Moran Tops Hammer Field at Triton Invite

Friday, April 5

La Jolla, CA

All Day

University of Oregon

Triton Invitational

Moran, hammer at Oregon Preview (March 22)

04/05/24 | Track and Field

Friday marked the beginning of a three-meet weekend for the Ducks.

Updated (4/5) to include discus results.

LA JOLLA, Calif. – Shelby Moran won the hammer Friday afternoon at the Triton Invitational, improving to 3-for-3 this season in her signature event. Later, Moran and Jaida Ross posted top-10 finishes in the elite section of the discus.

In winning the hammer, Moran recorded a day's best of 65.31m/214-3 to claim the top spot over past UO standout Jillian Weir. Trailing Weir through four rounds, Moran got the implement out to the first-place measure on her fifth attempt. The Sherwood, Ore., native ranks fourth in the NCAA with a 2024 best of 66.62m/218-7 from the Oregon Preview (March 22).

Ross and Moran finished fourth and fifth, respectively, among collegians in the discus, good for sixth and seventh overall. Ross, already the No. 3 performer in program history, established a lifetime best with a 58.31m/191-3 effort in the fourth round. She had three marks Friday beyond her previous best.

Moran moved from 10^th to eighth on the program's top-10 list with her 54.28m/178-1, also good for a new personal best as a collegian.

Ross and Mason Strunk will be in action Saturday in the shot put and hammer, respectively.

Additionally, the Ducks' sprinters are in Berkeley, Calif., for the Brutus Hamilton Invitational while the pole vault crew is closer to home at the Linfield Jenn Boyman Invitational in McMinnville, Ore.

Friday Results
Triton Invitational (La Jolla, Calif.)
WOMEN
Discus
6. Jaida Ross – 58.31m/191-3 (PB) [No. 3 UO^]
7. Shelby Moran – 54.28m/178-1 (PB) [No. 8 UO]

Hammer
1. Shelby Moran – 65.31m/214-3

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