DIVISION I MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2015 Championship 2 History 8 All-Time Team Results 35 2015 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Oregon wins its second consecutive NCAA outdoor track and field title: Entering the final day of men’s competition in the NCAA championships, the Ducks had the ultimate ace in the hole. Or make that aces: Edward Cheserek, Eric Jenkins and Will Geoghegan in Friday’s penultimate event at Hayward Field, the 5,000 meters. Whatever happened the rest of the day, Oregon knew it could count on big points from that trio. What the Ducks didn’t know was that, as it turned out, they wouldn’t need them. Cheserek, Jenkins and Geoghegan nearly repeated their 1-2-3 finish from the NCAA indoor 3,000, running 1-2-4 on Friday. That gave the Ducks 23 points -- in a meet they won by 29 versus their closest competition. Thanks to surprising second-place finishes by Johnathan Cabral in the 110 hurdles and Marcus Chambers in the 400, Oregon had the team title all but wrapped up before the 5,000 even began. “Great day for the Ducks,” said UO coach Robert Johnson, who celebrated Oregon’s second consecutive NCAA outdoor title, and seventh overall. “Great day to be a Duck. Great day, all Duckies. Unbelievable performance.” Nursing a first-day lead but wary of potential SEC spoilers Florida, Arkansas, Texas A&M and LSU, the host Ducks saw nearly everything go as well as expected or better. None of the competition could get on a roll the way Oregon did. The Ducks’ series of pleasant surprises began in the 1,500, as freshman Blake Haney took third. On track to redshirt midway through this season, the freshman instead capped a meteoric rise by running 3 minutes, 55.12 seconds for six points toward the team score; he became just the fourth freshman since 1999 to finish third or better in the 1,500. Two events later, Cabral followed up Devon Allen’s national title in the 110 hurdles last season by taking second, parlaying an exceptional start into a wind- aided time of 13.22. And two events after that, Chambers stayed relaxed through the windy back stretch, then unleashed a furious kick to finish second in the 400 in 45.59. “Blake had a great race -- I was excited for him,” Chambers said. “And then Cabral came out and took second, ran great. That just gave me more energy for my race. We’re all just doing what we can, feeding off each other.” Chambers was one of five Ducks who scored for the UO national-title teams both indoors and outdoors this season. But this week’s effort was much more balanced. The indoor title came largely due to Oregon’s distance runners; the same can’t be said of the contributions outdoors. “We don’t want to always rely on Edward Cheserek and Eric Jenkins,” Chambers said. “They’re great runners, we all know that. But we want to show people that other people on our team can score, too.” By the time the 5,000 runners were toeing the line for the start, only Arkansas remained a threat. The Razorbacks trailed Oregon by 18 points, with the potential to get 10 in each of the last two races. Conceivably the Ducks could have come out of the 5,000 with no points, and thus Arkansas remained mathematically alive. Less than 15 minutes later, those hopes were dead. Cheserek won in 13:48.67, Jenkins was second in 13:48.92 — repeating their 1-2 finish in the 10,000 on Wednesday — and Geoghegan was fourth in 13:49.35. The duo of Cheserek and Jenkins capped a remarkable year-plus in which they helped lead Oregon to two NCAA outdoor titles and one indoors, combining on 10 individual titles in the process if cross country is included. “The training [together], really, it’s everything,” said Jenkins, a senior who ran his last collegiate race. “So when you go into races, it almost feels like another day -- especially since it’s a home. Coming into the last lap, when it gets tough and you see your teammates around -- I’ve said it a thousand times and I’ll say it again, you just get a sense of relaxation.” The 23 points from the 5k gave Oregon 85 for the meet -- three fewer than its NCAA record set a year earlier. Cheserek’s double this week in the 5,000 and 10,000 gave him eight career individual titles -- one more than the great Steve Prefontaine. “I think it’s amazing,” said Cheserek, who along with thrower Greg Skipperscored for all four of Oregon’s title teams during the past two years -- two each indoor and outdoor. “I’m trying to write my name, to be a legend like him one day.” That day may come sooner rather than later. But Friday was about Oregon as a team, and form chart-busting efforts by the likes of Cabral and Chambers that made it a runaway for the Ducks in the NCAA championships. 