EUGENE, Ore. – Former Indiana State all-conference sprinter Noah Malone earned his second career Prefontaine Classic title Saturday afternoon, claiming top spot in the Para 100m at Hayward Field.
 
Malone matched his wind-legal season best of 10.54 to win by over one-tenth of a second. Saturday's win marked Malone's third straight top-two finish in as many Prefontaine Classic appearances, with first-place results in 2023 and 2026 and a second-place finish in 2025. The result also continued a strong 2026 season for Malone, who also claimed gold in the Para 100m at the LA Grand Prix in June and will be a contender for multiple medals at the USATF Para National Championships in three weeks.
 
Malone was a six-time All-MVC honoree at Indiana State from 2020-23, making three NCAA East First Round appearances in that span. He still holds program top-10 marks in the indoor 60m (6.75) and 200m (21.60), along with the outdoor 100m (10.34). Malone also ran the anchor leg on five of Indiana State's top 10 4x100m relay teams in program history. He has six Paralympic medals to his name between Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, and is a three-time Para World Championships medalist.
 
Former Sycamore thrower Erin Reese also made her Prefontaine Classic debut Saturday afternoon, placing eighth in the hammer throw with a mark of 71.65m (235-1). Reese had half of her attempts sail past the 70-meter mark, with additional throws of 71.50m (234-7) and 70.33m (230-9) to go alongside her top mark of 71.65m. Her Prefotaine Classic debut came on the heels of three straight appearances at USATF events, where she placed eighth in the hammer at the LA Grand Prix (73.29m/240-5) and Lone Star Grad Prix (72.58m/238-1) while finishing sixth at the USATF Throws Festival (74.18m/243-4).
 
Reese was a three-time All-American and five-time MVC Champion at Indiana State from 2017-19, finishing as the national runner-up in the hammer throw in 2019 and fourth in the nation in the weight throw that same season.  She owns Indiana State's facility record in both the weight throw (25.26m/82-10.5) and hammer throw (76.76m/251-10), with her hammer throw mark coming this season. Reese remains Indiana State's school record holder in the hammer throw at 71.06m (233-2), and has performed well this outdoor season by clearing the 74-meter mark at three different meets, including a pair of throws over the 75-meter mark at the Sycamore Open (76.76m/251-10, 75.09m/246-4). Reese qualified for the US Olympic Team for the first time in her career in 2024, where she finished 14th in the hammer throw in Paris.
 
Malone and Reese's accomplishments add to a decorated summer for former and current Sycamore athletes, as four Sycamore freshmen have competed in international competition over the course of the last three weeks. Aaron Massiah claimed a pair of medals in the triple jump (gold) and long jump (silver) at the Barbados National Championships, Kieran Barnewall claimed the Canada U20 title in the 110m hurdles to secure a spot at the World Athletics U20 Championships in August, and throwers Ben Brown (shot put) and Theo Thurmond (discus) both carded top-10 finishes at the USATF U20 Championships.
 
Up Next
Malone and Reese have both hit the qualifying standards for the USATF Outdoor and Para National Championships, which take place July 23-26 in New York City. The duo will be joined at the US Championships by current Sycamore and two-time All-American Rachel Mehringer, who hit the qualifying mark in the 100m hurdles.
 
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