe is one of two girls high jumpers in Idaho to clear 5-7 in high jump this season and the only 6A girl to do so thus far. Boise senior Jordan McDonald, who won the 5A boys high jump state title last year, returns to state in 6A having cleared a season best 6-6. Eagle junior Ambrose Brainard, the 6A District 3 champion, has cleared a personal best and 6A leading 6-8 this season.

CLASS 5A

While the classification may have changed, it is business as usual for the Bishop Kelly boys track program.

The Knights won their fifth consecutive 4A boys track state title last spring and their eighth total title in nine seasons and are coming off a 5A District 3 district title victory by a 59-point margin.

Skyline head coach Chase Meyer, whose predictions for the state championships have been spot on for six plus years, again expects Bishop Kelly to add another boys team title in Meridian, but the rest of the boys trophies are for the taking. He acknowledged the strength of north Idaho 5A teams this year and the fact that some very talented athletes from Sandpoint, Moscow and Lewiston could be staying home due to no at-large bids for relay teams being available for 5A this year.

Bishop Kelly senior Isaac Edwards leads 5A currently with his 800 personal best (1:56.60) and his 1,600 personal best (4:20.87). He also won the 1,600 5A District 3 title and was on the district champion medley relay. The Knights' also had a district champion in senior Jack Tobin (3,200), senior Reed Martin (javelin, both throws) and senior Owen Kane (long jump, triple jump, 4x200). Kane leads 5A currently with his triple jump personal best of 45-4.25, Reed is No. 3 in 5A with his javelin personal best of 153-11, No. 2 in shot put with his personal best 54-3 and No. 1 in discus with his personal best 163-0 while Tobin leads 5A with his 3,200 personal best of 9:31.43. The Knights' 4x200 of Beck Humphrey, Mason Schweitzer, Kane and Anthony Mann and sprint medley relay team of Schweitzer, Dylan Gale, Humphrey and Edwards currently lead 5A.

Sandpoint, Moscow and Lewiston have plenty of athletes at or near the top of 5A in Idaho in their respective boys events so far this season as well. Lewiston senior Cole Arlint has led all classifications for much of the season in javelin and has a personal best mark of 172-4 going into state. Right behind him is teammate and fellow senior Cameron Reed (160-1). Lewiston also leads 5A with its 4x100 time of 42.41 recorded by D.J. Wilkerson, Brandon Brower, Nathan King and Noah Carpenter, while Sandpoint's 4x100 of Van Lee, Maverik Gomez, Kamren Ziarnick and Isaac Schmit is right behind with 42.49. Moscow junior Caleb Heywood claimed the 5A District 1-2 title in the 200 and leads 5A this season with his personal best 21.86. 

Burley senior Alex Rushton, last year's 4A boys high jump state champion, joined elite company last week at the 5A District 4 championships. He became the second Idaho boy on record to clear seven feet in high jump upon clearing the height to win districts. He is one of 16 boys in the U.S. this season to clear seven feet or better. His only loss in high jump this season waa at the BYU Invitational, where he placed third.

Emmett senior Kenyon Carter joined 6A's Van Orden, Lawyer and Lords in the sub-14 second club for 110 hurdles with his personal best 13.98 from the BYU Invitational. He also leads 5A in 300 hurdles (37.50). Hillcrest senior Garrett Cook, who won both hurdles titles at the 5A District 6 championships and at the 38-team Tiger-Grizz Invitational, brings personal bests of 39.63 and 14.40 with him to state. He is undefeated this season in 110 hurdles.

Wood River junior Jackson Wallace and Vallivue sophomore Jakobe Davis have both broken 49 seconds in the 400 with respective personal bests of 48.63 and 48.93. Each won individual titles in the event at the District 4 and District 3 meets. Davis is also on the 5A leading 4x400 team (3:20.97) with Jackson McDonald, Dawson Mann and David Gummersall. In sprints and relays, keep an eye out for first-year track athlete Zyan Crockett, a Skyline junior who won 5A District 6 titles in the 100, 200, 4x100 and 4x200 and is No. 2 in 5A with his 100 personal best of 10.89. 

Pocatello's Gavin Schiffmann is undefeated in shot put this season and swept both boys throwing titles at the 5A District 5 championships. He leads 5A currently in boys shot put with his personal best 57-11.5.

