By Bryce Dole Georgia senior and Olympian Keturah Orji came to Eugene for the 2018 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships with six consecutive NCAA triple jump titles, indoor and outdoor, under her belt. After her victory in Thursday’s NCAA… Continue Reading
By Jenny Sanchez EUGENE, Oregon – Inching to the front in the final 50 meters, Texas A&M freshman Sammy Watson won her first NCAA title in the 800 meters on a wet Saturday at the NCAA Track and Field Championships… Continue Reading
By Mark Wang Oregon’s Jessica Hull became the first Oregon woman to win the 1,500-meter NCAA title since Claudette Groenendaal in 1984 on Saturday at Hayward Field, winning the race in a personal record 4 minutes, 8.75 seconds. Hull crossed… Continue Reading
By Chiann Nobrega On Day Three of the NCAA Championships, our SOJC Track class produced seven stories, five for professional news outlets. Check out the stories below about the Friday events. Alex Castle worked for The Sun Journal in Lewiston,… Continue Reading
By Melissa Ingabire In the NCAA championship 400-meter final Friday evening at Hayward Field, USC sophomore sprinter Michael Norman broke the collegiate and facility and world records for the event with a winning time of 43.61, the fastest time in… Continue Reading
By Collin Catman Friday marked the last day of men’s competition in the NCAA Track and Field Championships. It also marked the last day Sam Prakel wore a University of Oregon singlet. The distance runner closed his accomplished career at… Continue Reading
By Chiann Nobrega The SOJC Track Bureau published 10 stories, six of them for professional news organizations, on Day Two of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Here’s an overview of events on Thursday, the first day of… Continue Reading
By Mark Wang On a track that is known for many great distance races, the women’s 10,000 meters Thursday evening at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships didn’t disappoint. Sharon Lokedi of Kansas won in a time of 32 minutes,… Continue Reading
By Allan Johnstone Mackenzie Little of Stanford won the women’s javelin event at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field National Championships on Thursday with a distance of 198 feet, a personal record. “I did a good job staying calm and… Continue Reading
By Edward Burnette Maggie Ewen of Arizona State has frequently been in the winner’s circle since she entered the sport of collegiate track and field. She continued her dominant ways in Eugene on Thursday as she won the shot put… Continue Reading