Men’s Track and Field: Pac-10 Championships, Day 2
Our day starts with the men’s 4×100m relay, the first completed event thus far (the men’s discus is ongoing, although no Ducks are expected to score). UCLA outlasted USC in a true duel, winning in 39.77 seconds to USC’s 39.89. The Oregon men brought up the rear in eighth place, clocking in in 41.23. It’s one point, at the very least, boosting the count up to 89 for the men.
Check that: 90 points. The Oregon men finish seventh in the official results, after it was ruled that the Arizona relay team passed the baton outside of the appropriate zone between the second and third legs. Seventh place it is for the men.
MEN’S 1,500m FINAL: The second major men’s final of the day may well be the most exciting of the meet. Oregon’s Matthew Centrowitz, Galen Rupp and Andrew Wheating made huge pushes in the final 200m for a 1-2-3 finish in the event. Centrowitz finished in 3:51.00, Rupp in 3:51.18, and Wheating in 3:51.27. Wheating’s legendary kick and Rupp’s recent speed work were on full display.
Jordan McNamara finished in ninth place, just out of scoring range.
Your updated team scores: Oregon 114, UCLA 55, Stanford 49, Arizona 43, Washington 40.
MEN’S 110m HURDLES FINAL: Oregon freshman Eric Hersey just beats out a Stanford runner to eke out a fifth-place finish and four more points for the Oregon men. Hersey has a habit of clipping the top of every hurdle, but he shows a lot of room for improvement.
Updated team scores: Oregon 118, Stanford 70, UCLA 56, Arizona 48, Arizona State 48, Washington 40.
MEN’s 400m FINAL: Boase knows speed: Washington’s Jordan Boase convincingly won the 400m final in 45.64. But Oregon keeps charging; Ashton Eaton finished third in 46.34 (seventh-best in school history) and Chad Barlow finished sixth in 46.87 for nine team points.
Updated team scores: Oregon 127, Stanford 71, UCLA 56, Washington 50, Arizona State 48, Arizona 48.
MEN’S 100m FINAL: There are no Oregon runners in this race, but there was an unusual circumstance: the two eighth-place runners had an unbreakable tie in their preliminary times, so two heats were run. The first heat consisted of the two runners, and the final heat consisted of the remaining seven runners.
Even more unusual, both runners — Allante Battle of Arizona State (10.49 seconds) and Joseph Turner of Washington (10.62) — ended up scoring six points and one point, respectively. USC’s Ahmad “Don’t call me Bobby Moore” Rashad won the race in 10.13.
Updated scores: Oregon 127, Stanford 71, UCLA 60, Arizona State 59, USC 57, Washington 51.
MEN’S 800m FINAL: Even an Olympian can use a little luck.
Andrew Wheating found himself in a photo finish with USC’s Irek Sekretarski, coming out just ahead by a torso in 1:49.83. Sekretarski finished in 1:49.85.
The race had shades of last year’s NCAA 800m final for Wheating, who lost by .01 seconds to Jacob Hernandez of Texas in that race.
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Hey Rob,
Keep up the good work. These updates are rocking my world.
Braden