Track and field jumping and throwing events are won by the athlete who achieves the greatest distance or height. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", such as the pentathlon consisting of five events, heptathlon consisting of seven events, and decathlon consisting of ten events. In these, athletes participate in a combination of track and field events. Most track and field events are individual sports with a single victor; the most prominent team events are relay
Oregon Ducks track and field coaches, Salazar wrote a pair of books about distance running. Matt Centrowitz, another University of Oregon alumnus and father of Matthew, took the American University track and field program to prominence since the rebirth of the program in 1999. The early teams ran at Kincaid Field, constructed in 1902 as an athletic field. In 1919, Hayward Field was constructed for football events and two years later, a track was installed around the field as the track and field team moved in. Kincaid field was torn down in 1922. Autzen Stadium was opened in 1967 and the football team moved out