McCormick repeats as Oregon women place fourth at NCAA meet
Aaliyah McCormick’s 12.47-second hurdle win powered Oregon to fourth at Hayward Field, where Eugene again hosted a championship moment that resonated beyond the track.
TrackTown Eugene got another marquee championship weekend at Hayward Field as the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships ran June 10-13 for the 17th time in the venue’s history. Oregon’s women finished fourth with 36 points, enough for a podium spot behind Georgia’s 50, Florida’s 43 and Arkansas’ 38, and the meet again showed how quickly national track moments become part of Eugene’s civic identity.
Senior Aaliyah McCormick supplied the race that defined Oregon’s week, winning the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 12.47 seconds with a +1.2 m/s wind. The victory made her the first back-to-back NCAA women’s 100-meter hurdles champion since Michigan’s Tiffany Ofili ran off three straight from 2007 through 2009. It also completed a rare run for McCormick, who already had won the 2026 NCAA indoor 60-meter hurdles title and finished her Oregon career with three straight NCAA championships.
McCormick’s repeat mattered because it came with more than one individual result behind it. Oregon scored on the final day in the 1500 meters, triple jump and discus, giving the Ducks enough balance to stay among the nation’s top four women’s programs even as Georgia continued a dominant stretch with its 2025 outdoor, 2026 indoor and 2026 outdoor national titles. On the men’s side, Oregon finished fifth with 40 points after entering Friday’s finals in second place, a sign that Jerry Schumacher’s program remained in the mix even as the scoring tightened at the end.
The championships also produced three meet records, with Adaejah Hodge setting a mark in the 200 meters, Dejanea Oakley in the 400 and Sanu Jallow in the 800. For Lane County, the meet meant more than medals and records. Local coverage has pointed to championships, graduation and Father’s Day as one of Eugene’s busiest tourism periods, and the influx into hotels, restaurants and other Lane County businesses underscored how Hayward Field continues to drive both sports prestige and economic activity. With the Nike Outdoor Nationals and USATF Under 20 Outdoor National meet set to follow through June 22, Eugene’s summer track calendar kept its national spotlight firmly in place.
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