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Gillespie Earns Top Pac-12 Honor
05/15/19 | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. – On the strength of winning three conference titles this past weekend, redshirt senior Cravon Gillespie has been named the 2019 Pac-12 Men's Track Athlete of the Year as voted on by the league's head coaches. Gillespie becomes the seventh Duck to win the award, and third over the past four years.
Gillespie swept the Pac-12 100- and 200-meter titles and was the second leg of the Ducks' victorious 4x100-meter relay with Rieker Daniel, Oraine Palmer and Spenser Schmidt. Responsible for 22.5 points during the weekend, Gillespie was the Pac-12 Men's Athlete of the Meet.
All three wins came by way of a school-record performance. In the 100 meters, Gillespie stopped the clock in 9.97 which also tied the Pac-12 Championships meet record first set by Andre DeGrasse during the 2015 meet. Gillespie capped his weekend by lowering his own school mark at 200 meters, posting a time of 20.17 in the win.
The Ducks' 4x100-meter relay opened day two of the conference meet with a time of 38.72 which secured the win and surpassed the previous record of 38.76 from the 2017 season.
During the regular season, Gillespie was a two-time Pac-12 Athlete of the Week. The Pasadena, Calif., native enters next week's NCAA West Preliminary ranked No. 3 nationally at 100 meters and fourth at 200 meters and in the UO 4x100-meter relay.
The Men of Oregon won their 13th-consecutive Pac-12 team title at last weekend's conference meet. Behind eight event titles, the Ducks scored 173 points which was 33 clear of runner-up UCLA. The eight conference titles are a new program high for the men. Overall, Oregon won 11 Pac-12 titles this year coupled with the three titles on the women's side.
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Gillespie swept the Pac-12 100- and 200-meter titles and was the second leg of the Ducks' victorious 4x100-meter relay with Rieker Daniel, Oraine Palmer and Spenser Schmidt. Responsible for 22.5 points during the weekend, Gillespie was the Pac-12 Men's Athlete of the Meet.
All three wins came by way of a school-record performance. In the 100 meters, Gillespie stopped the clock in 9.97 which also tied the Pac-12 Championships meet record first set by Andre DeGrasse during the 2015 meet. Gillespie capped his weekend by lowering his own school mark at 200 meters, posting a time of 20.17 in the win.
The Ducks' 4x100-meter relay opened day two of the conference meet with a time of 38.72 which secured the win and surpassed the previous record of 38.76 from the 2017 season.
During the regular season, Gillespie was a two-time Pac-12 Athlete of the Week. The Pasadena, Calif., native enters next week's NCAA West Preliminary ranked No. 3 nationally at 100 meters and fourth at 200 meters and in the UO 4x100-meter relay.
The Men of Oregon won their 13th-consecutive Pac-12 team title at last weekend's conference meet. Behind eight event titles, the Ducks scored 173 points which was 33 clear of runner-up UCLA. The eight conference titles are a new program high for the men. Overall, Oregon won 11 Pac-12 titles this year coupled with the three titles on the women's side.
For more information about Oregon Track and Field, follow @OregonTF on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
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