Ducks Round Out Track and Field Rosters

Published by Greg Walker/Oregon SID on October 7th, 2016

EUGENE, Ore. – Oregon has added a U.S. Olympic Trials finalist, a pair of NCAA all-Americans and a handful of other newcomers to the 2017 track and field rosters.

Elexis Guster, a six-time all-American sprinter at Iowa, has transferred to Oregon for her senior season. The three-time Big Ten 400 meter champion has a personal best in the event of 51.85.

The men added U.S. Olympic Trials long jump finalist Damarcus Simpson and All-American sprinter Kyree King.

Simpson finished eighth in the long jump at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials with an all-conditions best mark of 26-7.75/8.12m. He transferred to Oregon from Chadron State where he was a two-time NCAA Division II national champion and will have two years of eligibility remaining.

King, a senior, transferred to Oregon from Western Kentucky after the Hilltoppers dropped their men's program following the 2016 season. He was a member of WKU's 4x100 meter relay team that finished fifth at the 2016 NCAA Championships at Hayward Field.