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1 For Immediate Release \\ Thursday, May 4, 2017 Contacts \\ Jesse Hooker Steve Fenk & Brooks Hatch, Oregon State Athletics Greg Walker CHAMPIONSHIPS CENTRAL Schedule of events, live results, recaps, photos and other relevant information from the 2017 Pac-12 Track & Field Championships can be found on the Championships homepage on pac-12.com at: pac-12.com/track-field/championships It marks the first time OREGON STATE has hosted a Pac-12 meet since 1987, while OREGON will host both the Pac-12 and NCAA Championships this spring. 87TH ANNUAL PAC-12 MEN S CHAMPIONSHIP A first-time champion will emerge from the field of eight men s decathlon competitors at the 2017 Pac-12 Track & Field Combined Events Championship. The departure of the two athletes who have accounted for the past five Pac-12 decathlon crowns - ARIZONA s Pau Tonnesen ( ) and OREGON s Dakotah Keys ( ) - leaves the door open for a new champion, a group led so far this season by the Ducks duo of Joe Delgado and Mitch Modin. Sophomores Tyler Brendel of CALIFORNIA and Isaiah Oliver of COLORADO, who is also a defensive back for the Buffs football team, are a close third and fourth on the current leaderboard and will provide a competitive quartet for the league crown. MEN S COMBINED EVENTS ENTRIES (Multis appearance) Liam Henshaw, R-So., ARIZONA STATE (1st) Tyler Brendel, So., CALIFORNIA (2nd) Andrew Ghizzone, Jr., COLORADO (3rd) Isaiah Oliver, So., COLORADO (2nd) Joe Delgado, R-Jr., OREGON (3rd) Mitch Modin, Sr., OREGON (4th) Daniel Norwitz, Fr., USC (1st) Cole Jensen, Jr., WASHINGTON (3rd) TELEVISION COVERAGE For the first time in history, the final day of the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships will be broadcast live. Coverage of the event will air on Sunday, May 14 starting at 3 p.m. PT/4 p.m. MT across Pac-12 Network, all regional channels and Pac-12 Now. Paul Sunderland (1984 Olympian), Tom Feuer (Emmy Award-winning Olympics producer), Jordan Kent (four-time track All-American at Oregon) and Jill Savage will cover the action. 31ST ANNUAL PAC-12 WOMEN S CHAMPIONSHIP Fourteen competitors will look to caputure the heptathlon title at this weekend s 2017 Pac-12 Track & Field Combined Events Championship. Nine athletes will be making a return trip to the league s heptathlon championship, highlighted by 2015 champion Alissa Brooks-Johnson of WASHINGTON STATE. Notably, two-time champion Amalie Iuel of USC (2014, 2016) will not compete this weekend. WOMEN S COMBINED EVENTS ENTRIES (Multis appearance) Drianna Mustin, Fr., COLORADO (1st) Mariah Slack, Jr., COLORADO (3rd) Michaela Wenning, Jr., COLORADO (2nd) Maja Wichhart-Donzo, So., COLORADO (2nd) Kara Hallock, Sr., OREGON STATE (1st) Saskia McNairy, R-So., OREGON STATE (1st) Christina Chenault, So., UCLA (1st) Kendall Gustafson, Jr., UCLA (2nd) Monique Van, Sr., UCLA (3rd) Alexa Harmon-Thomas, R-So., USC (1st) Lyndsey Lopes, So., USC (2nd) Alissa Brooks-Johnson, Sr., WASHINGTON STATE (4th) Liz Harper, Sr., WASHINGTON STATE (2nd) Lindsey Schauble, So., WASHINGTON STATE (2nd)