2015 Championship 2 2015 TEAM RESULTS Place School Pts. Place School Pts. UTEP 10 Marquette 4 Place School Pts. 28. Boise St. 9 Portland 4 1. Oregon 85 Memphis 9 South Ala. 4 2. Florida 56 Michigan St. 9 Villanova 4 3. Arkansas 53 31. Air Force 8 Weber St. 4 4. LSU 45 Alabama 8 60. Duke 3 5. Southern California 40½ Clemson 8 Northern Az. 3 6. Texas A&M 27 Kent St. 8 Princeton 3 7. Texas 26 Middle Tenn. 8 SIUE 3 8. Mississippi St. 20 36. New Mexico 7½ South Carolina 3 9. Texas Tech 18 37. Ohio St. 7 Syracuse 3 10. Illinois 17 Virginia Tech 7 Wake Forest 3 Penn St. 17 39. Arkansas St. 6 67. Auburn 2½ 12. Akron 16 East Carolina 6 68. California 2 13. Baylor 14 Eastern Ky. 6 Montana St. 2 BYU 14 Eastern Mich. 6 Nebraska 2 15. Georgia 13 Houston 6 North Carolina 2 16. Stanford 12 44. Binghamton 5 North Dakota St. 2 17. Virginia 11 Kentucky 5 South Dakota 2 18. Tennessee 10½ Louisville 5 74. UConn 1 19. Arizona 10 North Carolina St. 5 Cornell 1 Buffalo 10 Oklahoma 5 Pittsburgh 1 Florida St. 10 Purdue 5 Rice 1 Iowa St. 10 Southern Ill. 5 Savannah St. 1 Kansas 10 51. Arizona St. 4 UT Arlington 1 Oklahoma St. 10 Cincinnati 4 Western Ky. 1 Penn 10 Colorado 4 Wisconsin 1 TCU 10 Iowa 4 2015 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 400-METER DASH Name School Time 100-METER DASH 1. Vernon Norwood LSU 45.10 2. Marcus Chambers Oregon 45.59 Name School Time 3. DJ Zahn Illinois 45.97 1. Andre De Grasse Southern California 9.75 4. Najee Glass Florida 46.31 2. Trayvon Bromell Baylor 9.88 5. Steven Gayle Alabama 46.32 3. Jarrion Lawson Arkansas 9.90 6. Zack Bilderback Texas 46.50 4. Senoj-Jay Givans Texas 9.97 7. Ceo Ways North Carolina 46.52 5. Kendal Williams Florida St. 9.98 — Deon Lendore Texas A&M DNF 6. Tevin Hester Clemson 10.03 7. Kolby Listenbee TCU 10.03 800-METER RUN 8. Clayton Vaughn UT Arlington 10.04 Name School Time 200-METER DASH (WIND AIDED) 1. Edward Kemboi Iowa St. 1:49.26 2. Brannon Kidder Penn St. 1:49.36 Name School Time 3. Clayton Murphy Akron 1:49.52 1. Andre De Grasse Southern California 19.58 4. Jesse Garn Binghamton 1:49.74 2. Dedric Dukes Florida 19.86 5. Shaquille Walker BYU 1:49.99 3. Trayvon Bromell Baylor 19.86 6. Brandon McBride Mississippi St. 1:50.11 4. Tremayne Acy LSU 20.04 7. Collins Kibet Arizona 1:50.35 5. Aaron Ernest LSU 20.11 8. Andres Arroyo Florida 1:50.67 6. Tevin Hester Clemson 20.29 7. Kahlil Henderson Auburn 20.38 8. Kendal Williams Florida St. 20.45 2015 Championship 3 1,500-METER RUN 10,000-METER RUN Name School Time Name School Time 1. Chad Noelle Oklahoma St. 3:54.96 1. Edward Cheserek Oregon 28:58.92 2. Zach Perkins Air Force 3:55.08 2. Eric Jenkins Oregon 28:59.13 3. Blake Haney Oregon 3:55.12 3. Jason Witt BYU 29:04.58 4. Peter Callahan New Mexico 3:55.22 4. Craig Lutz Texas 29:11.17 5. Jordan Williamsz Villanova 3:55.36 5. Pierce Murphy Colorado 29:15.18 6. Kyle Graves Wake Forest 3:55.39 6. Matt McElroy Northern Az. 29:16.55 7. Cristian Soratos Montana St. 3:55.60 7. Matt McClintock Purdue 29:16.57 8. David Elliott Boise St. 3:55.86 8. Malachy Schrobilgen Wisconsin 29:17.07 9. Daniel Winn Oregon 3:55.93 9. Sam Pons Princeton 29:17.54 10. Graham Crawford North Carolina St. 3:56.19 10. Lawrence Kipkoech Campbell 29:34.29 11. Johnny Gregorek Oregon 3:56.30 11. Marc Scott Tulsa 29:37.18 12. Robert Denault Villanova 3:56.42 12. Futsum Zienasellassie Northern Az. 29:41.34 13. Izaic Yorks Washington 3:56.76 13. Martin Hehir Syracuse 29:47.29 14. Nate Jewkes Southern Utah 29:51.74 3,000-METER STEEPLECHASE 15. Dan Lennon Syracuse 29:55.69 16. Spencer Gardner BYU 29:59.02 Name School Time 17. Ryan Mahalsky Lehigh 30:03.16 1. Anthony Rotich UTEP 8:33.90 18. Max Straneva Syracuse 30:06.94 2.