100 Meters -  7th Mandy White 11.90, 5th is 11.77 Melanie Batiste (1979) and Jamila Godfrey (1995) - Freshman almost made Pac-10 final (9th .03 out of final)

Indoors - Mandy set 60 meter school record in 7.65 and finished 7th at MPSF

200 meters - Just outside of top 10, sophomore Keshia Baker ran only twice all year, her best was 24.31 (11th probably) and White ran 24.32 (12th probably), 10th is 24.15 shrared by Kris Costello (1976) and Kelly Blair (1993), both will probably join the list and Baker will probably score at Pac-10 in 2009 (4 finalists graduated).  White at 24.41 was just .14 outside the Pac-10 final. 

400 meters -  4th Keshia Baker 53.27, 3rd is Sofie Abildtrup at 52.92.  PAc-10 champion, West Region runner-up, NCAA heat competitor, 11th NCAA indoor.

800 meters - 4th Rebekah Noble 2:02.07, 2006 NCAA champ, 2x NCAA indoor runner-up, has not shown complete recovery from first major injury in career.  Junior likely to return and run well by cross country season.  5th Zoe Buckman 2:02.50, 4th 2008 NCAA, finally adjusted to US season last year.  First year was coming off Australian championships in March of 2007.  Only ran distance medley at indoor NCAA. Third all-time is Ranza Clark (2:01.7 in 1984). 

1,500 meters - 4th Nicole Blood 4:14.73, 4th at Pac-10, Sophomore pushes pace but does not have the kick to win big races.  7th Rebekah Noble 4:17.43, won race at Stanford Invite, given opportunity and training will likely break 4:10 if not this year next year.  11th freshman Alexandra Kosinski 4:19.22 at US Junior.  Was sixth at World Juniors and second at US juniors, the only big track championship races she ran well in other than MPSF mile title.  It will be tough to move to move into third all-time or higher with three former national champions and Olympians - Claudette Groenendaal at 4:08.13 is third (1984). 

3,000 meter Steeplechase - 1st Claire Michel 10:26.62, freshman set record in big stage of West Regional for 7th (also 7th at P-10) - she has recovered well from stress fracture that slowed her in her senior year of high school.  As part of her deal with UO coaches she swims regularly and runs a little over 20 miles per week.  6th sophomore Brooke Giuffre 10:47.15 - the welcome transfer recovered from injuries by end of season to pr.  At fifth is Carrie Zografos at 10:42.02 (2002)  

5,000 meters - 5th Nicole Blood 15:43.82, third at NCAA and 6th in cross country, Pac-10 champion and west region runner-up.  She is NCAA #3 returner in 5k.  Senior to-be transfer Lindsey Sherf is the #2 returner at 5k (15:42.81) should climb onto top 10 list and push Blood if she is healthy. Senior to-be transfer Melissa Grelli ran 16:05.98 indoors last year, also good enough to be put on all-time list. Third all-time is Eryn Forbes at 15:37.01 (1982)

10,000 meters - 6th Keara Sammons 33:54.55, 12th at 2007 NCAA meet, 4th P-10 10k and 8th in 5k.  Stress fracture has slowed her since cross country last year and will keep her out of cross country this year.  Senior to-be transfer Melissa Grelli was 2nd at 2007 NCAA meet (33:01.56 PR) in this event, DNF in 2008 while at Georgetown.  Senior to-be Sherf was 10th at the 2006 NCAA 10k and 4th in 2005.  In 2005 set American Junior record of 32:51.20 for pr while at Harvard.  School record is 32:43.81 by Kathy Hayes (1984), second is by '88 Olympic Marathon Silver Medallist Lisa Martin who ran 33:12.1 in 1983. 

100 hurdles - Freshman Brianne Thiesen ran 14.21 behind tenth ranked Kamala Kohlmeier at 14.12 (1990).  

400 hurdles - 9th junior Leah Worthen 60.48, has only run this race for a couple of years but is getting better.  11th Freshman Jamesha Youngblood at 60.94 is focused on jumps but may hurdle more next year. Volunteer assistant Kayla Mellott is eighth at 60.13 (2005)   

 4x100 meters - 46.39, lost Ashley Bridenbeck, but should get better with experience.