2 USTFCCCA RANKINGS PAC-12 WEEK-BY-WEEK RANKED TEAMS MTF WTF Preseason April April April April May May 8... TBA...TBA MEN S (May 1) Rank School Points Last Wk 1 Texas A&M Florida Texas Tech Georgia Alabama LSU Arkansas USC Texas Virginia Colorado State OREGON Ole Miss Baylor Nebraska Kansas Penn State UCLA South Carolina Auburn Kentucky Mississippi State Tennessee Oklahoma State Houston Other Pac-12 programs: #30 STANFORD, #37 COLORADO, #42 ARIZONA, #51 CALIFORNIA, #56 ARIZONA STATE, #61 WASHINGTON, #69 WASHINGTON STATE CONFERENCE INDEX Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams 1 SEC PAC Big ACC Big Ten WOMEN S (May 1) Rank School Points Last Wk 1 Texas A&M OREGON LSU Arkansas USC Kentucky Florida Texas Georgia Alabama Baylor Auburn Kansas State Florida State STANFORD Purdue Ole Miss Miami (Fla.) Notre Dame BYU ARIZONA STATE Penn State WASHINGTON Missouri Tennessee Other Pac-12 programs: #30 ARIZONA, #38 UCLA, #56 WASHINGTON STATE, #58 COLORADO, #80 CALIFORNIA, #88 UTAH, #166 OREGON STATE CONFERENCE INDEX Rank Conference Points Top 25 Teams 1 SEC PAC Big ACC Big Ten MEN S PREVIEW Modin (7,450) and Delgado (7,341) finished second and third, respectively, to Tonnesen (7,942) last spring. Modin also owns a third (2014) and fourth (2015) place finish in the event, while Delgado placed sixth in Modin captured the heptathlon at the MPSF indoor championships this past February. Delgado s Conference-leading 2017 mark of 7,566 at the Mt. SAC Relays in April is the 10th-best in the NCAA this season. The trio of Modin (7,384), Brendel (7,347) and Oliver (7,331) are closely bunched behind Delgado on the 2017 Pac-12 top marks list NCAA WEST PRELIMINARIES Thursday-Saturday, May Mike A. Myers Stadium & Soccer Field Hosted by University of Texas Austin, Texas WOMEN S PREVIEW Brooks-Johnson, who did not compete in 2016 but finished runner-up to Iuel in 2014, enters with the league s best mark of the season - a 5,616 at the Mt. SAC Relays, good for 10th-best in the NCAA. The Pac-12 s top five is rounded out by UCLA s Christina Chenault (5,438), Cougars teammate Liz Harper (5,420), OREGON STATE s Kara Hallock (5,379) and USC s Lyndsey Lopes (5,368). Harper is the top returner from last year s heptathlon, finishing third behind Iuel (6,011) and Arizona s Alyssa Thompson (5,580) with a point total of 5,564. She is also the reigning MPSF pentathlon champion from this past February. #PAC12TF ON #THEBOWERMAN17 WATCH LISTS One Pac-12 men s athlete is on the Pre-Conference Championships Outdoor Season Watch List for the 2017 Bowerman Award released May 4. Edward Cheserek... Oregon... Distance DATE March 21 March 28 April 4 April 11 April 18 April 25 May 2 Four Pac-12 women s athletes are on the Pre-Conference Championships Outdoor Season Watch List for the 2017 Bowerman Award released May 3. Maggie Ewen...ASU... Throws Raevyn Rogers...Oregon...Sprints Deajah Stevens...Oregon...Sprints Ariana Washington...Oregon...Sprints 2017 #PAC12TF ATHLETES OF THE WEEK MEN S TRACK