UNIVERSITY OF OREGON ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 2017 OREGON TRACK & FIELD UW Invitational Columbia East-West Challenge January 27-28 January 27-28 Seattle, Wash. New York, N.Y. 2017 INDOOR SCHEDULE This Week: Oregon track and field continues the 2017 indoor season this January 14 UW Indoor Preview (Seattle, Wash.) weekend as the majority of the Ducks head to New York, N.Y., to compete January 27-28 Columbia East-West Challenge (New York, N.Y.) in the Columbia East-West Challenge at the Armory Track and Field Center. UW Invitational (Seattle, Wash.) The Ducks will be one of six teams in attendance in the clash between the February 10-11 Husky Classic (Seattle, Wash.) Ivy League and the Pac-12, joining UCLA on the west side against Columbia, Don Kirby Elite (Albuquerque, N.M.) Cornell, Penn State and Harvard for the east. The event will run Friday and February 24-25 MPSF Championships (Seattle, Wash.) Saturday. Oregon will also send a quartet of student-athletes to Seattle this March 10-11 NCAA Championships (College Station, Texas) weekend for the UW Invitational on Friday and Saturday. TEAM INFORMATION Coverage: The Columbia East-West Challenge will be streamed live on Coaches: Head Coach - Robert Johnson; Assoc. HC - Andy RunnerSpace +Plus, and a link to live results for both events will be available Powell; AC - Jamie Cook; AC - Maurica Powell; AC - Erik on the track and field schedule on goducks.com. The UW Invitational will be Whitsitt; AC - Curtis Taylor streamed on Flotrack.com with a premium subscription. OREGON ENTRIES Entries: After competing in a “rust buster” at the UW Preview two weeks ago, the Ducks will begin the crucial portion of their indoor schedule this weekend Men Women in New York. Many big names will be competing for the Men and Women of 60 Kyree King 60 Hannah Cunliffe Oregon this weekend as they set their sites on qualifying for the NCAA Indoor Julius Shellmire Deajah Stevens Championships. Damarcus Simpson Ariana Washington 200 Marcus Chambers 200 Hannah Cunliffe Jonathan Harvey Makenzie Dunmore The women’s sprints will once again be highly-anticipated for the Ducks, as Kyree King Madi Greenleaf Julius Shellmire Khadejah Jackson 2016 Pac-12 Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year Hannah Cunliffe joins Kylee O’Connor 400 Marcus Chambers Deajah Stevens 2016 Olympians Deajah Stevens and Ariana Washington in both the 60 and 200 Joshua Rambert Sasha Wallace meters. Seven-time all-American Sasha Wallace will also run the 200 meters Cameron Stone Hannah Waller 1,000 Mick Stanovsek Ariana Washington in a field that features eight Ducks, as well as the 60 meter hurdles, where she Mile Tim Gorman 400 Makenzie Dunmore currently holds the top time in the NCAA (7.96). Senior transfer Elexis Guster Blake Haney Madi Greenleaf Jackson Mestler Elexis Guster will be joined by standout freshmen Makenzie Dunmore and Hannah Waller Austin Tamagno Ashante Horsley in the 400 meters, and Alaysha Johnson will join Wallace and freshman Rhesa Jack Yearian Khadejah Jackson Foster in the 60 hurdles. 3,000 Tanner Anderson Kylee O’Connor Edward Cheserek Hannah Waller Bryan Fernandez 800 Brooke Feldmeier For the Men of Oregon, senior transfer Kyree King will run the 60 meters along Matthew Maton Kelly O’Neill 60H Jonathan Harvey Raevyn Rogers with Julius Shellmire and Damarcus Simpson after running it in 6.65 seconds Travis Neuman 1,000 Katie Rainsberger at the UW Preview, currently eight-fastest in the NCAA. King and four-time DMR Mile Emma Abrahamson Lilli Burdon all-American Marcus Chambers will lead a field of four Ducks in the 200 4x400 Alli Cash LJ Damarcus Simpson Jessica Hull meters, and Chambers will run the 400 meters along with Joshua Rambert SP Sebastian Barajas Samuel Nadel and Cameron Stone. T.J. Brassil Brianna Nerud Ryan Hunter-Simms 3000 Frida Berge Austin White Maggie Schmaedick In the distance events, eyes will shift to 15-time NCAA champion Edward WT Max Lydum 60H Rhesa Foster Cullen Prena Alaysha Johnson Cheserek as he makes his 2017 debut in the 3,000 meters along with all- Sasha Wallace American Matthew Maton. Blake Haney will lead a talented young group for UW INVITATIONAL ENTRIES DMR the Men of Oregon in the mile, and Mick Stanovsek will run the 1,000 meters. PV Cole Walsh 4x400 A HJ Ben Milligan 4x400 B HEPT Joe Delgado LJ Rhesa Foster For the women, a large portion of the 2016 NCAA Cross Country Champion Mitch Modin TJ Chaquinn Cook SP Ronna Stone squad will compete in