Jordan Hasay (2023) - Hall of Fame - University of Oregon Athletics

Jordan Hasay

Induction:
2023
Class:
2013

Jordan Hasay is the most decorated runner in school history with 18 combined All-America accolades between cross country and track and field. During her UO career, she was a two-time NCAA champion, won four conference titles, broke four school records and was the 2011 USTFCCCA National Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. Additionally, Hasay helped lead Oregon to five NCAA team titles including the 2012 cross country title, the program’s first in cross country since 1987. Hasay made an immediate impact on the Ducks, finishing third as a freshman at the 2009 NCAA Cross Country Championships and earning Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year honors. She went on to collect the first All-America certificate of her career with an 18th-place finish at the 2009 NCAA national meet. At the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, Hasay was fourth in the mile and anchored the Ducks’ distance-medley relay to a runner-up finish to help the Women of Oregon win the first NCAA Indoor team title in program history. She capped her freshman campaign with a bronze finish in the 1,500 meters at the NCAA Championships in Eugene and helped Oregon to a second-place finish in the team standings. In her career, Hasay was part of four top-three outdoor national team finishes for the Ducks. She won her first conference title at the 2010 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships in a precursor to finishing in third place at that year’s NCAA Championships, the highest individual national finish by an Oregon runner since Lisa Karnopp in 1991. In a powerhouse performance at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships, Hasay captured national titles in both the mile and 3,000 meters. On her way to the mile title, she took down the school record held by Leanne Warren with her winning time of 4:33.01. Along with her title over 3,000 meters, Hasay anchored the DMR to second place and another school record of 10:52.90, a time that stood until 2017 and still ranks fourth in UO history. She turned in another double victory at the 2011 Pac-10 Championships with first-place performances in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, efforts that aided in Oregon’s come-from-behind team victory over Arizona by 4.5 points. To kick start her junior year, she turned in a runner-up showing at the 2011 NCAA Cross Country Championships, matching the best finish by a UO woman in school history (Warren, 1981). After helping the Ducks to a third NCAA indoor title, Hasay successfully defended her 1,500-meter title at the 2012 conference meet and was third at the NCAA Championships where Oregon was the team runner-up. In her senior cross country season, Hasay and the Ducks ascended to the top of the NCAA team podium; she was the team’s top runner in third place overall. Oregon also won the Pac-12 title that season, its first conference title in cross country since 1995. During the indoor season, Hasay reset her own school records for the 3,000 (8:57.46) and 5,000 meters (15:40.30) with times that remained atop the UO lists until 2019. She took aim at the 10,000 meters as a senior and responded with a school record of 32:06.64 at the Payton Jordan Invitational. That time still stands as the UO school record and wasn’t surpassed on the Pac-12 all-time list until 2023. In her collegiate finale, Hasay secured a third-place finish over 5,000 meters in the 2013 NCAA Championships at Historic Hayward Field. Along with her accomplishments on the track, Hasay was a three-time Academic All-American and was twice named the women’s track and field/cross country Academic All-American of the Year. She first earned that distinction in 2011 to become the first sophomore recipient of the award in any sport in the program’s 60-year history.