By Maggie Vanoni Rio Olympic bronze medalist Sam Kendricks gave two thumbs up to his coach after clearing the second height of 18 feet, 3 inches (5.56 meters), allowing him to keep his spot in the top three in the… Continue Reading
By Maggie Vanoni Before Armand “Mondo” Duplantis started high school, his father, Greg, made a bet with him, saying that if Armand could pole vault 18 feet in high school, he would get him any car he wanted. Mondo, a… Continue Reading
By: Maggie Vanoni The sunny Sunday afternoon at Hayward could not have gone better for the University of Oregon men’s track and field team as it won its 11th straight Pac-12 Championship. The Ducks earned 106 points Sunday for a… Continue Reading
By: Maggie Vanoni Colorado senior Nick Harris came off the finish line with an open mouth in utter surprise as he took home one of the team’s only five individual Pac-12 titles in the 800-meter race with a season best… Continue Reading
By Maggie Vanoni UO senior Edward “King” Cheserek reigned as he picked up his second consecutive Pac-12 title in the men’s 10,000-meter race Saturday at Hayward Field with a time of 29 minutes, 11.76 seconds. “I was trying to get… Continue Reading
By Maggie Vanoni UCLA junior Peter Simon has been dreaming about winning a Pac-12 Championship title for the past three years. That dream came true Saturday, as Simon won the title by throwing a personal best of 64 feet, 9¼… Continue Reading
By Maggie Vanoni Eugene local Karalis Tavernier cheered on his brother Lyle and 2,470 other runners in the Eugene Marathon on Sunday by holding a sign that reads “I’m Proud of You, Complete Stranger.” “I ran the marathon once and… Continue Reading
By Maggie Vanoni After competing side-by-side in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase, Team Run Eugene’s Tripp Hurt outkicked teammate Isaac Updike in the final meters of the homestretch to win with a personal best of 8 minutes, 39.39 seconds. Updike finished… Continue Reading