PAWLOWICZ STARS ON OPENING DAY OF OREGON RELAYS: Freshman Maya Pawlowicz of the @jserra.tfxc Girls Track and Field team supplied an electric distance running performance to highlight the Lions’ opening day effort at the 2026 Oregon Relays on Friday at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene.
Pawlowicz seized the lead in the Girls Freshman 2-Mile Championship race with the echo of the opening gun still ringing throughout the stadium and paced the field comfortably in front.
After coming through the first half of the race in 5:24.80, Pawlowicz settled into a measured pace over the next three laps, before a closing burst of 72.44 over the final 400 meters.
Her final racing strides brought her across the finish line in a victorious lifetime best of 10:47.10.
Pawlowicz’s impressive clocking is the second fastest two-mile performance in the state and the 10th fastest in the country this spring to date.
It is also the second fastest two-mile race in school history.
Her en route 3200m time of 10:43.60 set a new freshman school record and is the fourth best time in school history across all classes.
Pawlowicz was clocked at a state-leading 10:07.90 at 3000m, which is also the second-best time from that distance in school history.
Freshman teammate Brooklyn Tennant drafted comfortably behind Pawlowicz throughout the eight-lap battle and crossed the finish line with a second-place effort of 11:03.63.
Tennant’s race is the fourth best in the state this season and the third fastest in school history.
Her en route 3000m clocking of 10:18.80 is also the state’s third best this spring and the third best in school history.
Senior Maya Woolforde (57.51) finished fourth in her heat of the 400m championship and placed eighth overall out of 46 runners.
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