Central Valley athletes were well represented on the podium at the 2026 CIF State Track & Field Championships at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Clovis.
Julius Sanders, a junior at Clovis West, finished first in the boys’ long jump with a personal best of 24′ 5 1/4″.
Sanders is the first local to win the long jump since Caleb Foster (Clovis North) in 2019. Kayden Lewis-Burnley, a junior at Clovis HS, came in 4th place with a jump of 23′ 11″.
Karsyn Van Grouw won the boys’ discus with a throw of 202′ 1″.
The Buchanan senior makes it 3 straight wins in the discus for the Central Section following back-to-back titles from Clovis North’s Mckay Madsen. Clovis North senior Cooper Haydock finished in 4th in this year’s event with a throw of 188′ 5″.
Other local medalists:
Girls 100m Hurdles
- 4th Sofia Lopes (Central East) 13.74
Girls 300m Hurdles
- 4th Sofia Lopes (Central East) 42.17
Boys 110m Hurdles
- 5th Wyatt Ruby (Redwood) 13.59* (New school record)
Girls 400m Dash
- 8th Gracie Serpa (Redwood) 55.77
Boys 100m Dash
- 8th Donovan Dunmore (Buchanan) 10.50
Boys 400m Dash
- 7th Emanuel Morgan (Central East) 47.42
Girls Discus
- 8th Ella Merrihew (Clovis) 145′ 2″
Boys Long Jump
- 1st Julius Sanders (Clovis West) 24′ 5 1/4″
- 4th Kayden Lewis-Burnley (Clovis) 23′ 11″
Boys High Jump
- 6th Davion Cockheran (Central East) 6’7″
- 6th Jaxson Silverstrom (San Joaquin Memorial) 6’7″
Boys Discus
- 1st Karsyn Van Grouw (Buchanan) 202’1″
- 4th Cooper Haydock (Clovis North) 188’5″
Boys Triple Jump
- 4th Austin Alcantara (Redwood) 47′ 11″
Girls 4×100 Relay
- 7th Buchanan (46.60)
Girls 4x800m
- 6th Buchanan (9:10.14)
Girls 4x400m
- 8th Clovis West (3:53.62)
Boys 4x400m
- 3rd Central East (3:14.38)