2012 REVIEW
Changing of the Guard Despite a youthful roster, the Men of Oregon rose to the occasion and won their sixth straight conference title in 2012. With half the team experiencing Pac-12 level competition for the first time in their careers, the Ducks counted victories from freshmen in the 110 hurdles, javelin and decathlon, coupled with junior Elijah Greer’s win in the 800 and a plethora of what Greer termed “fighter points” to pull away for the league title. Mike Berry’s sophomore season got off to a solid start at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships, where he finished third in a school-record 45.93. Berry was one of three Ducks to earn All-America honors indoors, including Trevor Dunbar in the 3,000 meters and Parker Stinson in the 5,000. Outdoors, Berry would break his own school record twice, first running 44.86 at the NCAA West Preliminary meet, and then 44.75 in a runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships. Along the way, the Men of Oregon saw a number of successes. The Ducks won their fourth straight Pepsi Team Invitational with 224.5 points, to defeat Washington (157), Texas A&M (145.5) and UCLA (136).
Luke Puskedra
The men truly shined at the conference meet, the inaugural version as the Pac-12 Conference, at Historic Hayward Field. Freshmen were truly the key to Oregon’s success as Johnathan Cabral won the 110 meter hurdles, Sam Crouser captured the javelin and Dakotah Keys claimed the decathlon. More freshmen added to Oregon’s winning point total, including Arthur Delaney, who was third in the 100 meters and fourth in the 200 and added a leg on the runner-up 4x100 meter relay team. The Ducks also got freshman points from Russell Hornsby in the 800 meters (sixth), Colby Alexander (seventh) and Chad Noelle (eighth) in the 1,500, Alec Fellows in the decathlon (eighth) and Trevor Ferguson in the 110 hurdles (eighth). In all the freshmen accounted for more than a third of Oregon’s total points. Not to be outdone by the rookies, Greer led the charge in the 800, Berry was the runner-up in the 400 meters and both ran on the third-place 4x400 meter relay team. Senior Luke Puskedra was second in the 1,000 meters and fifth in the 5,000. Sophomore Trevor Dunbar was third in the 1,500 with senior Travis Stanford right behind in fourth. Dunbar was also fourth in the 5,000. Sophomore Parker Stinson placed sixth in the 10,000 and seventh in the 5,000, while senior Chris Kwiatkowski ran fiftth in the 10,000. Sophomore Boru Guyota took fifth in the 800 meters. Senior Eric Hersey took sixth in the 110 hurdles and sophomore Tim Costin was sixth in the steeplechase. In the field, senior Brian Schaudt took sixth in the triple jump and eighth in the long jump, junior Austin Ouderkirk was fifth in the pole vault and sophomore Tanner Harris grabbed seventh in the hammer. All that added up to 140 points, which was comfortably ahead of Arizona State’s 116.5 and Arizona’s 94.
Eric Hersey
On a warm and sunny day at Historic Hayward Field, the men became just the second school in league history to win six conference titles in a row, and the first to do it in nearly 50 years. USC was the last team to accomplish that, winning eight in a row from 1957-64. The success of Oregon’s freshman class continued at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds, where Delaney (200), Cabral (110 hurdles) and Crouser (javelin) qualified for the NCAA Championships along with Berry (400), Greer (800), Guyota (800), Kwiatkowski (5,000), Dunbar (5,000), Stinson (5,000/10,000) and Puskedra (10,000). Cabral ran 13.45 in the 110 hurdles, which was an Oregon freshman record and the second-fastest time in school history. That led to Berry’s impressive turn in the finals of the 400 meters, where finished as the national runner-up to Florida’s Tony McQuay. Greer also impressed with a third-place finish in the 800, while Puskedra capped his collegiate career with an impressive fourth-place run in the 10,000 meters. Dunbar was also a scorer, taking sixth in the 5,000. That allowed Oregon to finish tied for ninth in the team competition. Following the collegiate season, Delaney, Noelle and Fellows were joined by freshmen Ryan Pickering, Chris Brewer and Matthew Melancon at the USA Junior Championships. Pickering won the 10,000 meters to earn a trip to the IAAF World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain, along with Delaney in the relay. Back in TrackTown, seven current Ducks qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, including Berry, Greer, Crouser, Puskedra, Dunbar, Cabral and Keys.
