Five Wins on Day One of Team Invitational

Friday, April 17

Eugene, OR

3:00 PM

University of Oregon

Oregon Team Invitational

Photo by: Evan Poulsen

04/17/26 | Track and Field

The Big Ten Network will televise Saturday’s competition starting at 5:30 p.m.

EUGENE, Ore. – The Oregon track and field team collected five wins and a UO top-10 performance on day one of the Oregon Team Invitational at Hayward Field. Freshman Greyson Glivinski won the javelin and cracked the program's top 10 in the event. She was joined in the winners' circle by Silan Ayyildiz in the 800 meters, Dalia Frias in the 1500, Alicia Khunou in the shot put and Ben Smith in the discus.

Day two of the Oregon Team Invitational starts with the men's hammer at 3:45 p.m. and the javelin to follow at 4:45 p.m. The Big Ten Network will broadcast the meet starting at 5:30 p.m. to coincide with the start of the 4x100-meter relays.

Glivinski supplied the Ducks' first home win of the season with the help of a lifetime-best 51.53m/169-0 in the javelin. The Silverton, Ore., native also moved into the program's all-time top, becoming the No. 8 performer in school history. Glivinski picked up her second win of the season and surpassed her previous season's best of 50.67m/166-3 from the Triton Invitational two weeks ago.

Glivinski and UO teammate Hayden Williams-Downing (47.04m/154-4) finished 1-2 in the competition.

The Women of Oregon also picked up a pair of mid-distance wins Friday evening with Ayyildiz and Frias in the 800 and 1500 meters, respectively. Ayyildiz, making her outdoor season debut, stopped the clock in 2:05.39 to hold off the charge from pros Christina Aragon and Maddie Mooney.

Frias was the first UO winner on the track with her performance over 1500 meters. She recorded a new personal best of 4:17.13, knocking more than four seconds off her previous best from 2023. The Oregon women placed three inside the top five with Frias joined by Ella Thorsett in third with a season's best of 4:20.37 and Ali Ince (4:21.33) in fifth.

The UO throws group added another two victories with Khunou in the shot put and Smith in the discus. Khunou led throughout the competition, taking the lead with her first attempt and improving to a day's best of 15.48m/50-9.5 in the sixth round. Freshman teammate Taylor Wiseman (14.61m/47-11.25) was third.

Smith sat in ninth place after three rounds of throws but responded with a 57.94m/190-1 measure on his third attempt to move into the first. That mark held up through the finals for the win, his second of the season in the discus. Both Smith and teammate Kobe Lawrence are entered in Saturday's shot put.

In the lone invitational track event of day one, sophomore Diana Cherotich ran to a runner-up finish in the 5,000 meters. She finished in a time of 15:43.97.

Notable: Titouan Bizet and Dakorien Moore were fifth and sixth, respectively, in the long jump. Moore, a wide receiver for the UO football team, was making his debut for the track and field team. Bizet had a day's best of 7.60m/24-11.25 with Moore just behind at 7.48m/24-6.5; Moore's first long jump since his junior year in high school.

Ticket packages for the Ducks' outdoor home schedule are currently on sale. Along with this weekend's Team Invitational, the Ducks will host the Oregon Twilight (May 8) and the NCAA Championships in June.

Friday Results
Oregon Team Invitational – Day One | Eugene, Ore.
MEN
5,000 Meters, Invite
8. Jack Meier – 14:42.46

Pole Vault
--. Tyler Burns – NH

Long Jump
5. Titouan Bizet – 7.60m/24-11.25
6. Dakorien Moore – 7.48m/24-6.5
13. Aiden Carter – 7.00m/22-11.75
16. Tre Betts – 6.76m/22-2.25

Discus
1. Ben Smith – 57.94m/190-1
4. Kobe Lawrence – 53.77m/ 176-5

WOMEN
800 Meters
1. Silan Ayyildiz – 2:05.39
4. Juliet Cherubet – 2:09.01 (PB)

1500 Meters
1. Dalia Frias – 4:17.13 (PB)
3. Ella Thorsett – 4:20.37 (SB)
5. Ali Ince – 4:21.33
7. Nicole Humphries – 4:22.61 (PB)
9. Landen LeBlond – 4:23.19 (PB)

5,000 Meters, Invite
2. Diana Cherotich – 15:43.97

Long Jump
7. Loren Webster – 5.73m/18-9.75
8. Maleigha Canaday-Elliott – 5.73m/18-9.75
11. Cassandra Atkins – 5.54m/18-2.25

Shot Put
1. Alicia Khunou – 15.48m/50-9.5
3. Taylor Wiseman – 14.61m/47-11.25

Javelin
1. Greyson Glivinski – 51.53m/169-0 (PB, UO #8)
2. Hayden Williams-Downing – 47.04m/154-4

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