the mile, led by Alli Cash and Samantha Nadel, while WT Madeline Middlebrooks Ronna Stone standout freshman Katie Rainsberger will run the 1,000 meters and Maggie University Quick Facts Schmaedick will run the 3,000 meters. Four-time all-American Raevyn Rogers will President: Michael Schill continue her title defense in the 800 meters along with junior Brooke Feldmeier. Athletic Director: Rob Mullens Faculty Representative: Tim Gleason Both the Men and Women of Oregon will compete in the 4x400 meter relay and Facility: Hayward Field (10,500), founded 1919 the distance medley relay, with teams to be announced. Conference: Pacific-12 (www.pac-12.org) Enrollment: 24,500 Location: Eugene, Oregon In the field events, sophomore transfer Chaquinn Cook will compete in the triple Mascot: Ducks jump after a strong Oregon debut in Seattle and freshman Rhesa Foster will make Colors: Yellow and Green her long jump debut. Redshirt freshman Ronna Stone will throw in the shot put while (Pantone 567, Pantone 107) also joining Madeline Middlebrooks in the weight throw. For the men, Damarcus Duck Ticket Office: (541) 346-4461 Simpson will go in the long jump, Max Lydum and Cullen Prena will compete in 1-800-WEB-FOOT Athletic Dept. Phone: (541) 346-4481 the weight throw and Ryan Hunter-Simms will lead a trio of Ducks in the shot put. Athletic Dept. Phone (TTY): (541) 346-5418 Athletic Communications Contact: Nate Krueger UW Invitational: While most of the Ducks head to New York this weekend, four SID E-mail: [email protected] members of the Men of Oregon will make their way to Seattle for the UW Invitational. Office Phone: (541) 346-5475 Senior Cole Walsh will compete in the pole vault after setting a PR in Seattle two Cell Phone: (253) 569-9468 Press Box Phone: (541) 346-4497 or 346-4496 weeks ago with a jump of 17-8.5 (5.40m). Ben Milligan will go in the high jump, and Web Site: www.goducks.com multi-event athletes Mitch Modin and Joe Delgado will compete in the heptathlon Indoor A-A Performances Returning/Lost: for the first time in 2017. Men: 7/4 Women: 13/3 Rankings: The Women of Oregon remain as the top-ranked team in the latest Outdoor All-Americans Returning/Lost: Men: 6/2 USTFCCCA computer rankings, while the Men of Oregon stay as the No. 2-ranked Women: 9/3 men’s team. NCAA Championships: 29 Men’s Outdoor Track: 1961, 1964, 1965, Bowerman Watch: The Oregon women were all over the preseason watch list for the 1970, 1984, 2014, 2015 top award in the sport, as Raevyn Rogers, Deajah Stevens and Ariana Washington all Men’s Indoor Track: 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016 Women’s Outdoor Track: 1985, 2015 earned a spot on the list. Edward Cheserek, the only three-time finalist in the history Women’s Indoor Track: 2010, 2011, 2012 of the award, found himself on the preseason watch list once again for the men. 2013, 2014, 2016 Men’s Cross Country: 1971, 1973, 1974, Ducks Claim Seven Wins at UW Preview: In a rust-busting event two weeks ago, 1977, 2007, 2008 the Ducks came away with seven event wins in their 2017 debut. Hannah Cunliffe Women’s Cross Country: 1983, 1987, 2012, 2016 returned to the track for the first time since suffering an injury at last year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships, winning the 60 meters in 7.19 seconds (No. 2 in NCAA). Conference Championships: 68 Sasha Wallace set an NCAA-leading time and meet record of 7.96 while winning the Men’s Track & Field: 1924, 1934, 1965, 60 meter hurdles, and Raevyn Rogers just missed her own record in the 600 meters 1967, 1978, 1979, with a winning time of 1:26.96. Alaysha Johnson took the 200 meters with a PR time 1986, 1990, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, of 24.09, and Chaquinn Cook kicked off her Oregon career by winning the triple 2009, 2010, 2011, jump with a mark of 41-8.75 (12.71m), already second in UO history. 2012, 2013, 2014 2015, 2016 For the men, Kyree King made his Oregon debet by winning the 60 meters in 6.65 Women’s Track & Field: 1983, 1984, 1985, seconds, and Cole Walsh crushed his original PR in the pole vault with a mark of 1986, 1991, 1992, 2009, 2010, 2011, 17-3.75 (5.27m) to claim the seventh win for the Ducks. 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 Men’s Cross Country: 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2008 Women’s Cross Country: 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2012, 2014 2017 Oregon Men’s Indoor 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.