Helena native Logan Todorovich heads to NCAA heptathlon championships

Logan Todorovich’s rise from Helena High to the NCAA heptathlon gives Lewis and Clark County a clear measure of what Helena can produce when raw ability meets sustained coaching. The Baylor sophomore is in Eugene, Oregon, for the NCAA Division I outdoor championships, where the women’s heptathlon is on the schedule and Todorovich arrives ranked ninth in the nation.

At Helena High, Todorovich built that reputation as an all-around force. She swept five gold medals at the 2024 Class AA state meet in Great Falls, winning the 100 meters, 100 hurdles, high jump and long jump while also running on the Bengals’ winning 400-meter relay. By the time her high school career ended, she had piled up nine Class AA gold medals, including three titles apiece in the 100 hurdles and long jump.

That blend of speed, jumping and endurance has carried straight into college. Todorovich finished third in the Big 12 multi-events in May with a personal-best 5,830 points, and Baylor’s track and field program said she has grown into one of the strongest heptathletes in Division I. The heptathlon demands seven events over two days, starting with the 100 hurdles and high jump before moving through the shot put, 200 meters, long jump, javelin and 800 meters, a test that rewards depth as much as top-end speed.

Her path also shows how much specialized coaching matters once a local standout moves beyond the high school level. At the Texas Relays in Austin, Todorovich finished fourth in the heptathlon with 5,487 points, then the third-highest total in Baylor program history, and she set personal bests in four of the seven events. Baylor said that score was just 97 points shy of Jenna Pfeiffer’s school record of 5,584. A few weeks later, at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships at Drachman Stadium in Tucson, Todorovich and freshman Kingston Williams were in the top five after Day 1, and Todorovich went on to place third in the women’s heptathlon.

For Helena, Todorovich’s climb is bigger than one athlete reaching Eugene. It shows that Helena High can produce an elite multi-event runner, but it also shows the limits of what local schools can provide alone. The jump from state titles to a national ranking has required Baylor’s multi-event coaching structure, including assistant coach Chase Hood, and that is the real pipeline question for the city: whether Helena can keep building the base that sends athletes like Todorovich onward, season after season.