Ashtyn Davis, CAL Rai Benjamin, UCLA Just N Thymes, USC Arturo Sotomayor, UCLA Colby Gilbert, WASH Grant Fisher, STAN Sam Prakel, ORE MEN S FIELD Nick Ponzio, USC Brock Eager, WSU Casey Burns, WASH Eric Sloan, USC Eric Sloan, USC Dotun Ogundeji, UCLA Aaron Castle, ARIZ WOMEN S TRACK Chelsey Albertson, ASU Deanna Hill, USC Amy-Eloise Neale, WASH Kendall Ellis, USC Raevyn Rogers, ORE Elise Cranny, STAN Alaysha Johnson, ORE WOMEN S FIELD Mackenzie Little, STAN Lisanne Hagens, ARIZ Margaux Jones, USC Lena Giger, STAN USTFCCCA NATIONAL TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES OF THE WEEK Jan. 31 (ITF) - Raevyn Rogers, Oregon Feb. 7 (ITF) - Sage Watson, Arizona March 21 (OTF) - Maggie Ewen, Arizona State April 4 (OTF) - Oregon Women s Relays Team April 18 (OTF) - Raevyn Rogers, Oregon 2017 NCAA SELECTIONS Multis - Thursday, May 18 NCAA.com 10 a.m. PT Final Champs - Sunday, May 28 NCAA.com 2 p.m. PT 2017 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS Wednesday-Saturday, June 7-10 Hayward Field Hosted by University of Oregon Eugene, Ore #PAC12TF CHAMPIONSHIPS - MULTIS

3 2016 PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS REVIEW SEATTLE - For the 10th year in a row, the OREGON men captured the Pac-12 Track & Field Championships crown after scoring points at Husky Track, while the Oregon women claimed their eighth straight title. It was also the eighth consecutive year the UO program swept the men s and women s titles. The Pac- 12 Men s and Women s Athletes of the Meet also went to a pair of Ducks in Hannah Cunliffe and Devon Allen for scoring the most individual points. Cunliffe scored 22.5 points over the weekend, which came in the form of 10 points each in the 100 meter and 200 meter, winning both races, setting a record in the 200 meters. She also collected another 2.5 points when she helped the Ducks win the 4x100 relay in record-breaking fashion. Allen s 27.5 points were on the strength of a win in the 110-meter hurdles and 200 meters races, a third-place finish in the 100-meter, and also helping the Ducks place third in the 4x100 meter race. On the men s side, the Ducks points kept them ahead of second-place WASHINGTON s 122 points. UCLA was third in the standings scoring 94.2 points, followed by ARIZONA STATE s fourth-place finish with 83 points. USC scored 75 points for fifth place, one point ahead of sixth-place STANFORD. COLORADO s 63 points were seventh in the standings, ARIZONA was eighth with 57 points, CALIFORNIA collected 50.6 points for ninth place and WASHINGTON STATE had 41.6 points for 10th. On the women s side, the Ducks scored 185 points for the second-straight year to claim the Conference title. USC had points for second place, STANFORD was third with 90 points. WASHINGTON s 82 points were good for fourth place, UCLA was fifth with 66.5 points, just a half point ahead of COLORADO, who placed sixth. ARIZONA tallied 62 points for seventh place, WASHINGTON STATE turned in 45 points for eighth place, ARIZONA SATE picked up 41 points for ninth place, and CALIFORNIA