Two 5A boys have cleared 14-0 or better in pole vault, Columbia freshman Ammon Hammer (14-9) and Shelley senior Logan Miller (14-0).

The girls team title in the new 5A, formerly 4A, classification has exchanged hands every year since 2022. Meyer said Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Skyview and Middleton could all be in the mix as there is no clear favorite to run away with the championship. Moscow also has athletes who have been successful in multiple events this season.

"I.F. has a lot of high rankings (on athletic.net)," Meyer said. "It would be nice to see them be successful."

Idaho Falls is currently coming off its first girls track district championship in 13 years. Senior sprinter Hallie Burton, who won the 100 and 200, contributed to the 4x100 win and second-place sprint medley relay at districts, junior Jaycee Jensen (400, 1,600 and 3,200 district champion, 800 runner-up) and senior Abby Coleman (100 and 300 hurdles district champion, anchor on second place 4x400) have been the biggest point scorers as of late. Burton leads 5A with her 100 personal best of 12.34, Jensen leads 5A with her 1,600 personal best of 5:12.40 and Coleman is No. 2 in 5A with her hurdles personal bests (46.71 for 300 hurdles, 15.23 for 100 hurdles). 

Through IDHSAA records going back to 1985, there is no evidence of Idaho Falls ever winning a state trophy in girls track. The best the Tigers have done is fifth place.

"I think this is the year to do it," Jensen said at districts.

Skyview, which won the 4A team title last year by two points over Twin Falls and took second at last week's District 3 championships by five points to Bishop Kelly, has the current 5A girls 400 leader in sophomore Isla Anderson (57.63), who is also the District 3 champion in the 200 and 400 and a member of the district champion and 5A leader 4x200 with Adele Hille, Jacie Young and Brylee McNicol.

One of the top returning 5A, formerly 4A, athletes from last year is Moscow sophomore Mattea Nuhn. She won both hurdles events and high jump at last year's 4A state meet and was also part of a third-place finish in the 4x400. She has lost two hurdles races in her entire high school career thus far and enters this weekend with the top 5A times in both (45.79 for 300 hurdles, 14.92 for 100 hurdles). Additionally, she and Jasmine Carr, Addie Lassen and Ashlyn Fakhouri lead 5A in the 4x100 with their 48.72 from the District 1-2 championships. Carr currently leads 5A with her personal best 25.67 in the 200. Moscow won the District 1-2 girls team championship handily with a 52-point victory margin over Lakeland, and could be in the trophy race as well.

The top 5A girls throwers this season so far are both from Blackfoot, senior Cambrie Waterhouse and junior Eva Grimm. Waterhouse has a personal best of 42-10 and repeated as District 6 champion while Grimm, who won the 4A state title in discus last year, repeated as District 6 discus champion and leads 5A with her personal best 137-1. Their teammate, junior Lauren Christiansen, also leads 5A in girls triple jump with her personal best 36-5. She was triple jump state runner-up in 4A last year.

Six 5A girls have surpassed 17 feet in long jump this season. District 4 champion, Twin Falls sophomore Isabelle Pelayo, leads them with her personal best 17-6.25. This is her first season competing in the event.

Mountain Home senior Anna Gilbert leads 5A in the 800 with a personal best 2:18.08, the only 5A girl to have broken 2:20 in the event this season. Twin Falls sophomore Raelee Richardson, last year's 4A state runner-up in the 3,200, leads 5A in the 3,200 this season with a season best 11:20.56. Her season best 5:12.76 in the 1,600 is hundredths of a second away from Jensen's 5A leading 1,600 personal best.

Sandpoint junior Jetta Thaete leads not only 5A but all classifications in girls javelin with her personal best 132-3. She is undefeated this season in the event.

Hillcrest senior Leah Pebley is one of two girls in Idaho for any classification to clear 5-7 this season. She is a repeat district champion and placed second at last year's 4A state meet.

Two 5A girls have cleared 12-0 in pole vault this season: Middleton senior Breanna Martin, who leads all classifications with her personal best 12-3, and Emmett sophomore Addi Richards with her personal best 12-0. Richards won last year's 4A state title. \

CLASS 4A

At the beginning of the season, Sugar-Salem head coach Brett Hill said Kimberly was the favorite to win the 4A girls team title and the boys team trophy race was up in the air between Kimberly, Sugar-Salem, Teton, Timberlake and Snake River. 

