University of Oregon
MPSF Championships
Duck Men's DMR Clocks No. 2 Time in NCAA History at MPSF Meet
02/26/11 | Track and Field
SEATTLE, Wash. - Oregon swept the men's and women's distance medley relays and Vernell Warren won the men's long jump Friday during the opening night of the 2011 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships at the Dempsey Indoor Facility.
The men not only won the DMR and hit the NCAA Championships automatic standard, but also recorded a school record and the second-fastest time in collegiate history. The team of sophomore Mac Fleet, freshman Mike Berry, sophomore Elijah Greer and junior Matthew Centrowitz ran 9:26.78. That broke the 2009 school record of 9:29.39 set by a pair of Olympians - Andrew Wheating and Galen Rupp - and Jordan McNamara and Chad Barlow.
"The distance medley relay team was fantastic," said Associate Athletic Director Vin Lananna. "Every one of them ran a terrific leg and 9:26 is a huge time."
Oregon's mark trailed only Texas' 2008 time of 9:25.77 in NCAA history.
The Duck women also captured the distance medley relay. The quartet of sophomore Anne Kesselring, junior Camilla Dencer, sophomore Becca Friday and senior Zoe Buckman won in 11:09.75.
Warren, a senior from Portland, Ore., took the long jump with a leap of 24-6.5/7.48m. Senior David Klech was third in the event at 24-3.5/7.40m as the men scored 16 points in the long jump.
Mandy White was the runner-up in the women's 200 meters. The senior from Lake Oswego, Ore., ran an indoor personal-best 24.06 that was the third fastest in school history and scored eight points for the defending champions.
Jordan Stray got the men on the scoreboard first, picking up six points with his third-place finish in the weight throw. The senior from Centralia, Wash., threw a personal-best 62-7.75/19.09m, which was the third-best mark in school history.
Senior Chris Kwiatkowski also scored for the men with his fifth-place finish in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best 13:51.84.
"Vernell Warren and Mandy White had good, solid performances today and Jordan Stray and Chris Kwiatkowski competed very well for the men," said Lananna.
In the women's long jump, sophomore Lauryn Newson was the runner-up with a season-best mark of 20-2.25/6.15m, while Rebecca Rhodes picked up another point with an eighth-place jump of 18-5/5.75m.
Claire Michel got the first points for the women with her fourth-place finish in the 5,000 meters in 16:30.31.
No. 25 Arizona State had the first day women's lead with 54 points, followed by No. 12 Stanford with 35, No. 1 Oregon next with 32 and No. 23 Arizona fourth with 28. California was next with 19 points, followed by UCLA and Washington (17), Cal State Northridge (16), Washington State (13) and Long Beach State (2).
The men were third in a tight competition. No. 7 Stanford led with 40.5 points, followed by UCLA with 37.5, No. 12 Oregon with 36, No. 14 Arizona with 31 and Arizona State with 26.5 to round out the top five. No. 21 Washington was sixth with 19 points, followed by Washington State (16), California (15), Long Beach State (11) and Cal State Northridge (1.5).
Dakotah Keys set three heptathlon bests en route to a first day PR of 3,043 points that left him second overall. The freshman from Sweet Home, Ore., had bests of 7.26 in the 60 meters, 22-10/6.96m in the long jump and 6-7/2.01m in the high jump. He also recorded a 40-10.25/12.45m shot put.
In preliminary action, senior Eric Hersey won his heat of the men's 60 meter hurdles in 7.98 to advance to Saturday's final. His was the second-fastest time overall on Friday.
Amber Purvis and White easily won their women's 60 meter preliminary heats to move on the the final. Purvis, a junior from Hercules, Calif., won in 7.37, while White took her heat in 7.48. Those were the fastest two preliminary times.
Brianne Theisen just missed a PR in the women's 60 meter hurdles, running 8.41 to advance to the final. That was .01 off her own school record. Junior Lyndsay Pearson ran 8.63 and Rebecca Rhodes timed a personal-best 8.78 in the preliminaries, but did not advance.
In the men's 60 meters, Dior Mathis ran 6.94 and missed advancing to the final by .01.
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