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Lake Oswego's Mia Brahe-Pedersen among top athletes to watch at USATF Junior Olympics

edith noriega, eugene register-guard
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Mia Brahe-Pedersen squeezes into the 8th spot into the women's 200 meter finals on the final day of the US Track and Field Outdoor Championships Sunday, July 9, 2023.
Mia Brahe-Pedersen squeezes into the 8th spot into the women's 200 meter finals on the final day of the US Track and Field Outdoor Championships Sunday, July 9, 2023.

Lake Oswego's Mia Brahe-Pedersen is set to return to Hayward Field for the U.S. National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships July 24-30.

Brahe-Pedersen, a rising senior and member of The Inner Circle Track Club, will not race individually. Instead, she and her relay team are clocked as the No. 8 seed in the women's 4x400-meter relay (3:56.38) and No. 19-seed in the 4x100 (48.87) in the 17-18 age group.

She was set to represent the United States in the 100-meters and 200 at the NACAC U23 Championships July 21-23 in Costa Rica.

Earlier this month, Brahe-Pedersen finished seventh in the women's 100 and eighth in the 200 at the U.S. Track and Field Outdoor Championships.

Sherwood's Evylee Bugher will be another one to watch. Bugher is the No. 1 seed in the women's 15-16 3,000-meter with a time of 10:39.58. Her time of 2:17.65 earned her the No. 3 seed in the 800.

Redmond's Dakota Wedding is seeded third in the men's 17-18 javelin with a throw of 55.12 meters.

Portland's Maleigha Canaday-Elliott enters the women's 17-18 triple jump as the No. 9-seed with a jump of 11.70 meters.

More Oregonians to watch at the USATF Junior Olympics

Women's 17-18 200 meters

  • No. 10 Olivia Hicks (The Inner Circle Track Club) — 24.74

Women's 15-16 800 meters

  • No. 6 Ciena Harmon (Beaverton Youth Track) — 2:18.53

  • No. 10 Macallan Cutsforth (The Inner Circle Track Club) — 2:21.24

Men's 15-16 1,500 meters

  • No. 3 Yosuke Shibata (Eugene) — 4:10.70

Men's 13-14 1,500 meters

  • No. 10 Brady Lukasiewicz (Beaverton) —4:24.01

Women's 11-12 1,500 meters

  • No. 8 Nezeya Bugher (Sherwood) - 5:05.73

Women's 11-12 3,000 meters

  • No. 4 Quinn Hanley (Bowerman Track) — 10:57.19

Women's 11-12 800 meters

No. 4 Quinn Hanley (Bowerman Track) — 2:27.90

Women's 11-12 1,500 meters

No. 9 Quinn Hanley (Bowerman Track) — 5:06.00

Men's 11-12 3,000 meters

  • No. 8 Patrick Keating (Bowerman Track) — 10:20.20

Men's 13-14 100-meter hurdles

  • No. 5 Jordan Dillard (The Inner Circle Track Club) — 14.63

Men's 13-14 200-meter hurdles

  • No. 5 Jordan Dillard (The Inner Circle Track Club) — 26.74

Women's 15-16 discus

  • No. 2 Yazmeen Williges (Milwaukie) — 131' 6.75"

Women's 13-14 javelin

  • No. 1 Hadley Hughes (Gresham) — 123' 3.5"

  • No. 4 Emma Vodrup (Sherwood Track) — 93' 9.25"

Women's 17-18 javelin

  • No. 3 Hayden Williams-Downing (The Inner Circle Track Club) — 137' 3.25"

  • No. 4 Hallee Hughes (Willamina) — 143' 7.25"

Men's 15-16 high jump

  • No. 3 Miles Baxter (Prefontaine Track) — 6' 0.75"

Men's 13-14 high jump

  • No. 1 Topher Gabel (Sandy) — 6' 0"

Women's 17-18 pole vault

  • No. 1 Alexa Anderson (Tigard) — 12' 6"

Men's 17-18 pole vault

  • No. 2 John Parks (Prefontaine Track) — 15' 3"

Men's 13-14 pole vault

  • No. 9 Jackson Conroy (Tigard Youth Track) — 7' 6.5"

  • No. 9 Keaton Nichols (Tigard Youth Track) — 7' 6.5"

  • No. 10 Garrett Kuchta (McMinnville Track) — 7' 0.75"

Women's 17-18 triple jump

  • No. 5 Anika Sukumar (The Inner Circle Track Club) — 40' 9.25"

Men's 15-16 decathlon

  • No. 4 Carsen Volle (Burns) — Total score of 5395

For a complete schedule, go to ustf.org.

Edith Noriega is a sports reporter for The Register-Guard. You may reach her at ENoriega@gannett.com and follow her on Twitter at @Noriega_Edith.

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