University of Oregon Women's Track

Johnson era include mens victories in indoor and outdoor track and field in both 2014 and both 2015, as well as womens victories in outdoor track and field (2015), indoor track and field (2013-14) and cross country (2012). Johnson is one of only two coaches to earn a career womens triple crown national titles in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. The other coach to accomplish that is Texas legend Terry Crawford. With a national title in mens cross country, Johnson would become the only coach in NCAA history with career triple crowns for both the men and women. Oregon was honored as the national Mens and Womens Program of the Year in both 2014 and 2015 in recognition of the teams top finishes during cross country, indoor, and outdoor track and field.  The women also took the honor after the 2013 season. After a tremendously successful run as associate coach, Robert Johnson was elevated to head coach of the Oregon track and field and cross country programs in the summer of 2012. He is in his 11th season overall with the Ducks. His leadership was evident immediately upon taking the helm of the most storied programs in collegiate track and field. Less than six months after becoming Oregons head coach, Johnsons Women of Oregon set the foundation of success by winning the 2012 cross country national championship for the first time in 25 years.  The Ducks followed that performance with their fourth straight womens national indoor title in 2013. Johnson then oversaw Oregons mens and womens sweep of the Pac-12 Championships, before guiding both teams to trophy finishes at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In his second year as head coach, Johnson guided the Men and Women of Oregon to a sweep of the NCAA Indoor National Championships.  His women became just the second team in meet history to win five consecutive NCAA indoor crowns while the men claimed their first title since 2009.  Both teams followed-up with their sixth straight sweep of the Pac-12 Championships.  A month later at Hayward Field the men, fueled by four individual champions, claimed their first NCAA outdoor title since 1984 by setting a meet-record 88 points and the largest margin of victory in 20 years. Year three of the Johnson era saw three national championships as the men defended their indoor and outdoor titles. The outdoor title came by 29 points, the largest margin of victory at the NCAA Championships in 21 years. The Ducks then added the crown jewel of year three when the women collected points across the board to with Oregons first outdoor national championship in 30 years. The Ducks also added to their Pac-12 dominance with a sweep of the mens and womens track and field championships, while also claiming the 2014 womens cross country title. The Ducks have won 28 individual national titles under Johnson.  Leading the charge is eight-time champion, and 2014 Bowerman Award finalist, Edward Cheserek.  Cheserek won four national titles in 2014-15, including cross country, the indoor mile and the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Eric Jenkins was also a dual winner after capturing the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meter titles and finishing as the national runner-up in cross country and the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Other mens titles in 2014-15 came from Sam Crouser (javelin) and the distance medley relay. Jenna Prandini ignited the womens year with national crowns in the outdoor 100 meters and indoor long jump. Freshman Raevyn Rogers also won the womens outdoor 800 meters. In 2013-14, Cheserek electrified the country by becoming the first Oregon freshman to win the NCAA cross country title. Another freshman, Devon Allen, upset talented fields to win the 110 meter hurdles at the NCAA and U.S. Championships. Johnson guided five others to NCAA individual titles during the 2014 season, including Phyllis Francis, who set the American Record in winning the 400 meters indoors before anchoring a national championship in the 4x400 meter relay. Bowerman Award winner Laura Roesler won two national titles at 800 meters and Prandini won the NCAA Championship in the long jump en route to scoring 24 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, the most by an athlete since 2001. In 2013, Johnson guided Pac-12 record holder English Gardner to 100 meter titles at both the NCAA and U.S. Championships.  Mac Fleet won the first of his two NCAA Championships in the 1,500 meters and Oregon-native Elijah Greer swept the indoor and outdoor 800 meter crowns. Johnson has established himself as one of the top sprint, relays and horizontal jumps coaches in NCAA. He has coached Oregon student-athletes to the American womens indoor record in the 400 meters (50.46), the U.S. junior womens record in the 100 meters (11.03), the collegiate record in the indoor 4x400 meter relay (3:27.40), the Pac-12 record in the 100 meters (10.92), a US Championship in the 100 meters as well as 17 Oregon school records.  In addition to mentoring five national championship 4x400 meter teams, his athletes have won NCAA titles at 60 meters, 100 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and long jump. As an assistant and associate head coach from 2005 to 2012, Johnson helped lead a remarkable resurgence of an Oregon womens program that won three straight NCAA Indoor Titles (2010-2012), claimed four straight Pac-12 Championships (2009-2012), and placed second at the NCAA Outdoor Championships four times (2009-2012).  The mens program won an NCAA Indoor title and was the NCAA Outdoor runner-up in 2009 and won conference championships each year from 2007 to 2012. Johnsons charges broke all but one indoor and outdoor school womens record in the sprints, relays and horizontal jumps. On the mens side, Mike Berry broke the schools 41 year-old record in the 400 meters as a freshman in 2011 before going on to win a gold medal at the World Championships as a member of the U.S. 4x400 meter relay squad. In addition to 5-time NCAA Champion Gardner, Johnson coached Keshia Baker to three consecutive conference titles in the 400 meters (2008-2011), Jamesha Youngblood to a sweep of the long and triple jumps in 2009 and 2010, and Amber Purvis to a 100/200 meter double in 2010 the first Duck ever to win both sprint titles.  