Runyan plans to start comeback in front of home crowd in Oregon Invitational.Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard Two-time Olympian Marla Runyan Marla Runyan, born January 4, 1969 in Santa Maria, California, is a marathon runner who is legally blind. After graduating from Camarillo High School in 1987, Ruyan went on to study at San Diego State University, where she began competing in several sporting events: the hasn't competed in a race since the Chicago Marathon The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon is a major marathon held yearly in Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Alongside the Boston, New York, London and Berlin Marathons, it is one of the five World Marathon Majors. in October of 2004. The 35-year-old Eugene resident plans to end that drought with an appearance in the 10,000 meters Friday night during the distance portion of the Oregon Invitational 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. . The race is tentatively scheduled for 10:15 p.m. It will be only the second time Runyan has run a 10K on the track. `I'm excited and a little nervous,' said Runyan, who has been busy of late taking care of her 7-month-old daughter, Anna Lee. `(The 10K) is still an unknown event for me, but I figure what better place to start out than under the lights at home. There's really no pressure at all. I just want to run my best, and I think this will be a good environment.' Runyan's 10K personal best of 31 minutes, 46 seconds was set on the road. She hopes to run under 32 minutes this week, but the more important goal is to better the U.S. qualifying standard of 33:50. `I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. if I'll run the 10K at nationals,' she said. `But I want to get a qualifier in both the 10K and the 5K.' After giving birth to her daughter on Sept. 1, 2005, Runyan took several months off before resuming training in late January. She is currently running about 70 miles per week, with plenty of long intervals and tempo runs on the track. A nagging hip injury is about `75 to 80 percent resolved.' `Hopefully, when I get out there Friday night, it won't be an issue,' Runyan said. `This is an opportunity to race, and having had more than a year off, I need a race. I'm still working my way back, so we'll see how it goes.' Oregon Invitational spread over three days The Oregon Invitational will be split into two separate ticketed sessions this week. On Friday night, a distance carnival at Hayward Field will feature 15 men's and women's races ranging from 1,500 meters to 10,000 meters. The schedule lists six sections of the 1,500, three 5Ks, three 10Ks and three 3,000-meter steeplechases. Six field events also will be contested, along with a boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. 2-mile race for high school runners. The meet is set to begin at 6 p.m. with the women's long jump and end with the second men's 10K race at 10:55 p.m. `My understanding of what twilight means was born in Eugene,' said Vin Lananna, the director of track and field at Oregon. `It's nothing revolutionary. We just wanted to take advantage of that time of day, and if conditions are ideal, we should have some great performances.' Among the distance runners who have been accepted into the meet are two-time NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association champion Robert Cheseret of Arizona in the 5K or 10K; Kenya's Cornelius Chirchir Cornelius Chirchir (born 5 June 1983 in Kericho) is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He holds the world junior record over the distance with 3:30.24 minutes, achieved on 19 July 2002 in Monte Carlo. He came close to the record in 2004 with 3:30. , Bernard Kiptum and Justus Koech Justus Koech (born 19 March 1980 in Uasin Gishu) is a Kenyan middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. He finished sixth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris and won a bronze medal at the 2003 All-Africa Games in Abuja. of Nike Oregon Project Nike's Oregon Project is an obscure group created by Nike in 2001[1] to promote American long distance running utilizing advanced technology. Runners in this group are recruited to live in a specially designed house where filters are used to remove oxygen from the air to in the 1,500; Nike's Dathan Ritzenhein Dathan Ritzenhein born December 30, 1982 in Grand Rapids, Michigan is an American track and cross-country athlete. He attended Rockford High School in Michigan and the University of Colorado in Boulder, and is arguably one of the greatest American hopes for distance running in the , Matt Tegenkamp Matt Tegenkamp (born January 19, 1982) is a professional distance runner from Lee's Summit, Missouri. He is the American 2 Mile Record Holder with a time of 8:07.07, set at the Prefontaine Classic in 2007[1] . He also holds a 5,000 meter PR of 13:04. and ex-Duck Jason Hartmann in the 5K; Wisconsin's Chris Solinsky in the 5K and Simon Bairu in the 10K; Jonathon Riley of Nike Farm Team in the 5K; Max King of Team XO in the 5K; Olympian Dan Browne in the 10K; Olympian Gabe Jennings in the 1,500; and New Balance's Scott McGowan in the 1,500. On the women's side, Runyan will be challenged by Kara Goucher of Nike Oregon Project in the 10K, while Lindsey Gallo, ranked sixth in the U.S. last season, will compete unattached in the 1,500. On Saturday, the high-performance meet begins at 2 p.m. with the women's 4x100 relay and concludes with the men's 4x400 relay at 5:20 p.m. A decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. , featuring ex-Duck Santiago Lorenzo, will be held Thursday and Friday. UO hammer thrower earns Pac-10 field honor Oregon junior Britney Henry claimed the Pac-10 women's field event athlete of the week award Monday. Henry broke her own school record with a season-best mark of 221 feet, 7 inches in the hammer throw at the Mount SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif., this past Saturday. Her effort also broke the Pac-10 record of 219-5 set by UCLA's Jessica Cosby in 2004. The first-year Duck ranks ninth on the all-time U.S. list with a PR of 223-8 set while competing unattached last year. Only two collegians have ever thrown farther than Henry's PR - recent NCAA champions Loree Smith of Colorado State (229-9, 2005) and Candice Scott of Florida (229-5, 2004). |
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