Chris Kwiatkowski
Crouser had a memorable meet in his Trials debut, capturing second place with a throw of 265-1/80.80m. That was the second-longest throw in school history. Greer also had an impressive Trials run, finishing sixth in the 800 in a season-best 1:45.40. Puskedra was eighth in the 10,000 meters in a personal-best 27:56.62.
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2012 Men’s Featured Performances Hammer Throw Greg Skipper, Fr. Tanner Harris, So.
62.17m 58.56m
Mark 204-0 192-1
Date 3/18 5/5
Javelin Sam Crouser, Fr. Ethan Powell, So.
80.80m 68.14m
Mark 265-1 223-7
Date 6/25 3/24
Mark 7,793 6,820
Date 5/5-6 4/2-3
60 meters Joeal Hotchkins, Jr. Dior Mathis, So.
Mark 6.79 6.80
Date 2/10 2/11
200 meters Mike Berry, So. Arthur Delaney, Fr.
Mark 21.43 21.56
Date 1/30 2/10
400 meters Mike Berry, So.
Mark 45.93
Date 3/10
800 meters Boru Guyota, So. Travis Stanford, Sr. Russell Hornsby, Fr.
Mark 1:48.84 1:51.30 1:51.83
Date 1/30 1/30 2/11
Mile Brian Shrader, Fr. Boru Guyota, So. Travis Stanford, Sr.
Mark 4:03.14 4:03.19 4:04.19
Date 2/11 2/11 2/25
3,000 Meters Trevor Dunbar, So. Parker Stinson, Fr. Brian Shrader, Fr.
Mark 7:51.55 7:55.60 7:59.62
Date 2/25 2/25 2/25
5,000 meters Trevor Dunbar, So. Parker Stinson, So.
Mark 13:36.86 13:39.22
Date 2/10 2/10
60-meter Hurdles Johnathan Cabral, Fr.
Mark 7.83
Date 2/24
4x400 Meter Relay Harper, Delaney, Galpin, Berry
Mark 3:09.00
Date 2/25
Distance Medley Relay Shrader, Berry, Guyota, Dunbar
Mark 9:31.91
Date 3/2
Date 5/26 5/13
High Jump Danny Marconi, Sr.
2.07m
Mark 6-9.5
Date 2/11
Mark 3:08.30
Date 5/13
Pole Vault Austin Ouderkirk, Jr.
4.93m
Mark 16-2
Date 2/25
2.06m
Mark 6-9
Date 3/24
Long Jump Dakotah Keys, So.
7.31m
Mark 23-11.75
Date 2/24
Pole Vault Austin Ouderkirk, Jr.
5.14m
Mark 16-10.25
Date 5/12
Triple Jump Brian Schaudt, Sr. Trevor Ferguson, Fr.
15.47m 14.93m
Mark 50-9.25 48-11.75
Date 2/11 2/11
Long Jump Brian Schaudt, Sr. Dakotah Keys, Fr.
7.56m 7.31m
Mark 24-9.75 23-11.75
Date 5/12 4/2
Shot Put Miles Walk, Jr.
14.46m
Mark 47-5.25
Date 2/25
Triple Jump Brian Schaudt, Sr. Trevor Ferguson, Fr.
15.55m 15.01m
Mark 51-0.25w 49-3w
Date 4/21 5/13
35-Pound Weight Throw Greg Skipper, Fr.
17.35m
Mark 56-11.25
Date 2/24
15.76m
Mark 51-8.5
Date 5/5
49.40m
Mark 162-1
Date 5/5
OUTDOOR 100 meters Arthur Delaney, Fr. Joeal Hotchkins, Jr. Dior Mathis, So.
Mark 10.24 10.39 10.49
Date 5/13 5/24 5/12
200 meters Arthur Delaney, Fr. Joeal Hotchkins, Jr. Mike Berry, So. De’Anthony Thomas, Fr.
Mark 20.68w 21.03 21.10 21.26
Date 5/26 5/12 3/24 5/12
400 meters Mike Berry, So. Arthur Delaney, Fr. Bryan Harper, Sr.
Mark 44.75 47.63 48.18
Date 6/8 3/18 4/7
800 meters Elijah Greer, Jr. Travis Thompson, Sr. Boru Guyota, So. Russell Hornsby, Fr.
