5/15/2017 3:43:04 AM Pac-12 Conference

Oregon sweeps Pac-12 Track & Field Championships for ninth straight year

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EUGENE, Ore. The OREGON mens and womens track & field teams completed their ninth consecutive sweep of the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships on Sunday at historic Hayward Field. It marked the 11th straight team title for the Ducks men and the ninth in a row for the UO women.

With its ninth all-time sweep of the Conference championship meet, Oregon surpassed UCLAs total of eight dual mens & womens titles. The Ducks men also moved past the Bruins with their 18th overall Conference title.

On the mens side, No. 7 nationally ranked Oregon amassed 175 points, the third-most ever in the Conference meet and most since 1987. No. 8 ranked USC finished second with 115.5 points and No. 20 UCLA placed third with 101 points.

The No. 2 ranked Oregon women recorded the fourth-most points ever in a Pac-12 Championship meet with 189 to post a 54-point victory over No. 3 ranked rival USC.

COLORADO dominated with six middle-distance and distance event titles to record its best-ever finishes and highest point totals in both the mens (fourth, 73 points) and womens (third, 78) standings since joining the Pac-12.

MENS FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. Oregon 175
2. USC 115.5
3. UCLA 101
4. Colorado 73
5. California 72
6. Washington State 68.5
7. Washington 61
8. Arizona State 51
9. Arizona 50
10. Stanford 49

WOMENS FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. Oregon 189
2. USC 135
3. Colorado 78
4. Washington 72
5. UCLA - 63
6. Arizona State 58.5
7. Stanford 47
8. Arizona 46
9. California 45
Washington State 45
11. Oregon State 21.5
12. Utah 16

Sundays crowd of 6,778 saw four Pac-12 Championships meet records fall, highlighted by a new hammer throw mark from womens athlete of the meet Maggie Ewen of ARIZONA STATE and the worlds fastest 200-meter time this year and an all-time Pac-12 record from OREGONs Deajah Stevens .

WOMENS ATHLETE OF THE MEET: Maggie Ewen , Arizona State

Ewen scored a meet-high 30 points for the Sun Devils as she became the first female to win the shot put, hammer and discus at the Pac-12 Championships. She joined UCLAs Seilala Sua who tripled in the shot put, discus and javelin in 1999 as the only women to win three throwing events in the same Conference title meet.

MENS ATHLETE OF THE MEET: Kyree King , Oregon

King amassed a meet-best 22.5 points by winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes the first Oregon man to dual in those events at the Pac-12 title meet and running the second leg of the Ducks victorious 4x100 relay. He narrowly edged UCLA freshman Isaiah Holmes (22 points) and UO teammates Damarcus Simpson (20.5) and Marcus Chambers (18.5) for athlete of the meet honors.

Below are Sundays event champions:

MENS DISCUS Ryan Hunter-Simms , Oregon (58.71m/192-7")

Ducks senior Hunter-Simms saved his best for the final throw of the event, edging past runner-up Kyle Long of Arizona State (192-1") by six inches. Hes the first Oregon discus winner since 1983.

WOMENS HAMMER Maggie Ewen , Arizona State (70.20m/230-4")

The American collegiate record holder and defending Conference champion in the hammer set a new Pac-12 Championships record, becoming the first woman to break 70 meters at the meet with a toss of 70.20 (230-4"). Ewens throw beat the old mark of 68.00m/223-1" set by former Sun Devil Chelsea Cassulo in 2013.

MENS TRIPLE JUMP Eric Sloan , USC (16.00m/52-6")

The second field event of the day determined by an athletes final attempt, Trojans junior Sloan jumped past classmate Dominic Smallwood to win by more than nine inches.

MENS 4x100 METER RELAY Oregon (39.17)

The quartet of Damarcus Simpson , Kyree King , Julius Shellmire and Marcus Chambers led the Ducks to their first Conference 4x100 victory since 2006.

WOMENS 4x100 METER RELAY Oregon (42.81)

The Ducks 4x100 relay consisting of Alaysha Johnson , Deajah Stevens , Makenzie Dunmore and Ariana Washington - won its second straight Pac-12 title, finishing just a tenth of a second shy of last years Championship record (42.71).

MENS 1,500-METER RUN Grant Fisher , Stanford (3:54.67)

Stanford got its first win in the mens 1,500 since 2008 with sophomore Fisher separating in the final 150 meters to beat runner-up Blake Haney (3:55.55) of Oregon by less than a second.

WOMENS 1,500-METER RUN Dani Jones , Colorado (4:22.09)

Buffs sophomore Jones separated from the pack thanks to a fallen runner with 150 meters left and became the first CU runner to win the Pac-12 1,500m title.

MENS 110-METER HURDLES Ashtyn Davis , California (13.50)

Davis set a personal-best and clocked the third-fastest time in school history to become the third-ever Golden Bear to win the Conferences 110 hurdles title.

WOMENS 100-METER HURDLES Alaysha Johnson , Oregon (12.92)

Johnson defended the Ducks title in the 100 hurdles after Sasha Wallace became the first Pac-12 champion in the event from Oregon in 2016. Johnson was the only runner to break 13 seconds, beating out USCs Anna Cockrell (13.06) and Dior Hall (13.09).

MENS 400-METER DASH Michael Norman , USC (45.15)

Freshman Norman ran down two-time defending Pac-12 champion Marcus Chambers (45.19) of Oregon down the home stretch, winning with a lifetime best of 45.15 seconds.