By late April, Hill revised his prediction, tabbing Kimberly as the favorite for both the girls and boys team titles, although he anticipated a closer margin on the boys side. Kimberly swept team titles at the 4A District 4 championships last week, with the girls winning by 102 points over Buhl and the boys winning by 45 points over Filer. Kimberly won 13 individual girls titles and three relays and nine boys individual titles and one relay at districts. 

One of the biggest driving forces for the Bulldogs? Sophomore Karlie Bair, who returned to Kimberly after spending her freshman year at Burley. That transfer impacted both the 5A and 4A state meets as it took her out of the equation for 5A Burley and into a major point scorer for 4A Kimberly. Bair was on the winning 4x400 and she also won the 100, 200 and long jump last week at districts, and she leads 4A with her personal bests in the 100 (12.11), 200 (25.25) and 100 hurdles (14.80). Bair has won all but one 100 meter race and all but one 200 meter race she's competed in this season. Her teammate, junior Isabella Burnett, leads 4A with her personal best of 56.66 in the 400 and Burnett is also on the 4A leading and all-classification leading sprint medley relay team with Evelyn Hollist, Hannah Baird and Maizee Olsen (1:48.05) and 4A leading 4x200 with Renetta Welch, Hannah Fisher and Samantha Hardy (1:44.02). The Bulldogs also have the top 4A girls high jumper in sophomore Hardy, who cleared a personal best 5-6.5 to win districts and is also on the district champion 4x200 and 4x400 teams, and the top javelin athlete in sophomore Reagan Stephenson (115-4).

Several of last year's top 3A athletes, now competing in 4A, return this weekend. Marsh Valley junior Lydia Townsend, who won 300 hurdles, pole vault and high jump at last year's 3A state meet will only compete in pole vault this weekend due to injury. She leads 4A with her season best 11-6. South Fremont senior Brianne Bailey, who ended her debut track season last year with 3A state titles in 300 hurdles and triple jump, a 3A meet record in 300 hurdles and bronze medals in long jump and high jump, returns to state in both hurdles events, high jump and triple jump. Payette junior Olyvia Denison, last year's 3A state runner-up in triple jump, leads all classifications of Idaho this season with her long jump personal best (and No. 8 all-time Idaho mark) of 18-10 and leads 4A with her triple jump personal best of 37-10.5. Denison is undefeated in triple jump and has won all but one meet in long jump this season. Repeat 3A girls 400 state champion from back-to-back 3A girls team state champion Weiser, senior Kailee Lerew, won a third consecutive District 3 title in the 400 and also contributed to Weiser's sprint medley relay district title with Stephanie Aldrich, Bethany Walker and Claire Matthews. 

Hill said he anticipates his Diggers to be in both the boys and girls trophy hunts. The Diggers swept team titles at last week's District 6 championships, with the boys winning by 19 points over Teton and the girls winning by 66 points over South Fremont. Sugar-Salem freshman Sorelle Clark has had an impressive high school track debut thus far, attaining a personal best 18-3.25 in long jump this season and winning four titles at last week's District 6 championships (200, long jump, 4x100 with Andee Petterson, Tasha Larsen, Josie Klingler and 4x400 with Raegan Harris, Larsen and Klingler).

Coeur d'Alene Charter could also challenge Kimberly for the girls team title. The Panthers have an impressive group with repeat 3A 800 state champion and 3A meet record holder Annabelle Carr and Helen Oyler and sprinter Emmaline Carr, all underclassmen. Annabelle Carr, a junior, leads 4A and is No. 2 among all classifications this season with her season best 2:12.80, leads 4A with her 5:04.25 season best in the 1,600, leads 4A and is No. 2 among all classifications in the 4x400 with Sofia Peppin, Reagan Meine and Emmaline Carr (3:57.04) and is No. 2 in both 4A and among all classifications in the sprint medley with the same three girls (1:50.46). Oyler leads 4A in the 3,200 with her personal best 11:29.99. Meine leads 4A in 300 hurdles (44.99) and is the top 4A hurdler in 100 hurdles (15.50) with sub-15 hurdlers Bair, Townsend and Fruitland's Lydia Lindsey not competing in them at state.

