EUGENE, Ore. – Former Oregon athletes English Gardner and Ashton Eaton were crowned U.S. Champions on the third day of the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials, Sunday, while school-record holder Phyllis Francis will join them in Rio as part of the U.S. 400 meter team.
Gardner, one of three Ducks in the final, was pushed to the finish line while picking up her second national championships in the event. The three-time NCAA Champion out-leaned Tianna Bartoletta to win in 10.74 seconds, winning by four hundredths of a second in the fastest time in the world this year.