In all, Johnson coached 22 conference champions and 70 All-Americans at Oregon before becoming the head coach. Before arriving at Oregon in 2005, Johnson oversaw UCLAs highly-regarded high jump, long jump and triple jump units, and also coordinated its strength and conditioning program. In two years with the Bruins, his men and women combined for one NCAA title, one U.S. runner-up finish, two Pac-10 titles, and eight All-America honors. His star pupils included collegiate triple jump record holder Candice Baucham, the 2005 NCAA outdoor champion and U.S. runner-up, as well as 2004 Pac-10 champion and Olympic Trials triple jump qualifier Juaune Armon. An Appalachian State assistant coach from 1997-2003, Johnson coached 28 individual Southern Conference champions and 14 NCAA qualifiers in the long jump, triple jump, 55 meters and 100 meters. He mentored the schools first All-America jumperRonda Whitean outdoor triple jump All-American in 2003, along with two Southern Conference Freshmen of the Year and two Southern Conference Athletes of the Year. As an athlete, Johnson competed for Appalachian State, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1996, and was a two-time triple jump All-American (1995, 96), NCAA high jump qualifier (1996) and school high jump record holder (7-1 3/4). A member of the ASU Athletics Hall of Fame, he competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials. NCAA Womens Coach of the Year (6) 2011i, 2012i, 2012xc, 2013i, 2014i, 2015tf NCAA Mens Coach of the Year (4) 2014i, 2014tf, 2015i, 2015tf Pac-12 Womens Coach of the Year (4) 2012xc, 2013tf, 2014tf, 2014xc Pac-12 Mens Coach of the Year (2) 2013tf, 2014tf NCAA Womens Assistant Coach of the Year (1) 2010i   Under Head Coach Robert Johnson, UO Athletes have won: 28 NCAA Titles 100 Meters 2013 (W), 2015 (w) 400 Meters 2014i (W) 800 Meters 2013i (M), 2013 (M), 2014i (W), 2014 (W), 2015 (w) 1500 Meters 2013 (M), 2014 (M) Mile 2015i (M) 3,000 Meters 2014i (M), 2015i (M) 5,000 Meters 2014i (M), 2015i (M), 2015 (M) 10,000 Meters 2014 (M), 2015 (M) 110 Meter Hurdles 2014 (M) 4x400 Meter Relay 2013i (W), 2014i (W) Distance Medley Relay 2015i (M) Long Jump 2014 (W), 2015i (W) Javelin 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Cross Country 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 28 Pac-12 Titles 100 Meters 2013 (W), 2014 (W), 2015 (W) 200 Meters 2013 (W), 2014 (W) 400 Meters 2013 (W), 2014 (W), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) 800 Meters 2013 (W), 2013 (M), 2014 (W), 2015 (W) 5,000 Meters 2015 (M) 400 Meter Hurdles 2015 (M) 4x100 Meter Relay 2013 (W) 4x400 Meter Relay 2013 (M), 2015 (M) Long Jump 2014 (W), 2015 (W) Triple Jump 2015 (W) Shot Put 2015 (W) Hammer Throw 2014 (W) Javelin 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Decathlon 2013 (M), 2014 (M) All-Time Coaching NCAA Team Champions (Men/Women Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field) Name School(s) Total John McDonell Arkansas 42 Pat Henry LSU, Texas A&M 35 Ted Banks UTEP 17 Dean Cromwell USC 12 Vin Lananna Oregon, Stanford 10 James Elliot Villanova 8 Robert Johnson Oregon 8 Mark Wetmore Colorado 7 Verne Wolfe USC 7 Bev Kearney Texas, Florida 7 Bill Easton Kansas 6 Jess Mortensen USC 6 Marty Stern Villanova 6 Bill Dellinger Oregon 5 Karl Schlademan Michigan State 5 Jim Bush UCLA 5 Mike Holloway Florida 5 Terry Crawford Texas 5 Peter Tegen Stanford, Wisconsin 5 Earle Hayes Indiana 4 Bill Bowerman Oregon 4 Bob Timmons Kansas 4 Greg Kraft Arizona State 4 Patrick Shane BYU 4 In his first three years as head coach, Robert Johnson has led Oregon to eight national championships while producing eight Pac-12 titles and guiding 28 individuals to victories at the NCAA Championships. Oregons national titles in the Johnson era include mens victories in indoor and outdoor track and field in both 2014 and both 2015, as well as womens victories in outdoor track and field (2015), indoor track and field (2013-14) and cross country (2012). Johnson is one of only two coaches to earn a career womens triple crown national titles in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. The other coach to accomplish that is Texas legend Terry Crawford. With a national title in mens cross country, Johnson would become the only coach in NCAA history with career triple crowns for both the men and women. Oregon was honored as the national Mens and Womens Program of the Year in both 2014 and 2015 in recognition of the teams top finishes during cross country, indoor, and outdoor track and field.  The women also took the honor after the 2013 season. After a tremendously successful run as associate coach, Robert Johnson was elevated to head coach of the Oregon track and field and cross country programs in the summer of 2012. He is in his 11th season overall with the Ducks. His leadership was evident immediately upon taking the helm of the most storied programs in collegiate track and field. Less than six months after becoming Oregons head coach, Johnsons Women of Oregon set the foundation of success by winning the 2012 cross country national championship for the first time in 25 years.  The Ducks followed that performance with their fourth straight womens national indoor title in 2013. Johnson then oversaw Oregons mens and womens sweep of the Pac-12 Championships, before guiding both teams to trophy finishes at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships. In his second year as head coach, Johnson guided the Men and Women of Oregon to a sweep of the NCAA Indoor National Championships.  