Mark 1:45.40 1:47.82 1:48.01 1:49.70
Date 6/25 3/24 6/6 3/24
1,500 meters Trevor Dunbar, So. Elijah Greer, Jr. Chad Noelle, Fr. Travis Stanford, Sr. Colby Alexander, Fr.
Mark 3:40.06 3:45.84 3:45.89 3:45.94 3:46.44
Date 6/16 4/7 5/12 5/12 5/5
5,000 meters Trevor Dunbar, So. Parker Stinson, So. Luke Puskedra, Sr. Chris Kwiatkowski, Sr.
Mark 13:40.66 13:58.28 14:01.03 14:02.46
Date 6/28 6/8 5/13 3/23
10,000 meters Luke Puskedra, Sr. Parker Stinson, So. Chris Kwiatkowski, Sr.
Mark 27:56.62 29:00.07 29:49.06
Date 6/22 4/6 5/12
110-meter Hurdles Johnathan Cabral, Fr. Eric Hersey, Sr.
Mark 13.45 14.01w
Date 5/26 5/25
400-meter Hurdles Johnathan Cabral, Fr.
Mark 52.78
Date 4/21
3,000 meter Steeplechase Tim Costin, So.
Mark 8:57.91
Date 5/12
4x100-meter Relay Mathis, Delaney, Hotchkins, Berry Mathis, Delaney, Hotchkins, Thomas
Mark 39.86 40.09
4x400-meter Relay Harper, Hornsby, Greer, Delaney High Jump Danny Marconi, Sr.
Shot Put Randall Horn, Sr. Discus Randall Horn, Sr.
Decathlon Dakotah Keys, Fr. Alec Fellows, Fr.
INDOOR
Heptathlon Dakotah Keys, So. Alec Fellows, Fr.
Mark 5,660 5,333
Oregon Records Underlined
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Brian Schaudt
Travis Stanford
Bryan Harper
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NCAA Command Performances In 2012, the Women of Oregon captured their third straight NCAA Indoor national title and fourth straight Pac-12 championship, as well as taking the runner-up spot at the NCAA Outdoor meet for the fourth year in a row. The results was that, for the fourth year in a row, Oregon was named the national Terry Crawford Program of the Year. The Ducks eased to the indoor title with 49 points, thanks to individual titles from English Gardner in the 60 meters and Brianne Theisen in the pentathlon. Gardner won the 60 in 7.12 seconds, the fourth-fastest 60 meters in NCAA history. Theisen’s win set in motion a remarkable senior season that would lead all the way to the London Olympics and the Bowerman Award as the nation’s top collegiate track & field athlete. Before NCAA Championships, Theisen established the NCAA and Canadian national record in the pentathlon by scoring 4,555 points at Texas A&M earlier in the season.
Brianne Theisen
At the indoor meet, Theisen broke her own school record in the 60 hurdles (8.25), but had to rally in the long jump and 800 meters to win her third consecutive NCAA pentathlon title. She became just the third woman to earn three career pentathlon crowns. Jordan Hasay doubled and scored 11 points for the team with her third place finish in the mile and fourthplace showing in the 3,000 meters. Oregon also amassed points from Phyllis Francis’ fourth-place finish in the 400 meters, Becca Friday’s fourth-place finish in the mile and a runner-up showing in the distance medley relay. Outdoors, the Ducks kept things rolling all the way to a record-setting NCAA meet. Highlighted by a record-setting performance from Alex Kosinski in the 5,000 meters, Oregon led nearly wire to wire to win the Pepsi Team Invitational with 224.5 points, followed by Washington with 157, Texas A&M with 145.5 and UCLA with 136. Oregon’s total was the second-highest in the history of the Pepsi meet. The women were led by Kosinski’s impressive showing. The senior and Texas A&M’s Natosha Rogers broke from the pack early and the two were way ahead of the field for the entire race. Kosinski then made her move on Rogers with 600 meters to go and closed with a fast final lap to win in a meet-record 15:36.90. The Ducks were just as spectacular at the Pac-12 Championships.
