NEVADA STATE MEET

Centennial Sweeps 5A Team Titles; Reese Leoncavallo's Four Wins Power Green Valley In 4A; Jessica Davis Breaks All-Time 100 Record

By John Dixon for DyeStat

The 2026 Class 5A/3A/2A/1A NIAA Track and Field Championships were held May 15-16 at Hug High School in Reno. The 4A Championships were held May 8-9 at Shadow Ridge HS and Arbor View HS in Las Vegas.

Centennial won the boys Class 5A team title with 96 points despite having just one individual champion, Kingston Lueck won the 3,200 in a time of 9:20.05. The team put together some dominant relays, with a meet record 7:47.72 in the 4x800 and wins in the 4x200 and 4x100. 

Liberty’s Dannon Martin won the 400 (47.21) and the 800 (1:51.61).

The Centennial girls won with 112 points and also scored big points in relays with victories in the 4x100 (47.58), 4x200 (1:38.67) and a second place in the 4x400 (3:53.00) behind Coronado’s 3:50.13.

Galena’s Gioia Coudriet was a triple winner with the 800 (2:14.03 ), 1,600 (4:56.99) and 3,200 (10:56.52). Teammate Alyssa Dixon won the 200 (24.50) and 400 (57.21).

Reno junior MacKenzie Sellers won her third consecutive pole vault crown (13-0).

In Class 4A, the Green Valley boys rolled up 120 points while competing in near-100 degree temperatures. Junior Reese Leoncavallo garnered four golds by winning the 800 (1:55.40), 1,600 (4:34.05), 3,200 (9:51.34) and anchoring the 4x800 (8:11.16). Senior, GianCarlo Crovetto won the long jump with 22-6 (+1.6) and triple jump with 46-5 (-1.6). 

Mojave sophomore Jayden Patton won the 100 meters in 10.68  (+.6) and 200 in 21.10 (+1.1) and placed fifth in the 300 hurdles (42.24).

Basic Academy set a Nevada all-time record winning the 4x200 (1:25.43).

Jessica Davis broke the all-time Nevada record in the 100 meters when she ran 11.58 seconds and she also won the 200 in 24.07. Davis led Canyon Springs, which scored 101 points, to the team title. She also anchored the winning 4x100 relay. 

Mojave junior Ciana Beals won the 400 (55.86) and the 800 (2:21.78).

In Class 3A, Truckee senior Kiefer Willcox broke the 35-year old meet record in the1,600 (4:10.78) and also broke meet records in the 3,200 (9:21.25) and 800 (1:51.62).

Kayden Hulet of Debbie Smith, the No. 5-ranked discus thrower in the country, broke the meet record with 205 feet.

Moapa Valley won the boys team title with 147 points and the team's only win came in the 4x400 (3:26.70) but the overall team depth easily out scored second place Truckee by 72 points.

Autumn Burks of Tahoe-Truckee broke the meet record in the 1,600 (5:06.25) and teammate Arya Saini won the 100 hurdles in 15.33 (-4.5), long jump with 18-7w (+2.9), and was a member of the winning 4x100 Relay (49.41).

South Tahoe won the team title with 121 points.

In Class 2A, North Tahoe's Max Avril won the 1,600 (4:33.86) and 3,200 (9:54.44). Teammate Nicolas Casci won the shot put (49-2) and discus (167-0). Their team won with 112 points.

Coral Academy-Reno won the 2A girls crown with 162 points. 

Lucia Avril of North Tahoe set meet records in the 1,600 (5:10.90) and 3,200 (11:14.09).

Incline’s Shelby Erikson won the 200 (25.69), 400 (57.86), 800 (2:22.13), and was on the second place 4x200 team.

Spring Mountain won the Class 1A boys championship with 121 points, bolstered by wins in the 4x100 (44.44), 4x200 (1:32.50 ) and 4x400 (3:35.44). Jamel Harvey won the 100 in 11.60 (-3.3), the 200  in 23.08 (-2.0) and anchored the winning 4x100 and 4x200. Teammate Jorge Corona-Murillo won the 110 hurdles in 16.36 (-4.5) and 300 hurdles in 41.15 and was a member of the winning 4x100.

Wells’ RileyJo Glascock won the 100 meters in 13.10 (-3.3), the 200 in 26.67 (-1.1), the 400 (1:01.05) and also placed third in the long jump (15-4.) to help her team win the Class 1A title. Teammate Maggie Neff won the 1,600 (6:01.92) and the 3,200 (13:08.33).

Team Champions

Class 5A - Centennial boys 96 points, Centennial girls 112 points - RESULTS

Class 4A - Green Valley boys 120 points, Canyon Springs girls 101 points - RESULTS

CLASS 3A - Moapa Valley boys 147 points, South Tahoe girls 121 points - RESULTS

CLASS 2A - North Tahoe boys 112 points, Coral Academy (Reno) girls 162 points - RESULTS

Class 1A - Spring Mountain boys 121 points, Wells girls 138 points - RESULTS