His women became just the second team in meet history to win five consecutive NCAA indoor crowns while the men claimed their first title since 2009.  Both teams followed-up with their sixth straight sweep of the Pac-12 Championships.  A month later at Hayward Field the men, fueled by four individual champions, claimed their first NCAA outdoor title since 1984 by setting a meet-record 88 points and the largest margin of victory in 20 years. Year three of the Johnson era saw three national championships as the men defended their indoor and outdoor titles. The outdoor title came by 29 points, the largest margin of victory at the NCAA Championships in 21 years. The Ducks then added the crown jewel of year three when the women collected points across the board to with Oregons first outdoor national championship in 30 years. The Ducks also added to their Pac-12 dominance with a sweep of the mens and womens track and field championships, while also claiming the 2014 womens cross country title. The Ducks have won 28 individual national titles under Johnson.  Leading the charge is eight-time champion, and 2014 Bowerman Award finalist, Edward Cheserek.  Cheserek won four national titles in 2014-15, including cross country, the indoor mile and the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Eric Jenkins was also a dual winner after capturing the indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meter titles and finishing as the national runner-up in cross country and the outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Other mens titles in 2014-15 came from Sam Crouser (javelin) and the distance medley relay. Jenna Prandini ignited the womens year with national crowns in the outdoor 100 meters and indoor long jump. Freshman Raevyn Rogers also won the womens outdoor 800 meters. In 2013-14, Cheserek electrified the country by becoming the first Oregon freshman to win the NCAA cross country title. Another freshman, Devon Allen, upset talented fields to win the 110 meter hurdles at the NCAA and U.S. Championships. Johnson guided five others to NCAA individual titles during the 2014 season, including Phyllis Francis, who set the American Record in winning the 400 meters indoors before anchoring a national championship in the 4x400 meter relay. Bowerman Award winner Laura Roesler won two national titles at 800 meters and Prandini won the NCAA Championship in the long jump en route to scoring 24 points at the NCAA Outdoor Championship, the most by an athlete since 2001. In 2013, Johnson guided Pac-12 record holder English Gardner to 100 meter titles at both the NCAA and U.S. Championships.  Mac Fleet won the first of his two NCAA Championships in the 1,500 meters and Oregon-native Elijah Greer swept the indoor and outdoor 800 meter crowns. Johnson has established himself as one of the top sprint, relays and horizontal jumps coaches in NCAA. He has coached Oregon student-athletes to the American womens indoor record in the 400 meters (50.46), the U.S. junior womens record in the 100 meters (11.03), the collegiate record in the indoor 4x400 meter relay (3:27.40), the Pac-12 record in the 100 meters (10.92), a US Championship in the 100 meters as well as 17 Oregon school records.  In addition to mentoring five national championship 4x400 meter teams, his athletes have won NCAA titles at 60 meters, 100 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and long jump. As an assistant and associate head coach from 2005 to 2012, Johnson helped lead a remarkable resurgence of an Oregon womens program that won three straight NCAA Indoor Titles (2010-2012), claimed four straight Pac-12 Championships (2009-2012), and placed second at the NCAA Outdoor Championships four times (2009-2012).  The mens program won an NCAA Indoor title and was the NCAA Outdoor runner-up in 2009 and won conference championships each year from 2007 to 2012. Johnsons charges broke all but one indoor and outdoor school womens record in the sprints, relays and horizontal jumps. On the mens side, Mike Berry broke the schools 41 year-old record in the 400 meters as a freshman in 2011 before going on to win a gold medal at the World Championships as a member of the U.S. 4x400 meter relay squad. In addition to 5-time NCAA Champion Gardner, Johnson coached Keshia Baker to three consecutive conference titles in the 400 meters (2008-2011), Jamesha Youngblood to a sweep of the long and triple jumps in 2009 and 2010, and Amber Purvis to a 100/200 meter double in 2010 the first Duck ever to win both sprint titles.  In all, Johnson coached 22 conference champions and 70 All-Americans at Oregon before becoming the head coach. Before arriving at Oregon in 2005, Johnson oversaw UCLAs highly-regarded high jump, long jump and triple jump units, and also coordinated its strength and conditioning program. In two years with the Bruins, his men and women combined for one NCAA title, one U.S. runner-up finish, two Pac-10 titles, and eight All-America honors. His star pupils included collegiate triple jump record holder Candice Baucham, the 2005 NCAA outdoor champion and U.S. runner-up, as well as 2004 Pac-10 champion and Olympic Trials triple jump qualifier Juaune Armon. An Appalachian State assistant coach from 1997-2003, Johnson coached 28 individual Southern Conference champions and 14 NCAA qualifiers in the long jump, triple jump, 55 meters and 100 meters. He mentored the schools first All-America jumperRonda Whitean outdoor triple jump All-American in 2003, along with two Southern Conference Freshmen of the Year and two Southern Conference Athletes of the Year. As an athlete, Johnson competed for Appalachian State, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1996, and was a two-time triple jump All-American (1995, 96), NCAA high jump qualifier (1996) and school high jump record holder (7-1 3/4). A member of the ASU Athletics Hall of Fame, he competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials. NCAA Womens Coach of the Year (6) 2011i, 2012i, 2012xc, 2013i, 2014i, 2015tf NCAA Mens