Prep distance-running phenom Ellery Lincoln will enroll early at UO

High school distance-running phenom Ellery Lincoln will get an early start to her career with the Oregon Ducks.Lincoln, a senior at Lincoln High in Portland, told DyeStat she will graduate high school early and forgo her senior track and field season to enroll at the University of Oregon. Lincoln intends to compete for the Ducks during the 2026-27 collegiate indoor track and field season.Her announcement came less than a week after she won her second consecutive OSAA Class 6A state cross-country title. In her final time wearing a Cardinals uniform, she shattered the Lane Community College 5,000-meter course record with a winning time of 16 minutes, 57.6 seconds. A longtime Oregon commit, Lincoln announced the Ducks as her college choice last October. During her decorated prep career, Lincoln rewrote the Oregon cross-country and track and field record books. Earlier this fall, she broke the state's all-time 5K record with a personal best of 16:13 at an invitational in Arkansas. Lincoln holds track and field state records for the 1,500 (4:07.06), mile (4:27.65) and 3,000 (9:06.61). After winning the Class 6A 800 title as a sophomore, she swept the 1,500 and 3,000 as a junior last spring.Following her 11th-grade season, Lincoln ran at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene and took eighth place at 1,500 meters in a field of collegiate stars. Later in the summer, she took fifth place at the World Athletics U20 Championships at Hayward Field. Lincoln is set to join an Oregon distance group that won the Big Ten title last month and finished third at the 2025 NCAA Cross Country Championships. At last year's outdoor track and field national championships, the Ducks took fourth place.Jarrid Denney is a sports reporter for The Register-Guard. He can be reached atjdenney@registerguard.comor on X@jarrid_denneyThis article originally appeared on Register-Guard: Prep distance-running phenom Ellery Lincoln will enroll early at UO