Oregon sophomore distance runner Jordan Hasay earned Pacific-10 Conference Women’s Track Athlete of the Week honors for her performance Sunday at the Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4367&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205146220&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Hasay was the top-finishing collegian (fifth place overall) in the 1,500m at Payton Jordan, held in Stanford, Calif. Her time of 4:10.28 is the second-best in Pac-10 history and the fourth-best in school history.
The Arroyo Grande, Calif., native shaved three seconds off her previous personal best in running the fastest 1,500m by a Duck in 27 years.
Oregon also showed well at the men’s and women’s 3,000m steeplechase at Payton Jordan.
Senior Claire Michel broke her own school record by finishing 10th overall, fourth among collegians, in 10:04.65.@@http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=4367&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=205145834&DB_OEM_ID=500@@
Steve Finley, a senior transfer from Virginia, set a new personal best of 8:36.98 in a 10th-place finish (best among collegians). Finley’s time is the national leader in the men’s steeplechase and the fastest by an Oregon runner in 21 years.