Alex Kosinski
Gardner was a triple champion, earning both the 100 and 200 meter crowns, as well as running a leg on the winning 4x100 meter relay squad. Francis added another 10 points with a title at 400 meters, while Laura Roesler did likewise in the 800 and Hasay in the 1,500. Kosinski also claimed her first career conference crown with a victory in the 10,000 meters. Theisen cruised to her third career heptathlon title with a meetrecord 6,353 points. But the surprise of the meet was Lauryn Newson, who was named the Pac-12 Performer of the Meet for winning the triple jump (43-4.25), finishing second in the 100 (11.38), third in the 200 (23.09) and also running on the winning 4x100 meter relay. Francis was also the runner-up at 200 meters, Friday was second in the 800 and Kimber Mattox was second in the steeplechase. The Ducks won with 200.5 points. The NCAA Championships saw Oregon score a school-record 62 points, only to have Louisiana State score 74 and win with a nearly flawless performance. Oregon’s total would have won five of the last seven years. Still, the Ducks had some breathtaking moments, including Theisen’s signature performance in the heptathlon. She won with 6,440 points - the second highest total in NCAA history - after establishing personal bests in the 100 hurdles, high jump, shot put, long jump and javelin. Gardner also made history by becoming the first Duck woman to win the NCAA’s 100 meter title (11.10), just edging LSU’s Kimberlyn Duncan, who ran 11.11. Gardner also led off Oregon’s riveting victory in the 4x400 meter relay (Chizoba Okodogbe, Roesler, Francis) that smashed the school record by running 3:24.54. The Ducks clipped LSU by .05. Others scoring for the Oregon included Francis in the 400 (fifth), Roesler (fourth) and Anne Kesselring (fifth) in the 800, Hasay in the 1,500 (third), Lanie Thompson in the steeplechase (sixth), Kosinski in the 5,000 (eighth), Allie Woodward in the 10,000 (fifth) and the 4x100 meter relay (fourth).
Amber Purvis
After the season, Theisen qualified for the London Olympics as a member of Team Canada.
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2012 Women’s Featured Performances Discus Laura Bobek, So.
51.96m
Mark 170-6
Date 5/13
Hammer Throw Daphne Chambers, Fr.
51.86m
Mark 170-2
Date 4/7
Javelin Brianne Theisen, Sr.
46.38m
Mark 152-2
Date 6/8
Mark 6,440
Date 6/7-8
60 meters English Gardner, So. Amber Purvis, Sr. Lauryn Newson, Sr.
Mark 7.12 7.44 7.65
Date 3/10 1/28, 2/25 2/24
200 meters English Gardner, Fr. Phyllis Francis, So.
Mark 23.34 23.75
Date 2/10 1/30
400 meters Phyllis Francis, So. Brianne Theisen, Sr.
Mark 53.01 54.11
Date 3/10 2/25
800 meters Anne Kesselring, Jr. Laura Roesler, So. Becca Friday, Jr.
Mark 2:04.52 2:05.07 2:05.78
Date 2/25 2/11 2/25
Mile Anne Kesselring, Jr. Jordan Hasay, Jr. Becca Friday. Jr. Megan Patrignelli, So.
Mark 4:32.61 4:37.29 4:37.53 4:43.38
Date 2/11 1/30 1/30 2/11
3,000 meters Jordan Hasay, Jr. Alexandra Kosinski, Sr.
Mark 9:03.95 9:28.96
Date 2/25 2/25
5,000 meters Jordan Hasay, Jr. Alexandra Kosinski, Sr. Bronwyn Crossman, Jr.
Mark 15:45.54 15:47.60 15:56.35
Date 2/10 2/10 2/10
Date 4/7
60-meter Hurdles Brianne Theisen, Sr. Lyndsay Pearson, Sr. Rebecca Rhodes, Sr. Alyssa Monteverde, Fr.
Mark 8.25 8.49 8.62 8.64
Date 3/10 2/24 1/14 1/14
Mark 9:59.90 10:06.58 10:20.33
Date 6/6 4/21 5/25
4x400 Meter Relay Purvis, Roesler, Okodogbe, P. Francis
Mark 3:33.70
Date 2/25
Mark 43.32 44.29 44.51
Date 6/6 3/18 5/5
OUTDOOR 100 meters English Gardner, So. Lauryn Newson, Sr. Amber Purvis, Sr.
Mark 11.00w 11.38w 11.61w
Date 5/13 5/13 5/24
200 meters English Gardner, So. Phyllis Francis, So. Lauryn Newson, Sr. Brianne Theisen, Sr.
Mark 22.82 23.03 23.09 23.90
Date 5/13 5/13 5/13 5/5
400 meters Phyllis Francis, So. Chizoba Okodogbe, So. Brianne Theisen, Sr. English Gardner, So. Devin Gosberry, Jr.
