And they took down the #1 team in the land in USC quite comfortably at conference as a result.
TFN wrote:
EUGENE, OREGON, May 16–18 — If Oregon was going to defend its home turf during its first Big 10 Championship as one of four new west coast members (‘Big 18,’ anyone?), it was always going to be on the strength of its distance runners — even if they have sported a pretty balanced program over the years...
As strong as the Ducks prospects seemed to be between 800 and 10000, most folks didn’t expect them to squeeze 68 points out of those five events. A massive 23 of those came in Friday’s 10,000 – where Oregon went 2-3-4-6-8 – and Saturday’s steeple, where Benjamin Balazs (8:40.93) and Sergio Bel Barrios (8:42.67) finished 1-3.
Men's Points 800-10,000 at 2025 Big 10s
Oregon: 68
Wisconsin: 45
Washington: 37
Penn State: 21
USC: 14
Iowa: 8
Michigan: 8
Indiana: 4
Maryland: 2
Minnesota: 0
Nebraska: 0
Illinois: 0
Ohio State: 0
UCLA: 0
Purdue: 0
Rutgers: 0
Michigan State: 0
PS. Everyone on here 5 years ago saying Vin had lost was embarrassed. Now history has repeated itself with Jerry.
