Churchill's new addition makes Hayward Field debut.Byline: Adam Jude The Register-Guard Out of the blocks, Devon Williams Devon Williams is a singer/songwriter from the Los Angeles area. He was the driving force behind former epitaph punk band Osker, and the indie folk Fingers-Cut, Megamachine. seemed to embody em·bod·y tr.v. em·bod·ied, em·bod·y·ing, em·bod·ies 1. To give a bodily form to; incarnate. 2. To represent in bodily or material form: the look of a runner with a national reputation, her long, smooth strides carrying her well ahead of the pack in the 400-meter run. Somehow, she finished third. Visibly upset, Williams said she fell short of her own expectations in her much-anticipated Hayward Field For other uses of "Hayward", see Hayward (disambiguation). Hayward Field at University of Oregon is one of the most well-known historic track and field stadiums in the United States. It has been the home to the University of Oregon Track and Field teams since 1919. debut with the Churchill High School track team Saturday, when she also placed third in the 200 at the XO Invite. "Just a bad day," she said. On a rain-soaked afternoon, Williams, a junior, finished the 400 in 58.97 seconds, more than three seconds slower than her personal best. "She's nowhere close to where she's gonna gon·na Informal Contraction of going to: We're gonna win today. be," Churchill coach George Walcott said. "I know she was disappointed with today, but even the best of 'em have bad days." A national record-holder, Williams moved to Eugene last year from Maryland Maryland (mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). to, in part, train with Margo Jennings, the respected coach who tutored Olympic champion Maria Mutola Maria de Lurdes Mutola (born October 27, 1972 in Maputo) is an athlete from Mozambique who has specialised in the 800 m. Teenage years Mutola was born in the Chamanculo district of Maputo. Her father was employed by the railways and her mother was a market vendor. . "I just really wanted to have a good meet and have a good day," said Williams, who broke the national junior indoor record in the 500 with a time of 1:11.44 as a freshman in 2004. "We had high expectations for my first meet, but that's not how it happened. I'm just going to have to take it one day at a time One Day at a Time is a long-running American situation comedy that portrayed a divorced mother, played by Bonnie Franklin, her two teenage daughters (Mackenzie Phillips and Valerie Bertinelli) and their building superintendent (Pat Harrington, Jr.). ." Walcott said Williams is still in the early stages of her training, which is geared more for some of the national meets in the summer. "She's young, and I'm not going to put any pressure on her," he said. "I want her to take her time and develop and get accustomed to running in this environment." Williams said she would use her disappointment Saturday to work even harder. "It'll motivate me," she said. "I know what I'm capable of doing." Williams competed with the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. for the first time in a dual meet Wednesday, and said she will compete for Churchill the rest of the season. That will likely include a return to Hayward Field for the state meet next month. "That should be better," she said. "I'll be a lot more prepared for that." South Eugene's Taylor Drouet wasn't exactly prepared for the 2,000-meter steeplechase steeplechase Either of two distinct sporting events: (1) a horse race over a closed course with obstacles, including hedges and walls; or (2) a footrace of 3,000 m over hurdles and a water jump. Saturday - but it hardly mattered. Competing in the event for the first time, Drouet built a solid lead and held on for the win in 8:07.97. She didn't have much time to prepare for the steeplechase either. Until Friday, when she first learned she would be entered in the race, Drouet said she'd never even run over a hurdle HURDLE, Eng. law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution. . "I was pretty comfortable out there," she said. "It wasn't as hard as I expected." Sandy senior Sheryl Page was also impressive, recording meet records in both the 800 and 1,500. The defending state champion in the 1,500, Page ran 4:39.71 in that event and 2:14.10 in the 800. "I was surprised at how I went out," she said after the 800. "But I knew I could do it. I believed in myself." Marist's Emily Gillespie won the high jump with a mark of 5 feet, 2 inches, and she finished second in the triple jump at 35-8. CAPTION(S): South Eugene's Taylor Drouet won the 2,000-meter steeplechase a day after learning she would run the race. "I was pretty comfortable out there. It wasn't as hard as I expected." TAYLOR DROUET SOUTH EUGENE, ON HER FIRST STEEPLECHASE |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion