Saturday, May 12
Stanford, CA
5:30 PM
University of Oregon
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Pac-12 Championships
Photo by: Eric Evans/GoDucks.com
Ducks Head to Pac-12 Championships Seeking 10th Straight Sweep
05/09/18 | Track and Field
The Ducks will look to continue their dominance of the Pac-12 Conference this weekend as they go for their 10th consecutive sweep of the Pac-12 Championships
EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon track and field teams will look to continue their dominance of the Pac-12 Conference this weekend as the Ducks head to Stanford, Calif., for the 2018 Pac-12 Track and Field Championships at Cobb Track and Angell Field.
Oregon has owned the Conference of Champions over the last decade, having swept the conference team titles in each of the past nine seasons. The Men of Oregon's reign extends past that, as they have won 11 consecutive conference titles. Oregon has won every men's and women's conference championship since the Pac-10 became the Pac-12 in 2012.
"We expect to go there and put our best foot forward and compete really well," said head coach Robert Johnson. "We talk a lot here about, 'Be Oregon,' and part of 'Being Oregon' is going to Pac-12s and doing really well."
Both days of the Pac-12 Championships will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PT on Saturday and 3 p.m. PT on Sunday. Live results for the meet can be found at pac-12.com or on the track and field schedule on goducks.com, and updates throughout the meets will be provided on Twitter via @OregonTF and @Run4Ducks.
O'CONNOR, TORRES OPEN SCORING AT PAC-12 MULTIS
Both the Men and Women of Oregon will begin this weekend with three points on the board after a pair of sixth-place finishes from Kylee O'Connor and Austin Torres last weeekend at the Pac-12 Multi-Event Championships. O'Connor scored a career-high 5,271 points in the heptathlon to score three points and move to No. 10 on the UO all-time performance list. Torres was sixth in the decathlon, the first of his career, with 5,797 points to score three points for the UO men.
DUCKS IN THE FRONT OF THE PAC
Entering the Pac-12 Championships, the Ducks lead the conference in 11 different events and are all over the Pac-12 top-five lists. In the sprints, Cravon Gillespie and Damarcus Simpson rank 1-2 in the men's 100 meters, and freshman Lauren Rain Williams is tops in the women's 200. The Ducks also boast the top performers in both the short hurdles in Braxton Canady and Alaysha Johnson. Sam Prakel and Jessica Hull are both No. 1 in the men's and women's 1,500 meters, respectively, and Samantha Nadel leads the 10,000 meters, though she will run the 5,000 this weekend. Simpson and Tristan James rank 1-2 in the men's long jump, and Chaquinn Cook enters as the favorite in the women's triple jump. John Nizich is the top men's javelin thrower entering this weekend, and the Ducks are in the top three in the Pac-12 in all four relays.
FOUR DUCKS LOOKING TO REPEAT AS PAC-12 CHAMPS
The Ducks claimed 14 individual Pac-12 titles last season in Eugene on their way to their ninth straight sweep of the team titles, and four Ducks will be back at the conference meet this weekend looking to defend their titles. Chaquinn Cook and Rhesa Foster will look to sweep the horizontal jumps for the second year in a row, and Damarcus Simpson will go for his second straight Pac-12 long jump championship. Alaysha Johnson will also be back to defend her title in the 100-meter hurdles, and both 4x100 relay teams will return at least one athlete from last year's winning teams.
Oregon's 2017 Pac-12 Champions
Edward Cheserek - 10,000 Meters
Chaquinn Cook - Triple Jump
Rhesa Foster - Long Jump
Ryan Hunter-Simms - Discus
Alaysha Johnson - 100M Hurdles
Kyree King - 100 Meters
Kyree King - 200 Meters
Mitch Modin - Decathlon
Damarcus Simpson - Long Jump
Deajah Stevens - 100 Meters
Deajah Stevens - 200 Meters
Raevyn Rogers - 800 Meters
UO Men - 4x100M Relay
UO Women - 4x100M Relay
Active Student-Athlete
ALUMNI RETURN FOR HAYWARD CELEBRATION
The Ducks hosted the final Oregon Twilight meet at the current Hayward Field last Friday, with a reconfiguration of the historic stadium set to begin this summer. Seventeen UO alumni flocked back to Hayward for the celebration, and the former Ducks put on a show. Devon Allen doubled up to win the 110 hurdles and 100 meters, Mike Berry and Raevyn Rogers dominated the 400 meters and Jasmine Todd won the long jump. Ryan Hunter-Simms, the 2017 Pac-12 discus champion, won that event in his return to Hayward, and Marcus Chambers took the 200 meters. Among current Ducks competing, freshman Myles Webb performed well in the 100 and 200 meters to earn one of the final spots on the Pac-12 Championships roster. In total, active Ducks won eight events at the Twilight, capped by Lilli Burdon's 1,500 meter win in the last event of the final regular-season meet at the current Hayward Field.
RANKINGS
The Women of Oregon are currently ranked No. 2 in the USTFCCCA team rankings, while the Men of Oregon are ranked No. 11 in the nation.
'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.
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.
UP NEXT
Following the Pac-12 Championships, Ducks who rank in the top 48 in the west region will head to the NCAA West Regional meet in Sacramento, Calif. (May 24-26) for a chance to punch their tickets to the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 6-9).