had 39.5 points. In 11th place with 23.5 points was OREGON STATE and UTAH scored three points. The Pac-12 Conference put on a show for the whole world by securing medals in 16 out of 16 days of full competition at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. In all, Pac-12 affiliated athletes won 55 total medals in 12 different sports for five different countries. A total of 246 athletes took part in the games, plus an additional 31 coaches and delegates representing 47 countries in 23 sports. If the Pac-12 Conference (55 total medals) was a country, it would have been No. 5 on the overall medal count, behind Team USA (121), China (70), Great Britain (67) and Russia (56). The Conference of Champions (25 gold medals) would have ranked fourth on the gold medal table, behind USA (46), Great Britain (27) and China (26). The championships featured five meet records over the weekend and a first-ever women s finish in the 100 meter and 200 meter races, as well as several other firsts PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIPS (hosted by Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Wash.) Team Standings 54 of those affiliated athletes competed in Track & Field in Rio, with 14 athletes accounting for 15 medals - six gold, three silver and six bronze. Several Rio Olympians are still competing in the Pac-12 this season. MEN 1. Oregon Washington UCLA Arizona State USC Stanford Colorado Arizona California Washington State PAC-12 INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS (* - Pac-12 Championships record) MEN 100m Reggie Lewis, ASU m Devon Allen, ORE m Marcus Chambers, ORE m Collins Kibet, ARIZ 1: ,500m Izaic Yorks, WASH 3: ,000m Colby Gilbert, WASH 13: ,000m Edward Cheserek, ORE 28: mh Devon Allen, ORE mh CJ Allen, WSU sc Aaron Nelson, WASH 8: x100 Arizona State x400 Stanford 3:08.13 HJ Thane Pierson, WSU /2.21m PV Jax Thoirs, WASH /5.40m LJ Adoree Jackson, USC /7.71m TJ Darian Brooks, STAN /15.84m SP Nicholas Scarvelis, UCLA /20.54m DT Nicholas Scarvelis, UCLA /57.26m HT Greg Skipper, ORE 230-9/70.34m JT Cody Danielson, ORE 238-5/72.66m Dec Pau Tonnesen, ARIZ 7,942 WOMEN 1. Oregon USC Stanford Washington UCLA Colorado Arizona Washington State Arizona State California Oregon State Utah 3 WOMEN 100m Hannah Cunliffe, ORE m Hannah Cunliffe, ORE 22.49* 400m Olivia Baker, STAN m Raevyn Rogers, ORE 2: ,500m Elise Cranny, STAN 4: ,000m Kaitlyn Benner, COLO 16: ,000m Katie Knight, WASH 33:20.02* 100mh Sasha Wallace, ORE mh Jaide Stepter, USC sc Erin Clark, COLO 9:48.72* 4x100 Oregon 42.71* 4x400 USC 3:34.14 HJ Lisanne Hagens, ARIZ /1.75m PV Elizabeth Quick, WASH /4.11m LJ Kylie Price, UCLA /6.41m TJ Isabella Marten, CAL /13.31m SP Brittany Mann, ORE /16.94m DT Valarie Allman, STAN /57.58m HT 209-7/63.88 JT Mackenzie Little, STAN 176-2/53.71 Hep Amalie Iuel, USC 6,011 GOLD Matthew Centrowitz, ORE (1500) Ashton Eaton, ORE (Decathlon) Allyson Felix, USC (4x100, 4x400) Phyllis Francis, ORE (4x400) English Gardner, ORE (4x100) Dalilah Muhammad, USC (400mh) Katerina Stefanidi, STAN (Pole Vault) SILVER Nia Ali, USC (100mh) Andre De Grasse, USC (200) Allyson Felix, USC (400) BRONZE Aaron Brown, USC (4x100) Emma Coburn, COLO (Steeplechase) Andre De Grasse, USC (100, 4x100) Galen Rupp, ORE (Marathon) Jenny Simpson, COLO (1500) Brianne Thiesen-Eaton, ORE (Heptathlon) STILL COMPETING IN PAC-12 Amalie Iuel, USC Deajah Stevens, ORE Ariana Washington, ORE Sage Watson, ARIZ 2017 #PAC12TF CHAMPIONSHIPS - MULTIS 3

