Oregon Ducks Track & Field: Headed To Nationals

After a powerful showing in winning the Pac-10 Track and Field Championships two weeks ago, the University of Oregon men's and women's teams guarded against over-confidence going into the Regional qualifier.

With the Regionals just completed this weekend, that guarded optimism may again be a good strategy going into the NCAA National Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The Ducks have every reason to be optimistic however, qualifying 23 athletes (12 men, 11 women) for the big meet in Fayetteville, Arkansas, June 10-13.

As in the Pac-10 Championships, the Ducks were the beneficiary of 7100 partisan home fans at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene. The men produced six individual champions and the women earned four. The remainder of Oregon's contingent was filled by top-five finishers.

For the Oregon men, a NCAA Outdoor Championship would make it a clean sweep, having won the NCAA Indoor Championship earlier in the year.

Oregon's NCAA Championship Qualifiers (bold indicates event champion)

Chad Barlow, 400 meters
Shadrack Biwott, 5000 meters, 10000 meters
Matthew Centrowitz, 1500 meters
Ashton Eaton, decathlon
Cyrus Hostetler, javelin
Jordan McNamara, 1500 meters
Luke Puskedra, 10000 meters
Galen Rupp, 1500 meters, 5000 meters, 10000 meters
Vernell Warren, long jump
Andrew Wheating, 800 meters
Chris Winter, 3000 meter steeplechase
Alex Wolff, javelin

Keshia Baker, 400 meters
Nicole Blood, 5000 meters
Zoe Buckman, 800 meters
Lucy Cridland, discus
Melissa Gergel, pole vault
Alexandra Kosinski, 1500 meters
Kalindra McFadden, heptathlon
Claire Michel, 3000 meter steeplechase
Brianne Theisen, 100 meter hurdles, heptathlon
Jamesha Youngblood, long jump, triple jump
Rachel Yurkovich, javelin