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

• 4th Sofia Lopes (Central East) 42.17

• 5th Wyatt Ruby (Redwood) 13.59* (New school record)

• 8th Gracie Serpa (Redwood) 55.77

• 8th Donovan Dunmore (Buchanan) 10.50

• 7th Emanuel Morgan (Central East) 47.42

• 8th Ella Merrihew (Clovis) 145' 2"

• 1st Julius Sanders (Clovis West) 24' 5 1/4"

• 4th Kayden Lewis-Burnley (Clovis) 23' 11"

• 6th Davion Cockheran (Central East) 6'7"

• 6th Jaxson Silverstrom (San Joaquin Memorial) 6'7"

• 1st Karsyn Van Grouw (Buchanan) 202'1"

• 4th Cooper Haydock (Clovis North) 188'5"

• 4th Austin Alcantara (Redwood) 47' 11"

• 7th Buchanan (46.60)

• 6th Buchanan (9:10.14)

• 8th Clovis West (3:53.62)

• 3rd Central East (3:14.38)