Coach of the Year (4) 2014i, 2014tf, 2015i, 2015tf Pac-12 Womens Coach of the Year (4) 2012xc, 2013tf, 2014tf, 2014xc Pac-12 Mens Coach of the Year (2) 2013tf, 2014tf NCAA Womens Assistant Coach of the Year (1) 2010i   Under Head Coach Robert Johnson, UO Athletes have won: 28 NCAA Titles 100 Meters 2013 (W), 2015 (w) 400 Meters 2014i (W) 800 Meters 2013i (M), 2013 (M), 2014i (W), 2014 (W), 2015 (w) 1500 Meters 2013 (M), 2014 (M) Mile 2015i (M) 3,000 Meters 2014i (M), 2015i (M) 5,000 Meters 2014i (M), 2015i (M), 2015 (M) 10,000 Meters 2014 (M), 2015 (M) 110 Meter Hurdles 2014 (M) 4x400 Meter Relay 2013i (W), 2014i (W) Distance Medley Relay 2015i (M) Long Jump 2014 (W), 2015i (W) Javelin 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Cross Country 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 28 Pac-12 Titles 100 Meters 2013 (W), 2014 (W), 2015 (W) 200 Meters 2013 (W), 2014 (W) 400 Meters 2013 (W), 2014 (W), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) 800 Meters 2013 (W), 2013 (M), 2014 (W), 2015 (W) 5,000 Meters 2015 (M) 400 Meter Hurdles 2015 (M) 4x100 Meter Relay 2013 (W) 4x400 Meter Relay 2013 (M), 2015 (M) Long Jump 2014 (W), 2015 (W) Triple Jump 2015 (W) Shot Put 2015 (W) Hammer Throw 2014 (W) Javelin 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Decathlon 2013 (M), 2014 (M) All-Time Coaching NCAA Team Champions (Men/Women Cross Country, Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field) Name School(s) Total John McDonell Arkansas 42 Pat Henry LSU, Texas A&M 35 Ted Banks UTEP 17 Dean Cromwell USC 12 Vin Lananna Oregon, Stanford 10 James Elliot Villanova 8 Robert Johnson Oregon 8 Mark Wetmore Colorado 7 Verne Wolfe USC 7 Bev Kearney Texas, Florida 7 Bill Easton Kansas 6 Jess Mortensen USC 6 Marty Stern Villanova 6 Bill Dellinger Oregon 5 Karl Schlademan Michigan State 5 Jim Bush UCLA 5 Mike Holloway Florida 5 Terry Crawford Texas 5 Peter Tegen Stanford, Wisconsin 5 Earle Hayes Indiana 4 Bill Bowerman Oregon 4 Bob Timmons Kansas 4 Greg Kraft Arizona State 4 Patrick Shane BYU 4 NCAA Womens Assistant Coach of the Year (1) 2010i   Under Head Coach Robert Johnson, UO Athletes have won: 28 NCAA Titles 100 Meters 2013 (W), 2015 (w) 400 Meters 2014i (W) 800 Meters 2013i (M), 2013 (M), 2014i (W), 2014 (W), 2015 (w) 1500 Meters 2013 (M), 2014 (M) Mile 2015i (M) 3,000 Meters 2014i (M), 2015i (M) 5,000 Meters 2014i (M), 2015i (M), 2015 (M) 10,000 Meters 2014 (M), 2015 (M) 110 Meter Hurdles 2014 (M) 4x400 Meter Relay 2013i (W), 2014i (W) Distance Medley Relay 2015i (M) Long Jump 2014 (W), 2015i (W) Javelin 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Cross Country 2013 (M), 2014 (M)

Powell, recognized as one of the nations top mens distance coaches, has worked with some of the most successful runners in recent Oregon history and was named the 2015 USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field National Assistant Coach of the Year. Powell, instrumental in the resurgence of the Ducks' distance heritage, has coached 26 individual national champions and well over 100 All-Americans in his Oregon career. He has guided Oregon to nine top-10 finishes at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, including back-to-back titles in 2007-2008 plus the runner-up trophy in 2009.  He also assisted the Ducks to their first-ever NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship in 2009 and their historic sweep of the Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championship titles in both 2014 and 2015. Oregon has also captured nine straight mens Pac-12 Outdoor Championships during his tenure. Oregon added a remarkable seven distance national championships to its resume in 2014-15. Edward Cheserek played a role in five of those titles by winning the individual cross country title in the fall, and then adding outdoor victories at 5,000 and 10,000 meters, plus the mile and the distance medley relay indoors. Eric Jenkins was also a multiple winner indoors, taking the 3,000 and 5,000 meter crowns. Cheserek, who only lost one race in the fall of 2014, was named the USTFCCCA Cross Country Athlete of the Year, while Jenkins captured Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year Honors. Cheserek also became the first Duck to win back-to-back cross country titles since the legendary Steve Prefontaine in 1970-71. The 2013-14 season was a banner year for Duck distance runners, with Bowerman Finalist  Cheserek capturing three individual NCAA titles on the track. The 2013 NCAA Cross Country Champion, and USTFCCCA Cross Country and Indoor Athlete of the Year, became the first Duck to win the cross country individual title as a freshman. Cheserek and teammates Parker Stinson, Eric Jenkins and Trevor Dunbar combined to record the Ducks' best-ever finishes at the long distances while Mac Fleet became Oregons fourth NCAA 1,500 meter champion in five years. Powell was named the USTFCCCA Assistant Coach of the Year after the 2014 outdoor track and field season thanks to a dominant performance at the NCAA Championships where the Ducks scored 43 points in the mens distance events in leading the team to their first outdoor team title since 1984. Powells career at Oregon has been made up of countless remarkable moments and a notable string of distance stars that now dominate the Oregon and United States record books.  They include: Back-to-back NCAA 1,500 Meter Champion and seven time All-American Mac Fleet.  