5/17/2021 4:38:54 AM Pac-12 Conference

Oregon men and USC women extend title runs at 2021 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships

LOS ANGELES Dominance continued at Loker Stadium on Sunday. The men of OREGON won their unprecedented 14th consecutive Conference title and the USC women won their third in a row at the 2021 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships.

The Ducks did it in record-breaking fashion, scoring 185 points to set a new Championships standard, besting USCs 180 points scored at the 1976 meet in Berkeley, Calif. In winning its past four Conference crowns, Oregon has scored 175 (2017), 174 (2018), 173 (2019) and now 185 points.

Cooper Teare won the 1,500 and came in second to teammate Cole Hocker in the 5,000 to lead Oregon with 18 points. Hocker scored 16, adding a third-place finish in the 800 to his 5,000-meter title.

Powered by Davonte Burnett s double in the 100- and 200-meter dashes, the USC men finished second with 137 points, their most since 2010 (156). Coupled with his opening leg in the victorious 4x100-meter relay, Burnett amassed a meet-best 22.5 points for the Trojans to earn Men's Athlete of the Meet accolades.

The USC women won seven events and scored 148.5 of their 162.5 points on Sunday, highlighted by 22 points from TeeTee Terry , 20 from Anna Cockrell and 19 from Lanae-Tava Thomas , en route to a 11.5-point triumph over Oregon.

Terry won Co-Womens Athlete of the Meet honors alongside UCLAs Alyssa Wilson . Like Burnett, Terry won both the 100 and 200 and anchored the Trojans second-place 4x100-meter relay. Wilson was a silver medalist in both the discus and hammer and finished third in the shot put.

MENS TEAM SCORES (21/21 events)
1. Oregon 185 *Championships record*
2. USC 137
3. Washington 114
4. Arizona State 72
5. Arizona 67
6. Washington State 61.5
7. Stanford 59
8. UCLA 46.5
9. Colorado 42
10. California 31

WOMENS TEAM SCORES (21/21 events)
1. USC 162.5
2. Oregon 151
3. Arizona State 77
Washington 77
5. Colorado 74.5
6. UCLA 70
7. Stanford 64
8. Arizona 51.5
9. California 48
10. Oregon State 21
11. Washington State 16.5
12. Utah 6

MENS 4X100-METER RELAY USC (39.65)
The Trojans edged Oregon by six hundredths of a second to get the days first points on the track. Its USCs 17th overall 4x100-meter relay title, the most all-time, and fourth in the past seven Championships.

WOMENS 4X100-METER RELAY Oregon (42.87)
The sixth womens 4x100 Conference title in program history and first since 2017 was in a season-best 42.87. Its the No. 5 performance in UO history.

MENS 1,500 METERS Cooper Teare, Oregon (3:39.81)
Teare collected another Pac-12 crown to go along with the 5,000 he won in 2019. Hes the seventh UO man to win the event and did it in the fastest winning time since Washingtons Izaic Yorks in 2016 (3:39.14).

WOMENS 1,500 METERS Ella Donaghu, Stanford (4:15.43)
Donaghus win in the early afternoon gave the Cardinal an individual Conference champion for the 24th straight season, the longest such streak in the Pac-12. Shed later be joined by teammate Julia Heymach s 5,000-meter title. Donaghu is Stanford's first Pac-12 women's 1,500 champ since Elise Cranny in 2016 and led a 1-3-5 Cardinal finish.

MENS 110-METER HURDLES Jamar Marshall, Jr., Arizona State (13.49)
The Sun Devils' Marshall and Kentre Patterson (13.57) went 1-2 in the 110 hurdles. The best winning time at the Conference meet since Aleec Harris (USC) record 13.35 in 2014 also matched the ASU school record, which Marshall himself set in the prelims a day prior. Hes the programs first winner in the event since Andrew Parker went back-to-back in 1986 and 1987.

WOMENS 100-METER HURDLES Anna Cockrell, USC (12.79)
The Women of Troy went 1-2-3 in the 100 hurdles, led by the Conferences Scholar-Athlete of the Year in Cockrell. A three-time Pac-12 champ in the 400 hurdles, it was Cockrells first in the 100 hurdles. A USC woman has now won five of the last seven Conference titles in the event.

MENS 400 METERS Johnnie Blockburger, Arizona (45.57)
The first Conference title for the freshman was also Arizonas first in the 400 since Mike Kenyon in 2002 (45.83). His PR of 44.71 from earlier this season is a school record and meets the Olympic Trials qualifying standard.

WOMENS 400 METERS Kyra Constantine, USC (51.16)
A runner-up two years ago in the 400, Constantine won her title with a PR of 51.16. USC had six of the eight womens 400 finalists.

