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Ridgefield's Trey Knight, four-time state throwing champion, signs with USC Track & Field

Knight holds the fifth-best recorded high school hammer throw of all time.

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

Ridgefield's Trey Knight, four-time state throwing champion, signs with USC Track & Field
Ridgefield's Trey Knight, four-time state throwing champion, signs with USC Track & Field /

Ridgefield High School senior Trey Knight, a four-time throwing state champion, signed with University of Southern California for Track & Field this week, the college announced on Tuesday.

The two-time Gatorade Washington state boys track athlete of the year won two 2A state titles in the discus and two in shot put, though his best event — the hammer throw — is not offered by the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association.

He set a meet record for the discus last spring when he hit a 187 feet, 6 inch mark to repeat as 2A state champion.

Knight notched the fifth-best recorded high school hammer throw of all time, a 260-05 mark, in July, according to throws statistician Bob Gourley. He told Scorebook Live in August that he has his eyes set on the 2024 Toyko Outdoor Olympics after collegiate career.

Knight comes from a familiar line of throwers.

His mother Heather Knight and cousin Jon Lawson were also state champion throwers at Battle Ground and Prairie High School.

At Ridgefield, the senior had been exclusively a track athlete until he decided to go out for football this fall for his senior season, and earned first team all-2A Greater St. Helens league honors as a defensive lineman. The Spudders made their first state playoff appearance since 2005.

The national early signing period for college sports at all levels began on Nov. 13 and will last until August 2020 for track and field.

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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