The 2014 Oregon graduate was the school record holder in the indoor mile (3:57.70) and boasts collegiate bests of 1:46.32 (800m) and 3:38.35 (1500m). A two-time NCAA and Pac-12 Champion, Lake Oswegos Elijah Greer swept the 2013 indoor and outdoor 800 meter crowns. He placed in the top three in the 800 three times during his career and held a collegiate best of 1:45.06 (800m). A second-generation University of Oregon Olympian, Matthew Centrowitz was the top American 1,500 meter runner in 2011 after winning NCAA and U.S. titles. The school record holder in the 1,500 meters (3:34.46) and 7-time All-American won three Pac-10 titles before pursuing a professional career that has included two World Championship medals. One of the most decorated athletes in program history, 11-time All-American Luke Puskedra placed in the top ten at the NCAA Cross Country Championships three times. The 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier held collegiate personal bests of 13:46.52 (5,000m) and 27:56.62 (10,000m). The fast-closing 5-time NCAA Champion Andrew Wheating, qualified for the Beijing Olympics as a sophomore in 2008. As a senior, he won both the 800 meter and 1500 meter NCAA titles in the first sweep of the events in 26 years. The school record holder in the mile (3:51.74) also ran 3:37.52 (1500m) and 1:45.03 (800m) in college. One of the greatest distance runners in UO history, Galen Rupp was the first person ever to win six NCAA distance races in the same calendar year. In 2008, after qualifying for the Beijing Olympics, he became the third Duck to win the NCAA Cross Country Championship. The school-record 14-time All-American and 2009 Bowerman Award winner holds three school records: 10,000m (27:33.48), 3,000m (7:44.69) and 5,000m indoors (13:18.12). In total, Oregon distance runners have won 26 NCAA individual titles over the last 11 years under Powells guidance, more than any other program in the country.  Since 2009 the Ducks have amassed a total of 401 points in the distances at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, more than double their nearest competitor. A graduate of Stanford University, Powell stood out as one of the nations top collegiate middle distance runners. He still ranks among the schools all-time best in the 1,500 meters (3:40.65) and just missed an Olympic Trials bid with the nations top freshman mark during the 2000 season. That same campaign, he competed on the Cardinals NCAA champion track and field squad and placed eighth in the Pac-10 Championships 5,000 meters (14:18.75) as Stanford took second as a team. In cross country, he ran on the Cardinal team that finished fourth in the NCAA Championships in 2000 and won the Pac-10 title. As a prep at Oliver Ames High School in North Easton, Mass., near Boston, he won U.S. junior titles as a senior in the 1,500 meters (3:49.81) and 5,000 meters (14:51.81) after he ran a state mile record of 4:02.7. The Foot Locker Cross Country qualifier also won titles as a high school athlete in the Pan American Junior Championships, Golden West Invitational, and Millrose Games. His wife Maurica Powell is an assistant coach for the Ducks and was a decorated Stanford middle distance runner and All-American. The couple have two sons. Andy Powell Has Guided UO Athletes to:   26 NCAA Titles Cross Country: 2006 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 800 Meters: 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2013i (M), 2013 (M) 1,500 Meters: 2010 (M), 2011 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) Mile: 2015i (M) 3,000 Meters: 2009i (M), 2014i (M), 2015i (M) 5,000 Meters: 2009i (M), 2009 (M), 2014i (M), 2015i (M), 2015 (M) 10,000 Meters: 2009 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Distance Medley Relay: 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2015 (M)   19 Pac-10 Titles Cross Country: 2006 (M), 2007 (M), 2008 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 800 Meters: 2008 (M), 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M) 1,500 Meters: 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2011 (M) 5,000 Meters: 2007 (M), 2015 (M) 10,000 Meters: 2007 (M), 2008 (M), 2009 (M) Steeplechase: 2009 (M)   124 All-America Awards Cross Country: 2006 (2xM), 2007 (5xM), 2008 (5xM), 2009 (4xM), 2010 (2xM), 2011 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (2xM) 800 Meters: 2008 (M), 2009i (M), 2009 (M), 2010i (2xM), 2010 (2xM), 2011i (M), 2011 (M), 2012 (2xM),  2013i (2xM), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 1,500 Meters: 2008 (M), 2010 (3xM), 2011 (2xM), 2013 (2xM), 2014 (2xM), 2015 (3xM) Mile: 2007i (M), 2008i (M), 2009i (M), 2010i (2xM), 2011i (M), 2013i (3xM), 2014i (M), 2015i (3xM) 3,000 Meters: 2006 (M), 2007 (M), 2009 (M), 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2014i (3xM), 2015i (5xM) 5,000 Meters: 2006i (M), 2007i (M), 2009i (3xM), 2009 (3xM), 2010i (M), 2010 (M), 2011i (M), 2012 (2xM), 2012i (M), 2013i (M), 2014i (2xM), 2014 (4xM), 2015i (3xM), 2015 (4xM) 10,000 Meters: 2007 (M), 2009 (2xM), 2010 (M), 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (3xM), 2015 (2xM) 3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 2011 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Distance Medley Relay: 2009i (M), 2010i (M), 2011i (M), 2014i (M), 2015i (M) Associate Head Coach Andy Powell, the architect behind Oregons cross country, middle distance and distance success, is in his 11th year at the University. Powell, recognized as one of the nations top mens distance coaches, has worked with some of the most successful runners in recent Oregon history and was named the 2015 USTFCCCA Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field National Assistant Coach of the Year. Powell, instrumental in the resurgence of the Ducks' distance heritage, has coached 26 individual national champions and well over 100 All-Americans in his Oregon career. He has guided Oregon to nine top-10 finishes at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, including back-to-back titles in 2007-2008 plus the runner-up trophy in 2009.  