A year after winning the NCAA team title with 59 points, the Oregon women racked up 62 in the 2016 NCAA Outdoor championship meet at Historic Hayward Field in Eugene Saturday. That wasn’t enough to win another title, after pre-meet favorite Arkansas totalled 72. But that didn’t stop Saturday from being an unforgettable afternoon at Hayward Field for the UO women, who couldn’t afford any missteps to have a shot at the team title, and rose to the occasion. Ariana Washington became the first freshman in meet history to double, in the 100 and 200, becoming the latest in a line of Oregon heirs to the throne as queen of NCAA sprints. Sandwiched in between those national titles was another in the 800 by Raevyn Rogers, a sophomore who has now won three straight national championships at that distance outdoors and indoors.
