Stanovsek, Cook Headline Productive Final Day

Saturday, January 27

New York, NY

All Day

University of Oregon

Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge

Photo by: Josh Phillips/GoDucks.com

01/27/18 | Track and Field

Results

Redshirt sophomore Mick Stanovsek shined in the mile and Chaquinn Cook broke the school record in the triple jump Saturday as the Ducks wrapped up the Columbia Challenge in New York

By: Nate Krueger

NEW YORK – Redshirt sophomore Mick Stanovsek shined in the mile and junior ChaQuinn Cook broke the school record in the triple jump on Saturday as the Oregon track and field team wrapped up the Columbia Challenge with a productive final day at the historic Armory Track and Field Center.

How it Happened – Men: A day after helping the Men of Oregon to a new NCAA-leading time in the distance medley relay, Stanovsek won the men's mile in 3:57.90, a huge personal-best and the seventh-best mark in UO history. Freshmen Reed Brown (3:59.05) and Cooper Teare (3:59.29) also ran personal-bests while joining Stanovsek as the newest members of UO's sub-four minute mile club, and veterans Sam Prakel (3:59.56) and Blake Haney (4:01.87) showed well in the elite mile section.

In the sprints, Cravon Gillespie continued to make an immediate impact on the Oregon record books, running 21.27 in the 200 meters to finish second overall and move into seventh in UO history. Sophomore Braxton Canady won his heat in 22.10 to set a new personal-best for the second meet in a row.

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Redshirt sophomore Tristan James leaped to a personal-best mark of 25-2 (7.67m), tied for No. 6 on the UO indoor all-time list, to finish second in the long jump, and fellow transfer Spenser Schmidt was fourth at 24-3.75 (7.41m).

Redshirt junior Cameron Stone (47.93) and transfer Orwin Emilien (48.03) finished third and fifth overall, respectively, in the 400 meters while recording personal-bests.
International transfer James West ran a career-best 7:58.26 in the elite 3,000 meter section, and sophomore Jackson Mestler improved his personal-best by more than five seconds while finishing fifth in 8:03.07. Sophomore transfer Jaxson Hoey ran a personal-best 1:52.90 in the 800 meters.

How it Happened – Women: Cook, the defending Pac-12 champion in the triple jump, dazzled in her 2018 debut in her signature event by reaching 42-11 (13.08m) to break the Oregon all-time indoor record. Cook's mark was a new indoor personal-best, and she surpassed Sasha Wallace (42-8) to become the Ducks' new record holder.

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In the 4x400 meter relay, the quartet of Shae Anderson, Briyahna DesRosiers, Hannah Waller and Makenzie Dunmore broke the meet record in 3:32.92, moving the UO women into terrific NCAA qualifying position. The Ducks broke the meet record they set last year in New York while moving into sixth in UO indoor history.

Lilli Burdon ran in the elite heat of the women's mile, where she finished in a personal-best 4:35.02 to move into fifth all-time at Oregon. Jessica Hull placed third (9:11.03) in the elite section of the 3,000 meters after anchoring the women's DMR team to an NCAA-leading time on Friday, and junior transfer Susan Ejore ran a four-second career-best in the mile (4:46.33). Redshirt senior Sabrina Southerland ran her first 800 meters of the year in 2:04.38, the sixth-best mark in Oregon history.

Freshman Sydnee Walker and sophomore Maddie Rabing both hit personal-bests in the weight throw, with Walker reaching 60-9 (18.52m) and Rabing finishing with a top throw of 58-4.5 (17.79m). Walker moved up to No. 6 on the UO all-time list in just her second collegiate meet, and Rabing jumped up to No. 8.

Waller ran a personal-best 53.46 to lead a 1-2 finish with Dunmore (53.50) in the 400 meters, and freshman Lauren Rain Williams finished with the top 200 meter time of the day at 23.53 with senior Ariana Washington right behind in 23.73. DesRosiers ran 23.94, and Venessa D'Arpino (24.47) and freshman Kaylah Robinson (24.88) both set personal-bests.

What it Means: Johnson said entering the meet that the focus was on securing qualifying marks in the DMRs and that everything else would be "icing on the cake." The Ducks accomplished the former Friday with two NCAA-leading times, and they were able to add on a number of other marks that should hold strong come the NCAA Championships in March.

Notable: There have now been 22 Ducks to run the mile in less than four minutes, with six of the 22 currently on the Ducks' roster … Brown moved into 17th on the UO all-time mile list, while Teare slots in at No. 21 … Gillespie is now in the top seven in UO history in both the 60 and 200 meters after just two meets as a Duck … Rabing moved up to NO. 8 on the program all-time weight throw list, while Walker stayed at No. 7 … The 4x400 relay team for the UO men placed second in 3:14.24.

Up Next: The Ducks will split into two groups for their next competition after New York, with the sprinters and jumpers going to Albuquerque for the Don Kirby Elite (Feb. 9-10) and the throwers and distance runners traveling to Seattle for the Husky Classic (Feb. 9-10).