AUSTIN, Texas ? Oregon sophomore Mike Berry broke his own school record in the 400 meters, and he was one of 13 Ducks to qualify for the national championships during the NCAA West Regional meet on Friday.
After a solid opening 200 meters, Berry picked it up as he hit the final turn and cleared the entire field heading on to the back stretch. He maintained his speed over the last 50 meters to run the fastest time in the NCAA this season ? 44.86 seconds.
The sophomore from Seattle had set the school record last year at the Pac-12 championships with a time of 44.91.
?I just wanted to get back in race form and run my race and go hard the last 150 meters,? Berry said. ?I wasn?t trying to break a record today, but I?ll take it and can hopefully build on it.?
In the women?s 400 quarterfinals, the Ducks? Phyllis Francis charged hard over the last 50 meters to win her heat in a season-best 52.36 and move on to the NCAA Championships next week. Chizoba Okodogbe was fourth in that heat in a season-best 53.03 and advanced on time. Devin Gosberry was sixth in her heat in a season-best 53.87 but did not advance.
UO sophomore English Gardner flew out of the blocks in the women?s 100 and eased to victory in 11.06 to advance. She had a sizable lead 60 meters into the race before gliding home with the victory.
Also in the 100, senior Lauryn Newson took sixth in her heat in 11.62, and senior Amber Purvis was ninth in her 100 heat in 11.70.
In the men?s 100, freshman Arthur Delaney was fifth in his heat in 10.41, and junior Joeal Hotchkins tied for sixth in his heat in 10.39. Neither runner advanced.
All five Oregon runners did advance from the 800.
Elijah Greer had another commanding performance in the men?s 800 to win his race.
He stayed in the pack through the first lap, before moving around the outside to take the lead with 250 meters to go. No one could cover as the junior from Lake Oswego won in 1:48.38.
Boru Guyota also earned a trip to Iowa with a fifth-place showing in his heat. His time, 1:48.98, was the 12th and final qualifier.
For the women, the Ducks had a runner-up finish in the first heat by Laura Roesler and a 2-3 finish from Anne Kesselring and Claudia Francis in the second heat to advance.
Roesler was in a tight race won by Nachelle Mackie of Brigham Young in 2:02.64. Roesler was next in a season-best 2:04.48.
In the second heat, Kesselring ran a conservative race up front before finishing second in 2:06.42.
Freshman Claudia Francis, meanwhile, had to charge around the curve and then put on a final kick over the last 20 meters to claim the third spot in 2:06.55.
The women wrapped up the night in impressive fashion, advancing Lanie Thompson, Kimber Mattox and Taylor Wallace in the steeplechase.
Thompson ran with the lead pack in heat two the entire race, before breaking to the front over the final water barrier with 150 meters remaining. She held position from there to win in 10:25.15.
Mattox was second in 10:25.15 in her heat.
Wallace, seeded 25th coming into the regional, was one of the bigger surprises of the night, finishing fourth in her heat in 10:20.33.
Lauren Crockett advanced in the women?s high jump with her seventh-place finish.
Johnathan Cabral won his heat of the 110 hurdles in a wind-aided 13.48, and Eric Hersey was third in the same heat in 14.01 to advance.
In the men?s 200 meters, Delaney was third in his heat in 21.03 to advance to the quarterfinals. Hotchkins was sixth in his heat in 21.13 and was the fastest non-qualifier.
In other finals, Laura Bobek was 24th in the women?s discus, and Kortney Ross tied for 20th in the women?s pole vault.
Worthen takes third at D-II heptathlon
PUEBLO, Colo. ? Seattle Pacific senior Ali Worthen moved up two spots to finish third in the women?s heptathlon at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships.
The Marshfield High product finished with a career-best 5,297 points. Worthen threw the javelin a career-best 116 feet to boost her finish.
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