Gillespie Earns Second Conference Honor

Photo by: Ben Crawford

04/30/19 | Track and Field

By: Zach Lawson

EUGENE, Ore. – For a second time this season, redshirt senior Cravon Gillespie has been named the Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week. The Pasadena, Calif., native broke the Oregon school record at 200 meters to cap a three-win performance at the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson, Ariz.

In the Ducks' final event of the weekend, Gillespie crossed in a time of 20.23 to replace the previous mark of 20.27 set by Kyree King in 2017. Gillespie's time is No. 1 in the Pac-12 and ranks fourth in the NCAA this season. He also won the 100 meters in 10.11 to establish a new wind-legal personal best, which moved him into a tie for second on the UO top-10 list.

Gillespie was also part of the Ducks' victorious 4x100-meter relay with Rieker Daniel, Oraine Palmer and Spenser Schmidt. The quartet got the baton around the track in a season-best 39.02, good for the No. 2 relay performance in program history. That time is also tops in the Pac-12 and No. 5 in the NCAA.

Earlier this season, Gillespie was selected Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Week (March 26) following his 10.04w performance at the SDSU Aztec Invitational. That time currently ranks third in the nation.

Weekend Winners' Circle…
Desert Heat Classic (Tucson, Ariz.)
100m – Cravon Gillespie, 10.11
100m – Brianna Duncan, 11.38
200m – Cravon Gillespie, 20.23
110mH – Eric Edwards Jr., 13.63
400mH – Jonathan Harvey, 50.05
4x100m – Spenser Schmidt/Cravon Gillespie/Rieker Daniel/Oraine Palmer, 39.02
4x100m – Venessa D'Arpino/Jasmin Reed/Briyahna DesRosiers/Brianna Duncan, 43.46
Triple Jump – Lexi Ellis, 12.91m/42-4.25
Javelin – Jackson VanVuren, 66.36m/217-8

OSU High Performance (Corvallis, Ore.)
100m – Julius Shellmire, 10.43
200m – Julius Shellmire, 21.46
200m – Rachel Vinjamuri, 25.40
800m (elite) – Jessica Hull, 2:07.88
800m – Carly Kleefeld, 2:15.37
10,000m – Weronika Pyzik, 34:10.29
100mH – Khadejah Jackson, 13.87
400mH – Khadejah Jackson, 59.48
Shot Put – Kiana Phelps, 15.38m/50-5.5
Discus – Kiana Phelps, 54.68m/179-4
Hammer Throw – Max Lydum, 60.93m/199-11
Hammer Throw – Maddie Rabing, 60.75m/199-3

This week's schedule of event features the Payton Jordan Classic (May 2) in Palo Alto, Calif., and the Pac-12 Multi-Events Championships (May 4-5) in Tucson.

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