As was true in 3A, Bonners Ferry is so far dominating girls throws in the new 4A classification. The Badgers have the top three best marks in girls shot put--junior Hallie Hartman (42-0), senior Helene Ray (41-7) and junior Hana Hartman (40-0). Ray swept girls throws at the 4A District 1 championships. Those same three girls are in the top four in 4A for discus, with Ray leading with her 125-10, Hana Hartman in third with 115-11 and Hallie Hartman in fourth with 114-1.

The Kimberly boys have 4A's top discus mark of 157-11 from senior Matthew Thuernagle and top two best pole vaulters with junior Evan Allen (14-0) and senior Nolan Klimes (13-6). Teton senior Zane Lindquist leads 4A in the 3,200 (personal best 9:18.60) and 1,600 (personal best 4:24.51) while Timberlake sophomore Jonathan Barnhart leads 4A in the 800 with his personal best 1:56.62. American Falls owns 4A boys sprints so far this season, with senior Austin Adair's personal best 400 (49.76) and senior Jose Torres' personal best 200 (21.73) and 100 (10.81). Adair is undefeated in the 400 this season. One of four 4A boys to break 11 seconds in the 100 this season, Torres is undefeated in both the 100 and 200 this spring. Torres and Adair are also members of the 4A leading 4x400 team with Jakub Sammons and Zakary Grigg (3:29.39).

Gooding sophomore Cougar Stockham leads 4A high jump as the only jumper to clear 6-6 so far this season. Snake River currently leads in both 4A boys jumps. Johnny Walker's 23-4 is tops in long jump while his teammate Beau Driscoll leads triple jump (46-9).

CLASS 3A

Nampa Christian and Firth are making the case as teams to watch in this weekend's 3A girls track state championships. 

Firth, which placed second at last year's 2A state meet to first-time track state champion Soda Springs, has not won a girls track state title since 2004, when the Cougars swept 2A boys and girls team titles for a second consecutive year. Nampa Christian's last girls track state title was in 2014, when the Trojans won by half a point over...Firth.

Firth currently has the fastest 3A times in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 and senior Kynzie Nielson, a Weber State commit, currently leads 3A in all three distance events with her personal bests 2:18.61 (800), 5:22.27 (1,600) and 11:28.42 (3,200). She is also part of Firth's 4x400, which is currently on a five-meet win streak, with teammates Baylie Mecham, Allie Nielson and Baylee Johnson. The next closest time to Kynzie Nielson in any of her individual events is from Parma senior Megan Atkinson in the 800 (2:19.99). Firth sophomore Madison Torgerson also leads 3A in girls shot put with 39-10 while freshman teammate Paityn Messick leads 3A in pole vault (9-9).

Nampa Christian sophomore Avery Reece, last year's 2A girls 100 hurdles state champion, leads 3A in 100 hurdles (15.15), the 100 (12.33), the 200 (24.89) and 400 (58.62), but she will compete at state in the 100, 200, 100 hurdles and long jump. Her biggest challenger in hurdles will be last year's 2A state runner-up in both hurdles finals and current 3A leader in 300 hurdles, Aberdeen junior Sage Rowlan (personal bests 15.65, 45.99).

Two north Idaho athletes, Orofino junior Reagan Kissinger and Grangeville junior Ila Wilkinson, have the top 3A marks in discus with 124-5 and 120--2, respectively. Marsing senior Raylynn Vanosdall leads 3A in both long jump (17-6.25) and triple jump (34-8). She and Reece and Declo's Mara Rodgers (last year's 2A long jump state champion) have all surpassed 17 feet in long jump while she and Nampa Christian senior Hope Grace Myers are the lone 3A athletes to surpass 34 feet in girls triple jump this season.

Last year's 2A boys track state champion Nampa Christian returns a solid core of athletes and is coming off a 95-point victory margin to win the 3A District 3 championships. Don't count out District 5 champion West Side, either. District 6 champion Ririe is keeping a historic year going, having won their first cross country state title since 1996 last fall and winning districts last week for the first time since 2009. 

Parma senior Chase Klahr, last year's 3A state champion in boys throws, returns this weekend having repeated as District 3 champion in discus, winning a third consecutive shot put discus title and leading 3A with his personal best 55-11.5 in shot put. He has won all but one meet in shot put this season.

West Jefferson senior Rawley Calder leads 3A boys long jump (23-2.5) and triple jump (44--7.25) and remains undefeated in long jump. 

