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2023 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships

May 12-14 | Walnut, CA

Geist continues dominance, Jones climbs all-time Conference leaderboard with heptathlon victory on day two of Pac-12 Championships

May 13, 2023
Jimmy Su

Championship Central // Schedule of Events
Live Results // Day 1-2 Results

Walnut, Calif. – ARIZONA's Jordan Geist continued his dominance in the men’s throws with a victory in the shot put while USC’s Allie Jones climbed the Pac-12 leaderboards with her winning heptathlon performance on day two of the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships at Mt. SAC.

The Huskies maintained their day one leads in the team standings on both the men’s and women’s sides. The WASHINGTON men finished day two with 68 points while the women compiled 60.5. The Arizona men are currently second with 53 points, 20 of which coming courtesy of Geist’s win in the hammer on Friday and the shot on Saturday. The OREGON women are close behind the Huskies with 55 points, earning event victories on day two from Shelby Moran (hammer) and Jorinde van Klinken (shot put). 

Pac-12 Networks’ coverage of Sunday’s meet program begins with the men’s discus final at 11 a.m. PT / 12 p.m. MT on Pac-12.com and the Pac-12 Now app. Pac-12 Network is set to air a live broadcast of the track and remaining field event finals starting at 1 p.m. PT / 2 p.m. MT with the men’s 4x100m relay. 

MEN’S TEAM LEADERBOARD (8/21 events scored)

1. Washington – 68
2. Arizona – 53
3. USC – 44
4. Oregon – 35
5. California – 24
6. Stanford – 24
7. Colorado – 22
8. UCLA – 17
9. Washington State – 16
10. Arizona State – 9

WOMEN’S TEAM LEADERBOARD (8/21 events scored)

1. Washington – 60.5
2. Oregon – 55
3. California – 33
4. UCLA – 31.5
5. Oregon State – 31
6. Colorado – 26
7. USC – 23
8. Stanford – 17
9. Utah – 15
10. Arizona – 12
11. Arizona State – 7
12. Washington State – 1

WOMEN’S HAMMER – Shelby Moran, Oregon (68.96m, 226-3)
Shelby Moran earned Oregon’s first individual title of the weekend with her victory in the women’s hammer, posting a school-record launch of 68.96m (226-3). It was her first-career Pac-12 title and the first for the Duck women in the event since Jillian Weir’s victory in 2014. Moran’s win comes on the heels of two-consecutive three-peats for Pac-12 women in the hammer competition at the Pac-12 Meet (ASU’s Maggie Ewen, 2016-18; CAL’s Camryn Rogers, 2019-22 – meet was not contested in 2021).

MEN’S SHOT PUT – Jordan Geist, Arizona (20.75m, 68-01.00)
Arizona’s Jordan Geist earned his second Pac-12 title of the weekend with a victory in the men’s shot put (20.75m, 68-01.00), coming off his win in the men’s hammer on Friday afternoon. Geist continued to add to his historic Pac-12 throwing resume, winning his fourth-career Pac-12 shot put title and sixth throws victory overall, tying him with UCLA’s John Godina for the most league throwing titles among male competitors in Conference history. Geist’s four Pac-12 shot put titles are the most-ever by a Pac-12 man; Arizona’s Julie Labonte was the first to accomplish the feat (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014). He is set to compete in the men’s discus on Sunday and a win would make him the most decorated male thrower in Pac-12 Championship history. 

MEN’S LONG JUMP – Johnny Brackins, USC (8.30m, 27-02.75)
USC’s Johnny Brackins picked up USC’s first event victory of the weekend with a wind-aided mark of 8.30m (27-02.75) effort on his fifth attempt of the series. Brackins smashed his previous PR of 8.16m and became the first Trojan man to win the event at the Pac-12 Championships since Adoree Jackson repeated in 2015 and 2016. 

WOMEN’S POLE VAULT – Sara Borten, Washington & Nastassja Campbell, Washington (4.35m, 14-3.25)
Borten and Campbell shared the pole vault title after matching series through 4.35m (14-3.25), giving the Huskies the event title for the seventh time in the past nine Championships. 

MEN’S HIGH JUMP – Elias Gerald, USC (2.12m, 6-11.5)
USC picked up 18 points in the high jump thanks to Elias Gerald’s victory and Dallas Wise’s (2.09m) runner-up finish. That marks the Trojans’ fourth event victory in the last five Championships, and their league-leading 14th all-time event title.

WOMEN’S SHOT PUT – Jorinde van Klinken, Oregon (18.59m, 61-0)
van Klinken repeated as Pac-12 shot put champion and won her fourth career Conference title, though first representing Oregon after transferring from Arizona State. She edged teammate and runner-up Jaida Ross (18.46m) as the Ducks took 19 points from the event. Van Klinken’s and Ross’ marks are ranked fourth and fifth, respectively, in Championships history.

van Klinken will go for her third straight discus crown and fifth career event title overall on Sunday, which would make her the fifth woman to win five-or-more throws events at the Championships (Dawn Dumble, Maggie Ewen, Seilala Sua, Sarah Stevens).

WOMEN’S LONG JUMP – Alyssa Jones, Stanford (6.79m, 22-3.5w; 6.74m, 22-1.5*) *CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORD*
Jones set the tone with an opening 6.66m, then went out to a wind-aided 6.79m (22-3.50) with her fifth jump to capture the long jump. Notably, she cleared wind-legal 6.74m (22-1.50) on her final attempt, which exceeded the previous Pac-12 Meet record of 6.68m (21-11.00) from Arizona State’s Christabel Nettey in 2013. The freshman joins three-time event titlist Erica McLain (2005, 2006, 2008) as Pac-12 long jump champions from Stanford.

DECATHLON – Oliver Thorner, Washington (7,761)
A lifetime-best performance from Oliver Thorner secured him the decathlon victory on Saturday. He compiled 7,761 points and totaled six top-3 performances, including his lone victory in the 1500m with a time of 4:22.35 (796 pts). Thorner became the Huskies’ first winner in the event since Jeremy Taiwo in 2011. Washington racked up 21 points in the event, securing 10 points from Thorner, six points from Bruno Comin Pescador (third place), and five points from Jami Schlueter (fourth place). 

HEPTATHLON – Allie Jones, USC (6,234)
Allie Jones won her second consecutive Pac-12 heptathlon title in program-record setting fashion, scoring 6,234 points to break the USC school mark and post the third-best total in Championships history behind Oregon’s Brianne Thieson in 2012 (6,353) and Arizona State’s Jacquelyn Johnson in 2008 (6,307). Jones won 4-of-7 events, including a decisive victory in the 800m finale (2:14.89) to surpass Washington’s Ida Eikeng (6,114), who posted the highest runner-up score in Championships history.

MEN’S 3,000 METER STEEPLECHASE – Ed Trippas, Washington (8:37.26)
Trippas gave Washington its fourth win in the event in the last nine Championships, including its second-in-a-row following Brian Fay’s win last spring. Notably, Trippas’ teammate, Joe Waskom, was leading the race before losing a shoe, forcing him to withdraw during the competition. 

WOMEN’S 3,000 METER STEEPLECHASE – Grace Fetherstonaugh, Oregon State (9:39.23)
Not only did Oregon State pick up its first-ever Championships event victory with Fetherstonaugh’s win, but the Beavers picked up 18 points from the steeplechase as Kaylee Mitchell recorded her second straight runner-up finish. Fetherstonaugh’s 9:39.23 is the third-fastest in meet history, while Mitchell’s 9:45.21 is fifth-fastest.