Oregon Track and Field: Prandini Named Capital One Impact Performer of the Week

Oregon Track and Field star Jenna Prandini was named the winner of the Capital One Impact Performance of the Week on Wednesday after leading the Oregon Ducks Women’s Team to their first Team win in thirty years in the NCAA Track and Field Championships last week at Hayward Field in Eugene.

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Prandini was the only athlete to perform in a total of four events over the four days including the 4×100 relay, Long Jump and the 100 meter and 200 meter relay. With the new format in 2015 and final events being scheduled on just the weekend on Saturday and Sunday it made for a rather hectic four days for the Junior.

On Friday she came in second in the High Jump Final. After finishing first in her heat of the 100 meter semi-final, Prandini slowed to a jog and moved to her place in the Long Jump competition to the applause of the crowd but Saturday was her day to help the hometown team to a title after coming in first in the 100 meters to give Oregon ten team points and herself an individual National Championship and second in the 200 meters by just three one-hundredths of second to finish the day and give Oregon an additional eight team points. Overall Pradini scored the most individual points for Oregon with twenty-six, the most since 2002 for the Ducks.

Oregon won their first NCAA Championship in Outdoor Track and Field as a result topping Kentucky by nine points, 59-50.