Saturday at the Oregon Relays, the sun brought Devon Allen out to run. After running the 200 meters Friday, he was going to compete only in the 4×100 meter relay and the 400 hurdles. “I wasn’t going to run the… Continue Reading
Devon Allen, the NCAA champion in the men’s 110 meter hurdles, ran a career best in the men’s 200 meters Friday night at the Oregon Relays with a time of 20.68. His teammate, 400-meter runner Marcus Chambers, finished second in 20.94,… Continue Reading
With a meet record in the decathlon 110-meter hurdles and a personal record in the discus, Oregon junior Mitch Modin accomplished what he came to do: qualify. With a score of 7,468 points, Modin won the decathlon Friday at the… Continue Reading
Racing for the first time in seven months, Jordan McNamara simply wanted to feel again. He missed the nerves, he longed for the crowds in the grandstands and he wanted to rub elbows with some of the best distance runners… Continue Reading
After fouling his first two jumps, Oregon redshirt sophomore Travonn White won the long jump on Friday during the second day of the Oregon Relays with a distance of 24 feet, 8 inches—a foot farther than the rest of the… Continue Reading
Oregon’s Ariana Washington expected to run three races in Saturday’s Pepsi Invitational, but only two of them were familiar. She was comfortable running the 200-meter dash and 4×100 relay, but hadn’t run a 100-meter dash since her prep career at… Continue Reading
Adoree’ Jackson hovered over the tape measurer, anxiously awaiting his announcement on the distance of his final long jump attempt. Jackson’s jump was the last of the event, and he needed a mark better than 25 feet, 7¼ inches to… Continue Reading
The Oregon men’s track team didn’t lose the Pepsi Team Invitational on Saturday, but that wasn’t enough to make coach Robert Johnson happy. “I freaking hate ties,” Johnson said, “and I hate losses even more. A tie kind of feels… Continue Reading
Even a breakfast of corned beef hash and eggs with a pancake and four events wasn’t enough to stop Devon Allen at the Pepsi Invitational Saturday. The sophomore plowed through his event schedule, winning the 110-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles,… Continue Reading
After four months of rehab, Tyler Mulder of Oregon Track Club Elite opened his 2016 outdoor season with a win in the 800 meters at the Oregon Relays. Mulder has dealt with hamstring tendinopathy for the past four months, a… Continue Reading