2017 Oregon Track and Field Record Book ROBERT JOHNSON Head Coach • Fifth Season NCAA Women’s Coach of the Year (7) Now in his fifth season as the head coach of Oregon track and field, 2011i, 2012i, 2012xc, 2013i, 2014i, 2015tf, Robert Johnson has led the Ducks to 12 national championships while 2017i producing 10 Pac-12 titles and guiding 44 individuals to victories at the NCAA Men’s Coach of the Year (4) NCAA Championships. 2014i, 2014tf, 2015i, 2015tf Oregon’s national titles in the Johnson era include three-straight men’s Pac-12 Women’s Coach of the Year (4) indoor track and field championships (2014-16), two men’s outdoor 2012xc, 2013tf, 2014tf, 2014xc titles (2014-15), four women’s indoor track and field wins (2013-14, 2016-17), two women’s cross country titles (2012, 2016) and one Pac-12 Men’s Coach of the Year (2) women’s outdoor track and field championship (2015). 2013tf, 2014tf NCAA Women’s Assistant Coach of the Most recently, Johnson led the Women of Oregon to a record-breaking Year (1) performance at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships, as the Ducks 2010i scored a meet record 84 points to win their seventh indoor title in the last eight years. Coupled with the women’s win at the 2016 NCAA Under Head Coach Robert Johnson, Cross Country Championships, Johnson has the Women of Oregon in UO Athletes have won: position to take a run at the triple crown in the outdoor season. 44 NCAA Titles Johnson is one of only two coaches all-time to earn a career women’s 60 Meters: 2017i (W) 100 Meters: 2013 (W), 2015 (W), 2016 (W) triple crown – national titles in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. The other 200 Meters: 2016 (W), 2017i (W) coach to accomplish that is Texas legend Terry Crawford. With a national title in men’s cross country, 400 Meters: 2014i (W) Johnson would become the only coach in NCAA history with career triple crowns for both the men and 800 Meters: 2013i (M), 2013 (M), 2014i women. (W), 2014 (W), 2015 (W), 2016i (W), 2016 (W), 2017i (W) Under Johnson’s guidance, Oregon has been honored as the national Men’s and Women’s Program of 1500 Meters: 2013 (M), 2014 (M) the Year in each of the last three years for its excellence in all three phases of competition (cross country, Mile: 2015i (M) indoor T&F, outdoor T&F). The women also claimed the honor after the 2013 season. 3,000 Meters: 2014i (M), 2015i (M), 2016i (M), 2017i (M) 5,000 Meters: 2014i (M), 2015i (M), 2015 After a tremendously successful run as associate coach, Robert Johnson was elevated to head coach of the (M), 2016i(M), 2016 (M), 2017i (M) Oregon track and field and cross country programs in the summer of 2012. He is in his 12th season overall 10,000 Meters: 2014 (M), 2015 (M), 2016 with the Ducks. (M) 60 Meter Hurdles: 2016i (M), 2017i (W) His leadership was evident immediately upon taking the helm of the most storied programs in collegiate 110 Meter Hurdles: 2014 (M), 2016 (M) track and field. Less than six months after becoming Oregon’s head coach, Johnson’s Women of Oregon 4x400 Meter Relay: 2013i (W), 2014i (W) set the foundation of success by winning the 2012 cross country national championship for the first time Distance Medley Relay: 2015i (M), 2016i (M) in 25 years. The Ducks followed that performance with their fourth straight women’s national indoor title Long Jump: 2014 (W), 2015i (W) in 2013. Johnson then oversaw Oregon’s men’s and women’s sweep of the Pac-12 Championships, before Javelin: 2014 (M), 2015 (M) guiding both teams to trophy finishes at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Cross Country: 2013 (M), 2014 (M) In his second year as head coach, Johnson guided the Men and Women of Oregon to a sweep of the NCAA Indoor National Championships. His women became just the second team in meet history to win five 41 Pac-12 Titles consecutive NCAA indoor crowns while the men claimed their first title since 2009. Both teams followed- 100 Meters: 2013 (W), 2014 (W), 2015 up with their sixth straight sweep of the Pac-12 Championships. A month later at Hayward Field the men, (W), 2016 (W) fueled by four individual champions, claimed their first NCAA outdoor title since 1984 by setting a meet- 200 Meters: 2013 (W), 2014 (W), 2016 record 88 points and the largest margin of victory in 20 years. (W), 2016 (M) 400 Meters: 2013 (W), 2014 (W), 2014 Year three of the Johnson era saw three national championships as the men defended their indoor (M), 2015 (M), 2016 (M) and outdoor titles. The outdoor title came by 29 points, the largest margin of victory at the NCAA 800 Meters: 2013 (W), 2013 (M), 2014 Championships in 21 years. The Ducks then added the crown jewel of year three when the women collected (W), 2015 (W), 2016 (W) points across the board to win Oregon’s first outdoor national championship in 30 years. The Ducks also added to their Pac-12 dominance with a sweep of the men’s and women’s track and field championships, 5,000 Meters: 2015 (M) while also claiming the 2014 women’s cross country title. 