He also assisted the Ducks to their first-ever NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship in 2009 and their historic sweep of the Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Championship titles in both 2014 and 2015. Oregon has also captured nine straight mens Pac-12 Outdoor Championships during his tenure. Oregon added a remarkable seven distance national championships to its resume in 2014-15. Edward Cheserek played a role in five of those titles by winning the individual cross country title in the fall, and then adding outdoor victories at 5,000 and 10,000 meters, plus the mile and the distance medley relay indoors. Eric Jenkins was also a multiple winner indoors, taking the 3,000 and 5,000 meter crowns. Cheserek, who only lost one race in the fall of 2014, was named the USTFCCCA Cross Country Athlete of the Year, while Jenkins captured Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year Honors. Cheserek also became the first Duck to win back-to-back cross country titles since the legendary Steve Prefontaine in 1970-71. The 2013-14 season was a banner year for Duck distance runners, with Bowerman Finalist  Cheserek capturing three individual NCAA titles on the track. The 2013 NCAA Cross Country Champion, and USTFCCCA Cross Country and Indoor Athlete of the Year, became the first Duck to win the cross country individual title as a freshman. Cheserek and teammates Parker Stinson, Eric Jenkins and Trevor Dunbar combined to record the Ducks' best-ever finishes at the long distances while Mac Fleet became Oregons fourth NCAA 1,500 meter champion in five years. Powell was named the USTFCCCA Assistant Coach of the Year after the 2014 outdoor track and field season thanks to a dominant performance at the NCAA Championships where the Ducks scored 43 points in the mens distance events in leading the team to their first outdoor team title since 1984. Powells career at Oregon has been made up of countless remarkable moments and a notable string of distance stars that now dominate the Oregon and United States record books.  They include: Back-to-back NCAA 1,500 Meter Champion and seven time All-American Mac Fleet.  The 2014 Oregon graduate was the school record holder in the indoor mile (3:57.70) and boasts collegiate bests of 1:46.32 (800m) and 3:38.35 (1500m). A two-time NCAA and Pac-12 Champion, Lake Oswegos Elijah Greer swept the 2013 indoor and outdoor 800 meter crowns. He placed in the top three in the 800 three times during his career and held a collegiate best of 1:45.06 (800m). A second-generation University of Oregon Olympian, Matthew Centrowitz was the top American 1,500 meter runner in 2011 after winning NCAA and U.S. titles. The school record holder in the 1,500 meters (3:34.46) and 7-time All-American won three Pac-10 titles before pursuing a professional career that has included two World Championship medals. One of the most decorated athletes in program history, 11-time All-American Luke Puskedra placed in the top ten at the NCAA Cross Country Championships three times. The 2012 Olympic Trials qualifier held collegiate personal bests of 13:46.52 (5,000m) and 27:56.62 (10,000m). The fast-closing 5-time NCAA Champion Andrew Wheating, qualified for the Beijing Olympics as a sophomore in 2008. As a senior, he won both the 800 meter and 1500 meter NCAA titles in the first sweep of the events in 26 years. The school record holder in the mile (3:51.74) also ran 3:37.52 (1500m) and 1:45.03 (800m) in college. One of the greatest distance runners in UO history, Galen Rupp was the first person ever to win six NCAA distance races in the same calendar year. In 2008, after qualifying for the Beijing Olympics, he became the third Duck to win the NCAA Cross Country Championship. The school-record 14-time All-American and 2009 Bowerman Award winner holds three school records: 10,000m (27:33.48), 3,000m (7:44.69) and 5,000m indoors (13:18.12). In total, Oregon distance runners have won 26 NCAA individual titles over the last 11 years under Powells guidance, more than any other program in the country.  Since 2009 the Ducks have amassed a total of 401 points in the distances at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships, more than double their nearest competitor. A graduate of Stanford University, Powell stood out as one of the nations top collegiate middle distance runners. He still ranks among the schools all-time best in the 1,500 meters (3:40.65) and just missed an Olympic Trials bid with the nations top freshman mark during the 2000 season. That same campaign, he competed on the Cardinals NCAA champion track and field squad and placed eighth in the Pac-10 Championships 5,000 meters (14:18.75) as Stanford took second as a team. In cross country, he ran on the Cardinal team that finished fourth in the NCAA Championships in 2000 and won the Pac-10 title. As a prep at Oliver Ames High School in North Easton, Mass., near Boston, he won U.S. junior titles as a senior in the 1,500 meters (3:49.81) and 5,000 meters (14:51.81) after he ran a state mile record of 4:02.7. The Foot Locker Cross Country qualifier also won titles as a high school athlete in the Pan American Junior Championships, Golden West Invitational, and Millrose Games. His wife Maurica Powell is an assistant coach for the Ducks and was a decorated Stanford middle distance runner and All-American. The couple have two sons. Andy Powell Has Guided UO Athletes to:   26 NCAA Titles Cross Country: 2006 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 800 Meters: 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2013i (M), 2013 (M) 1,500 Meters: 2010 (M), 2011 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) Mile: 2015i (M) 3,000 Meters: 2009i (M), 2014i (M), 2015i (M) 5,000 Meters: 2009i (M), 2009 (M), 2014i (M), 2015i (M), 2015 (M) 10,000 Meters: 2009 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Distance Medley Relay: 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2015 (M)   19 Pac-10 Titles Cross Country: 2006 (M), 2007 (M), 2008 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 800 Meters: 2008 (M), 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M) 1,500 Meters: 2009 (M), 2010 (M), 2011 (M) 5,000 Meters: 2007 (M), 2015 (M) 10,000 Meters: 2007 (M), 2008 (M), 2009 (M) Steeplechase: 2009 (M)   124 All-America Awards Cross Country: 2006 (2xM), 2007 (5xM), 2008 (5xM), 2009 (4xM), 2010 (2xM), 2011 