Duck trio earns Pac-10 honors following Oregon Relays efforts.Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard Oregon's Rachel Yurkovich, Andrew Wheating and Nicole Blood were all honored by the Pac-10 on Monday as the conference outdoor track and field athletes of the week. Yurkovich, a junior from Newberg, broke her own Pac-10 and UO javelin record with a throw of 191 feet, 1 inch at the Oregon Relays on Friday. It's the top mark among collegiate throwers this season. Wheating, a sophomore from Norwich, Vt., won the mile at the Oregon Relays with a personal best of 3 minutes, 58.16 seconds on Saturday. He stands 11th on the all-time UO mile list and becomes the first native of Vermont to run a sub-4:00 mile. Blood, a sophomore from Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. , Calif., ran the fastest 1,500 meters in the Pac-10 this year with her 4:18.55 clocking at the Oregon Relays on Friday. Blood's mark ranks seventh all-time at Oregon. She also owns the Pac-10's fastest time in the 5,000 after running 15:43.82 at the Mount SAC Relays two weeks ago. Ducks to run at Stanford Oregon will send 13 distance runners to the 12th annual Payton Jordan Payton Jordan (b. March 19, 1917, Whittier, California) was the head coach of the 1968 United States Olympic track and field team, one of the most powerful track teams ever assembled, which won a record twenty-four medals, including twelve golds. Cardinal Invitational at Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. on Sunday. The lineup is as follows: UO women - Zoe Buckman (800), Alex Kosinski (1,500). UO men - Andrew Wheating (800), Mike McGrath Michael ("Mike") McGrath is Montana's current attorney general. He was elected in November 2000, and was unopposed for his second term in 2004. He is a member of the Montana Democratic Party. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force. (800), A.J. Acosta (1,500), A.J. Casteel (1,500), Joaquin Chapa (1,500), Jordan McNamara (1,500), Scott Wall (1,500), Chad Hall (5,000), Kenny Klotz (5,000), Daniel Mercado (5,000), Diego Mercado (10,000). The meet has become a premier destination for U.S. and international distance runners each year. It was created by Oregon director of track and field Vin Lananna during his 11-year tenure as Stanford's head track coach. Symmonds' team fourth Oregon Track Club Elite's Nick Symmonds Nick Symmonds is regarded as one of the U.S.'s top 800m and 1,500m runners.[1] The Willamette University graduate won the 800 and 1,500m NCAA championship race as a freshman, junior, and senior. gave USA Blue a sizable lead after a 1,200-meter leadoff leg of 2 minutes, 51.19 seconds last Saturday, but Kenya won the USA vs. the World 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 - at the 2008 Penn Relays The Penn Relays (also Penn Relays Carnival) is the oldest and largest track and field carnival in the United States, hosted annually since April 21, 1895 by the University of Pennsylvania at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. . Kenya finished the race with a time of 9:29.79, while USA Red placed second at 9:30.66. OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). Elite's Kevin Hicks (2:53.85) ran the 1,200 for USA Red, while OTC Elite teammate Sean O'Brien Sean O'Brien may refer to:
The World All-Stars took third at 9:31.67 and USA Blue finished fourth with OTC Elite's Christian Smith timed at 4:06.84 in the 1,600. Canada was fifth at 9:42.20. Duck redshirt impressive One of the overlooked performances at the inaugural Oregon Relays at Hayward Field last weekend came from UO redshirt Rita Santibanez in the women's shot put. The transfer from Colgate University won the event with a personal best of 47 feet, 101/2 inches, a mark that would rank ninth all-time at Oregon. Santibanez, who will be a junior in eligibility for the Ducks next year, competed unattached. In her two seasons with the Raiders, she set school records in the shot put and javelin, ranked third in the discus and ninth in the hammer. The versatile Santibanez was the 2005 Class 3A state runner-up in the shot put for Cascade High School Cascade is a name for several high schools in North America, including:
She was a four-year letter-winner as a goalkeeper in soccer, earning first-team all-region and all-league honors. Other noteworthy marks from the Oregon Relays: UO freshman heptathlete Brianne Theisen cleared 5-83/4 in the high jump, which ranks eighth all-time; Duck junior Leah Worthen had PRs in the 200 (24.50) and 400 (55.83); and UO freshman Vernell Warren recorded a lifetime best in the long jump (24-1/4); and Duck sophomore decathlete de·cath·lete n. An athlete who participates in a decathlon. Ashton Eaton cleared 16-3/4 in the pole vault. Hayward Field restrictions Hayward Field was declared off limits to the general public on Monday. Access to the facility will be restricted throughout the months of May, June and July as preparations intensify for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials, June 27-July 6. Workers are expected to begin the installation of temporary bleachers that will raise the seating capacity by 4,500 to 5,000 spectators. The current seating capacity at Hayward Field is listed as 10,500. The restrictions will not affect access to Hayward Field for the remaining home track meets, including the Oregon Twilight (May 9), the OSAA OSAA Oregon School Activities Association OSAA Office of the Special Adviser on Africa (United Nations body) OSAA Ocean State Aquaculture Association OSAA Office of the Sergeant-At-Arms (Philippines) 6A, 5A and 4A state high school championships (May 22-24), or the Prefontaine Classic (June 8). |
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