After an impressive showing at the Columbia Challenge in New York two weekends ago, the Oregon track and field team will split into two squads this weekend as the majority of Oregon's sprinters and jumpers travel to Albuquerque, N.M., for the Don Kirby Elite Invitational and mainly throwers and distance runners head to Seattle for the Husky Classic.The Ducks accepted the challenge from head coachto "raise the bar" in New York after an uninspiring opener to the 2018 season, and now look to solidify more NCAA Indoor qualifying marks with just two weekends of competition remaining before the national meet."We got a lot of solid marks all across the board," Johnson said. "The call was definitely answered from our last meeting when we talked to the group, but that's just one step that we've accomplished and we need to continue to get better as we move throughout the season."The Don Kirby Elite Invitational and the Husky Classic will both be available to stream live on FloTrack.org with a premium subscription, and links to live results will be available on the track and field schedule on GoDucks.com. Updates from both meets will be provided on Twitter via @OregonTF and @Run4Ducks.The Women of Oregon are currently ranked No. 3 in the nation, while the Men of Oregon slot in at No. 10.Oregon went to the Columbia Challenge in New York with a focus on earning qualifying marks in the distance medley relays, and the Ducks seemed to accomplish that goal with a pair of then-NCAA-leading times. The quartet ofandwon in 11:00.13 to move into solid qualifying position, while the men received a winning time of 9:31.87 fromand. Both times currently rank No. 2 in the nation. The women's 4x400 relay team ofandalso performed well, winning in a meet-record 3:32.92, which currently ranks fifth in the nation.Junior, the reigning Pac-12 champion in the triple jump, vaulted herself to the top of the UO indoor record book on Jan. 27 in New York. Cook jumped 42-11 (13.08m) in the triple jump to break the UO indoor all-time record, moving past's previous record of 42-8. Cook now owns the Oregon indoor triple jump record and is second all-time outdoors in the triple jump.The Men of Oregon received standout performances in the mile run at the Columbia Challenge in New York on Jan. 27, with four Ducks running under the four-minute mark.enjoyed arguably the best race of his collegiate career, running a huge PR of 3:57.90 to lead the Ducks and finish first among collegians. Freshmen(3:59.05) and(3:59.29) also ran PRs and finished under four minutes to join Stanovsek as the 20th, 21st and 22nd Ducks to run a sub-four-minute mile indoors. Senioralso finished under four minutes in 3:59.56, andwas right behind in 4:01.87.The Ducks essentially re-wrote the UO all-time indoor record book at the Columbia Challenge in New York, posting 18 marks that moved into the top 10 in Oregon history.led the way with her indoor triple jump record, and was joined by(3rd, 60m | 7th, 200m),(4th, 60H),(6th, Mile),(6th, Long Jump | 8th, Triple Jump),(6th, 800m),(6th, Weight Throw),(6th, 400m),(7th, Mile),(8th, Weight Throw),(8th, 200m),(10th, 60H),(10th, Weight Throw) and(10th, 400m). The Ducks also posted top-10 marks in the women's 4x400 relay (6th) and the women's DMR (8th).Senior sprinter, a three-time NCAA champion and eight-time all-American for the Ducks, was named to the preseason watch list for The Bowerman, the most prestigious award in collegiate track and field. Washington played a major part in last year's Triple Crown run for the Women of Oregon, winning the NCAA Indoor 200 meter title while also scoring indoors in the 60 meters as well as outdoors in both the 100 and 200 meters.The Men and Women of Oregon have frequently been at the top of the NCAA indoor track and field world over the past decade, winning 11 total indoor team titles since 2009. The UO women have won the last two indoor championships, including last year when they scored a meet record 84 points, and seven of the last eight. The UO men have won four indoor titles in the last nine years, including three straight from 2014 to 2016.The Women of Oregon will look to build off last year's magical season in 2018 after becoming the first NCAA DI women's program ever to complete the Triple Crown, with national titles in cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field in the same academic year. The UO women began the historic run with a thrilling one-point win in the 2016 NCAA Cross Country Championships, and then dominated at the NCAA Indoor Championships for their seventh indoor title in the last eight years with a meet-record 84 points. With history on the line, the Ducks pulled out a narrow victory over Georgia at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, with the 4x400 relay team running a collegiate record 3:23.13 to pull out a must-have victory in the final event and complete the Triple Crown.Oregon will begin postseason competition following its split-squad weekend in Seattle and Albuquerque at the MPSF Championships in Seattle on Feb. 23-24. That will be the Ducks' final qualifying opportunity before the NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas (March 9-10).