PORTLAND, Ore. – Recognizing an impressive all-around effort that included two individual titles plus a handful of top-three finishes, Linfield junior Kira Hawaaboo was crowned NWC Women's Field Athlete of the Year on Sunday for a second straight season.
 
Hawaaboo was honored as the 2025 Northwest Conference Track and Field Championship meet completed its two-day run at Lewis & Clark College's Eldon Fix Track and Griswold Stadium. Leading the Linfield men was Nick Olsen, who repeated as Northwest Conference champion in the shot put, posting a mark of 49-8½ to win by more than a foot.
 
Linfield's women tied with Pacific Lutheran for sixth in the team standings while the Wildcat men placed eighth among nine competing squads.
 
Hawaaboo repeated as NWC heptathlon and long jump champion and while also placing third in the 100-meter dash (12.40), third in the 200-meter dash (25.47), third in the javelin (130-0), and helping Linfield to a fifth-place result in the 4x100 relay (season-best time of 50.76).
 
Scoring additional team points for the Linfield women on Sunday were Jordan Roberts, who finished fourth in the 100 hurdles (15.60); Rachelle Silis, fourth in the 400 dash (58.75); and Logan Roberts, fourth in the high jump (5-1¼).
 
Also earning points for the Wildcat men on Sunday were Liam Christensen, fifth in the 100 (11.13) and Charles Dayton seventh in the 100 (11.20); Jacob Tabares, second in the 200 (22.13); Conner Dooley, fourth in the 800 (1:54.99); Alex Oathout, sixth in the 5,000 (14.54.74); and Andrew Troeh, eighth in the high jump (5-10¾).
 
The men's 4x400 relay, comprised of Christensen, Dooley, Luke Niemi and Tabares, placed fifth in 3:23.58. The men's 4x100 relay, featuring Dayton, Durham Huson, Christensen and Tabares, took seventh place in 42.85.
 
AHEAD
The Wildcats host the Linfield Open on Saturday at Maxwell Field. The opening field events begin at 10 a.m.