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Oregon men and USC women win 2024-25 Big Ten Track & Field championships

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May 18, 2025

By Big Ten Conference: Eugene, ORE. – In front of a home crowd, Oregon won the Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Sunday. This is head coach Jerry Schumacher’s first men’s outdoor championship with the Ducks.

Minnesota and Wisconsin finished tied for second each scoring 81 points, while USC finished fourth with 78 points. Nebraska(76 points) rounded out the top five.

Oregon took home two individual Big Ten Outdoor titles, as Benjamin Balazs ran an 8:40.93 to win the 3,000m steeplechase and Simeon Birnbaum set a meet record of 13:31.87 to win the 5,000m.

Minnesota’s 4x100m relay team of Zion Campbell, Kion Benjamin, Aaron Charles, and Devin Augustine also set the meet record with a time of 38.54. The previous record of 38.87 was set by Minnesota in 2023, which Devin Augustine was also a member of.

The Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships, Field Athlete of the Championships, Coach of the Year and Sportsmanship Award honorees will be announced on Wednesday (May 21). The Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year, Field Athlete of the Year and Freshman of the Year will be announced following the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

USC won the Women’s Big Ten Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Saturday. This is head coach Quincy Watts’ first women’s Big Ten Outdoor championship with the Trojans.

Oregon was this year’s runner-up with 113 points, while UCLA finished third with 84 points. Nebraska (73 points) and Illinois (71 points)rounded out the top five.

USC took home four individual Big Ten Outdoor titles, as Samirah Moody won the 100m with a time of 11.13, Madison Whyte won the 200m with a time of 22.66, and the 400m with a time of 51.40. Both the USC women’s 4x100m relay and 4×400 m relay teams took first place as well.

Oregon’s Silan Ayyildiz and Diana Cherotich each set meet records in their respective events. Ayyildiz set the 5,000m record with a time of 15:37.11, beating previous record set in 2021 by Michigan State. Cherotich set the 10,000 m record with a time of 32:00.48. Washington’s Amanda Moll, the Big Ten and NCAA record holder, surpassed her own previous best with a mark of 15-8 ¼ (4.78m).

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