For Immediate Release // Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Pac-12 Contact // Natalia Ciccone ([email protected]) Washington Contact // Mike Bruscas ([email protected]) PAC-12 TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS CONTINUES THIS WEEKEND SAN FRANCISCO -- The Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships (86th annual for men, 30th annual for women) continues in Seattle on the campus of the University of Washington this Saturday and Sunday, May 14-15, with the running and feld events. UW is hosting the championships for the frst time since 1997. Tickets for the running and feld events on May 14-15 are available for purchase through the Washington Ticket Offce. Online purchases can be made here: http://www.gohuskies.com/ViewArticle.dbml? DB_OEM_ID=30200&ATCLID=210747225 or by calling (206) 543-2200. The ticket offce is open from Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.PT. On the day of the meet, the ticket offce is located at Husky Ballpark next to the Soccer Facility. TEAM SCORES... After the two-day multi-events competition at Cromwell Field last weekend, below are the Champi- onships standings heading into the fnal weekend of running and feld events: MEN Team Points WOMEN Team Points 1. Oregon 14 1. USC 14 2. Arizona 10 2. Arizona 11 3. Washington State 5 3. Washington State 6 4. Washington 4 Colorado 6 UCLA 4 5. Washington 2 6. Colorado 2 6. Arizona State 4 7. Arizona State 0 California 0 California 0 Oregon 0 Stanford 0 Oregon State 0 USC 0 Stanford 0 UCLA 0 Utah 0 ENTRIES … A complete list of competitors for this weekend’s running and feld events will be posted on the Pac-12’s offcial website at pac-12.com and on the offcial championships page at http://pac-12.com/track-feld/championships. CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS … A live results link is posted on the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships offcial site on pac-12.com. The direct link to the championships page is http://pac-12.com/track-feld/championships and the direct link for the live results is http://www.gohuskies.com/fs/30200/trackresults/050716/index.htm. CHAMPIONSHIPS CENTRAL … The schedule of events, live results link, recaps, photos and other relevant informa- tion from the Pac-12 Championships can be found on pac-12.com at http://pac-12.com/track-feld/championships. TELEVISION BROADCAST … A tape-delayed broadcast of the 2016 Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships will be televised on the Pac-12 Networks on Sunday, May 22 at 9 a.m. PT/10 a.m. MT. - more - Pac-12 Track & Field Championships Page 2 SOCIAL MEDIA... Fans can follow the Pac-12 Championships by following the Conference’s offcial Twitter account @pac12. “Like” the Conference’s offcial Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pac12conference for updates and pho- tos from the Championships, as well. Photos will also be posted on the Conference’s offcial Instagram account at @pac12conference. HEPTATHLON/DECATHLON... ARIZONA’s Pau Tonnesen defended last year’s decathlon crown, winning the event in the opening weekend of the Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships held at Husky Track in Seattle. USC’s Amalie Iuel returned to the top of the podium this year, winning the heptathlon for the second time in three years, scoring the seventh-best score in Pac-12 history. Iuel dominated the feld, as the only competitor to break 6,000 points, she posted a personal-best 6,011 points. She won fve of the seven events over the course of the weekend, breaking the 1,000-point plateau four times. ARIZONA’S Alyssa Thompson was second with a score of 5,580. WASHINGTON STATE’s Liz Harper (5,564) was third overall in the heptathlon, COLORADO’s Abrianna Torres was fourth (5,440) and USC’s Lyndsey Lopes was ffth (5,277). In the decathlon, Tonnesen won four of fve events on the second day to take home the individual title for the second- straight year. OREGON had the second and third placers, Mitch Modin scoring 7,450 points to fnish ahead of team- mate Joe Delgado (7,341). WASHINGTON STATE’s Dino Dodig was fourth with 7,339 points, followed by UCLA’s Zack Bornstein, who tallied 7,289 points for ffth place. THE RANKINGS … Below is where the Pac-12 ranks in the USTFCCCA top 25 as of May 2: MEN WOMEN 7. Oregon 3. Oregon 16. Stanford 4. USC 17. UCLA 8. Stanford 22. Arizona Below is where the Pac-12 ranks as a league in the national index. MEN Points Top 25 WOMEN Points Top 25 1. SEC 2052.01 4 1. SEC 2052.01 10 2. Pac-12 701.98 3 2. Pac-12 1062.97 4 3. ACC 698.41 4 3. Big 12 946.90 5 4. Big 12 641.47 3 4. Big Ten 546.67 2 5. Big Ten 621.05 2 5. ACC 525.47 1 PAC-12 