EUGENE, Ore. - After defending his title in the long jump at the Pac-12 Track and Field Championships last weekend, Oregon senior Damarcus Simpson has been named the Pac-12 men's field athlete of the year, the conference announced on Wednesday.
Head coach Robert Johnson, who led the Men of Oregon to their 12th straight conference title, was honored as the Pac-12 men's coach of the year.
Simpson captured his second straight conference championship in the long jump with a huge wind-aided mark of 27 feet, four inches, on his third attempt, though any one of his four jumps would have won him the title.