CHAMPIONSHIPS CENTRAL
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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LIVE RESULTS
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SATURDAY RESULTS (PDF)
EUGENE, Ore. -
Washington's
Brian Fay
put up the fastest men's steeplechase time at the conference championships since 1988, Colorado's
Madison Boreman
moved to No. 6 in Pac-12 history in the women's steeple, and Oregon's
Max Vollmer
and
Alysah Hickey
defended their conference titles as part of an action-packed second day of competition at the 2022 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships.
Vollmer's title led a 1-2-6 Oregon finish in the decathlon and the Ducks extended their lead with a 39-point day to sit atop the men's leaderboard through 8-of-21 events. Fay led a 1-4-7 effort for Washington in the steeplechase, where the Huskies collected 17 of their day's 40 points to move into second overall. Cal scored 20 of its 35 points on day two in the shot put with an impressive 1-3-5 finish, which included just the Golden Bears' fourth title in the event since 1960.
Led by Hickey's winning long jump and
Dominique Ruotolo
's second-place leap, the Ducks jumped from fifth to the top of the team standings, earning 18 of their 46, second-day points in the long jump.
The championships conclude on Sunday with the crowning of 26 more event champions as well as the Pac-12 team titles and will be broadcast live on Pac-12 Network, the Pac-12 Now app and Pac-12.com beginning at 1 p.m. PT with
Jim Watson
and
Jordan Kent
on the call.
MEN'S TEAM LEADERBOARD (8/21 events)
1. Oregon 67
2. Washington 60
3. California 40
4. Stanford 37
5. UCLA 28
6. USC 18
6. Washington State 18
8. Arizona State 15
8. Colorado 15
10. Arizona 14
WOMEN'S TEAM LEADERBOARD (8/21 events)
1. Oregon 60
2. Colorado 44
3. Washington 40
4. Arizona State 34
5. California 29
6. Oregon State 24
7. Stanford 23
8. UCLA 17
9. Washington 16
10. Arizona 15
11. USC 10
MEN'S HAMMER THROW - Trey Knight, USC (235-7/71.81)
In a field where the top seven finishers posted lifetime bests, it was USC's
Trey Knight
who topped them all to win USC's record 16th mens hammer championship. Knight threw 235-7 on his second attempt, an improvement of 13 inches over he previous best, and the No. 4 mark in the NCAA this season. Washington's
Jayden White
was second with a three-foot PR (230-4) and California
Ivar Moisander
was third, registering four marks better than his previous best (217-10) and topping out at 223-8 on his final throw.
DECATHLON - Max Vollmer, Oregon (7,961 points)
Vollmer defended his 2019 and 2021 titles to earn Oregon 10 points and its 20th individual decathlon championship, which is tied for the second-most event titles among men's Pac-12 teams. USC has won 20 100m crowns and the Trojans have also claimed the 200m on 21 occasions. Vollmer is the fifth in conference history to win three decathlon championships and fourth from Oregon, joining
Dakotah Keys
(2012-14),
Ashton Eaton
(2008-10) and
Craig Brigham
(1973-75).
HEPTATHLON - Allie Jones, Stanford (5,731 points)
Stanford's
Allie Jones
led wire-to-wire over two days of competition and won three events (100m hurdles, high jump, 200m) to claim her first Pac-12 title by 155 points over Colorado's
Avery McMullen
(5,576). On Saturday, Jones PR'd in the javelin with a throw of 129-0 on her third attempt and clinched it with a 2:17.29 800m. She is the Cardinal's first heptathlon champion since
Tracye Lawyer
won three in a row from 1997-99 and just the third in program history to win the event, along with Lawyer and
Peggy Odita
(1992).
WOMEN'S SHOT PUT - Jorinde van Klinken, Arizona State (60-1/18.31)
Jorinde van Klinken
, last year's Pac-12 and NCAA discus champion, won her first conference shot put title with a mark of 60-1 on her fourth attempt. ASU's nine Pac-12 championships in the event are the second-most all-time (UCLA - 14) and all have come in the past 16 conference meets (since 2006). van Klinken's was the fourth winning mark over 60 feet in Pac-12 history, joining UCLA's
Valeyta Althouse
(61-10 ; 1995) and Arizona State's
Jessica Pressley
(61-7 ; 2008) and
Maggie Ewen
(63 ; 2018).
Jaida Ross
was second with an Oregon school record of 57-7 and two-time defending champion
Samantha Noennig
of Arizona was third (57-5 ).
MEN'S SHOT PUT - Josh Johnson, California (65-5 /19.95)
Josh Johnson
's second attempt was a PR of 65-5 and delivered the Golden Bears just their fourth men's shot put title all-time. Johnson joins a list that also includes
Matt Baggett
(1963),
Dave Porath
(1981) and
Peter Simon
(2017).
MEN'S LONG JUMP - Pierce LaCoste, Oregon (25-4
/7.73)
Oregon's
Pierce LaCoste
won the long jump with a PR of 25-4 to give the Ducks their fourth event title in the past five Pac-12 meets. UO went 1-2 with Italian Olympian
Emmanuel Ihemeje
in second at 25 . Oregon's 12 long jump championships are the second-most all-time (USC - 14) and LaCoste is the eighth different Duck to win the long jump, along with
Tom Smith
(1969),
Bouncy Moore
(1970-71),
J.J. Birden
(1987),
Latin Berry
(1988-90),
Ashton Eaton
(2010),
Damarcus Simpson
(2017-18) and
Tristan James
(2019).
WOMEN'S LONG JUMP - Alysah Hickey, Oregon (21
/6.41)
Alysah Hickey
won her second consecutive long jump title to lead a 1-2 for the Ducks. Hickey won with her first-jump mark of 21 and
Dominique Ruotolo
was second with a 20-5 on her fourth jump. The fifth back-to-back long jump champion in Pac-12 history, Hickey joins UCLA's
Gail Devers
(1987-88), Arizona State's
Tiffany Greer
(2002-03), Stanford's
Erica McClain
(2005-06) and Oregon's
Jamesha Youngblood
(2009-10) as women to win consecutive crowns.
MEN'S 3,000M STEEPLECHASE - Brian Fay, Washington (8:32.47)
In his first NCAA steeplechase, Washington's
Brian Fay
ran away from the field over the final 150 meters to win in 8:32.47, the best time at the conference championships since Oregon State's
Karl Van Calcar
won in 8:30.13 in 1988. The NCAA leader in the 5,000, Fay's steeplechase performance is seventh in the country this season. It's the Huskies eighth steeplechase title and first since
Aaron Nelson
won his second in 2016.
WOMEN'S 3,000M STEEPLECHASE - Madison Boreman, Colorado (9:42.22)
The 2017 steeplechase champion as a freshman in 2017 and now a graduate student at Colorado,
Madison Boreman
won her second event title by running a PR of 9:42.22. Boreman made her move with 300 meters to go, passing Oregon's
Aneta Konieczek
, the reigning champion, and pulling away over the final 200. Boreman's time is the third-fastest in Pac-12 championships history, behind Konieczek's meet-record 9:36.74 and Washington's
Katie Rainsberger
's second-place 9:38.84 from last year. Previously No. 10, Boreman moved up to be the No. 6 performer in Pac-12 history. Colorado has won 10 of the last 11 Pac-12 women's steeplechase titles.