SCHOOL RECORDS FALL IN ALBUQUERQUE
COURTESY: GODUCKS.COM
RELEASE DATE: 02/13/2016
EUGENE, Ore. – Three school records fell as the Oregon track and field team closed out competition at the Don Kirby Invitational and the Husky Classic, Saturday.
Junior Sasha Wallace continued to improve on her record-breaking season, setting two personal bests and breaking two of her own school records in the process at the Don Kirby Invitational. After advancing through the 60 hurdles semifinal, Wallace crushed the personal best she set two weeks ago at the Razorback Invitational to win in 7.96, followed by teammate Alaysha Johnsonwho finished third in 8.17. Wallace then moved to the triple jump where her first attempt resulted in a mark of 42-8 (13.00m), eclipsing her record from 2014.
After a big mark in the long jump on Friday night, Nate Moore also set a school record in the triple jump in Albuquerque on Saturday. The sophomore tallied a mark of 52-11.50 (16.14m), an indoor best by more than a foot, surpassing Leonidas Watson’s 2004 mark at the top of the Oregon record book.
Just as Jasmine Todd and Jenna Prandini finished 1-2 in the 60 last season,Hannah Cunliffe and Ariana Washington repeated the performance at the Don Kirby Invitational on Saturday. Cunliffe used a big personal best finish of 7.20, tied with Amber Purvis for fourth on the UO list and was followed by Washington who just missed her personal best time in 7.36.
Another Oregon women’s duo provided a 1-2 finish, this time at the Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle. Annie Leblanc and Brooke Feldmeier took the top honors in the women’s 800 and likely solidified spots at the NCAA Championships. Leblanc won in 2:03.84, second in Oregon history, while Feldmeier kicked from the back of the pack to finish in 2:03.99, fourth on the all-time list.
Sam Prakel became a member of an illustrious club, joining 16 other Oregon athletes under four minutes in the mile, indoors. Although the pace had slowed during the middle of the race, Prakel and the rest of the field surged around the final lap to make up any lost time, as the junior posted a time of 3:57.95, seventh in school history. While Oregon has a storied tradition in the distance events, the success in the mile has reached a new level recently. Of the 17 people to break four minutes at Oregon, seven came in either 2015 or 2016.
The women’s race was equally as competitive which led to the 10th best time in school history for Ashley Maton (4:38.18). The finish was good enough for fourth while freshman teammate Lilli Burdon provided a big personal best to take fifth in 4:38.24. Fellow distance runner Alli Cash, who is already seventh on the mile list, set a personal record of 14 seconds in the women’s and etched her name in eighth on the 3,000-meter list with a time of 9:12.95.
The Ducks received some stellar performances from their 400-meter runners in New Mexico, first from Marcus Chambers who won the men’s competition in 46.53. The time ranks fourth in school history translates to the ninth-fastest time in nation after an altitude conversion (46.64). For the women, Raevyn Rogers (53.19) and Ashante Horsley (54.65) recorded the third and eighth-fastest times in school history in the open 400 before joining Deajah Stevensand Alaysha Johnson to win the 4x400 in 3:31.96.
Devon Allen progressed over the course of the day in the 60 hurdles, advancing easily through both the preliminaries and semifinal before running his fastest time of the day in the final (7.80) to finish second, only behind former teammate Johnathan Cabral.
Allen was also in action in the open 60, alongside his teammates, both from the track and the gridiron, Tony Brooks-James, Kirk Merritt and Charles Nelson. While all four advanced to the semifinals, it was Merritt who excelled to the final where he ran 6.85 to finish sixth.
Bradley Laubacher added another event win for Oregon in the high jump, clearing a seasonal best of 6-11.
COURTESY: GODUCKS.COM
RELEASE DATE: 02/13/2016
EUGENE, Ore. – Three school records fell as the Oregon track and field team closed out competition at the Don Kirby Invitational and the Husky Classic, Saturday.
Junior Sasha Wallace continued to improve on her record-breaking season, setting two personal bests and breaking two of her own school records in the process at the Don Kirby Invitational. After advancing through the 60 hurdles semifinal, Wallace crushed the personal best she set two weeks ago at the Razorback Invitational to win in 7.96, followed by teammate Alaysha Johnsonwho finished third in 8.17. Wallace then moved to the triple jump where her first attempt resulted in a mark of 42-8 (13.00m), eclipsing her record from 2014.
After a big mark in the long jump on Friday night, Nate Moore also set a school record in the triple jump in Albuquerque on Saturday. The sophomore tallied a mark of 52-11.50 (16.14m), an indoor best by more than a foot, surpassing Leonidas Watson’s 2004 mark at the top of the Oregon record book.
Just as Jasmine Todd and Jenna Prandini finished 1-2 in the 60 last season,Hannah Cunliffe and Ariana Washington repeated the performance at the Don Kirby Invitational on Saturday. Cunliffe used a big personal best finish of 7.20, tied with Amber Purvis for fourth on the UO list and was followed by Washington who just missed her personal best time in 7.36.
Another Oregon women’s duo provided a 1-2 finish, this time at the Dempsey Indoor Facility in Seattle. Annie Leblanc and Brooke Feldmeier took the top honors in the women’s 800 and likely solidified spots at the NCAA Championships. Leblanc won in 2:03.84, second in Oregon history, while Feldmeier kicked from the back of the pack to finish in 2:03.99, fourth on the all-time list.
Sam Prakel became a member of an illustrious club, joining 16 other Oregon athletes under four minutes in the mile, indoors. Although the pace had slowed during the middle of the race, Prakel and the rest of the field surged around the final lap to make up any lost time, as the junior posted a time of 3:57.95, seventh in school history. While Oregon has a storied tradition in the distance events, the success in the mile has reached a new level recently. Of the 17 people to break four minutes at Oregon, seven came in either 2015 or 2016.
The women’s race was equally as competitive which led to the 10th best time in school history for Ashley Maton (4:38.18). The finish was good enough for fourth while freshman teammate Lilli Burdon provided a big personal best to take fifth in 4:38.24. Fellow distance runner Alli Cash, who is already seventh on the mile list, set a personal record of 14 seconds in the women’s and etched her name in eighth on the 3,000-meter list with a time of 9:12.95.
The Ducks received some stellar performances from their 400-meter runners in New Mexico, first from Marcus Chambers who won the men’s competition in 46.53. The time ranks fourth in school history translates to the ninth-fastest time in nation after an altitude conversion (46.64). For the women, Raevyn Rogers (53.19) and Ashante Horsley (54.65) recorded the third and eighth-fastest times in school history in the open 400 before joining Deajah Stevensand Alaysha Johnson to win the 4x400 in 3:31.96.
Devon Allen progressed over the course of the day in the 60 hurdles, advancing easily through both the preliminaries and semifinal before running his fastest time of the day in the final (7.80) to finish second, only behind former teammate Johnathan Cabral.
Allen was also in action in the open 60, alongside his teammates, both from the track and the gridiron, Tony Brooks-James, Kirk Merritt and Charles Nelson. While all four advanced to the semifinals, it was Merritt who excelled to the final where he ran 6.85 to finish sixth.
Bradley Laubacher added another event win for Oregon in the high jump, clearing a seasonal best of 6-11.
