For one of many largest breakout stars of the yr, it was mission achieved on Saturday for Tualatin’s Campbell Brintnall.
One yr in the past, Brintnall was a part of the pack. She completed seventh within the 100-meter hurdles and eighth within the 300-meter hurdles. A lot of these she raced in opposition to in these occasions remained within the competitors in 2025.
However this was a special Brintnall.
On Saturday at Hayward Discipline, the senior flew forward for victories in each and went house with two championships.
“That is loopy to me like proper now being right here with a gold medal,” she stated on Saturday afternoon. “So sure, Hayward Magic is actual.”
Brintnall opened the day with a win within the 100-meter occasion, ending in 14.18 seconds. Wells’ Avery Coker was second in 14.37 and David Douglas’ Ariya Abdullah was third in 14.80.
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It was just a little slower than Brintnall’s prelim time, which was 13.98 (the third greatest time in state historical past and a Class 6A state meet file) however that was OK with Brintnall.
“My aim was simply to execute,” Brintnall stated. “That’s been the aim with my coach all season. We broke the state meet file yesterday, so at the moment was nearly ending and placing up by means of to the ultimate.”
And it’s not like the sphere was straightforward. Coker was the defending state champion within the occasion. Brintnall stated she’d thought loads this season about how having Coker round has pushed her to be higher than she ever was earlier than.
“I’m so grateful for her as a result of I don’t assume we each would have gotten these occasions this season and PR-ed,” she stated. “We’re each like iron sharpens iron or regardless of the saying is, and I’m simply actually grateful to have that competitors and we actually simply push one another, so it simply made it extra aggressive and simpler to succeed I really feel like as a result of we had been pushing one another entire season.”
To cap off the day, Brintnall took house the gold within the 300-meter occasion with a end of 42.30. She was a second forward of Lake Oswego’s Arie Thomas, who completed in 43.36, and David Douglas’ Abdullah, who completed in 44.98.
It marked the tip of dynamic turnaround yr for Brintnall, who introduced her season greatest occasions within the 100-meter hurdles from 15.42 seconds as a junior to 13.98 as a senior. Within the 300-meter hurdles, she improved from 45.24 to 42.12.
— Nik Streng covers highschool sports activities in Oregon. Attain him at nstreng@oregonian.com or @NikStreng
