6/22/2009

Pac-10 Track and Field Honors Announced

Galen Rupp of OREGON was named the Pacific-10 Conference Men's Track Athlete of the Year, while Duck teammate Ashton Eaton collected Pac-10 Men's Field Athlete of the Year honors. Charonda Williams of ARIZONA STATE was tabbed Pac-10 Women's Track Athlete of the Year, while Sun Devil teammate Sarah Stevens was named Pac-10 Women's Field Athlete of the Year, Commissioner Tom Hansen announced today.

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6/15/2009

Oregon Men and Women Finish Second at the NCAA Track and Field Championships

The OREGON Ducks finished the year strong at the NCAA Championships with a tie in the men's team standings at second place, falling just two points short to national champion Texas A&M (48-46). On the women's side, OREGON and ARIZONA STATE, which captured the NCAA West Region title, battled at NCAA championships, coming in second (43 points) and third (41 points) respectively to team champion Texas A&M (50 points).

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6/10/2009

Pac-10 Names 2008-09 Tom Hansen Conference Medal Winners

The 2008-09 Pacific-10 Tom Hansen Conference Medal winners were announced today. A Conference Medal is awarded annually to each member institution's outstanding senior male and female student-athlete based on the exhibition of the greatest combination of performance and achievement in scholarship, athletics and leadership. The Pac-10 recently renamed the award the Tom Hansen Conference Medal in honor of Hansen, who is retiring at the end of June after serving 26 years as Commissioner of the Pac-10.

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6/8/2009

Pac-10 Track and Field Teams Head to NCAA Championships

The Pacific-10 Conference will send 150 student-athletes and 12 relay squads to compete at the NCAA Championships hosted by the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark., Wednesday, June 10 through Saturday, June 13. Pac-10 women's champion OREGON, along with NCAA West Region champion ARIZONA STATE, leads all Pac-10 women's teams with 13 entries. On the men's side, Pac-10 men's champion OREGON leads the way with 16 entries, followed by NCAA West Region champion USC with 15 entries.