WALNUT, CALIFORNIA, May 12–14 — How does it feel for Jerry Schumacher, still a rookie coach at Oregon, to lead the Duck women to the Pac-12 team title in his first year on the job? “It’s fantastic,” he told the Pac-12 Networks. “We knew we were up for an epic battle and our team really stepped up and did a great job top to bottom.”
En route to a 158½–127 victory over USC, the successful Oregon defense relied heavily on assistant Brian Blutreich’s throwers, who piled up an impressive 54 points and delivered 3 wins. On Saturday junior Shelby Moran grabbed the hammer crown with her 226-3 (68.96) and Jorinde van Klinken broke the school record in the shot at 61-0 (18.59) over teammate Jaida Ross and her 60-6¾ (18.46). The next day van Klinken also took her prime event, the discus, at 206-10 (63.05).
Depth became key for the Ducks as they only scored 3 other wins: Jadyn Mays in the 100 at 11.20, Lexi Ellis in the triple at 44-10¾ (13.68), and the 4 x 100 in 43.31.
Allie Jones successfully defended her heptathlon title, but this time she wore the colors of USC after moving from Stanford for her grad work. Her collegiate-leading 6246 made her No. 10 among collegians all-time, getting a jump start from a blazing 12.81 PR hurdle run. On day 2, she added lifetime bests in the long jump (20‑5¼/6.23) and javelin (133-3/40.63).
Another Jones, Stanford’s unrelated Alyssa, continued with her impressive frosh campaign in the long jump. She triumphed with a 22-3½w (6.79) but her final effort of 22-1½ (6.74) registered legal for a PR that moves her to No. 5 all-time among U.S. Juniors.
The only double winner on the track was Oregon State’s Grace Fetherstonhaugh. The Canadian senior took the steeple in 9:39.23 in a 1–2 sweep with teammate Kaylee Mitchell (9:45.21). Then the next day she handled the 5000 competition with her 16:01.78.
As always, USC’s sprints crew impressed, with Caisja Chandler winning the 200 (22.38) and Jan’Taijah Jones the 400 (50.44), leading the 70-point impact the Trojans had in the 1-2-4. The only blemish came when the 4×1 team failed to connect on its final pass and didn’t finish. A 4×4 win in 3:30.83 helped soften that blow.
PAC-12 WOMEN’S RESULTS
(5/12—10K, JT; 5/13—St, PV, LJ, SP, HT)
Teams: 1. Oregon 158½; 2. USC 127; 3. Washington 85½; 4. Stanford 84; 5. UCLA 61½; 6. Cal 60; 7. Colorado 57; 8. Oregon State 55; 9. Utah 45; 10. Arizona 39; 11. Arizona State 31; 12. Washington State 15½.
100(-0.7): 1. *Jadyn Mays (Or) 11.20; 2. **Samirah Moody (USC) 11.26; 3. Caisja Chandler (USC) 11.27; 4. ***Jassani Carter (USC) 11.44.
200(1.9): 1. Chandler 22.38; 2. Mays 22.42; 3. **Adriana Tatum (AzSt) 22.46; 4. Moody 22.50; 5. Carter 22.80; 6. *Jan’Taijah Jones (USC) 23.23; 7. ***Cydney Wright (Stan) 23.37.
400: 1. Jones 50.44; 2. Bailey Lear (USC) 51.11; 3. ***Christine Mallard (USC) 51.41; 4. **Maya Valmon (Stan) 51.71; 5. ***Yemi John’ (USC-GB) 51.83.
800: 1. ***Juliette Whittaker (Stan) 2:01.19; 2. *Carley Thomas’ (Wa-Aus) 2:02.40; 3. Anna Tovkach (Stan) 2:05.53; 4. *Ellie Deligianni’ (Stan-Gre) 2:06.20.
1500: 1. *Simone Plourde’ (Ut-Can) 4:09.48; 2. Melissa Tanaka (Stan) 4:09.85; 3. *Izzy Thornton-Bott’ (Or-Aus) 4:11.99; 4. **Sophie O’Sullivan’ (Wa-Ire) 4:12.19; 5. Anna Gibson (Wa) 4:12.65;… 11. ***Roisin Willis (Stan) 4:27.65.
St: 1. Grace Fetherstonhaugh’ (OrSt-Can) 9:39.23; 2. Kaylee Mitchell (OrSt) 9:45.21; 3. Kayley DeLay (Wa) 9:54.77; 4. Gabrielle Orie (Co) 10:04.83; 5. Emma Tavella (UCLA) 10:08.23.