4x400 meter relay - 5th 3:37.43, with everyone back except Irie Searcy and Kavina Hall who will be replaced by Noble and Buckman if one of the freshman doesn't improve enough to be on this relay. A healthy Noble will help knock some significant time off last year's best and Buckman is one of the team's fastest 400 meter runners (54.62).  In 2006 Noble contributed to the school's second best team when they ran 3:36.07.  The fourth fastest team ran in 1996, 3:36.79

High Jump -  8th Brianne Thiesen 5-8 3/4 never focused on event.  Jasmine Kelly was ninth in the Pac-10 meet and tied for seventh at the MPSF meet but maxed out at 5-7 this year.  Tenth all-time is Rachel Kriz at 5-8 (2004). The seventh best high jump is Jenny Brogdon at 5-9 1/4 from 2002 and 2003

Pole Vault - 4th Freshman Melissa Gergel vaulted 13-7 indoors and became an all-american with her eighth place finish indoors and outdoors.  Injuries slowed her progress outdoors.  third all-time is Emily Enders at 13-7 3/4 (2006) and then are two of the best current pole vaulters in the country, Becky Holliday at 14-8 (2003) and Nike McEwen at 13-11 1/4 (2003)

Long Jump - 5th freshman Jamesha Youngblood 20-6 1/4.  She had trouble jumping during the outdoor season.  Brianne Thiesen at 19-6 1/4 is four inches off the tenth ranking by Laurel Roberts (19-10 1/4 in 1991). Incoming Freshmen Amber Purvis jumped 19-10 1/4 as a Sophomore in high school. Fourth all-time is Jenni Grasley at 20-8 1/2 (1989). 

Triple Jump - 2nd Youngblood 41-11 1/4.  3rd at Pac-10 but fouled out at West Regionals.  The freshman transition is always tough.  Incoming freshman Lyndsay Pearson jumped 39-3 as a high school junior. The school record for Oregon was jumped by Sara Jessie with a best of 42-6 (1995). Tenth all-time is Nonglack Somsanith at 39-8 1/2 (1998). 

Shot Put -Incoming redshirt junior Rita Santibanez threw 47-10 1/2 at the 2008 Oregon Relays.  Ninth ranked Valerie Sweitzer threw 47-6 1/2 (1996) and tenth is Kelly Kempf at 47-3 1/2 (1991). 

Discus - Junior Lucy Cridland threw 162-3 as a sophomore and was close to that best last year.  She scored for the second straight year at the Pac-10 meet but the conference and region is so tough and hard to advance to the NCAA meet.  Tenth best all-time is by Maureen Morrison at 166-9 (1998).

Hammer - 6th 184-3, Junior Megan Maloney threw pr at Pac-10 meet to score for the first time after scoring at MPSF meet for the first time. 

Javelin - 1st 191-1, Junior Rachel Yurkovich won first NCAA championship after winning third straight Pac-10 and West Regional championship.  Finally finished in top three at national meet when she threw her best throw on her final throw.  Increased success due to limiting competitions during the season.  6th 166-8, Junior Ashley McCrea seemed to be injured all year and never looked comfortable.  She was sixth at 2008 Pac-10 after finishing third the year before and competing the year before at the NCAA mee Hopefully she will feel better next year and have a great senior season. 8th 152-11 sophomore Kara Meeuwsen, at times she has very good form but is the smallest of the competitors.  9th at 2008 P-10 after fifth the year before.  Form seemed to fall off at the end of the year.  Brianne Thiesen threw 144-8 at Pac-10 Heptathlon for a 16 foot improvement over her junior best.  Tenth is 146-1 by Wendy Olson (2000).  Fifth all-time is Roslyn Lundeen at 166-11 (2002) and seventh is Cheryl Weingartern at 158-8 (2002). 

Heptathlon - 2nd 5765, freshman Brianne Thiesen.  The 2007 Pan Am junior champion was all that was advertised.  PanAm junior winning mark was 5413.  She improved in most of her events and was second at Pac-10s and held off a senior to finish fourth at the NCAA meet.  7th 5428 junior Kalindra McFadden, after an injury filled sophomore campaign she returned to form in 2008 (gave credit to Thiesen).  Scored for third straight year at Pac-10 and made her second appearance at the NCAA meet.  Sophomore Erin Funkhouser, 4720, had a 270 point pr over last year's mark.  Really starting to blossom as an athlete and should help with many events in 2009. School record of 6038 by two-time Olympian Kelly Blair-Labounty.  Sixth is 5452 by Jennifer Thomas (1998) and fifth is 5484 by Stephanie Hunter (1989). Tenth is 4990 by Katie O'Brien (1988).