Two-time 2A sprint medley relay champion North Fremont leads 3A in the event with the time of 3:37.60 ran at the District 6 championships by Andrew Martin, Lane Klink, Owen Reid and Corbin Johnston. A Utah State signee and two-time 2A 1,600 and 3,200 state champion, Johnston leads 3A in the 1,600 (4:21.50) and 3,200 (9:24.01) while West Side junior Ethan Willis leads in the 800 (1:53.62). Johnston won all three 2A individual state titles last year and was on the winning medley relay.

Nampa Christian junior Ian Johnson, last year's 2A boys 400 state champion, leads 3A in the event this season with his 49.47 and also leads 300 hurdles (38.99). Soda Springs senior Degan Stoor, who won both 2A boys hurdles state titles last year, leads 3A in 110 hurdles (15.01) and is right behind Johnson for 300 hurdles (39.38).

West Side sophomore Tanner Henderson is one of four 3A boys to clear 13 feet or better this season and he leads the way with a personal best 13-10. Seven 3A boys have cleared six feet or better in high jump, led by Nampa Christian sophomore Zach Vander Woude and North Fremont senior Roy Wynn with 6-2 each.

CLASS 2A

North Idaho is looking solid going into the 2A boys track state championship, with District 1-2 champion Logos and runner-up Prairie sending a strong contingent of athletes to Middleton this weekend.

Prairie senior Dylan Uhlenkott, who last year contributed to 1A state meet records and wins in the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400, leads 2A in the 100 (11.12), 200 (22.18) and 400 (49.78). He is undefeated in the 400 this season.

Logos leads the way in boys distance events,  with junior John Henry Crapuchettes  in the 3,200 (9:42.09) and 1,600 (4:27.39) and senior Seamus Wilson in the 800 (2:00.04). Crapuchettes has the second fastest 800 time after Wilson, and behind him in the 1,600 and 3,200 is Rockland senior Hayden Smith (4:30.40, 9:51.78). Logos has the fastest 4x200, 4x400 and medley relay times going into the 2A state meet as well.

Oakley senior Liam Koziol, last year's 1A boys 110 hurdles state champion, leads 2A in the event with 15.07 while Logos senior Ryan Daniels' 40.84 is the fastest 2A 300 hurdles time thus far. 

Tri-Valley senior Zane Hearne leads 2A boys throws with his 168-3 in discus and 49-9 in shot put. Raft River junior Ruger Ward's 13-10 leads 2A boys pole vault. Two Butte County athletes, juniors Stetson Wanstrom  and Keaton Archibald, are leading 2A in javelin and long jump with respective marks of 148-2 and 22-8.75.

Prairie junior Sydney Shears leads 2A in the 800 (2:19.21), which she is undefeated in this season, and she won the 800 and 1,600 district titles.

This weekend is the final state meet in a storied high school career for Valley senior Lexi Huettig, who last year repeated as 1A girls pole vault state champion, triple jump state champion and long jump state champion and contributed to Valley's 4x100 state title. She set 1A meet state records in triple jump, pole vault and as part of the 4x100 last year. Her best marks have consistently stood out among all classifications and she currently leads 2A in triple jump (37-7.5), long jump (18-6), pole vault (11-6) and the 4x100 (50.38) with Journey Fenton, Daisy Flores and Joanie Lewis. 

The 2A girls throws finals feature some of the top athletes in Idaho this season for any classification. Potlach senior Kathryn Burnette,last year's 1A girls shot put state champion, leads 2A and all classifications in the event this season with 43-9. She has not lost in the event since her sophomore year. Prairie junior Sage Elven, last year's 1A girls discus state champion, leads 2A and all classifications in the event this season with 144-3. She is undefeated in discus this season.

Deary junior Kaylee Wood, who is undefeated in javelin this season, leads 2A with 120-5.

Glenns Ferry senior Madison Spriggs leads 2A in the 100 (12.28) and 200 (25.31) . She is undefeated in both events.   

Challis sophomore Lilly Stebbins, who last year won 1A girls high jump with a state record 5-8 and won the 1A girls 300 hurdles state title, leads 2A in girls high jump (5-6), 100 hurdles (15.99) and 300 hurdles (46.36), the events she will be competing in at state. She is undefeated in high jump this season.