Saturday, May 27
Sacramento, CA
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NCAA West Preliminary
Photo by: Bob Solorio
UO Women Finish NCAA Prelims With 14 Qualifiers
05/27/23 | Track and Field
Jorinde van Klinken will have a chance to win a third-consecutive NCAA title in the discus.
EUGENE, Ore. – On the final day of the NCAA West Preliminary, the No. 3 Women of Oregon collected nine additional qualifiers to add to their total heading to Austin for the NCAA Championships. Coupled with Taylor Chocek in the heptathlon and the team's efforts Thursday, the UO women are sending 14 entries to the national meet.
Saturday's highlights featured qualifying performance by Jadyn Mays in the 200 meters, Ella Nelson in the 800 meters, the trio of Klaudia Kazimierska, Maddy Elmore and Izzy Thornton-Bott at 1500 meters, Shana Grebo in the 400-meter hurdles, Jorinde van Klinken in the discus and both relay teams.
Van Klinken, the two-time NCAA champion in the discus, will be back to defend her title with Saturday's qualifying efforts. She improved with each attempt and finished with a best of 62.76m/205-11 in round three. All three measures were beyond 60 meters, easily giving van Klinken the top qualifying spot. She also advanced to the national meet in the shot put earlier in the week.
The Ducks picked up their second NCAA qualifier of the day in the 4x100 relay. The quartet of Lily Jones, Mays, Grebo and Ella Clayton combined for a time of 43.57, good for second in their heat and a spot at the national meet.
With their trio in the 1500, the UO women have their most in the event since 2015 when the Ducks had four advance to the national meet. Like Thursday's opener, Kazimierska and Elmore found themselves in the faster heat which produced another set of top-10 program performances. Kazimierska lowered her season best to 4:08.53 which put her fifth on the UO list while Elmore crossed in 4:08.87 to move to the No. 7 spot in Oregon history.
Thornton-Bott, competing in the first of two heats Saturday, posted an auto qualifier of 4:12.38 to clinch her second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships. Thornton-Bott's 4:08.64 from earlier this year sits sixth in UO history, sandwiched between her teammates' times from the second quarterfinal.
The Ducks' middle-distance crew advanced another runner with Nelson's showing in the 800 meters. In the first of three heats, the Walla Walla, Wash., native posted a lifetime best of 2:04.25 which stood up through the remaining heats as the fastest on-time qualifier. Nelson was seventh in the overall results and will be making her debut at the NCAA outdoor meet.
Grebo went from fifth to second over the final 100 meters to guarantee a lane at the national meet in the 400-meter hurdles. She crossed the finish line in 56.42, just off her winning time (56.41) from the Pac-12 Championships. Grebo finished with the sixth-fastest time of the round and will be making her debut at the NCAA Championships.
In the penultimate individual event on the track, Mays secured a solo ticket to NCAAs in the 200 with her time of 22.75 in the third heat. The automatic qualifier—second in the heat, eighth overall—gives Mays her first NCAA Outdoor appearance in the event, and second overall after qualifying in the 100 meters last season.
Mays will be making her third national trip as a member of the 4x100-meter relay.
Oregon capped its week in Sacramento with one final qualifier in its 4x400 relay. Grebo, back from the 400-meter hurdles, led things off and combined with Ella Clayton, Shaniya Hall and Katriina Wright to run 3:28.84, a season best. The Ducks entered the meet with a best of 3:33.74 from the Mt. SAC Relays.
Notable: Sophomore Harper McClain lowered her lifetime best to 10:02.68 in the steeplechase, taking nearly 10 seconds off her previous best from the Pac-12 Championships. The time also moved McClain to No. 8 on the all-time UO list. She finished 14th overall in Saturday's qualifying. In the quarterfinals of the 400 meters, Clayton produced a second sub-52 effort of the postseason (51.96) to finish 14th in the overall standings.
Up next: The top 12 in each event from the two regional sites will gather for the NCAA Championships (June 7-10) in Austin, Texas. The NCAA East Preliminary were held concurrently this past week, hosted by the University of North Florida in Sacramento, Calif. On the men's side, the Ducks advanced five to the national meet.
Friday Results
Q – advances to NCAA Championships
WOMEN
100 Meters
15. Jadyn Mays – 11.25
200 Meters
8. Jadyn Mays – 22.75Q
400 Meters
14. Ella Clayton – 51.96
22. Katriina Wright – 53.20
800 Meters
7. Ella Nelson – 2:04.25Q (PB)
20. Mia Moerck – 2:08.11
1500 Meters
3. Klaudia Kazimierska – 4:08.53Q (SB) [No. 5 UO]
5. Maddy Elmore – 4:08.87Q (PB) [No. 7 UO]
9. Izzy Thornton-Bott – 4:12.38Q
400m Hurdles
6. Shana Grebo – 56.42Q
3,000m Steeplechase
14. Harper McClain – 10:02.68 (PB) [No. 8 UO]
23. Malia Pivec – 10:16.27
4x100m Relay
6. Lily Jones/Jadyn Mays/Shana Grebo/Ella Clayton – 43.57Q
4x400m Relay
x. Shana Grebo/Ella Clayton/Shaniya Hall/Katriina Wright – 3:28.84Q
High Jump
21. Tori Sloan – 1.72m/5-7.75
27. Taylor Chocek – 1.72m/5-7.75
Triple Jump
16. Lexi Ellis – 13.05m/42-9.75
Discus
1. Jorinde van Klinken – 62.76m/205-11Q
18. Mine De Klerk – 52.82m/173-3
22. Jaida Ross – 52.11m/170-11
For more news and information about Oregon cross country and track and field, follow @OregonTF on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Saturday's highlights featured qualifying performance by Jadyn Mays in the 200 meters, Ella Nelson in the 800 meters, the trio of Klaudia Kazimierska, Maddy Elmore and Izzy Thornton-Bott at 1500 meters, Shana Grebo in the 400-meter hurdles, Jorinde van Klinken in the discus and both relay teams.