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (2xM) 800 Meters: 2008 (M), 2009i (M), 2009 (M), 2010i (2xM), 2010 (2xM), 2011i (M), 2011 (M), 2012 (2xM),  2013i (2xM), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) 1,500 Meters: 2008 (M), 2010 (3xM), 2011 (2xM), 2013 (2xM), 2014 (2xM), 2015 (3xM) Mile: 2007i (M), 2008i (M), 2009i (M), 2010i (2xM), 2011i (M), 2013i (3xM), 2014i (M), 2015i (3xM) 3,000 Meters: 2006 (M), 2007 (M), 2009 (M), 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2014i (3xM), 2015i (5xM) 5,000 Meters: 2006i (M), 2007i (M), 2009i (3xM), 2009 (3xM), 2010i (M), 2010 (M), 2011i (M), 2012 (2xM), 2012i (M), 2013i (M), 2014i (2xM), 2014 (4xM), 2015i (3xM), 2015 (4xM) 10,000 Meters: 2007 (M), 2009 (2xM), 2010 (M), 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (3xM), 2015 (2xM) 3,000 Meter Steeplechase: 2011 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Distance Medley Relay: 2009i (M), 2010i (M), 2011i (M), 2014i (M), 2015i (M)

Cook oversees the combined events as well as high jump, pole vault and mens hurdles. In his five years at Oregon, Cook has guided athletes to 21 All-America honors, six Pac-12 individual titles and four individual NCAA Championships. He has assisted on all five of the Ducks Womens NCAA Indoor titles as well as the Mens Indoor and Outdoor sweeps during the 2014 and 2015 seasons. His athletes have also played a substantial role on the conference level, where the Ducks are undefeated sweeping five mens and womens conference titles during his tenure. The 2014 season saw the emergence of Bowerman Award semifinalist Devon Allen. Allen, a dual sport athlete who redshirted the 2015 track and field season, won both U.S. and NCAA titles in a freshman season that saw him become the second fastest hurdler in NCAA history (13.16) and break the NCAA Championship meet record. His U.S./NCAA double win is the first since 1979. Allen joined four-time All-American Johnathan Cabral and school record holder in the indoor 60 meter hurdles in the blocks for the 2014 season. Cabral, the Pac-12 110 meter hurdles champion as a freshman in 2012, returned to the NCAA Championships during his senior season in 2015 where he finished second in the final, garnering his third All-America honor. Cabral represented the Ducks on the national stage, qualifying for the semifinals of the 2015 World Championships in the 110 hurdles. Cook has also developed six-time All-American Dakotah Keys into one of Oregons all-time greatest decathletes. The three-time Pac-12 decathlon champion finished fourth in the heptathlon at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships and third in the decathlon at the 2014 and 2015 Outdoor Championships. Keys, a four-time NCAA outdoor qualifier, was joined by Mitch Modin and Joe Delgado at the 2015 championships, tied for the most in the country. Cook also worked with Brianne Theisen, who swept the NCAA indoor pentathlon and outdoor heptathlon titles in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, she set the collegiate and Canadian record in the pentathlon (4,555 points) and set the NCAA meet record with 6,440 points in the heptathlon, the second-best score in collegiate history, before going on to the London Olympics to represent Team Canada. Cook's first year with the program in 2011 produced immediate results. His efforts helped David Klech become a two-time All-American and he played a crucial role in the Ducks' fifth straight men's Pac-10 title. Klech, who had never competed in a combined event prior to 2011, opened the year by finishing sixth in the heptathlon at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Outdoors, Klech was the Pac-10 runner-up in the decathlon and then went on to take third in the long jump and fifth in the 110 meter hurdles to account for 18 team points. Klech went on to finish 16th in the decathlon at the NCAA Championships to earn his second All-America honors of 2011. Prior to Oregon, Cook was been the top men's assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania from 2001-10. During his tenure with the Quakers, Cook coached 64 Ivy League champions, oversaw seven school records, and helped Penn capture a pair of team titles (2001-02). The Quakers placed 11th at the 2003 NCAA Championships. He was also the combined events coordinator for the prestigious Penn Relays for 10 years. In conjunction with his coaching duties, Cook developed training programs with an emphasis on speed development that have been used by Olympians, as well as players from the NFL, Major League Baseball and English Premier Soccer League. Cook's speed training was also utilized by Penn's reigning Ivy League champion football team. He is a certified strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Off the track, Cook played a key role in Penn's track and field alumni relations, which helped lead to the establishment of a $1,000,000 endowment in 2003 and saw an annual fundraising total of $250,000 in 2010. Prior to joining the Quakers' staff, Cook was a three-time All-American in the decathlon for Penn State from 1995-98, where he was also a Big Ten, IC4A and Penn Relays champion in the multi-events during his collegiate career. Cook was additionally honored as a three-time Academic All-American while competing for the Nitany Lions. He was a 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials competitor in the decathlon, and competed in six USA Track & Field combined events (decathlon/indoor heptathlon) from 2002-05. Cook also represented the United States versus Germany in the Decathlon Duel of 2003. His personal best in the decathlon of 7,853 points came during his 2004 Olympic Trials year. Cook graduated from Penn State with a degree in kinesiology in 1999 and then in 2006, completed his work in the executive education program at Penn's Wharton School of Business with a concentration in finance/accounting. Cook and his wife Kristin are the parents of two children, a son and a daughter.   