Bryan Clay Invite Kicks Off Busy Week

EUGENE, Ore. – In a week scheduled to feature six meets, the Ducks get things started Wednesday with day one of the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif. Focusing on the multi-event competitions, Oregon will be represented by Keira McCarrell in the heptathlon and Max Vollmer and Dalen Hargett entered in the decathlon.

Five of the six meets this week—full list below—take the Ducks to California for the Bryan Clay meet, Mt. SAC Relays in Torrance, two meets in Long Beach and the Cardinal Classic hosted by Stanford.

"The way our schedule is set up is to go to a lot of warm-weather places," head coach Robert Johnson said. "If you look at the end of our season and work back, where do we end up? We're in Texas for the national meet in June. We're trying to prepare our kids…those are some of the nuances that went into putting this schedule together."

April 17-18
Bryan Clay Invitational
UO Focus: Multis
Live Results (coming soon) | Meet Schedule

McCarrell posted a career-best score of 5,161 points at last year's Bryan Clay Invitational. Through the first month of the outdoor season, she has established personal bests in the 100-meter hurdles and long jump. Vollmer will be competing in his first-ever collegiate decathlon having scored 7,713 points at the 2017 European U20 Championships. Hargett, a junior transfer from Montana State, carries a personal best of 6,537 points.

April 18
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate
UO Focus: Throws
Live Results | Meet Schedule

April 19-20
Beach Invitational
UO Focus: Throws
Live Results | Meet Schedule

Kiana Phelps and Jackson VanVuren enter this weekend with top-20 national marks in their respective events. In her season opener, Phelps unleashed a personal best of 54.74m/179-7 in the discus which is tied for the third-best throw in program history. VanVuren added his name to Oregon's top 10 in the javelin with his mark of 69.82m/229-1 at the Sun Angel Classic. Among other UO entries, Maddie Rabing and Max Lydum will headline the Ducks' efforts in the hammer throw.

April 19-20
Cardinal Classic
UO Focus: Distance
Live Results | Stream | Meet Schedule

The Men of Oregon will have several distance entries in Stanford with Blake Haney and Charlie Hunter scheduled to make their first appearances since the NCAA Indoor Championships. Sophomore Cooper Teare, ranked No. 7 nationally at 1,500 meters, is one of four Ducks entered in the 5,000 meters. On the women's side, Susan Ejore will be on the track after a lifetime best and NCAA No. 2 time of 2:03.09 at 800 meters during the Sun Angel Classic. Carmela Cardama Baez and Phily Bowden will come down in distance from their season-opening 10K to run a 1,500- and 5,000-meter race, respectively.

April 19-20
Mt. SAC Relays
UO Focus: Sprints/Jumps
Live Results | Stream | Meet Schedule

Redshirt senior Cravon Gillespie returns to Mt. SAC as the NCAA's No. 2 performer at 100 meters and a top-30 national sprinter at 200 meters. The Ducks' 4x100-meter relays are both ranked in the top 10 in the nation with eyes on lowering their season bests. Jonathan Harvey, ranked No. 12 in the NCAA in the 400-meter hurdles, is entered in both hurdle events. In the field, senior Chaquinn Cook will be making her outdoor debut in the triple jump off her runner-up showing at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

April 20
Titan 30^th Ave. Twilight
UO Focus: Middle Distance
Live Results | Meet Schedule

In Eugene, the Ducks will have a handful of entries with Rennie Kendrick, Carly Kleefeld and Caramia Mestler, won her UO debut, taking first in the 1,500 meters at the WUO John Knight Twilight

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