The Oregon track and field team showed why Eugene is TrackTown USA. when both the men and women put on dominant performances in the Pac-12 Championships in Los Angeles this weekend. The women won their fifth consecutive conference championship, and the men won their seventh. While Saturday and Sunday saw a mix of trials and [...]

When you’re a four-sport athlete at the Division I level, people tend to take notice. First it was the AAU, which made Brenner the only collegiate finalist for the prestigious Sullivan Award — the AAU’s equivalent of the Heisman — and now it’s Sports Illustrated, which has nominated Brenner for Female College Athlete of the [...]

Coach Robert Johnson and the Oregon track team cam now turn their attention to the postseason: The Pac-12 meets next week in Los Angeles, the west regionals in Austin, Texas and the NCAA championships at Hayward Field in early June. Towards the end of the Oregon Twilight meet, the Ducks recognized their 19 seniors, including [...]

One event. That is all Dakotah Keys needed to become a repeat champion. Through eight events of the 10-part decathlon that would decide the Pac-12 champion on Sunday, Keys propelled himself from third place to first with a massive javelin toss. The throw would serve as the difference-maker in Keys’ second consecutive Pac-12 decathlon title. [...]

De’Anthony Thomas once again scratched from the field, but fellow football players Dior Mathis and B.J. Kelley finished first and second, respectively, in the 100 meters at the Oregon Twilight. Mathis clocked a 10.70 with Kelly not far behind at 10.85. It’s the second-straight meet Thomas has scratched from. The sophomore also played very limited [...]

The first ever dual meet between track and field powers Oregon and Arkansas lived up to expectations as the No. 2 Razorbacks trailed most of the afternoon but made a late charge, clinching the victory in the 4×400 meter relay, the final event of the meet. The Ducks led for the first 16 events, but [...]

After a full morning session of high school events, Oregon returned to the Hayward Field track for a dual meet with Arkansas. The Ducks held a 17-1 lead after the two events held yesterday, but Arkansas got the first set of first place points on day two with a victory in the shot put. Arkansas [...]

Sophomore Jillian Weir set another personal best in the hammer throw, but it wasn’t enough to beat out Caresssa Sims for the win. Sims bettered Weir’s PR of 58.30 meters by less than one meter. Sims threw 58.80 on her first attempt, ultimately good enough to take home the event win. Jared Schuurmans also took home a [...]

It’s been a while since you threw up an O at Autzen and you may have recently come down from a March Madness high, but Oregon’s spring sports are in full swing. There is a plethora of events this weekend for Ducks athletics, ranging from exhibition volleyball to a huge Pac-12 matchup in softball. Although [...]

It won’t be officially announced until Thursday, but a state official told The Register-Guard that the Olympic Trials will be returning to historic Hayward Field in 2016 for a third-straight Olympiad. According to the report, the announcement will be officially made in Salem tomorrow afternoon at a press conference featuring TrackTown USA President Vin Lananna, [...]

Not quite ten months ago, before the fuzzy almost-memories of my 21st birthday, I covered Ashton Eaton’s world record decathlon at the Olympic Trials. I’ve seen a lot of cool sports stuff, but nothing quite like that. From the first event to the last, Eaton was brilliant, setting world decathlon records in the 100 meter [...]

The weather didn’t cooperate at the Pepsi Team Invitational, but the results made up for it.  Texas A&M’s Henry Lelei got the day off to a fast start in just the second track event of the day, smashing the Aggies school record in the 3000m steeplechase, finishing in 8:32.94, the fastest time in the world [...]

Oregon track and field faces its stiffest test of the season against the formidable Texas A&M. Here’s a closer look at how two of the nation’s best teams stack up against each other ahead of Saturday’s Pepsi Invitational at historic Hayward Field. 4 — Top four teams in the nation will compete — the No. 2 [...]

The weather in Eugene is in full capricious spring mode. Sunshine gives way to torrents of rain,followed by heavy gusts of wind. Then, back to sunshine. But Oregon’s track and field team will be ready to compete Saturday in the Pepsi Invitational regardless of the color of the sky. Fresh off recent successes at the [...]

If you spent your spring break lost in brackets and buzzer beaters, I can’t blame you. But as well as the Ducks playing in the NCAA Tournament over the break, other Oregon athletes proved worthy of attention. Here are the top sports stories you missed while enjoying Cabo, Miami, home or wherever else your break [...]

Oregon head coach Dana Altman’s pre-Oregon days — While Finals Week stands between students and spring break, Oregon men’s basketball is the only varsity sport with a game scheduled before the weekend. The down time gave The Oregonian’s Adam Jude the opportunity to explore head coach Dana Altman’s days before the Ducks. The all-time winningest [...]

During an event usually accustomed to mid-March sunshine, the 2013 Oregon Preview was instead filled with grey skies. TrackTown USA was cold and windy throughout most of the event, but there was a lone moment in which the sun came out to tease the home crowd of 4,402 for just a little while. Star football [...]

It was a cold, gray, drizzly day at Hayward Field on Saturday, but that didn’t stop the Oregon track and field team from impressing in front of 4,402 TrackTown USA fans at its first outdoor meet of the season. Though most of the Ducks who competed in last weekend’s indoor national championships sat the meet [...]