4 PAC-12 TRACK & FIELD COMBINED EVENTS LEADERBOARD DECATHLON # Athlete Year Team Points Date 1 Delgado, Joe JR ORE /12/17 2 Modin, Mitch SR ORE /12/17 3 Brendel, Tyler SO CAL /12/17 4 Oliver, Isaiah SO COLO /12/17 5 Jensen, Cole JR WASH /12/17 6 Ghizzone, Andrew JR COLO /12/17 7 Shattuck, Dion JR ARIZ /08/17 8 Henshaw, Liam SO ASU /08/17 9 Gravelding, Nate SO COLO /12/17 10 Butte, Davis FR COLO /12/17 HEPTATHLON # Athlete Year Team Points Date 1 Brooks-Johnson, Alissa JR WSU /12/17 2 Chenault, Christina SO UCLA /12/17 3 Harper, Liz SR WSU /12/17 4 Hallock, Kara SR OSU /08/17 5 Lopes, Lyndsey SO USC /23/17 6 Wichhart-Donzo, Maja SO COLO /12/17 7 Van, Monique SR UCLA /12/17 8 Wenning, Michaela SO COLO /12/17 9 Barreira, Jessica SO ASU /08/17 10 McNairy, Saskia SO OSU /08/17 PAC-12 TRACK & FIELD - COMBINED EVENTS CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY DECATHLON Meet Record: Mike Ramos, WASH, 8,322, Craig Brigham, ORE, 7, Craig Brigham, ORE, 7, Craig Brigham, ORE, 7, Steve Alexander, UCLA, 7, Brian Mondschein, WASH, 7, Bengt Larsson, OSU, 7, Dannie Jackson, ASU, 7, Gary Gefre, WASH, 7, Mark Anderson, UCLA, 7, Keith Collins, WSU, 7, Mike Ramos, WASH, 7, Mike Ramos, WASH, 7, Steve Erickson, WASH, 8, Mike Ramos, WASH, 8,322* 1987 Simon Shirley, WSU, 7, Derek Huff, ARIZ, 7, Derek Huff, ARIZ, 7, Pedro dasilva, ORE, 7, Pedro dasilva, ORE, 7, (vacated**) 1993 Chris Huffins, CAL, 7, Travis Clark, STAN, 6, Jeromy Williams, ORE, 7, Leo Slack, WSU, 7, Ross Bomben, CAL, 7, Ross Bomben, CAL, 7, Bevan Hart, CAL, 7, Bevan Hart, CAL, 7, Santiago Lorenzo, ORE, 7, Billy Pappas, ORE, 7, Santiago Lorenzo, ORE, 7, Tommy Skipper, ORE, 7, Darion Powell, WSU, 7, Jake Arnold, ARIZ, 7, Jake Arnold, ARIZ, 7, Ashton Eaton, ORE, 7, Ashton Eaton, ORE, 8, Ashton Eaton, ORE, 8, Jeremy Taiwo, WASH, 7, Dakotah Keys, ORE, 7, Dakotah Keys, ORE, 8, Dakotah Keys, ORE, 7, Pau Tonnesen, ARIZ, 7, Pau Tonnesen, ARIZ, 7,942 (** Pedro dasilva (ORE) won the competition with 8,060 points, but was later declared ineligible, per NCAA rules) HEPTATHLON Meet Record: Brianne Theisen, ORE, 6,353, Wendy Brown, USC, 5, Wendy Brown, USC, 5, Tonya Sedwick, UCLA, 5, Peggy Odita, STAN, 5, Tonya Sedwick, UCLA, 5, Sonja Forster, WASH, 5, Kelly Blair, ORE, 5, Kelly Blair, ORE, 5, Ifeoma Ozoeze, CAL, 5, Nicole Haynes, USC, 5, Tracye Laywer, STAN, 5, Tracye Lawyer, STAN, 5, Tracye Lawyer, STAN, 5, Missy Vanek, CAL, 5, Ellannee Richardson, WSU, 5, Ellannee Richardson, WSU, 5, Ellannee Richardson, WSU, 5, Jackie Johnson, ASU, 5, Julie Pickler, WSU, 5, Jackie Johnson, ASU, 5, Diana Pickler, WSU, 6, Jacquelyn Johnson, ASU, 6, Brianne Theisen, ORE, 5, Brianne Theisen, ORE, 5, Samantha Henderson, ASU, 5, Brianne Theisen, ORE, 6,353* 2013 Keia Pinnick, ASU, 5, Amalie Iuel, USC, 5, Alissa Brooks-Johnson, WSU, 5, Amalie Iuel, USC, 6, #PAC12TF CHAMPIONSHIPS - MULTIS