Mark 51.22 53.03 53.72 53.73 53.87
Date 6/6 5/25 4/21 3/24 5/25
800 meters Anne Kesselring, Jr. Laura Roesler, So. Claudia Francis, Fr. Becca Friday, Jr.
Mark 2:02.66 2:02.09 2:04.88 2:05.28
Date 6/6 6/6 5/12 6/16
1,500 meters Jordan Hasay, Jr. Anne Kesselring, Jr. Becca Friday, Jr. Laney Thompson, So. Megan Patrignelli, So.
Mark 4:12.68 4:16.75 4:13.06 4:20.39 4:23.08
Date 6/7 3/24 6/7 4/21 5/12
5,000 meters Alexandra Kosinski, Sr. Jordan Hasay, Jr. Allie Woodward, Fr. Molly Grabill, Fr.
Mark 15:36.90 15:44.87 16:08.29 16:38.01
Date 4/7 4/29 7/11 4/20
10,000 meters Allie Woodward, Fr. Bronwyn Crossman, Sr. Alexandra Kosinski, Sr.
Mark 32:56.94 33:18.53 34:33.85
Date 6/6 4/6 5/12
100-meter Hurdles Brianne Theisen, Sr. Rebecca Rhodes, Sr. Lyndsay Pearson, Sr.
Mark 13.21w 13.83 13.85w
Date 4/7 4/7 5/12
400-meter Hurdles Lyndsay Pearson, Sr.
Mark 59.87
3,000 meter Steeplechase Melanie Thompson, So. Kimber Mattox, Sr. Taylor Wallace, Jr. 4x100 meter Relay P. Francis, Gardner, Newson, Purvis Newson, Purvis, Prandini, Gardner C. Francis, Gardner, Newson, Okodogbe
4x400 meter Relay Mark Gardner, Okodogbe, Roesler, P. Francis 3:24.54 Gosberry, Okodogbe, Roesler, P. Francis 3:29.43
Date 6/9 5/26
High Jump Brianne Theisen, Sr. Chancey Summers, Fr. Lauren Crockett, Fr.
1.84m 1.83m 1.80m
Mark 6-0.5 6-0 5-10.75
Date 6/7 4/21 5/25
Pole Vault Sammie Clark, So. Kortney Ross, So. Anginae Monteverde, Fr.
4.10m 4.08m 3.85m
Mark 13-5.25 13-4.5 12-7.5
Date 4/21 5/13 4/13
Long Jump Brianne Theisen, Sr. Rebecca Rhodes, Sr. Lauryn Newson, Jr.
6.28m 6.11m 5.53m
Mark 20-7.25 20-0.5 18-1.75
Date 6/8 5/12 4/7
Triple Jump Lauryn Newson, Sr. Maggie Pietka, Jr.
13.52m 11.85m
Mark 44-4.25 38-10.5
Date 6/23 4/21
14.53m
Mark 47-8
Date 5/5
Heptathlon Brianne Theisen, Sr.
INDOOR
Distance Medley Relay Mark Friday, Okodogbe, C. Francis, Kesselring 10:55.78
Date 2/25
High Jump Brianne Theisen, Sr. Chancey Summers, Fr.
1.88m 1.74m
Mark 6-2 5-8.5
Date 1/29 1/30
Pole Vault Sammie Clark, Fr. Anginae Monteverde, Fr.
4.08m 4.08m
Mark 13-4.5 13-4.5
Date 2/25 2/25
Long Jump Brianne Theisen, Sr. Rebecca Rhodes, Sr. Lauryn Newson, Sr.
6.12m 6.00m 5.84m
Mark 20-1 19-8.25 19-2
Date 2/25 2/25 2/11
Triple Jump Maggie Pietka, Jr.
11.26m
Mark 36-11.5
Date 2/11
Shot Put Laura Bobek, So.
13.33m
Mark 43-9
Date 2/25
20-Pound Weight Throw Laura Bobek, So.
15.38m
Mark 50-5.5
Date 2/24
Mark 4,555 CR/CAR
Date 1/29
Pentathlon Brianne Theisen, Sr.
Bronwyn Crossman
Rebecca Rhodes
Oregon Records Underlined Shot Put Laura Bobek, So.
Lauryn Newson
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