COMING UP: at Nevada Invitational (Reno, Nev.), Friday-Saturday.
 
LIVE LINKS: Both Live Results and Live Streaming Links for the Nevada Invitational are available at OregonTechOwls.com.
 
LAST SEASON: Both track teams turned the corner at the Cascade Conference Championships – as the women's team recorded their best team finish since 2017, placing fourth, while the men's team placed eighth (hampered by a pair of key injuries). Three athletes earned trips to the NAIA Championships – with two of the three (Aurora Atwood, Eli Stevens) both returning in 2026. In all, 64 student-athletes will compete in an OIT uniform this season.
 
MEN'S PREVIEW: The Hustlin' Owls will have a deep team that has the ability to score at the CCC Championships. The squad is anchored by senior Eli Stevens, a 4-time NAIA National Championship qualifier – competing last season in the decathlon (6,668 points) and pole vault (4.85 meters) – and will be among the favorites among CCC competitors this year in both events. Also back are two all-conference athletes – Ryan Doherty in the 400-meter hurdles (55.45) and Tate Wyman in the long jump, who also scored points in the 100-meter hurdles (15.75). Key returners include Braedan Doherty and Bryce Worrell in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, Tucker Piper in the middle distances, Kai Miles in the distance events and Logan Shurts in both the jumps and pole vault. Tech is excited for their newcomers – as throwers Zachary Hart, Jacob Janeczko and Nolan Sieben should make immediate impacts – Hart had marks of 57-feet in the shot put and 153-feet in the discus at Lassen High, Janeczko having college experience at Southwestern Oregon CC, with Sieben throwing the javelin 198-feet at Henley High. The hurdle crew will be key – as both Ewan O'Dea and Evan Sneed will race in the 400-meter hurdles, while Torrey Pines High grad Jason Dickerson clocked a 110-meter hurdle time of 15.21 last spring. Corvallis High product Thomas Adams has a personal best 400-meter time of 48.51, while the both Elijah Zavala and Ethan Krieger look to build off a solid cross country season to give the Owls depth in the distance events.
 
WOMEN'S PREVIEW: The Lady Owls depth will be the key in 2026, as the squad looks to have a team that can hit a CCC qualifying mark in every event. The throws will anchor the team, led by CCC champion, Aurora (Parsons) Atwood, who won the league crown in the discus (42.42 meters), taking second in the shot put (12.98 meters) and third in the javelin (41.11 meters). Both Emily Bitler and Ciena Gregory have scored at the CCC meet in the discus, with Kate Miles a 2-time CCC qualifier in the javelin. Joining the throws group are three high school all-stars – Caitlyn Horrell of Burns, Amina Redfield of Wilsonville and Kalina Saechao of Cascade. Horrell has top marks of 132-10 in the discus and 39-1 in the shot; Redfield is the 5A champ in the javelin (146-10) and has thrown the shot 36-10; while Saechao is the 4A champ in the shot put (43-11) and has thrown the discus 128-3. The sprints will be deep, with senior Sydney Soskis (12.54 in the 100-meters, 25.53 in the 200-meters) and sophomore McKenna Donovan (12.38 in the 100-meters, 25.68 in the 200-meters) looking to build of tremendous 2025 seasons, with the duo joined by Vacaville High product Ruby Ford, who posted times of 13.10 seconds, 26.05 seconds and 59.34 seconds in the 100-200-400 events. Both Donovan and Soskis will compete in the long jump, joined by freshman Maevri Bergerson of Astoria, who has surpassed 36 feet in the triple jump. Look for sub 60-second 400-meter runners Tiffany Humpherys and Ava Blatchford to be key, while the duo of Lily Everson and Madi Perkins will compete in the multi-events (Everson also running in the 400-meter hurdles). In the distance events, cross country national qualifier Saundra Parsons leads the group, while seniors Charis Childers, Corinne Childers, Chloe Crawford and Raleena Maxson will provide key depth in both the steeplechase and distance events.
 
INDOOR SCHEDULE: Tech will race in three events – this weekend's Nevada Invitational in Reno, the Corban Indoor/Outdoor in Salem and the EOU Last Chance Meet in La Grande (multi-event athletes will also compete in Reno and the Wolfpack Classic. National qualifiers will head this year to Gainsville, Fla, for the NAIA Championships.
 
OUTDOOR SCHEDULE: OIT will have four full-team meets in 2026 – including the Pacific Northwest Invite in Corvallis, the Linfield Invite in McMinnville, the Raider Classic in Ashland and the Corban Invite in Salem. This year, the CCC Championships will be held in La Grande, with qualifiers for the NAIA meet heading to Asheville, N.C. for the NAIA Championships.