Split Weekends Features Meets in Three States

Friday, February 13

Lubbock, TX

All Day

University of Oregon

Jarvis Scott Invitational

Fast Horse, 3K at Razorback Invitational (Jan. 2025)

Photo by: GoDucks.com

02/12/26 | Track and Field

The Men of Oregon enter the weekend ranked No. 3 in the nation.

EUGENE, Ore. – It's a split weekend for the Oregon track and field team with meet entries across three states beginning Friday with the distance crew in Boston for the BU Valentine Invitational and Harvard Crimson Open. The Ducks' sprints, jumps and multis crews are in Albuquerque, N.M., for the Don Kirby Invitational while UO throws will be represented at the Jarvis Scott Invitational in Lubbock, Texas.

Day one of the BU Valentine meet will feature the men's team while the UO women are scheduled for the distance medley relay (1 p.m. PT, ESPN+) across town at Harvard. The BU Valentine and Don Kirby meets will be streamed live on FloTrack.

The Men of Oregon hold steady at No. 3 in this week's USTFCCCA release with the UO women checking in at No. 8 nationally.

Friday's Schedule

Time (PT)	Meet	Event	Entries
12:30 p.m.	BU Valentine	m800	Erickson, Evans, Greene, Harding
12:50 p.m.	BU Valentine	mMile	Cook
1:00 p.m.	Crimson Open	wDMR	Squad A
	Don Kirby	m200 - open	Barbarin, Omer, Valley
	Don Kirby	mPV 'A'	Burns
1:20 p.m.	BU Valentine	m3,000	Balazs, Burns, Fast Horse, Laadjel, Palfrey
1:30 p.m.	BU Valentine	m5,000	Bishop, Meier
	Don Kirby	wHJ	Stolberg
1:55 p.m.	Don Kirby	w200 - open	Neal, Shaheed
2:00 p.m.	Don Kirby	wLJ	Lusti, Webster
	Don Kirby	mLJ	Bizet
4:20 p.m.	Don Kirby	m400 - open	Omer
5:10 p.m.	Don Kirby	w400 - open	Taylor

*subject to change

The Ducks carry 11 top-10 national marks—seven men, four women—into the split weekend including NCAA leaders by Wilma Nielsen in the mile and Peyton Bair in the heptathlon. Along with the DMR set for Friday at Harvard, Nielsen is entered in Saturday's 800 meters at the BU meet. Bair is entered in the invitational section of the 60 meters in New Mexico.

Oregon in the NCAA Top 20 (as of Feb. 12)
MEN
800 Meters
13. James Harding – 1:46.83
14. Elliott Cook – 1:46.94
18. Matthew Erickson – 1:47.26

Mile
7. Elliott Cook – 3:53.57
9. Tomas Palfrey – 3:53.86

3,000 Meters
3. Simeon Birnbaum – 7:39.65
5. Elliott Cook – 7:41.57
16. Benjamin Balazs – 7:47.65

5,000 Meters
11. Abdel Laadjel – 13:24.17

Shot Put
5. Ben Smith – 19.82m/65-0.5
6. Kobe Lawrence – 19.81m/65-0

Heptathlon
1. Peyton Bair – 6,371 points
11. Aiden Carter – 5,790 points

WOMEN
Mile
1. Wilma Nielsen – 4:23.56
3. Silan Ayildiz – 4:25.11
14. Juliet Cherubet – 4:32.03

3,000 Meters
16. Juliet Cherubet – 8:52.30

5,000 Meters
12. Diana Cherotich – 15:16.72

60m Hurdles
4. Aaliyah McCormick – 8.03

Long Jump
14. Liisa-Maria Lusti – 6.43m/21-1.25

Pentathlon
4. Liisa-Maria Lusti – 4,290 points

At the end of the qualifying window, the top 16 declared athletes in each event and top 12 relays will advance to the 2026 NCAA Indoor Championships (March 13-14) in Fayetteville, Ark.

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