Pac-12 Women — Highs & Lows For Jasmine Jones

BOULDER, COLORADO, May 10–12 — Jasmine Jones had the best of days, and she had the worst of days, at the final edition of the Pac-12 Championships. First, the USC junior won the 100H, running 12.86 into a big 2.4 wind. Then she blistered a 53.87 world leader in the long barrier race to become the No. 7 collegian of all-time. That was the good stuff.

The bad stuff came with news of her disqualification for a trail leg violation at hurdle 7 of the 400s. She told Runnerspace, “I was trying to wrack my brain, just remember what happened but I feel like I knew I didn’t hook so I was waiting for somebody else to prove it, somebody to get the evidence… It was disappointing to have the illegal time, but I ran 53… I know what I can do in the future.”

Eventually, the jury of appeals decided that Jones had not gone afoul, and her time would count as the meet record, bringing down the 54.21 standard set by Stanford’s Kori Carter in ’13. “It’s really exciting,” Jones said of her 2.3-second improvement.

The Trojans ended up in 2nd overall, as Oregon put together an impressive effort across the board, scoring in 17 events to total 150 to USC’s 136. It was the 14th title for the Ducks, and the third in a row. Jadyn Mays dominated the 100 (11.01) and 200 (22.46) ahead of a deep Trojan sprint crew. Oregon also won the 4×4 in 3:27.34.

Jaida Ross won the shot/disc as expected, throwing 62-4½ (19.01) to win by 7-feet plus, while the discus was much closer. Her PR 196-0 (59.74) edged Cal’s Jasmine Blair (195-1/59.47). Fellow Duck Shelby Moran captured the hammer at 225-9 (68.80).

“It’s my last outdoor season as a Duck,” said Ross, “so it feels good to show out a little bit and do my best and perform for my team.”

Meanwhile USC captured the 4×1 in 42.87, then swept the top three places in the 400, led by the 51.07 of Jan’Taijah Jones. Tallies of 19 points in the 100 and 17 in the deuce helped.

Stanford’s Roisin Willis took the 800 in 2:01.00, while Washington’s Chloe Foerster crossed first in the 1500 in 4:16.33, ahead of Oregon’s Şilan Ayyıldız (4:17.15) and Stanford’s Juliette Whittaker (4:17.47). Colorado’s Bailey Hertenstein won the long races at 31:21.03 on Friday and 16:05.83 on Sunday.

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