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NCAA West Preliminary Round

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05/22/18 | Track and Field

Oregon Notes Live Results Link NCAA West Preliminary Schedule

By: Nate Krueger

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon track and field teams will head to Sacramento, Calif., this weekend for the NCAA West Preliminary Round, which will run from Thursday to Saturday at Hornet Stadium. The Ducks will look to qualify as many student-athletes as possible for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships (June 6-9) at historic Hayward Field.

The Ducks' goal in Sacramento will be simple: finish in the top 12 in your event and book your ticket back to Eugene for the national championship meet.

UO will have a total of 60 entries this weekend at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, with 31 on the women's side and 29 for the men. Thirty-one entries is second-most in the nation among women's teams, while the UO men's 29 entries are tied for fourth-most. Forty-eight of Oregon's 60 entries are in events on the track.

HOW TO FOLLOW
All three days of the NCAA West Preliminary Round will be streamed live on FloTrack.org, with a premium subscription required to watch. Live results for the meet can be found on ncaa.com and on the track and field schedule on goducks.com, and updates will be provided throughout the weekend on Twitter via @OregonTF and @Run4Ducks.

OREGON'S NCAA WEST PRELIMINARY ENTRIES
Men (29)
100 Meters (4) – Rieker Daniel, Cravon Gillespie, Damarcus Simpson, Spenser Schmidt
200 Meters (2) – Rieker Daniel, Cravon Gillespie
400 Meters (2) – Orwin Emilien, Cameron Stone
1,500 Meters (4) – Reed Brown, Sam Prakel, Mick Stanovsek, James West
5,000 Meters (2) – Jackson Mestler, Cooper Teare
10,000 Meters (2) – Tanner Anderson, Travis Neuman
110M Hurdles (2) – Joseph Anderson, Braxton Canady
400M Hurdles (1) – Jonathan Harvey
3,000M Steeplechase (1) – Jackson Mestler
4x100M Relay (1)
4x400M Relay (1)
High Jump (1) – Ben Milligan
Long Jump (2) – Tristan James, Damarcus Simpson
Triple Jump (1) – Tristan James
Hammer (1) – Max Lydum
Javelin (2) – John Nizich, Jackson VanVuren

Women (31)
100 Meters (3) – Jasmin Reed, Ariana Washington, Lauren Rain Williams
200 Meters (3) – Jasmin Reed, Ariana Washington, Lauren Rain Williams
400 Meters (5) – Shae Anderson, Venessa D'Arpino, Briyahna DesRosiers, Makenzie Dunmore, Hannah Waller
800 Meters (2) – Susan Ejore, Sabrina Southerland
1,500 Meters (3) – Amanda Gehrich, Jessica Hull, Katie Rainsberger
5,000 Meters (2) – Lilli Burdon, Samantha Nadel
10,000 Meters (3) – Carmela Cardama Baez, Alli Cash, Samantha Nadel
100M Hurdles (2) – Alaysha Johnson, Kaylah Robinson
400M Hurdles (1) – Kylee O'Connor
4x100M Relay (1)
4x400M Relay (1)
Long Jump (1) – Rhesa Foster
Triple Jump (1) – Chaquinn Cook
Discus (1) – Kiana Phelps
Hammer (1) – Maddie Rabing
Javelin (2) – Keira McCarrell

UO MEN CLAIM 12TH STRAIGHT PAC-12 TITLE
The Men of Oregon continued their dominance of the Pac-12 Conference on May 12-13 in Stanford, Calif., running away with their 12th consecutive conference team title. Four UO men came away with individual conference titles: Braxton Canady (110M Hurdles), Cravon Gillespie (100M), Sam Prakel (1,500M) and Damarcus Simpson (LJ). Simpson was also the runner-up in the 100 meters and Gillespie took second in the 200, and both Ducks ran on the runner-up 4x100 relay team to lead the men's squad. There were a total of 28 scorers for the UO men as they won the team championship with 174 points, 49 more than second-place Stanford. Oregon remains the only men's team to win a conference team title since 2007, when the Ducks began their streak in Stanford. "When you talk about a dozen years of anything, that's an awful long time," said head coach Robert Johnson. "It's one of those experiences that we'll cherish."