ATHLETES OF THE WEEK … Below are this year’s men’s and women’s Pac-12 Track & Field Athletes of the Week for the 2016 season: Men’s Track: March 22 — Devon Allen, ORE; March 29 — Ricky Morgan, USC; April 5 — Aaron Nelson, WASH; April 12 — Colby Gilbert, WASH; April 19 — Devon Allen, ORE; April 26 — Jackson Shumway, STAN; May 2 — Izaic Yorks, WASH. Women’s Track: March 22 — Annie Leblanc, ORE; March 29 — Jaide Stepter, USC; April 5 — Erin Clark, STAN; April 12 — Sage Watson, ARIZ; April 19 — Hannah Cunliffe, ORE; April 26 — Nnenya Hailey, ARIZ; May 2 — Olivia Baker, STAN. Men’s Field: March 22 — Cody Danielson, ORE; March 29 — Adoree’ Jackson, USC; April 5 — Harrison Williams, STAN; April 12 — Pau Tonnesen, ARIZ; April 19 — Nicholas Scarvelis, UCLA; April 26 — Nicholas Scarvelis, UCLA; May 2 — Thane Pierson, WSU. Women’s Field: March 22 — Valarie Allman, STAN; March 29 — Maggie Ewen, ASU; April 5 — Tera Novy, USC; April 12 — Valarie Allman, STAN; April 19 — Tera Novy, USC; April 26 — Valarie Allman, STAN; May 2 — Valarie Allman, STAN. LAST YEAR IN PAC-12 TRACK & FIELD … For the seventh-consecutive year, the OREGON men and women swept the Pac-12 Men’s and Women’s Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium on the campus of UCLA. The men’s squad claimed its ninth-straight title, while the women won their seventh in a row. The Duck women won a close com- - more - Pac-12 Track & Field Championships Page 3 petition, scoring a meet-high 185 points while the men scored 152 points. Individual recognition went to UO’s Jasmine Todd who was the Pac-12 Women’s Athlete of the Meet, tallying 35 points. USC’s Andre De Grasse was the Pac-12 Men’s Athlete of the Meet, scoring 22.5 points for the Trojans. The OREGON women held off USC who had the lead after the 200-meter race and only two events left. The Ducks quickly regained the lead after the 5000-meter race, and eventually won, 185-182. It was the closest margin of victory in the women’s competition since a 2.5-point win by ARIZONA STATE over STANFORD in 2006. On the men’s side, the Trojans also grabbed the lead after the 200-meter but lost the lead again after the Ducks scored 25 points in the 5,000 meters to regain the lead. The Trojans ended the meet with 121 points and WASHINGTON jumped ahead of UCLA in the fnal event to score 84.50 points, 1.5 points better than the host Bruins. ARIZONA STATE was ffth with 75 points, ARIZONA was sixth with 73.50 points, COLORADO was seventh with 68 points and CALIFORNIA was eighth with 66 points. STANFORD tallied 64.50 points and WASHINGTON STATE had 31.50 to round out the standings. 2015 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM SCORES (hosted by UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif.) WOMEN MEN 1. Oregon - 185 1. Oregon - 152 2. USC - 182 2. USC - 121 3. Stanford - 87 3. Washington - 84.50 4. Arizona State - 72 4. UCLA - 83 5. Washington State - 64 5. Arizona State - 75 5. UCLA - 64 6. Arizona - 73.50 7. Washington - 63 7. Colorado - 68 8. Colorado - 43 8. California - 66 9. Arizona - 36 9. Stanford - 64.50 10. Utah - 14 10. Washington State - 31.50 11. Oregon State - 6 12. California - 3 2015 PAC-12 CHAMPIONS... MEN WOMEN 100m Andre De Grasse, USC 9.97* 100m Jasmine Todd, ORE 11.18 200m Andre De Grasse, USC 20.05 200m Tynia Gaither, USC 22.97 400m Marcus Chambers, ORE 45.21 400m Vanessa Jones, USC 51.50 800m Jesse Jorgensen, WSU 1:46.49 800m Raevyn Rogers, ORE 2:01.67 1,500m Izaic Yorks, WASH 3:46.42 1,500m Shelby Houlihan, ASU 4:11.06* 5,000m Edward Cheserek, ORE 13:45.25 5,000m Shelby Houlihan, ASU 15:58.45 10,000m Ammar Moussa, COLO 29:34.28 10,000m Jessica Tonn, STAN 34:00.33 110mh Marquis Morris, USC 13.95 100mh Dior Hall, USC 12.99 400mh Ben Thiel, ORE 50.32 400mh Jaide Stepter, USC 55.85 3000sc Connor Winter, COLO 8:48.93 3000sc Erin Clark, COLO 10:02.16 4x100 USC 39.17 4x100 USC 43.10* 4x400 Oregon 3:05.84 4x400 USC 3:32.12 HJ Bryan McBride, ASU 2.19m/7-2.25 HJ Zibby Boyer, UCLA 1.82m/5-11.50 PV Jax Thoirs, WASH 5.65m/18-6.50 PV Kristina Owsinski, WASH 4.32m/14-2.00 LJ Adoree Jackson, USC 7.71m/25-3.50 LJ Alexis Faulknor, USC 6.42m/21-0.75 TJ Darian Brooks, STAN 15.86m/52-0.50 TJ Jasmine Todd, ORE 13.10m/42-11.75 SP Nicholas Scarvelis, UCLA 19.64m/64-5.25 SP Julié Labonte, ARIZ 17.42m/57-2 DT Gerhard De Beer, ARIZ 59.04m/193-8 DT Valarie Allman, STAN 57.07m/187-3 HT Conor McCullough, USC 72.20m/236-10 HT Ida Storm, UCLA 65.54m/215-00 JT Sam Crouser, ORE 77.06m/252-10 JT Brianna Bain, STAN 51.38m/168-7 Dec Pau Tonnesen, ARIZ 7,823 Hep Alissa Brooks-Johnson, WSU 5,803 - more - Pac-12 Track & Field Championships Page 4 2016 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS..