Ronnie Ash, Devon Allen, Ryan Wilson

Oregon's Devon Allen roars toward victory in the 110-meter hurdle final at the USA Track & Field Championships, leaving the fallen Ronnie Ash behind him.

(Mark J. Terrill/AP)

SACRAMENTO – What's next?

The Heisman Trophy?

Oregon's Devon Allen completed a stunning freshman season by winning the 110-meter hurdles Sunday in the USA Track & Field Championships at Hornet Stadium.

Allen crossed in a wind-aided 13.16, .005 in front of 2013 USA champion Ryan Wilson.

David Oliver, the 2013 world champion, was third.

Allen is at Oregon on a football scholarship. He redshirted last fall and has yet to play a down in an intercollegiate football game.

On Sunday he beat some of the best athletes in the world on a sunbaked afternoon before an announced crowd of 9,601, then shrugged off the accomplishment afterward.

"I kind of got star-struck when I ran against Ashton Eaton, and I didn't really focus too well on my race," he said of his appearance against the world decathlon record-holder at this year's Oregon Twilight. "I'm trying to get past that and just run."

Maybe the other guys should be over-awed. They were beaten by a guy who was an Arizona high school senior last year, and spent much of this spring dividing his time between the track and football practice.

In other developments:

-- Evan Jager and Dan Huling of the Portland-based Bowerman Track Club went 1-2 in the steeplechase for a second consecutive year. Jager, the U.S. record-holder, won in 8:18.83. BTC Teammate Andy Bayer was seventh.

-- Ajee Wilson won the women's 800 in 1:58.70. She was chased to the finish line by Oregon's Laura Roesler, second in 1:59.04. It moves Roesler past Leann Warren to No. 2 on the UO career list behind Claudette Groenendaal .

-- Jenny Simpson claimed the women's 1,500, winning from in front in 4:04.96. Teenager Mary Cain of the Nike Oregon Project – still not in peak condition after some injury- and school-related training issues in the spring -- came across second in 4:06.34.

-- The men's 800 was disastrous for Oregon Track Club Elite's Charles Jock, who clipped heels with Michael Rutt on the first lap, crashed and was unable to continue. OTC's Elijah Greer had to swing wide to avoid the sprawling Jock. Greer wasn't a factor afterward, finishing fourth in 1:48.45. Duane Solomon won in 1:44.30.

Through it all, Allen's composure and lockdown competitive drive was the day's clear highlight.

The UO freshman was running second behind Nike's Ronnie Ash, when Ash fell going over the seventh hurdle.

"I noticed it," Allen said, when asked if Ash's fall rattled him. "I tried not to focus on it too much. I kind of ran up on No. 8. But other than that, not too much."

He was too busy beating the Olympians in the field.

Later Allen spent time in the mixed zone deflecting questions about whether he needed to choose between track and football.

"Possibly," he said. "But not right now."

So what about choosing between NFL football and the Olympics?

"That's the question," he said. Making an "NFL roster would be fun, but you have to ask 'Super Bowl or Olympics.' The Olympics is huge. It's something that happens every four years. The Super Bowl happens every year."

Jager didn't pick up the steeplechase until 2012, but quickly has become dominant in the U.S. in the event.

He and Huling pushed the pace, and Huling even made a bid to win on the back straight.

Jager pulled in front to stay while going over the last water barrier. Huling was unchallenged for second.

"We wanted to make it a hard race," Jager said. "We thought that was our best chance of going 1-2, and possibly 1-2-3. We didn't want to leave it until the last 400 because there are plenty of guys in the race that can ran fast for the last lap if it's an easy race."

Roesler was fourth in the women's 800 at the bell, made a move on the back straight, but never could flag down Wilson.

Still, Roesler broke through the two-minute barrier for the first time.

"I'm really happy," she said. "It couldn't have ended in a better way in my Duck uniform."

Roesler announced after the race she has signed with agent Ricky Simms, who represents Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Galen Rupp and Matthew Centrowitz, among others. She said she still is negotiating with sponsors.

"This makes it a little more interesting, hopefully in a good way" she said, referring to her negotiating position.

Cain is closer to peak shape than she was at last month's Prefontaine Classic, but conceded she probably should have stuck closer to Simpson on the last lap of the 1,500.

"I think I gave her a little too much of a gap," Cain said.

Cain will retool over the next few days to run at next weekend's USA Junior Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Here is a link to complete results from action Sunday at the USA Championships.

-- Ken Goe | @KenGoe