Jack Lazarus

2 weeks ago | dailyemerald.com | Jack Lazarus

With multiple meet records, Oregon wins and overall Hayward magic, the final day of the Big Ten Outdoor Championships proved everything it cracked up to be. Going into the final event the Ducks’ women’s squad held a narrow, one point lead over USC, and their triple crown title was in jeopardy going into the 4x400m relay. Unfortunately for Oregon, the Women of Troy were just too much to keep quiet, and their dominant relay performance secured a Big Ten team title for USC.

3 weeks ago | dailyemerald.com | Jack Lazarus

Athletes Annika Williams and Koby Kessler entered Saturday’s second day of the Big Ten Outdoor Track Championships with leads in the heptathlon and decathlon, respectively. The day turned out dramatically different for each. As of the beginning of both the men’s and women’s steeplechase, Oregon men posted 49 points through the eight of 21 scored events so far, which is second and 13 points behind Nebraska.

3 weeks ago | dailyemerald.com | Jack Lazarus

A group of scarlet jerseys rushed to home plate to celebrate with sophomore Jade Berry after she recorded the Cardinal’s fourth home run of the afternoon with a shot over the right field wall in the fifth inning. The stadium became very familiar with this scene on Saturday, as Stanford (50-11, 16-8 ACC) took down the No. 16 seed Oregon (48-8, 19-3 Big Ten) 14-1 in the first game of the day. The Ducks defeated Weber State University (28-31, 8-7 Big Sky) on Friday in an 8-0 victory in five innings.

3 weeks ago | dailyemerald.com | Jack Lazarus

The Weber State University Wildcats could’ve played spoiler with one monster inning, only down one heading into the bottom of the fourth. But the Ducks’ bats weren’t going to stay cold for too long. Freshman power hitter Stefini Ma’ake was up to bat with two runners on. She crushed the 3-1 pitch to center field. The packed Jane Sanders Stadium rose to its feet as both runners crossed home plate.

3 weeks ago | dailyemerald.com | Jack Lazarus

Both Annika Williams and Koby Kessler took leads of the Heptathlon and Decathlon during the opening day of the Big Ten Outdoor Track Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. Williams placed eighth in the 100m hurdles and ninth in the 200m, but a second place finish in the shot put and a tie for first in the high jump had her in the lead going into the second day. Williams scored a 3635 on Friday, which put her in the lead by 99 points over Illinois’ Melissa Wullschleger.