Van Klinken, the two-time NCAA champion in the discus, will be back to defend her title with Saturday's qualifying efforts. She improved with each attempt and finished with a best of 62.76m/205-11 in round three. All three measures were beyond 60 meters, easily giving van Klinken the top qualifying spot. She also advanced to the national meet in the shot put earlier in the week.
The Ducks picked up their second NCAA qualifier of the day in the 4x100 relay. The quartet of Lily Jones, Mays, Grebo and Ella Clayton combined for a time of 43.57, good for second in their heat and a spot at the national meet.
With their trio in the 1500, the UO women have their most in the event since 2015 when the Ducks had four advance to the national meet. Like Thursday's opener, Kazimierska and Elmore found themselves in the faster heat which produced another set of top-10 program performances. Kazimierska lowered her season best to 4:08.53 which put her fifth on the UO list while Elmore crossed in 4:08.87 to move to the No. 7 spot in Oregon history.
Thornton-Bott, competing in the first of two heats Saturday, posted an auto qualifier of 4:12.38 to clinch her second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Championships. Thornton-Bott's 4:08.64 from earlier this year sits sixth in UO history, sandwiched between her teammates' times from the second quarterfinal.
The Ducks' middle-distance crew advanced another runner with Nelson's showing in the 800 meters. In the first of three heats, the Walla Walla, Wash., native posted a lifetime best of 2:04.25 which stood up through the remaining heats as the fastest on-time qualifier. Nelson was seventh in the overall results and will be making her debut at the NCAA outdoor meet.
Grebo went from fifth to second over the final 100 meters to guarantee a lane at the national meet in the 400-meter hurdles. She crossed the finish line in 56.42, just off her winning time (56.41) from the Pac-12 Championships. Grebo finished with the sixth-fastest time of the round and will be making her debut at the NCAA Championships.
In the penultimate individual event on the track, Mays secured a solo ticket to NCAAs in the 200 with her time of 22.75 in the third heat. The automatic qualifier—second in the heat, eighth overall—gives Mays her first NCAA Outdoor appearance in the event, and second overall after qualifying in the 100 meters last season.
Mays will be making her third national trip as a member of the 4x100-meter relay.
Oregon capped its week in Sacramento with one final qualifier in its 4x400 relay. Grebo, back from the 400-meter hurdles, led things off and combined with Ella Clayton, Shaniya Hall and Katriina Wright to run 3:28.84, a season best. The Ducks entered the meet with a best of 3:33.74 from the Mt. SAC Relays.
Notable: Sophomore Harper McClain lowered her lifetime best to 10:02.68 in the steeplechase, taking nearly 10 seconds off her previous best from the Pac-12 Championships. The time also moved McClain to No. 8 on the all-time UO list. She finished 14th overall in Saturday's qualifying. In the quarterfinals of the 400 meters, Clayton produced a second sub-52 effort of the postseason (51.96) to finish 14th in the overall standings.
Up next: The top 12 in each event from the two regional sites will gather for the NCAA Championships (June 7-10) in Austin, Texas. The NCAA East Preliminary were held concurrently this past week, hosted by the University of North Florida in Sacramento, Calif. On the men's side, the Ducks advanced five to the national meet.
Friday Results
Q – advances to NCAA Championships
WOMEN
100 Meters
15. Jadyn Mays – 11.25
200 Meters
8. Jadyn Mays – 22.75Q
400 Meters
14. Ella Clayton – 51.96
22. Katriina Wright – 53.20
800 Meters
7. Ella Nelson – 2:04.25Q (PB)
20. Mia Moerck – 2:08.11
1500 Meters
3. Klaudia Kazimierska – 4:08.53Q (SB) [No. 5 UO]
5. Maddy Elmore – 4:08.87Q (PB) [No. 7 UO]
9. Izzy Thornton-Bott – 4:12.38Q
400m Hurdles
6. Shana Grebo – 56.42Q
3,000m Steeplechase
14. Harper McClain – 10:02.68 (PB) [No. 8 UO]
23. Malia Pivec – 10:16.27
4x100m Relay
6. Lily Jones/Jadyn Mays/Shana Grebo/Ella Clayton – 43.57Q
4x400m Relay
x. Shana Grebo/Ella Clayton/Shaniya Hall/Katriina Wright – 3:28.84Q
High Jump
21. Tori Sloan – 1.72m/5-7.75
27. Taylor Chocek – 1.72m/5-7.75
Triple Jump
16. Lexi Ellis – 13.05m/42-9.75
Discus
1. Jorinde van Klinken – 62.76m/205-11Q
18. Mine De Klerk – 52.82m/173-3
22. Jaida Ross – 52.11m/170-11
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