Former Duck Andrew Wheating and current Duck Anne Kesselring represented the University of Oregon on the first night of the Prefontaine Classic, Friday.

In a world-class field, Wheating ran a conservative time of 3:57.02, placing him fifth in the men’s international mile. Wheating sat in fourth place for the first three laps, only to be passed by another runner in the last lap. Kenyan James Kiplagat Magut ran a world-leading time of 3:55.24.

Later during the unofficially named Distance Night in Eugene, Kesselring ran for her home country of Germany and placed seventh in the 800 meter run in a time of 2:02.12. Running for U.S.A., Phoebe Wright won the race in a time of 2:00.85.