5 2017 PAC-12 CONFERENCE MEN S AND WOMEN S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS (Men: 87th Annual - Women: 31st Annual) Saturday-Sunday, May 13-14, Hayward Field University of Oregon, Eugene, Ore. (Multi-Events contested Saturday-Sunday, May 6-7, at Whyte Track & Field Center, Corvallis, Ore.) SATURDAY, MAY 6 (Multi-Events) - SUBJECT TO CHANGE 12:00 PM M 100 Meters Final 12:45 PM M Long Jump Final 12:45 PM W 100 Meter Hurdles Final 1:30 PM W High Jump (2 pits) Final 2:00 PM M Shot Put Final 3:15 PM M High Jump Final 3:30 PM W Shot Put Final 4:30 PM W 200 Meters Final 5:15 PM M 400 Meters Final SUNDAY, MAY 7 (Multi-Events) - SUBJECT TO CHANGE 10:30 AM M 110 Meter Hurdles Final 11:20 AM M Discus Final 11:45 AM W Long Jump Final 12:40 PM M Pole Vault Final 1:30 PM W Javelin Final 2:35 PM W 800 Meters Final 3:30 PM M Javelin Final 4:20 PM M 1,500 Meters Final SATURDAY, MAY 13 Field Events 11:35 AM M Hammer Trials/Final 1:25 PM M Javelin Trials/Final 1:55 PM M Long Jump Trials/Final 2:10 PM M Pole Vault Final 2:55 PM M Shot Put Trials/Final 4:20 PM W Long Jump Trials/Final 4:50 PM W Javelin Trials/Final 5:00 PM M High Jump Final 5:25 PM W Shot Put Trials/Final Running Events 1:20 PM National Anthem 1:30 PM M 4 x 100 Meter Relay Trials 1:40 PM W 4 x 100 Meter Relay Trials 1:50 PM M 1,500 Meters Trials 2:05 PM W 1,500 Meters Trials 2:30 PM M 110 Meter Hurdles Trials 2:45 PM W 100 Meter Hurdles Trials 3:00 PM M 400 Meters Trials 3:15 PM W 400 Meters Trials 3:30 PM M 100 Meters Trials 3:45 PM W 100 Meters Trials 4:00 PM M 800 Meters Trials 4:15 PM W 800 Meters Trials 4:30 PM M 3,000 Meter Steeplechase Final 4:50 PM W 3,000 Meter Steeplechase Final 5:10 PM M 400 Meter Hurdles Trials 5:25 PM W 400 Meter Hurdles Trials 5:40 PM M 200 Meters Trials 5:55 PM W 200 Meters Trials 6:10 PM M 10,000 Meters Final 6:50 PM W 10,000 Meters Final SUNDAY, MAY 14 Field Events 1:00 PM W Hammer Trials/Final 1:20 PM M Discus Trials/Final 1:30 PM M Triple Jump Trials/Final 2:55 PM W Triple Jump Trials/Final 3:05 PM W Pole Vault Final 3:50 PM W High Jump Final 4:05 PM W Discus Trials/Final Running Events 2:50 PM National Anthem 3:00 PM M 4 x 100 Meter Relay Final 3:07 PM W 4 x 100 Meter Relay Final 3:15 PM M 1,500 Meters Final 3:22 PM W 1,500 Meters Final 3:30 PM M 110 Meter Hurdles Final 3:40 PM W 100 Meter Hurdles Final 3:50 PM M 400 Meters Final 4:00 PM W 400 Meters Final 4:10 PM M 100 Meters Final 4:15 PM W 100 Meters Final 4:25 PM M 800 Meters Final 4:30 PM W 800 Meters Final 4:40 PM M 400 Meter Hurdles Final 4:50 PM W 400 Meter Hurdles Final 5:00 PM M 200 Meters Final 5:07 PM W 200 Meters Final 5:15 PM M 5,000 Meters Final 5:35 PM W 5,000 Meters Final 5:55 PM M 4 x 400 Meter Relay Final 6:10 PM W 4 x 400 Meter Relay Final 6:25 PM Awards Presentation 2017 #PAC12TF CHAMPIONSHIPS - MULTIS 5