COMPLETE RESULTS

EUGENE, Ore.  – The Bushnell men's track & field team took eighth place at the 2024 Cascade Conference Championships, behind the strength of the jumps crew which scored 34 of the Beacons 39 points.
 
On Friday, freshman Kaleo Wellman earned himself a runner-up finish in the Long Jump, leaping 6.83 meters (22'5"). It was the sixth-fastest time in school history and the second-best of the season for the recent school-record holder.
 
His eight points led the Beacons while sophomore Ty Kishen picked up two points with a seventh-place slot in the same event. The sophomore set a new PR at 6.66m (21'10.25") and posted the seventh-fastest mark in school history, breaking into the top-ten for the first time in his career.
 
The day also included personal bests for freshman Wyatt Pepiot in the 400m (53.06) and junior Brett Olmstead in the Pole Vault (4.05m/13'3.5").
 
The 4x100m relay team of David Johnson, Kishen, Hunter Reininger, and Olmstead also set a new season best for the team, coming in at 43.93 seconds.
 
On Saturday it was another freshman that set the tone as Jermaine Schexnayder (pictured) brought home a conference championship and single-handedly scored 16 points.
 
Schexnayder was the Triple Jump favorite coming in and he didn't disappoint, winning the event with a new school-record leap of 14.89m (48'10.25"). He improved what was already an NAIA "A" standard for himself and will head to the NAIA National Championship with the tenth-best mark in 2024.
 
He wasn't the only Beacon to score in the triple jump as Kishen followed in fourth-place, landing a new PR at 13.97m (45'10") for the ninth-best mark in the Bushnell record book. Wellman followed in sixth-place to score three more points.
 
In the High Jump, Schexnayder added his second All-Cascade Conference finish, taking third-place. He broke his own Beacon school record in the process, clearing 1.96m (6'5").
 
Elsewhere on Saturday, freshman Logan Gant claimed seventh-place in the 400m Hurdles at 59.89 while the 4x400m relay team of Pepiot, Reininger, Gant, and Kishen set a season-best at 3:27.22.
 
It is on to the NAIA National Championship for a pair of Beacons who will compete from May 22-24. Wellman has qualified in the Long Jump and Schexnayder will compete in the Triple Jump.