AUSTIN, Texas – Jorinde van Klinken opened her final NCAA Championships with a runner-up finish in the shot put Thursday night at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. She and teammate Jaida Ross accounted for 12 points in the event which, added to Alysah Hickey's finish in the long jump, put the Women of Oregon in third—17 points—in the team race at the end of day two of the national meet.
The Ducks also advanced five to Saturday finals including the 1500-meter trio of Klaudia Kazimierska, Izzy Thornton-Bott and Maddy Elmore.