Closing act will be Rupp, rabbits and 10K rookie tonight.Byline: UO TRACK & FIELD By Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard UO senior Galen Rupp Galen Rupp (born May 8 1986 in Portland, Oregon) is an American cross-country and track and field athlete. He is one of the nation's top young distance runners, having set important junior national and American high school records while competing for Portland, Oregon's Central will be the final act of the Oregon Relays tonight. The 2008 Olympian and four-time NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association champion is scheduled to compete in the 10,000 meters at 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. at 8 p.m. Rupp, the U.S. collegiate record-holder in the 10K at 27 minutes, 33.48 seconds, and the U.S. Olympic Trials runner-up in that event last summer, will be seeking the NCAA qualifying standard of 28:45.00. "Galen wanted to run a 10K at home before the Pac-10s," UO director of track and field Vin Lananna said. "It made sense, so we put the event in and it seemed to strike up some interest ... it should be a great race." The Ducks are also hoping to get an NCAA qualifier for freshman Luke Puskedra. He was the top freshman finisher at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships last November, but the former standout from Judge Memorial Catholic High School in Salt Lake City has never run a 10K on the track. Puskedra ran behind Rupp in the 5,000 at last week's dual meet against UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX to earn his regional qualifier in that event. He's hoping to duplicate that performance in tonight's 10,000. "Galen did a really good job of helping us stay together (in the 5,000) when he took over after the 3K," said Puskedra, the 2008 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year in cross country and a sixth-place finisher in the 5K at the NCAA Indoor Championships. "I was really grateful for that, because he has the ability to drop faster laps in the middle, and it could have split open. He definitely helped us get the regional and have a good time out there." Oregon Track Club Elite will provide two pacesetters for the 10K: Will Leer Will Leer is an elite American mid-distance runner. He graduated from Pomona College in Claremont, California in May, 2007. High School Career Will Leer ran track and played soccer Minnetonka High School in Minnetonka, Minnesota. He was coached by Jeff Renlund. will be the rabbit through 3,000 meters, and Chris Thompson
Chris Thompson (also known as Chris Hamlet Thompson will take the pace through 4,000 meters. The rest of the field includes Colorado State's Andrew Mauk and Kenyans Matthew Kotut and Stephen Sambu of Rend Lake Rend Lake is an artificial Southern Illinois lake in Franklin and Jefferson Counties near Benton, Illinois. Its elevation is 403 feet (123 m) above sea level. Rend Lake is a reservoir, created when the United States Army Corps of Engineers dammed the Big Muddy River. Junior College. The Oregon Relays, sponsored by the Oregon Community Credit Union, feature nearly 2,000 competitors representing 24 collegiate programs, along with countless junior college, high school and club entrants from around the nation. Today's schedule begins with the final day of the decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. and heptathlon heptathlon: see under decathlon. heptathlon Women's athletics competition. Contestants take part in seven different track-and-field events: 100-m hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, javelin throw, and 200- and 800-m runs. at 10 a.m. There will be several "B" section events from 11:45 a.m. to 3:50 p.m., with the "featured event" window starting at 4 p.m. Oregon Sports Network will broadcast the meet live from 6-8 p.m. on Comcast Sports Net Northwest (channel 37). On Saturday, the competition begins at 10 a.m. with featured events from 4-7 p.m. The early events focus on high school athletes, although top sections of the men's pole vault pole vault Track-and-field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a long pole. It became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century and was included in the first modern Olympic Games. , women's high jump, women's shot put, and men's and women's 100, 200 and 400 hurdles will be held during that time period. Tonight's schedule will highlight the distance races. Before the 10K, University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
Barringer, a two-time NCAA champion in the 3,000 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. , set the American record in that event last year at 9:22.26. She also set indoor collegiate records in the 3,000 (8:42.03) and 5,000 (15:01.70) this year. The men's 1,500 features the Oregon contingent of junior Andrew Wheating, senior Shadrack Biwott and sophomore Matt Centrowitz taking on three runners ranked among the top six on the NCAA performance list. Washington's Austin Abbott Austin Abbott (December 18, 1831-April 19, 1896) was a lawyer and academic. He is probably best remembered as being the government counsel in the trial of Charles J. Guiteau for the assassination of President James Garfield. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1831. is second at 3:41.62, followed by Butler's Kris Gauson (4th, 3:42.13) and Auburn's Felix Kiboiywo (6th, 3:42.30). Schaaf, the 2008 Pac-10 cross country champion, who led a Husky sweep at the conference championships, is also listed in the women's 5,000, along with the Ducks' Blood, senior Mattie Bridgmon and sophomore Alex Kosinski. The field for the Bill McChesney Jr. 5,000 is led by Nike's Josh Rohatinsky, a participant in the U.S. Olympic Trials, and Bret Schoolmeester of the Bowerman Athletic Club. Oregon lists four entries in the race: Centrowitz, Biwott, Scott Wall and Diego Mercado. Elsewhere, five of the top 10 javelin throwers on the NCAA performance list are scheduled to compete, led by UO junior Cyrus Hostetler, who still has the world's leading throw this season at 272-10. The others are Washington's Kyle Nielsen (5th, 239-2), UO junior Alex Wolff Alex Wolff (born November 1, 1997 in Manhattan, New York[0]) is an actor and drummer. He is the son of Polly Draper and jazz pianist, Michael Wolff. His family is Jewish. (7th, 234-4), and Wichita State's Brett Trudo (8th, 233-3) and Trent Mazanec (10th, 229-6). Loree Smith, a 2008 Olympian who lives and trains in Eugene, is expected to head the women's hammer throw field. OREGON RELAYS 10 a.m. today at Hayward Field. More coverage, and meet updates at www.registerguard.com/blogs OREGON RELAYS - today's meet schedule COMBINED EVENTS 10 a.m. - men's 110 hurdles. 10:10 a.m. - women's long jump. 10:40 a.m. - men's discus. 11 a.m. - women's javelin. 11:40 a.m. - men's pole vault. 11:50 a.m. - women's 800. 1:30 p.m. - men's javelin. 2:30 p.m. - men's 1,500. FEATURED EVENTS 4 p.m. - women's hammer. 4 p.m. - men's discus. 4:10 p.m. - women's long jump. 4:10 p.m. - women's 5,000. 4:20 p.m. - men's triple jump. 4:30 p.m. - men's 5,000 (section two). 4:55 p.m. - boys 3,000 steeplechase (high school). 5 p.m. - girls pole vault (high school). 5 p.m. - boys high jump (high school). 5:10 p.m. - girls distance medley relay The Distance Medley Relay is an athletic event in which four athletes compete as part of a relay. Unlike most track relays, each member of the team runs a different distance. A Distance Medley Relay is made up of a 1200 meter leg, a 400 meter leg, an 800 meter leg, and a 1600 meter leg - (high school). 5:25 p.m. - boys distance medley relay (high school). 5:40 p.m. - girls 3,000 (high school). 5:55 p.m. boys 3,000 (high school). 6 p.m. - girls discus (high school). 6 p.m. - boys shot put (high school). 6:05 p.m. - men's javelin. 6:15 p.m. - women's 3,000 steeplechase. 6:30 p.m. - men's 3,000 steeplechase. 6:45 p.m. - women's 1,500 (section two). 6:52 p.m. - women's 1,500. 7 p.m. - men's 1,500 (section three). 7:07 p.m. - men's 1,500 (section two). 7:15 p.m. - men's 1,500. 7:20 p.m. - women's 5,000. 7:40 p.m. - Bill McChesney, Jr. 5,000. 8 p.m. - men's 10,000. |
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