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Spokane Wins 2nd-Straight Women's Track & field Championship with Dominant Performances
Posted: May 20, 2025

Spokane Wins 2nd-Straight Women's Track & field Championship with Dominant Performances

GRESHAM, Ore. - The Spokane women's track and field team won its 24th title all-time and second in a row on Tuesday at the 2025 NWAC Women's Track and Field Championships at Mt. Hood Community College.

After winning their first championship last year since 2018, the Sasquatch continued their impressive run into the 2025 meet, winning by 62.5 points. Spokane finished with 236.5 points, led by eight individual champions.

Spokane swept all of the individual awards on the women's side, led by Afton Wood who was the High Scorer of the Meet with 46 total points. Wood finished first in both the javelin throw and the 400-meter hurdles while also taking second in the heptathlon and 400 meters and third in the pole vault. She was also part of the women's 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay teams that each finished second.

Mary Nakamura was named the 2025 NWAC Women's Track Athlete of the Meet as she scored 38 total points for the Sasquatch. Nakamura won both the 3,000 meter steeplechase and the 1,500 meters, while taking second in the 5,000 meters and 800 meters. She was also a part of the women's 4x400 meter relay team that placed second.

Spokane's Maliyah Gordon was named the 2025 NWAC Women's Field Athlete of the Meet with 24 total points. Gordon won the women's hammer throw on Tuesday and placed second in the shot put and third in the discus.

Spokane head coach Larry Beatty was named the Women's Track & Field Coach of the Year. Beatty re-took over the program this year and has led them to new heights. Already a NWAC Hall of Famer, Beatty led the Sasquatch to 12 titles in 14 years from 1998-2011.

Clark finished in second place for the first time since 1999 with 174 points. The Penguins had first place finishes in five different events including both relay teams. Lane placed third with 115 points, followed by Umpqua with 96.5 points and Olympic in fifth with 63. 

The top three finishers in each event are named NWAC All-American. Below is a list of All-Americans for each event of the meet.

For full results, CLICK HERE. 

Field

Heptathlon
1. Mia Hicks-Oliver, Clark - 4,382
2. Afton Wood, Spokane - 4,304
3. Nevaeh DeWitt, SW Oregon - 3,972

 Pole Vault
1. Reagan Krantz, Lane - 3.43m
2. Ellison Huffman, Umpqua - 3.33m
3. Afton Wood, Spokane - 2.98m

Javelin Throw
1. Afton Wood, Spokane - 40.49m
2. McKenzie Carpenter, Umpqua - 39.85m
3. Cassie Moeller, Spokane - 39.72m

Long Jump
1. Alana Tessen, Lane - 5.35m
2. Sally Gould, Clark - 5.34m
3. Aja LaPan, Lane - 5.30m

Shot Put
1. Joy Assonken, Spokane - 13.89m
2. Maliyah Gordon, Spokane - 12.51m
3. Nashayla Fellows, Olympic - 12.38m

Hammer Throw
1. Maliyah Gordon, Spokane - 48.35m
2. Daisy Lemley, Spokane - 45.96m
3. Brenna MacPherson-Cearns, Clackamas - 41.69m

Triple Jump
1. Aja LaPan, Lane - 11.75m
2. Lindzey Eagy, Spokane - 10.61m
3. Sally Gould, Clark - 10.44m

Discus
1. Daisy Lemly, Spokane - 45.52m
2. Nashayla Fellows, Olympic - 39.83m
3. Maliyah Gordon, Spokane - 39.63m

High Jump
1. Shay-Lah Squally, Olympic - 1.68m
2. Emily Kaylor, Spokane - 1.56m
3. Nevaeh DeWitt, SW Oregon - 1.53m

Track
10,000m
1. Saundra Parson, Lane - 38:28.99
2. Reda Long, Everett - 40:23.29
3. Soleil Bianchi, Clark - 41:36.98

3,000m Steeplechase
1. Mary Nakamura, Spokane - 11:28.07
2. Saundra Parsons, Lane - 11:44.99
3. Dani Buttrell, Clark - 12:02.52

4x100
1. Clark - 48.66
2. Spokane - 49.49
3. Lane - 49.60

1,500m
1. Mary Nakamura, Spokane - 4:40.19
2. Sanyana Felipe, Umpqua - 4:44.03
3. Emmalyne Jimenez, Spokane - 4:44.06

100m Hurdles
1. Sarah Money, Clark - 14.81
2. Becky Tshianyi, Umpqua - 15.37
3. Mandy Richeson, Clark - 15.61

400m
1. Lilly Krisky, Lane - 58.83
2. Afton Wood, Spokane - 58.92
3. Sydney Allen - Clark - 1:00.99

100m
1. Amina Mulendela, Umpqua - 12.18
2. Emily Peabody, Clark - 12.28
3. N'dya Hudson, Olympic - 12.46

800m
1. Emmalyne Jimenez, Spokane - 2:18.00
2. Mary Nakamura, Spokane - 2:18.06
3. Mia Beightol, Clark - 2:20.79

400m Hurdles
1. Afton Wood, Spokane - 1:05.41
2. Lacie Westervelt, Clark - 1:06.67
3. Pyper Wise-Cruz, Lane - 1:06.90

200m
1. Emily Peabody, Clark - 25.13
2. Amina Mulendela, Umpqua - 25.17
3. N'dya Hudson, Olympic - 25.40

5000m
1. Saundra Parsons, Lane - 18:31.55
2. Mary Nakamura, Spokane - 18:51.64
3. Mia Beightol, Clark - 18:58.86

4x400 Relay
1. Clark - 4:03.11
2. Spokane - 4:03.70
3. Lane - 4:11.68