Road to Eugene meet returns May 27.Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard Nearly 6,000 fans showed up for the inaugural Road to Eugene '08 track and field meet 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. last August. They won't have to wait so long for the second version. On Tuesday, UO director of track and field Vin Lananna said this year's Road to Eugene '08 meet will be held May 27 at Hayward Field, one day after the conclusion of the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association West Regionals, set for May 25-26. The tentative meet schedule includes 15 events. Similar to last year, it will benefit the Professional Athletics Association, a newly formed union of professional track and field athletes. The meet is part of a commitment made by Eugene's Local Organizing Committee during the bid process to host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials to provide more competitive opportunities for U.S. athletes. Lananna plans to add one more wrinkle to the weekend. He said a men's and women's 5,000-meter race will be held Saturday night at least one hour after the finish of the NCAA West Regionals. The races will be designed for any distance runner distance runner n. A runner who competes in distance races. wishing to take a shot at the 2008 Olympic `A' qualifying standard. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the IAAF IAAF abbr. International Amateur Athletic Federation , those times are 13 minutes, 21.50 seconds for men and 15:09.00 for women. U.S. 5,000 champion moves to Eugene Lauren Fleshman, the reigning U.S. champion in the 5,000 meters, has moved to Eugene and will be one of the headline performers at this week's Oregon Invitational at Hayward Field. The Stanford graduate, who is a three-time NCAA champion and collegiate record-holder in the 5K, will run either the 1,500 or 5,000 during the distance carnival portion of the two-day meet on Friday night. The two-time World Championships qualifier and 15-time all-American is engaged to Jesse Thomas, a former standout at Mountain View High School in Bend, who won the 2001 Pac-10 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. title for Stanford. Thomas also claimed the Oregon 4A state cross country title in 1997. `Lauren has always had an interest in Oregon,' said Lananna, who coached her at Stanford, and also acted as her advisor during the 2004 season on a long-distance basis while he was director of athletics at Oberlin College Oberlin College, at Oberlin, Ohio; coeducational; opened 1833 as Oberlin Collegiate Institute, became Oberlin College in 1850. It includes a college of arts and sciences and a well-known conservatory of music. in Ohio. `When I first came out to Eugene, she was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a place to identify as a home base, and she contacted me about renewing this partnership we had and we're successful with. I'm happy to guide her and advise her ... Lauren embodies many of the things which are so good about the sport of track and field. The people in this community will quickly learn that she is a special person.' The Oregon Invitational's Friday night schedule begins at 5:20 p.m. with section two of the women's 5,000 and concludes at 9 p.m. with the women's 10,000. The marquee event is the Bill McChesney Memorial men's 5,000 at 8:05 p.m. Tentative race entrants include Oregon's Galen Rupp, Wisconsin's Chris Solinsky, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. Olympian Michael Aish, U.S. Olympians Jonathon Riley and Dan Browne and Oregon Track Club Elite's Sean Graham. On Saturday, the meet begins at 2 p.m. with the men's pole vault and ends at 5:12 p.m. with the men's 4x400 relay. |
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