Oregon track stars in Tokyo: Which Ducks will compete in World Athletics Championships?

The Oregon track and field program was well-represented in the women’s 1,500-meter Olympic final during the 2024 Paris Summer Games.

Former Duck Jessica Hull raced to a silver-medal finish for Australia, her former teammate Susan Ejore from Kenya was sixth and Poland’s Klaudia Kazimierska, who was weeks away from starting her senior season at Oregon, placed 10th in the 12-woman race.

Those three will be back on the international stage having qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, a 10-day meet that will run Sept. 13-21 at Japan National Stadium.

Because Tokyo is 16 hours ahead of the Pacific time zone, the meet actually begins at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12, with the men’s and women’s 35K race walks.

Most track finals will take place between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. and will be streamed live on Peacock. NBC, CNBC and USA Network will provide additional coverage.

Hull, Ejore and Kazimierska will have a few more familiar faces joining them this week as current Ducks Silan Ayyildiz (Turkey), Wilma Nielsen (Sweden) and Mia Barnett (Sweden) are also entered in the 1,500, as is 2025 Eastern Kentucky transfer Bahiya El Arfaoui of Morocco.

Overall, there are 14 former or current Ducks entered in the meet, as well as two others who will join Oregon for the first time in the fall, and a couple of Oregon State track alums.

Oregon’s Silan Ayyildiz, left, and Klaudia Kazimierska leave the track after the women’s 1,500 meters on the final day of the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships on June 14, 2025, at Hayward Field in Eugene.

Oregon Ducks in the Tokyo World Athletics Championships

MEN

Aaron Bienenfeld, Germany: 10,000 meters
Matthew Erickson, Canada: 800 meters
Cole Hocker, USA: 1,500 and 5,000 meters

WOMEN

Silan Ayyildiz, Turkey: 1,500 meters
Mia Barnett, Sweden: 1,500 meters
Susan Ejore, Kenya: 1,500 meters
Jessica Hull, Australia: 1,500 and 800 meters
Alaysha Johnson, USA: 100 hurdles meters
Klaudia Kazimierska, Poland: 1,500 meters
Wilma Nielsen, Sweden: 1,500 meters
Jenna Prandini, USA: 4×100 meter relay pool
Jaida Ross, USA: Shot put
Jorinde van Klinken, Netherlands: Shot put and discus
Jillian Weir, Canada: Hammer

Incoming Oregon Ducks in the Tokyo World Athletics Championships

Mykolas Alekna, Lithuania: Men’s discus
Bahiya El Arfaoui, Morocco: Women’s 1,500 meters

Oregon State Beavers in the Tokyo World Athletics Championships

Grace Fetherstonhaugh, Canada: Women’s 3,000 steeplechase
Kaylee Mitchell, USA: Women’s 3,000 steeplechase

Oregonian in the Tokyo World Athletics Championships

Ryan Crouser, USA: Men’s shot put
Emma Gates, USA: Women’s high jump

Alaysha Johnson is among the current, former and future Oregon Ducks competing in the World Athletics Championships this month in Tokyo.

Chris Hansen covers University of Oregon football, men’s basketball, track and field, cross country and softball for The Register-Guard. You can reach him at chansen@registerguard.com.

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