Seeking Season Bests in Arkansas

EUGENE, Ore. – The UO women are off to Fayetteville, Ark., this weekend with eyes on improving their season best in the distance-medley relay at the Arkansas Qualifier. In addition to the DMR, the Women of Oregon, ranked fourth in this week’s USTFCCCA poll, are scheduled to have individual entries at 800 meters and in the mile.
 
Arkansas Qualifier (Fayetteville, Ark.)
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The Ducks enter the weekend with a season-best DMR time of 11:04.73 from the UW Invitational (Feb. 26). That effort currently puts Oregon 15^th on the indoor performance list. Friday’s race is scheduled to also feature Arkansas (currently fifth), Oklahoma State (seventh), BYU (ninth) and Kentucky (10^th).
 
The distance-medley relay at the Arkansas Qualifier is set to go off at 12:10 p.m. (PT). Two other DMR-friendly meets will be held this weekend with the JDL Invitational (Friday) in Winston-Salem, N.C., and the Alex Wilson Invitational (Saturday) at Notre Dame.
 
Later on Friday’s schedule in Fayetteville, Mia Moerck and Ella Nelson will take on the 800 meters. They carry season bests of 2:06.93 and 2:06.98, respectively.
 
The trio of Maddy Elmore, Klaudia Kazimierska and Izzy Thornton-Bott are entered in the mile, the final individual event of Friday’s schedule. Thornton-Bott and Kazimierska registered lifetime bests of 4:33.15 and 4:33.67, respectively, last weekend at the BU Valentine Invitational. Those times currently stand at 14^th and 17^th in the NCAA this season.
 
How They Rank
At the end of the qualifying window, the top 16 declared athletes in each event and top 12 relays will advance to the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships (March 10-11) in Albuquerque, N.M. The Ducks own 10 top-10 national marks entering the weekend; full list below.
 
MEN
60 Meters
1. Micah Williams – 6.51@
 
800 Meters
9. Elliott Cook – 1:46.93
 
Mile
11. Elliott Cook – 3:55.34
 
DMR
10. Erickson/Pueschner/Reynolds/Cook – 9:43.27
 
WOMEN
60 Meters
7. Jadyn Mays – 7.17@
 
200 Meters
7. Jadyn Mays – 22.93@
 
Mile
14. Izzy Thornton-Bott – 4:33.15
17. Klaudia Kazimierska – 4:33.67
 
60m Hurdles
6. Aaliyah McCormick – 8.03@
 
DMR
15. Kazimierska/Moerck/Thornton-Bott/Elmore – 11:04.73
 
Long Jump
1. Alysah Hickey – 6.79m/22-3.5
 
Triple Jump
5. Lexi Ellis – 13.50m/44-3.5
 
Shot Put
1. Jorinde Van Klinken – 19.57m/64-2.5
6. Jaida Ross – 17.74m/58-2.5
25. Mine De Klerk – 16.75m/54-11.5
 
Pentathlon
18. Taylor Chocek – 4,075 points
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