EUGENE, Ore. – The Woodhalls will celebrate the 4th of July in Eugene! After both winning national championships at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon last summer, Tara Davis-Woodhall and Hunter Woodhall will return to headline fields in their respective events at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic.
Tara Davis-Woodhall (Frisco, Texas) is the reigning Olympic Gold Medalist and World Champion in the Women’s Long Jump. She’ll headline a field at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic, jumping into a pit where she has enjoyed great success. Davis-Woodhall is the defending Prefontaine Classic champion and has won three consecutive outdoor U.S. national titles, all at Hayward Field. At the 2025 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships, she recorded her best-ever mark at the venue with a jump of 7.12m (23’ 4.5”).
Tara also captured the 2021 NCAA title at Hayward Field while competing for the University of Texas, winning with a jump of 6.70m (21’ 11.75”). Her career-best mark is 7.18m (23’ 6.5”), set at the 2024 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships. She followed that performance by winning the world indoor title later that year in Glasgow.