OREGON WOMEN FINISH AS PAC-12 RUNNERS-UP
The Women of Oregon were locked in a thrilling battle with USC at the Pac-12 Championships, with the Trojans narrowly coming away with the team title. The UO women saw three Ducks win individual championships: Makenzie Dunmore (200M), Jessica Hull (1,500M) and Sabrina Southerland (800M). Dunmore was also the runner-up in the 400 meters as the sophomore enjoyed a breakout weekend to pace the women's team. The UO women saw 35 total scorers contribute to their final score of 154 points, just 16 behind the Trojans.

SIMPSON, JOHNSON HONORED BY PAC-12
Senior Damarcus Simpson was named the Pac-12 men's field athlete of the week after repeating as the conference long jump champion, while head coach Robert Johnson was honored with the Pac-12 men's coach of the year award for leading the UO men to their 12th straight conference title. Simpson captured his second straight conference championship in the long jump with a huge wind-aided mark of 27 feet, four inches, on his third attempt, though any one of his four jumps would have won him the title. Simpson's winning mark currently ranks No. 1 in the nation. He was also the Pac-12 runner-up in the 100 meters in a windy 10.14, and he ran the opening leg on the runner-up 4x100 relay team. He is Oregon's fourth all-time men's field athlete of the year honoree and is the first since Ashton Eaton won his second in a row in 2010. Johnson is the Pac-12 men's coach of the year for the second year in a row and the fourth time since 2013, and he now owns nine total conference coach of the year awards.

DUCKS AMONG NCAA LEADERS
Entering this weekend's NCAA West Preliminary meet, the Ducks rank in the top 10 in the nation in 17 different events. For the Men of Oregon, Damarcus Simpson leads the nation in the long jump (27-4), Sam Prakel (3:36.84), James West (3:37.41) and Reed Brown (3:39.56) are 4-5-8, respectively, in the 1,500 meters, and Cravon Gillespie is sixth in the 100 meters (10.05) and 10th in the 200 meters (20.26). For the UO women, Sabrina Southerland (2:01.44) is No. 2 in the 800 meters, Makenzie Dunmore is third in both the 200 (22.37) and 400 meters (50.63), Jessica Hull (4:10.46) is third in the 1,500 and Chaquinn Cook (45-7) ranks fourth in the triple jump. Freshman Lauren Rain Williams (22.51) is seventh in the 200 meters, Alaysha Johnson (12.75) ranks seventh in the 100 hurdles, Lilli Burdon (4:12.52) is No. 8 in the 1,500 and Samantha Nadel (33:01.82) slots in ninth in the 10,000 meters. The Women of Oregon also have two 4x100 relay teams that rank in the top 10, though only one will run this weekend in Sacramento.

RANKINGS
Both the UO men and women are ranked fifth in the nation by the USTFCCCA entering this weekend's NCAA Preliminary Rounds.

JOHNSON AMONG ALL-TIME GREAT COACHES
In just his sixth year as the Ducks' head coach, Robert Johnson has already led Oregon to 13 team NCAA championships, placing him fourth on the NCAA all-time list. Only John McDonell (42), Pat Henry (35) and Ted Banks (17) have led cross country or track and field teams to more national titles. Under Johnson, the Ducks have won two NCAA championships in women's cross country, four in women's indoor track and field, three in men's indoor track and field, two in women's outdoor track and field and two in men's outdoor track and field. Additionally, Johnson led the Women of Oregon to the the historic Triple Crown in 2016-17. Johnson has also guided his student-athletes to 50 individual national championships, including Sabrina Southerland in the 800 meters and the women's distance medley relay team at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships.

'THE FINEST TRACK AND FIELD FACILITY IN THE WORLD' SET TO OPEN IN 2020
On Tuesday, April 17, the University of Oregon unveiled plans for a track and field stadium worthy of the legacies of Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. Slated to open in 2020, Hayward Field will set a new standard for sports venues, create world-class training and competition facilities for student-athletes, and incorporate new laboratories and research facilities to better understand the potential of human performance.

"When complete, Hayward Field will be nothing less than the finest track and field facility in the world, emblematic of the risk takers and innovators who have made Oregon great," said Michael H. Schill, University of Oregon president. "The new design for Hayward Field is awe-inspiring, amazing, and completely in accord with the university's relentless pursuit of excellence in everything that we do."

Full details on the future of Hayward Field can be found at around.uoregon.edu/hayward.

UP NEXT
The NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held in Eugene at Hayward Field for the sixth straight year on June 6-9.