WOMENS 400-METER DASH Kendall Ellis , USC (50.66)

Junior Ellis set a new Pac-12 Championships meet record of 50.66 to win the 400m, besting the previous mark of 50.76 set by Oregons Keshia Baker in 2010.

WOMENS TRIPLE JUMP Chaquinn Cook , Oregon (13.45m/44-1.5")

Sophomore Cook set the pace with a PR on her first jump and it held up over Arizona State senior Keyasia Tibbs runner-up mark of 13.22m.

MENS 100-METER DASH Kyree King , Oregon (10.09)

Oregon went 1-2 behind wind-aided personal-bests from both King and Damarcus Simpson (10.27). Kings 100m victory was an elusive first for Oregon in the Pac-12 Championship.

WOMENS 100-METER DASH Deajah Stevens , Oregon (11.05)

Stevens led a 1-2-3 finish for Oregon with a time of 10.05, just .02 off the Championship meet record set by former Duck English Gardner in 2011. Teammates Ariana Washington (11.10) and defending champion Hannah Cunliffe (11.11) followed in second and third, respectively. Its the eighth straight Pac-12 100-meter title for Oregon, which finished Cunliffe-Washington-Stevens in 2016.

[ Related video : Deajah Stevens paces Oregon 100m women's sweep ]

MENS 800-METER RUN Nick Harris , Colorado (1:48.77)

Senior Harris pulled in front in the final 20 meters to defeat the favorite from USC, Robert Ford (1:49.41) by less than a second. Harris victory is CUs first in the Pac-12 800m since joining the Conference in 2012.

WOMENS 800-METER RUN Raevyn Rogers , Oregon (2:02.93)

Rogers turned it on over the final 200 meters to pull away for a comfortable third straight Pac-12 title in the event at 2:02.93. It is the sixth straight 800m victory for the Ducks following Laura Roeslers three-peat from 2012-14.

[ Related video : Raevyn Rogers three-peats as Pac-12 800m champion ]

MENS 400-METER HURDLES Rai Benjamin , UCLA (49.52)

In a photo finish, Benjamin outleaned two-time Pac-12 champion CJ Allen of Washington State (49.54) at the tape. Allen passed Benjamin entering the final hurdle, but Benjamin managed to regain the lead at the finish for UCLAs first win in the event since 2007.

[ Related video : UCLA's Rai Benjamin captures hurdles title with lean ]

WOMENS 400-METER HURDLES Sage Watson , Arizona (55.01)

In a final featuring a pair of 2016 Olympians and the NCAAs top three leaders, Arizonas Watson cruised to victory in a new 2017 collegiate best 55.01. USC freshman Anna Cockrell (55.54) and senior Amalie Iuel (56.07) finished second and third, respectively.

WOMENS HIGH JUMP Lisanne Hagens , Arizona (1.79m/5-10.5")

Hagens successfully defended her 2016 league title as the only competitor to clear 1.79m, edging freshman teammate Karla Teran s second-place mark of 1.76m.

WOMENS POLE VAULT Elizabeth Quick , Washington (4.17m/13-8.25")

Quick won her second straight Pac-12 pole vault crown, edging teammate and 2015 champion Kristina Owsinski by clearing 4.17m on her first attempt.

MENS 200-METER DASH Kyree King , Oregon (20.27)

King won his second event of the afternoon and the Ducks went 1-2 as Marcus Chambers came from behind to grab second at 20.43. Kings sweep of the 100 and 200 was a first for a Duck at the Pac-12 Championship meet.

WOMENS 200-METER DASH Deajah Stevens , Oregon (22.09)

In an all Oregon and USC final, Stevens shattered the Pac-12 Championships meet and all-time record and recorded the fastest time in the world this year with a blazing 22.09. Trojans Deanna Hill finished second in 22.41 and defending champion Hannah Cunliffe of Oregon placed third at 22.60.

MENS 5,000-METER RUN Zach Perrin , Colorado (13:58.48)

Colorado took its first Pac-12 title in the 5k as well as the top three spots, led by Perrins 20-meter victory over teammates Joe Klecker (14:01.17) and John Dressel (14:01.69).

WOMENS 5,000-METER RUN Dani Jones , Colorado (16:12.76)

Jones followed up her win in the 1,500m by outkicking Washingtons Amy-Eloise Neale down the home stretch. Jones became the fourth female to double in the 1,500 & 5,000 in the same Pac-12 Championships meet.

WOMENS DISCUS Maggie Ewen , Arizona State (59.81m/196-2")

Ewen became only the second female to win three throwing events in the same Pac-12 Championships by winning the discus by more than 25 feet. She joined UCLAs Seilala Sua, who won the shot put, discus and javelin at the 1999 meet.

MENS 4x400 METER RELAY USC (3:07.65)

USCs squad of Ricky Morgan Jr. , Alexander Rohani , Robert Ford and Marquis Morris won the nine-team relay for the Trojans first Pac-12 4x400 victory since 2011.

WOMENS 4x400 METER RELAY USC (3:29.52)

Behind the team of Anna Cockrell , Amalie Iuel , Kyra Constantine and Kendall Ellis , USC won its fifth straight Pac-12 4x400 relay with a Championship meet record mark of 3:29.52.

Pac-12 teams and qualifiers will look to advance out of the NCAA West Preliminaries held at the University of Texas Myers Stadium from May 25-27 to return to Hayward Field in three weeks for the 2017 NCAA Championships on June 7-10.