One among Oregon’s breakout monitor stars of 2025 simply flipped gears fully.
On Monday, Jesuit senior Grant Valley introduced on his social media that he’s committing to Oregon to hitch the monitor and subject workforce.
Valley was beforehand dedicated to Southern Oregon College to play soccer.
At 6-foot-1, 165 kilos, Valley performed receiver and defensive again for the Crusaders within the fall and helped lead Jesuit to a 9-3 document in 2024. He was named a second workforce all-state choice in Class 6A as a senior.
But it surely was within the spring when Valley really burst onto the scene. After leg accidents derailed a variety of his highschool monitor profession, Valley shocked the sphere and gained the 100-meter sprint on the Oregon Relays in early April. It was his first non-dual meet monitor and subject win of his highschool profession.
At a twin meet in Might, Valley broke the state document within the 200 as he clocked a 20.86-second end to interrupt Micah Williams’ mark of 21.03 in 2019. He accomplished his 12 months by profitable Class 6A state championships within the 100, 200 and the 4×400-meter relay.
Valley’s private finest time within the 100 (10.36) is No. 3 all-time in state historical past, behind Williams’ 10.21 in 2019 and Thomas Tyner’s 10.35 in 2011.
For the Geese, the boys’s sprints was a wrestle within the 2024-25 faculty 12 months. Oregon didn’t have any males’s sprinters compete within the prelims for the 100 or the 200 on the NCAA Observe and Discipline Out of doors Championships.
— Nik Streng covers highschool sports activities in Oregon. Attain him at nstreng@oregonian.com or @NikStreng
