2021-22 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Ella Clayton
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Bishop Grandin HS
- Hometown:
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Summer 2024: Finished fourth in the 200 meters (23.54w, +2.7), ninth in the 400 meters (53.03) at the Canadian Bell T&F Championships.
2023-24: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (4x400, DMR) … became the No. 3 performer in UO history with time of 52.41 in the 400 meters at the Don Kirby Invitational … added a time of 52.55 two weeks later at the UW Last Chance … helped UO women to a school record and No. 6 all-time NCAA performance of 10:47.50 at the Razorback Invitational; split 52.64 on the 400-meter leg … teamed with Klaudia Kazimierska, Ella Nelson and Maddy Elmore for the DMR school record … 4x400 relay quartet of Clayton, Shana Grebo, Katriina Wright and Shaniya Hall posted a season best of 3:30.25 at the UW Last Chance, good for sixth fastest in program history … relay team finished seventh (3:30.89) at the NCAA Championships in Boston … added a fifth-place national finish in the DMR (10:57.24); split 52.58 on the 400-meter leg. Outdoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (4x100, 4x400) … NCAA West qualifier (400 meters) … Pac-12 champion (4x400) … added conference runner-up finish with the 4x100 relay, eighth place finish in the 400 meters (52.96) … anchored the 4x100 relay to a season-best time of 43.00 at the Pac-12 Championships, good for the No. 10 spot on the UO all-time list … helped the UO women to the Pac-12 Championships meet record of 3:27.34 in the 4x400 relay … two-time scorer with relay teams at the NCAA Championships—eighth place with the 4x100 (43.11), seventh place with the 4x400 (3:25.82) … time in the 4x400 relay at the national meet moved Grebo-Clayton-Wright-Hall quartet to No. 3 on all-time program list.
2022-23: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (DMR)…ran 400-meter leg of distance-medley relay that ran 10:49.07 at the Arkansas Qualifier, a time good for second on the all-time UO list and third in collegiate history…clocked a season best of 52.63, finished fifth in the 400 meters at the Ken Shannon Last Chance Invite…was also fifth (53.81) at the Don Kirby Invitational…opened the year with times of 7.71 and 24.28 in the 60 and 200 meters, respectively…lead-off leg for 4x400 relay that ran a season best of 3:34.69 at Texas Tech Open; finished third. Outdoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (4x100, 4x400)…NCAA West Preliminary qualifier (400 meters)…Pac-12 champion (4x100m)…lowered lifetime best in the 400 meters to 51.92 in sixth-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships; remained eighth on the UO top-10 list…anchored the 4x100-meter relay to a time of 43.31 and victory at the conference meet; it was the Ducks’ third-consecutive Pac-12 title in the event…also contributed to fourth-place 4x400 relay (3:35.30) at the Pac-12 Championships…finished 14th overall in the 400 at the NCAA West Preliminary with a time of 51.96…also helped the 4x100 (43.57) and 4x400 (3:28.84) advance to the national meet…both relays recorded top-10 UO times at the NCAA Championships; 43.06 in the 4x100 (No. 10) and 3:27.77 in the 4x400 (No. 5)…finished seventh with both relays at the national meet.
Summer 2022: Two-time Canadian U20 champion at 200 and 400 meters…clocked winning times of 23.51 and 52.97 at the national meet in Langley…advanced to the semifinals of the 400 meters at the World U20 Championships in Colombia; ran 52.84 in the semis but missed the final by one spot…ran opening leg of Canada’s fifth-place 4x400 relay at the World U20 meet.
2021-22: Indoor – NCAA Championships qualifier (4x400)…set the Canadian U20 record at 600 meters with 1:28.61 performance at the Windy City Invite; finished third overall…part of winning 4x400 relay (3:33.84) at the Windy City meet; also had a 4x400 victory at season-opening Cougar Classic…teamed with Shaniya Hall, Katriina Wright and Shana Grebo for a season-best 3:32.64, third-place finish at the Pac-12 Invitational…quartet finished 11th at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:37.71 despite a fall…ran a season best of 24.25 in the 200 meters at the Razorback Invitational. Outdoor – NCAA West Preliminary (400 meters)…ran a lifetime best of 52.04 to finish fourth in the 400 meters at the Pac-12 Championships; moved to No. 8 on the program’s all-time list…clocked a then-best of 53.19 to win at the Oregon Twilight…posted times of 52.87 and 53.03 at the NCAA West Preliminary; finished 13th to miss advancing to the NCAA Championships by one spot…part of victorious 4x400-meter relay at Mt. SAC Relays; combined with Grebo, Hall and Wright for a season-best 3:31.96…clocked season bests of 11.68 in the 100 meters, 23.48 in the 200 and 2:06.50 over 800 meters.
Before Oregon: 2019 Canadian U20 runner-up at 400 meters; just off her then-PB of 54.78 from the 2019 Legion Championships…lowered lifetime bests to 54.21 in the 400 and 2:08.89 in the 800 at the 2021 CALTAF Track Classic…sixth at 400 meters (54.10) at the 2021 World U20 Championships, a new prep best…three-time Alberta indoor champion: 300 meters (2018, ’20), 600 meters (2019)…carried bests of 12.21 at 100 meters and 24.54 at 200 meters.
