(BIG TEN) 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.
The following are this year’s All-Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track& Field honorees:
All Big-Ten First Team:
Cody Johnston, ILL
Rafael Raap, ILL
Viktor Morozov, ILL
Kalen Walker, IOWA
Aaron Charles, MINN
Charles Godfred, MINN
Devin Augustine MINN
Kion Benjamin, MINN
Kostas Zaltos, MINN
Zion Campbell, MINN
Arthur Petersen, NEB
Tyus Wilson, NEB
Benjamin Balazs, ORE
Simeon Birnbaum, ORE
Noah Carmichael, OSU
Mason Louis, OSU
Braxton Brann, OSU
Edidiong Udo, OSU
Allon Clay, PSU
Cameron Miller, PUR
Michael Pinckney, UCLA
William Jones, USC
Yougendy Mauricette, USC
Evan Jenkins, WASH
Adam Spencer, WIS
Jason Swarens, WIS
Giovanni Wearing, WIS
All-Big Ten Second Team:
Kamyren Garrett, ILL
Kai Graves-Blanks, IOWA
Mike Stein, IOWA
Landon Fontenot, IOWA
Tyrese Miller, IOWA
Terrick Johnson, IOWA
Zidane Brown, IOWA
Caleb Jarema, MICH
Angelos Mantzouranis, MINN
Ahmed Khadar, MINN
Jak Urlacher, MINN
Cade Moran, NEB
DJ Fillmore, OSU
Aiden Smith, ORE
Matthew Erickson, ORE
Safin Wills, ORE
Eddie Nketia, USC
JC Stevenson, USC
Max Thomas, USC
Travis Williams, USC
Jami Schlueter, WASH
Nathan Green, WASH
Bob Liking, WIS
Jalen Williams, WIS
All-Big Ten Freshmen Team:
Landon Fontenot, IOWA
Aaron Charles, MINN
Edidong Udo, OSU
Sergio Del Barrio, ORE
Kobe Lawrence, ORE
Jake Palermo, PSU
Antoine Spencer, PUR
Matan Ivri, WIS
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