5000: 1. Fetherstonhaugh’ 16:01.78; 2. *Ella Baran (Co) 16:07.55; 3. *Lucy Jenks (Stan) 16:14.68; 4. Bella Williams’ (Ut-GB) 16:23.51.
10,000: 1. Emily Venters (Ut) 32:32.98; 2. *Andrea Markezich (Wa) 33:14.04; 3. India Johnson (Co) 33:24.21; 4. *Morgan Jensen (Ut) 33:32.38; 5. *Grace Connolly (Stan) 33:33.69; 6. Kaitlyn Barthell (Co) 33:35.09.
100H(-0.1): 1. Talie Bonds (Az) 12.75; 2. ***Aaliyah McCormick (Or) 13.06; 3. **Jalaysiya Smith (USC) 13.11; 4. Jada Hicks (Cal) 13.28.
400H: 1. **Shana Grebo’ (Or-Fra) 56.41; 2. *Abbey Glynn (Co) 56.77; 3. Dinedye Denis (Ut) 57.66; 4. *Samantha Thomas (Stan) 58.22.
4 x 100: I–1. Utah 44.71; 2. Washington State 44.72. II–1. Oregon 43.31 (Jones, Mays, Hall, Clayton); 2. Cal 43.81; 3. Stanford 44.34.
4 x 400: 1. USC 3:30.83 (Lear, John, Mallard, Chandler); 2. UCLA 3:33.66; 3. Stanford 3:34.35; 4. Oregon 3:35.30; 5. Colorado 3:36.99.
Field Events
HJ: 1. Grace Campbell (AzSt) 6-½ (1.84); 2. *Allie Routledge (Co) 5-11¼ (1.81); 3. Bonds 5-10 (1.78); 4. **Yan Hei Lai’ (Cal-HK) 5-10.
PV: 1. tie, Nastassja Campbell (Wa) & **Sara Borton (Wa) 14-3¼ (4.35); 3. *Amari Turner (Cal) 13-11¼ (4.25); 4. Hayley Rayburn (AzSt) 13-7¼ (4.15).
LJ: 1. ***Alyssa Jones (Stan) 22-3½w (6.79) (a-c: 5, 6 AJ) (21-10¼w, f, 21-2, 20-10½w, 22-3½w, 22-1½ [(5, =7 AJ]) (6.66w, f, 6.45, 6.36w, 6.79w, 6.74);
2. *Alysah Hickey (Or) 21-2 (6.45); 3. *Temitope Ojora’ (USC-GB) 20-10½w (6.36); 4. Ijeoma Uche (Cal) 20-8½ (6.31).
TJ: 1. Lexi Ellis (Or) 44-10¾ (13.68); 2. Ojora’ 44-5½ (13.55); 3. *Christina Warren (AzSt) 43-7¼ (13.29); 4. Ruotolo 43-1¾ (13.15).
SP: 1. Jorinde van Klinken’ (Or-Neth) 61-0 (18.59); 2. *Jaida Ross (Or) 60-6¾ (18.46); 3. **Kaia Tupu-South’ (Wa-NZ) 55-7¾ (16.96); 4. *Mackenna Orie (Az) 54-2½ (16.52); 5. *Makayla Kelby (Wa) 53-9¾ (16.40).
DT: 1. van Klinken’ 206-10 (63.05); 2. **Jade Whitfield (OrSt) 189-5 (57.75); 3. *Ross 178-10 (54.52); 4. **Mine De Klerk’ (Or-SA) 178-8 (54.46).
HT: 1. *Shelby Moran (Or) 226-3 (68.96); 2. Anna Purchase’ (Cal-GB) 224-4 (68.38); 3. Mayyi Mahama (UCLA) 224-4 (68.38); 4. Su’emai’ 208-6 (63.57).
JT: 1. Federica Botter’ (UCLA-Ita) 189-8 (57.81); 2. ***Carolina Visca’ (Cal-Ita) 176-10 (53.91); 3. **Jada Green (Co) 169-6 (51.66); 4. *Ida Eikeng’ (Wa-Nor) 169-3 (51.59); 5. **Kohana Nakato (Or) 168-3 (51.28).
Hept(5/12-13): 1. Allie Jones (USC) 6234 (CL) (10, x C; 6, x AmC) (12.81, 5-7¾/1,72, 39-5¼/12.02, 23.33w, 20-5¼/6.23, 133-3/ 40.63, 2:14.89);
2. Eikeng’ 6114; 3. *Avery McMullen (Co) 5831; 4. *Taylor Chocek (Or) 5793; 5. *Anneke Moersdorf (OrSt) 5618.