Jamie Cook Has Guided UO Athletes to:   4 NCAA Titles 110 Meter Hurdles: 2014 (M) Heptathlon: 2012 (W) Pentathlon: 2011i (W), 2012i (W)   6 Pac-12 Titles 110 Meter Hurdles: 2012 (M) Decathlon: 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) Heptathlon: 2012 (W)   21 All-America Awards 110 Meter Hurdles: 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) 60 Meter Hurdles: 2013 (M), 2014 (M) High Jump: 2014i (2xW), 2014 (W), 2015i (W), 2015 (W) Decathlon: 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2015 (M) Heptathlon: 2011i (M), 2012 (W), 2013i (M), 2014i (M) Pentathlon: 2011i (W), 2012i (W) Cook and his wife Kristin are the parents of two children, a son and a daughter.   Jamie Cook Has Guided UO Athletes to:   4 NCAA Titles 110 Meter Hurdles: 2014 (M) Heptathlon: 2012 (W) Pentathlon: 2011i (W), 2012i (W)   6 Pac-12 Titles 110 Meter Hurdles: 2012 (M) Decathlon: 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M) Heptathlon: 2012 (W)   21 All-America Awards 110 Meter Hurdles: 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) 60 Meter Hurdles: 2013 (M), 2014 (M) High Jump: 2014i (2xW), 2014 (W), 2015i (W), 2015 (W) Decathlon: 2011 (M), 2012 (M), 2013 (M), 2015 (M) Heptathlon: 2011i (M), 2012 (W), 2013i (M), 2014i (M) Pentathlon: 2011i (W), 2012i (W)

Whitsitt coached 14 NCAA All-Americans and has rewritten the school record books, replacing three of Oregons venerable throws records. Under Coach Whitsitt, the Oregon throwers production at the NCAA Outdoor Championships has been unmatched nationally. In 2015, Sam Crouser secured back-to-back NCAA Championships in the javelin, Whitsitts fourth mens javelin NCAA Championship in five years. In total, the Ducks throwers scored 25 points at the outdoor meet with Greg Skipper and Jillian Weir finishing third and fourth in the hammer throw, respectively, and Brittany Mann taking fifth in the shot put. Whitsitts throwers have been heavy contributors to extending Oregons stretch of Pac-12 Championships as well. Crouser finished his career with four Pac-12 titles in the mens javelin, the only athlete to ever accomplish that feat in the event. Whitsitt continued to guide Crouser to an appearance at the 2015 IAAF World Championships to complete his senior season. During three years with Whitsitt at the helm, Oregon throwers have won five individual Pac-12 Championships in three different events. In 2015, Brittany Mann enjoyed a breakout season winning the Pac-12 shot put crown, becoming the first Oregon athlete to ever win the Pac-12 meet in the womens shot. While at Illinois State, Whitsitt oversaw the development of two-time NCAA men's javelin champion Tim Glover, as well as two-time NCAA women's runner-up Brittany Smith, who was second in both the shot put and the hammer, outdoors, along with a third-place finish in the weight throw indoors. Glover, who was named the 2012 USTFCCCA men's national field athlete of the year after winning his second NCAA crown, and Smith both went on to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials, along with another ISU graduate, Leigh Petranoff (women's javelin). Glover and Smith then represented Team USA at the 2012 under 23 NACAC championships in Mexico, where Glover won the gold in the javelin and Smith was the silver medalist in the hammer. At the 2012 Missouri Valley Championships, Whitsitt's throwers accounted for 41 of Illinois State's 90 points in claiming the league title. Following the season, Whitsitt was named the 2012 USTFCCCA Men's Midwest assistant coach of the year. Prior to Illinois State, Whitsitt gathered an impressive resume of national coaching and competitive experience. Whitsitt was the throws coach at McNeese State from 2008-09, and also served as the team academic liaison and recruiting coordinator. During the 2009 season, Whitsitt coached three student-athletes to the NCAA East Regional Championships, one each in javelin, shot put and discus. Whitsitt gained experience in the coaching ranks as a volunteer assistant coach, and with throwing camps and summer league teams. Whitsitt was a volunteer coach for the USA Track and Field Summer League team Lake Area Express in Lake Charles, La., for two years in which he coached two AAU All-Americans in the javelin as well as coaching Jon Poshe to Numerous Masters National championships and state records. Before Lake Area Express, Whitsitt was a volunteer coach for the Iron Wood throwing camp in 2004. He earned his first coaching experience during 2000-02, while serving as a volunteer coach for the USA Track and Field Summer League team Mercury (Pueblo, Co.). During his collegiate years at Idaho State (2002-05) and Boise State (2005-07), Whitsitt won two individual conference championships in the shot put and was a member of four team conference championships. He was a four-time regional outdoor qualifier in the shot put and qualified for the 2007 NCAA Championships and the 2007 U.S. Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Whitsitt, a native of Pueblo, Colo., holds a USATF Level I certification and is a USATF Certified Official. He and his wife, Kacie, reside in Eugene. Erik Whitsitt Has Guided UO Athletes to:   2 NCAA Title Javelin 2014 (M), 2015 (M)   5 Pac-12 Titles Javelin: 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Hammer Throw: 2014 (W) Shot Put: 2015 (W)   14 All-America Awards Javelin: 2013 (M), 2013 (W), 2014 (M), 2015 (M), 2015 (W) Hammer Throw: 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2014 (W), 2015 (M), 2015 (W) Weight Throw: 2015 (M) Shot Put: 2014 (W), 2015i (W), Discus: 2014 (W) Erik Whitsitt Has Guided UO Athletes to:   2 NCAA Title Javelin 2014 (M), 2015 (M)   5 Pac-12 Titles Javelin: 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2015 (M) Hammer Throw: 2014 (W) Shot Put: 2015 (W)   14 All-America Awards Javelin: 2013 (M), 2013 (W), 2014 (M), 2015 (M), 2015 (W) Hammer Throw: 2013 (M), 2014 (M), 2014 (W), 2015 (M), 2015 (W) Weight Throw: 2015 (M) Shot Put: 2014 (W), 2015i (W), Discus: 2014 (W)