MENS 100 METERS Davonte Burnett, USC (10.05)
Burnett hit the Olympic qualifying standard and moved into a tie for ninth on the Pac-12s all-time list. Entering the weekend, his best time in the 100 had been 10.22. Oregons Micah Williams , who has the sixth-best time in the nation this year at 10.03, was second (10.09).

WOMENS 100 METERS TeeTee Terry, USC (11.10)
Terry joined a short list of women to win three Pac-12 titles in the 100 meters. Her three-peat (2018, 2019, 2021) puts her alongside Stanfords Chryste Gaines (1990, 1991, 1992) and USCs Virginia Powell (2004, 2005, 2006).

MENS 800 METERS Isaiah Jewett, USC (1:45.16)
Jewett won his second consecutive 800 title with a new lifetime best and a surpassed the stadium record of 1:46.31 set by Germanys Nico Motchebon in 1997. It was also just four hundredths off the Championships meet record from Oregons Joaquim Cruz in 1984 (1:45.12).

WOMENS 800 METERS Sage Hurta, Colorado (2:01.53)
Hurta broke the stadium record from Tanya Blake of Santa Monica TC in 1998 (2:02.72) and posted the No. 2 time among women's 800 winners all-time behind Alysia Johnson s (CAL) 2:00.57 from 2008.

MENS 400-METER HURDLES Cameron Samuel, USC (49.09)
Samuel defended his 2019 title in the 400 hurdles with an Olympic Trials qualifying standard and the exact same time he won with in 2019. Hes the first back-to-back winner since WASHINGTON STATEs Jeshua Anderson won four in a row from 2008-2011.

WOMENS 400-METER HURDLES Anna Cockrell, USC (54.77)
A personal record, school record and now the No. 7 time on the Pac-12s all-time list, Cockrell won her third consecutive Conference title in the 400 hurdles by half a second over UCLAs Shae Anderson.

MENS 200 METERS Davonte Burnett, USC (20.55)
Burnett completed the double with a PR of 20.55. His lifetime best coming in had been 21.35 from the Long Beach Invitational in mid-April.

WOMENS 200 METERS TeeTee Terry, USC (22.72)
Terry PRd to win her first Conference championship in the 200 to go along with her three 100-meter titles.

MENS 5,000 METERS Cole Hocker, Oregon (13:32.68)
Hocker and Teare went 1-2 for the Ducks in the 5,000. With his victory, Hocker set a stadium record and posted a time that trails only Henry Rono 's 13:20.23 for WSU in 1978 among the Conferences 5,000-meter champions.

WOMENS 5,000 METERS Julia Heymach, Stanford (15:40.74)
*Championships record*
A runner-up in the 800, Heymach won her Pac-12 crown in the 5,000 with both a meet and stadium record. The meet record had stood since 1997 when Arizonas Amy Skieresz ran 15:44.91.

MENS 4X400-METER RELAY USC (3:05.29)
The Trojans capped their day with the fastest time at the Conference meet since USC went 3:03.38 in 2011.

WOMENS 4X400-METER RELAY USC (3:30.41)
USCs team of Lear, Yeargin, Ford and Constantine won the programs eighth consecutive womens 4x400-meter relay title.

MENS DISCUS Elijah Mason, Washington (189' 1"/57.65)
Mason has appeared in two Pac-12 meets and won discus titles both times. He's the first man to win consecutive championships in the event since 2013-14 ( Julian Wruck UCLA), and the first Husky ever to defend.

MENS TRIPLE JUMP Jordan Scott, USC (54' 5"/16.60)
Scott earned the Trojans their 16th Conference men's long jump title, which is tied with UCLA for the most all-time.

WOMENS HIGH JUMP Morgan Smalls, USC (6' 0"/1.83)
The freshman moved into sixth on USCs all-time list with her Conference-winning clearance. The Trojans have two titles in the event all-time and theyve come in the last three meets ( Lyndsey Lopes 2018).

MENS POLE VAULT Chase Smith, Washington (17' 1"/5.21)
For the fourth time in school history, the Huskies won both the men's and women's pole vaults, as Smith joined Makenna Barton atop the podium.

WOMENS DISCUS Joridne van Klinken, Arizona State (205' 3"/62.58)
van Klinken won the discus by almost 19 feet over UCLAs Wilson, the defending champion. Her mark is the best since Washingtons Aretha Hill threw 208-11 in 1998.

WOMENS TRIPLE JUMP Dominique Ruotolo, Oregon (44' 9"/13.66)
With Ruotolos win, the Women of Oregon have won four of the past six Conference titles in the triple jump. Its the best winning jump since Erica McLain s (Stanford) meet-record 46-5 in 2007.