10,000 Meters: 2016 (M) 100 Meter Hurdles: 2016 (W) In 2015-16, Johnson led the Ducks to a sweep of the indoor championships as the Men of Oregon claimed 110 Meter Hurdles: 2016 (M) their third-straight national title and the Women of Oregon won the indoor crown for the third time in 400 Meter Hurdles: 2015 (M) four years. The women added their second cross country national championships in the fall of 2016, as they 4x100 Meter Relay: 2013 (W), 2016 (W) came out and shocked the nation with a one-point victory over Michigan. 4x400 Meter Relay: 2013 (M), 2015 (M) Long Jump: 2014 (W), 2015 (W) The Ducks have won 44 individual national titles under Johnson. Leading the charge is 17-time champion, Triple Jump: 2015 (W) and three-time Bowerman Award finalist, Edward Cheserek. Cheserek claimed two titles at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships to run his career total to 17, making him the winningest athlete in NCAA Shot Put: 2015 (W), 2016 (W) track and field/cross country history. Cheserek needs only two more titles to match the most won by an Hammer Throw: 2014 (W), 2016 (M) individual in the history of NCAA athletics. Johnson has mentored a number of other standout athletes in Javelin: 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M), multiple disciplines, including Olympians Devon Allen, English Gardner, Jenna Prandini, Deajah Stevens 2016 (M) and Ariana Washington. Decathlon: 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2017 (M) Johnson has established himself as one of the top sprint, relays and horizontal jumps coaches in NCAA. He has coached Oregon student-athletes to the American women’s indoor record in the 400 meters (50.46), the U.S. junior women’s record in the 100 meters (11.03), the collegiate record in the indoor 4x400 meter relay (3:27.40) and the women’s DMR (10:38.77), the Pac-12 record in the 100 meters (10.92), a US Championship in the 100 meters as well as 22 Oregon school records. In addition to mentoring five national championship 4x400 meter teams, his athletes have won NCAA titles at 60 meters, 100 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and long jump. Men’s Roster Name Events Year Hometown (High School/College) Tanner Anderson Distance Fr.* Spokane, Wash. (North Central) Sebastian Barajas Throws Fr. Hood River, Ore. (Hood River Valley) T.J. Brassil Throws Sr.* Clayton, Calif. (De La Salle) Drake Brennan Throws So.* Grants Pass, Ore. (Grants Pass) Tony Brooks-James Sprints Jr. Gainesville, Fla. (Gainesville) Braxton Canady Hurdles Fr. Jacksonville, Fla. (Paxon School for Advanced Studies) Marcus Chambers Sprints Sr. Tacoma, Wash. (Foss) Edward Cheserek Distance Sr. Newark, N.J. (St. Benedict Prep) Cody Danielson Javelin Sr.* Newberg, Ore. (Newberg) Joe Delgado Decathlon Jr.* Ontario, Ore. (Ontario) Bryan Fernandez Distance Jr.* Santa Barbara, Calif. (Dos Pueblos) Ryan Gil Distance GS* Pittsburgh, Pa. (North Allegheny/Georgetown) Tim Gorman Distance Sr.* Little Silver, N.J. (Christian Brothers Academy/Dartmouth) Blake Haney Middle Distance Jr. Bakersfield, Calif. (Stockdale) Jonathan Harvey Hurdles Fr. Tracy, Calif. (De La Salle) Chin Ng Sprints So.* Singapore (Raffles) Ryan Hunter-Simms Throws Sr.* Highland, Calif. (San Gorgonio) Kyree King Sprints Sr.* Ontario, Calif. (Colony/Mt. San Antonio CC/Western Kentucky) Max Lydum Throws Fr.* Independence, Ore. (Central) Matthew Maton Distance So. Bend, Ore. (Summit) Jackson Mestler Distance Fr. Eugene, Ore. (Sheldon) Ben Milligan High Jump So. Portland, Ore. (Sherwood) Mitch Modin Decathlon Sr. Bend, Ore. (Mountain View) Charles Nelson Sprints Jr. Daytona Beach, Fla. (Seabreeze) Travis Neuman Distance Jr.* Bend, Ore. (Summit) John Nizich Throws So.* Oregon City, Ore. (Central Catholic) Sam Prakel Middle Distance Jr.* Versailles, Ohio (Versailles) Cullen Prena Throws Jr.* Walled Lake, Mich. (Walled Lake Central) Joshua Rambert Hurdles Jr.* Barrington, R.I. (East Providence/CC Rhode Island/Lane CC) Schuller Rettig Hurdles So.* Portland, Ore. (Madison) Drew Russert Jumps Jr. Mountain View, Calif. (Mountain View/Lane CC) Julius Shellmire Sprints So. Portland, Ore. (Grant/Southern Oregon) Damarcus Simpson Jumps Jr. Lafayatte, Ga. (Lafayette/Chadron State) Mick Stanovsek Middle Distance Fr.* Concord, Ohio (Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) Cameron Stone Sprints So. Sacramento, Calif. (Sheldon) Austin Tamagno Distance Fr. Brea, Calif. (Brea Olinda) Tatum Taylor Sprints Jr.* Seattle, Wash. (O’Dea) Austin Tharp Throws Fr.* Eugene, Ore.