Ducks Collect 16 Entries for NCAA Championships

EUGENE, Ore. – The University of Oregon track and field team will be represented by 14 individual entries and both distance-medley relays at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships. The full list of national qualifiers was announced Tuesday evening.

The 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships will be contested March 8-9 at the CrossPlex in Birmingham, Ala. Both days of the national meet will be streamed on ESPN3, also available through the WatchESPN app.

Cravon Gillespie
Event: 60 Meters
Qualifying Mark: 6.62

First career appearance at NCAA Indoor Championships … MPSF runner-up at 60 meters … ran 6.62 in the prelim and final … entered MPSF weekend with a season best of 6.63 … ran No. 2 time in UO history (6.61) at the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 9) … time converted (altitude) to 6.63 for qualifying purposes … set school record at 200 meters (20.73) at the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 8).

Hannah Waller
Event: 400 Meters
Qualifying Mark: 52.54

Second career appearance at NCAA Indoor Championships … previously advanced to the NCAA indoor meet in 2018 … won the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26) in a season best of 52.54 … established a personal best of 23.61 at 200 meters at the Don Kirby Invitational (Feb. 8) … opened the indoor season with a personal best of 7.53 at 60 meters at the UW Preview (Jan. 12).

Charlie Hunter
Event: Mile
Qualifying Mark: 3:57.74

First career appearance at NCAA Indoor Championships … became the No. 8 mile performer in program history with a time of 3:57.74 at the UW Last Chance meet (Feb. 16) … established season bests of 1:49.85 at 800 meters at the MPSF Championships (Feb. 23) and 7:59.88 at 3,000 meters at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26).

Reed Brown
Event: Mile
Qualifying Mark: 3:58.22

Second career appearance at NCAA Indoor Championships … previously advanced to the NCAA indoor meet in 2018 … season-best time of 3:58.22 to finish third in the mile at the Husky Classic (Feb. 8) … ran a season best of 1:50.53 at 800 meters at the MPSF Championships (Feb. 23) … ran the 800-meter leg of the DMR that ran 9:28.62 at the UW Last Chance (Feb. 15) to qualify for the NCAA meet.

Blake Haney
Event: Mile
Qualifying Mark: 3:58.73

Second career appearance at NCAA Indoor Championships … finished second in the mile at the 2016 indoor meet … season-best time of 3:58.73 at the UW Last Chance meet (Feb. 16) … has run a pair of sub-1:50 800s this year including a personal-best time of 1:49.60 at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26) … that 800-meter time is good for No. 9 in UO indoor history.

Susan Ejore
Event: Mile
Qualifying Mark: 4:34.83

Second career appearance at NCAA Indoor Championships … previously advanced to the NCAA indoor meet in 2018 … MPSF runner-up in the mile … improved personal best with 4:34.83 (No. 7 UO) at the MPSF meet … entered the weekend with a season best of 4:35.57 from the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26) … ran a personal best of 2:05.71 at 800 meters at the Husky Classic (Feb. 8) … ran the 800-meter leg of the DMR that ran 10:57.87 at the MPSF Championships to qualify for the NCAA meet.

Cooper Teare
Event: 3,000 Meters
Qualifying Mark: 7:50.66

First career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … became the No. 7 performer in program history at 3,000 meters with 7:50.66 effort at the Husky Classic (Feb. 8) … established a personal best of 3:59.21 in the mile at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26) … anchored the DMR to its qualifying time of 9:28.62 at the UW Last Chance meet (Feb. 15).

James West
Event: 3,000 Meters
Qualifying Mark: 7:51.18

Second career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … finished sixth at 3,000 meters at the 2018 indoor meet … finished third at 3,000 meters at the MPSF Championships (Feb. 23) with a personal best of 7:51.18 … entered the weekend with a season's best of 7:52.14 from the Husky Classic (Feb. 8) … also owns the sixth-fastest time in the mile (3:57.75 – No. 9 UO) this season … ran the 1,200-meter leg of the DMR that ran 9:28.62 at the UW Last Chance meet (Feb. 15).

Jessica Hull
Event: 3,000 Meters
Qualifying Mark: 8:53.91

Second career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … finished third at 3,000 meters at the 2018 indoor meet … broke the school record in the mile (4:31.03) at the Razorback Invitational and at 3,000 meters (8:53.91) at the Husky Classic … No. 13 all-conditions performance at 3,000 meters in NCAA history … mile time was also No. 2 in the country … anchored the DMR to its qualifying time of 10:57.87 at the MPSF Championships (Feb. 22).

Eric Edwards Jr.
Event: 60m Hurdles
Qualifying Mark: 7.69

First career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … ran a season-best 7.69 to win the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26) … opened the year with a 7.80 to win the UW Preview (Jan. 12) … only freshman ranked in the NCAA top 16.

Braxton Canady
Event: 60m Hurdles
Qualifying Mark: 7.75

Second career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … previously advanced to the national meet in 2017 … ran season-best time of 7.74 to finish second—first among collegiate runners—at the Don Kirby Invitational … time converted (altitude) to 7.76 for qualifying purposes … qualified with 7.75 showing at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26)

Event: Men's DMR
Qualifying Mark: 9:28.62 (UW Last Chance – Feb. 15)
Qualifying Team: James West – Jacob Miller – Reed Brown – Cooper Teare

Event: Women's DMR
Qualifying Mark: 10:57.87 (MPSF Championships – Feb. 22)
Qualifying Team: Taylor Chiotti – Makenzie Dunmore – Susan Ejore – Jessica Hull

Tristan James
Event: Long Jump
Qualifying Mark: 7.85m/25-9.25

First career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … MPSF champion in the long jump with a personal-best mark of 7.85m/25-9.25 … entered the weekend with a season's best of 7.79m/25-6.75 … moved from 17^th nationally to No. 9 with his jump at the MPSF meet … established a personal best of 15.79m/51-9.75 in the triple jump at the Don Kirby Invitational … ranks No. 3 in UO history in both events.

Rhesa Foster
Event: Long Jump
Qualifying Mark: 6.36m/20-10.5

First career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … owns a season's best of 6.36m/20-10.5 to win the long jump at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 25) … replaced her previous best from 2017 … had a season-best effort of 8.47 in the 60-meter hurdles at the MPSF Championships (Feb. 22) … opened the year with a PR at 60 meters (7.61) at the UW Preview (Jan. 12).

Chaquinn Cook
Event: Triple Jump
Qualifying Mark: 13.60m/44-7.5

Second career appearance at the NCAA Indoor Championships … previously advanced to the national meet in 2018 … posted a season best of 13.60m/44-7.5 to win the triple jump at the Razorback Invitational (Jan. 26) … broke her own indoor school record in the event, adding more than a foot to the previous mark (13.11m/43-0.25) … also had a long jump of 6.15m/20-2.25 at the Razorback Invitational.

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