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Oregon has owned the Conference of Champions over the last decade, having swept the conference team titles in each of the past nine seasons. The Men of Oregon's reign extends past that, as they have won 11 consecutive conference titles. Oregon has won every men's and women's conference championship since the Pac-10 became the Pac-12 in 2012.
"We expect to go there and put our best foot forward and compete really well," said head coach Robert Johnson. "We talk a lot here about, 'Be Oregon,' and part of 'Being Oregon' is going to Pac-12s and doing really well."
HOW TO FOLLOWHead coach @Run4Ducks looks back on the Oregon Twilight and previews this weekend's Pac-12 Championships #GoDucks #FlyInFormation pic.twitter.com/vAsar1Ux0q
— Oregon Track & Field (@OregonTF) May 8, 2018
Both days of the Pac-12 Championships will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network, beginning at 5:30 p.m. PT on Saturday and 3 p.m. PT on Sunday. Live results for the meet can be found at pac-12.com or on the track and field schedule on goducks.com, and updates throughout the meets will be provided on Twitter via @OregonTF and @Run4Ducks.
O'CONNOR, TORRES OPEN SCORING AT PAC-12 MULTIS
Both the Men and Women of Oregon will begin this weekend with three points on the board after a pair of sixth-place finishes from Kylee O'Connor and Austin Torres last weeekend at the Pac-12 Multi-Event Championships. O'Connor scored a career-high 5,271 points in the heptathlon to score three points and move to No. 10 on the UO all-time performance list. Torres was sixth in the decathlon, the first of his career, with 5,797 points to score three points for the UO men.
DUCKS IN THE FRONT OF THE PAC
Entering the Pac-12 Championships, the Ducks lead the conference in 11 different events and are all over the Pac-12 top-five lists. In the sprints, Cravon Gillespie and Damarcus Simpson rank 1-2 in the men's 100 meters, and freshman Lauren Rain Williams is tops in the women's 200. The Ducks also boast the top performers in both the short hurdles in Braxton Canady and Alaysha Johnson. Sam Prakel and Jessica Hull are both No. 1 in the men's and women's 1,500 meters, respectively, and Samantha Nadel leads the 10,000 meters, though she will run the 5,000 this weekend. Simpson and Tristan James rank 1-2 in the men's long jump, and Chaquinn Cook enters as the favorite in the women's triple jump. John Nizich is the top men's javelin thrower entering this weekend, and the Ducks are in the top three in the Pac-12 in all four relays.
FOUR DUCKS LOOKING TO REPEAT AS PAC-12 CHAMPS
The Ducks claimed 14 individual Pac-12 titles last season in Eugene on their way to their ninth straight sweep of the team titles, and four Ducks will be back at the conference meet this weekend looking to defend their titles. Chaquinn Cook and Rhesa Foster will look to sweep the horizontal jumps for the second year in a row, and Damarcus Simpson will go for his second straight Pac-12 long jump championship. Alaysha Johnson will also be back to defend her title in the 100-meter hurdles, and both 4x100 relay teams will return at least one athlete from last year's winning teams.
Oregon's 2017 Pac-12 Champions
Edward Cheserek - 10,000 Meters
Chaquinn Cook - Triple Jump
Rhesa Foster - Long Jump
Ryan Hunter-Simms - Discus
Alaysha Johnson - 100M Hurdles
Kyree King - 100 Meters
Kyree King - 200 Meters
Mitch Modin - Decathlon
Damarcus Simpson - Long Jump
Deajah Stevens - 100 Meters
Deajah Stevens - 200 Meters
Raevyn Rogers - 800 Meters
UO Men - 4x100M Relay
UO Women - 4x100M Relay
Active Student-Athlete
ALUMNI RETURN FOR HAYWARD CELEBRATION
The Ducks hosted the final Oregon Twilight meet at the current Hayward Field last Friday, with a reconfiguration of the historic stadium set to begin this summer. Seventeen UO alumni flocked back to Hayward for the celebration, and the former Ducks put on a show. Devon Allen doubled up to win the 110 hurdles and 100 meters, Mike Berry and Raevyn Rogers dominated the 400 meters and Jasmine Todd won the long jump. Ryan Hunter-Simms, the 2017 Pac-12 discus champion, won that event in his return to Hayward, and Marcus Chambers took the 200 meters. Among current Ducks competing, freshman Myles Webb performed well in the 100 and 200 meters to earn one of the final spots on the Pac-12 Championships roster. In total, active Ducks won eight events at the Twilight, capped by Lilli Burdon's 1,500 meter win in the last event of the final regular-season meet at the current Hayward Field.
RANKINGS
The Women of Oregon are currently ranked No. 2 in the USTFCCCA team rankings, while the Men of Oregon are ranked No. 11 in the nation.
'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.
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.
UP NEXT
Following the Pac-12 Championships, Ducks who rank in the top 48 in the west region will head to the NCAA West Regional meet in Sacramento, Calif. (May 24-26) for a chance to punch their tickets to the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships (June 6-9).
MORE INTERVIEWS
Defending Pac-12 long jump champion @damarcussimpson talks about his quest to repeat this weekend and increased competition in practice #GoDucks pic.twitter.com/Lv5c6NGg7a
— Oregon Track & Field (@OregonTF) May 8, 2018
.@SabrinaaJem talks about her outdoor season so far and looks forward to her first Pac-12 Championships this weekeend #GoDucks #FlyInFormation pic.twitter.com/f2ELaGcPTh
— Oregon Track & Field (@OregonTF) May 8, 2018
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