UO Outlook.Byline: The Register-Guard 100, 200, 400, Relays TOP RETURNERS - Samie Parker Samie Jabar Parker (born March 25, 1981 in Long Beach, California) is an National Football League wide receiver currently playing for the Kansas City Chiefs. He graduated from Long Beach Polytechnic High School. , sharing time with football as a wide receiver, last spring led Ducks in 100 (10.45) and ranked second in 200 (21.83) ... Short relay manned by Cory Gray, Parker, Allan Amundson and hurdlers Terry Ellis
Terry Lynn Ellis (born September 5, 1966 in Houston, Texas, U.S.) is an African-American R&B singer. or Micah Harris Micah Harris , instructor at Pitt CC, is a great lover of Maine Coons and has published a story about the lives of his cats. (September 28, 1982 - June 11, 2004) was a senior defensive lineman on the Duke University football team. ... Long relay to draw from Gray, Simon Kimata, Ross Krempley, Brandon Holliday or Harris. NEW FACES - More help from football with addition of kick returner Amundson ... Gray, transfer from Chemeketa CC, won NWACC NWACC Northwest Arkansas Community College (Bentonville, Arkansas) NWACC Northwest Academic Computing Consortium 100 (10.6) in 2001 ... Freshmen include Matthew Parrish, Derek Strubel, Justin Weiler. OUTLOOK - Football players obvious keys to Ducks' success in sprints. 110 High, 400 Intermediates Hurdles TOP RETURNERS - Harris set UO record in 110 highs (13.73) last season, was Pac-10 silver medalist and had sub-14-second performances in six of last eight races ... Terry Ellis (14.04) a two-time scorer in Pac-10 meet ... Billy Pappas, decathlete de·cath·lete n. An athlete who participates in a decathlon. , adds 110 depth (14.63) ... Holliday ran 52.83 in 400 hurdles last season. NEW FACES - Weiler a freshman from Jesuit High. OUTLOOK - Harris and Ellis give Ducks 1-2 punch in 110 hurdles; Holliday anchors 400 hurdles. High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, 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. TOP RETURNERS - Jason Boness has UO record (7-5), three NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association trips, two all-America awards and Pac-10 title in high jump ... Kyley Johnson, who won Pac-10 HJ title in 1998, returns after redshirting last season ... Jake Horner high jumped 6-9 last season ... Pappas has long jumped 23-2 3/4 ... Foluso Akinradewo top triple jumper (50-6w) ... Trevor Woods leads pole vault contingent with 17-11 3/4 PR jump and an NCAA provisional qualifier of 17-6 1/2 this season ... Cody Powell has PV best of 17-1 3/4 ... Jason Slye has vaulted 17- 1/2 . NEW FACES - Five freshmen - Aaron Fondner (LJ, TJ, HJ), Jesse Mays (LJ, TJ), Kurt Moeller (LJ), Strubel (LJ, TJ) and Jonathan Derby (PV) - expected to redshirt this season. OUTLOOK - Boness, Woods and Akinradewo key components to UO jump team. 800, 1,500 TOP RETURNERS - Kimata ran NCAA automatic qualifier and PR of 1:46.65 at Arizona State Invitational on March 30 to rank fourth on all-time UO 800 list ... Ross Krempley has been in three Pac-10 800 finals ... Adam Bergquist returns after redshirting last season and can run races from 1,500 to 10,000 ... Ryan Andrus, a Wisconsin transfer, has PR of 3:46.5 in 1,500. NEW FACES - Redshirt freshmen ready to impact 1,500 include Eric Logsdon (3:49.66), Noel Paulson (3:53.4) and Kyle Robinson (3:59.27). OUTLOOK - Hamstring injury hamstring injury Sports medicine A muscle injury of biceps femoris, seen in sprinters and runners, when a contracted muscle meets a lengthening force, overpowering intrinsic muscle resiliency Management RICE, NSAIDs, gradual ↑ of pain-free activity–eg, sidelined Kimata for Pac-10 and NCAA last season ... Ducks' 1,500 success to rely heavily on newcomers. 5,000, 10,000, 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. TOP RETURNERS - Jason Hartmann ran NCAA automatic qualifier in 10,000 (28:51.00) at Stanford Invitational last month and ranks fifth on all-time UO 10K list ... John Lucas John Lucas may refer to:
NEW FACES - Seth Pilkington and Erik Heinonen, freshmen, to redshirt this spring. OUTLOOK - Hartmann the anchor but return of Bergquist, elected team captain, and addition of talented redshirt freshmen boost Ducks' long-distance hopes. Shot Put, Discus, Javelin, Hammer TOP RETURNERS - John Stiegeler, defending NCAA and Pac-10 javelin champion, and UO record-holder, out for season with knee injury ... Rian Ingrim top returnee re·turn·ee n. 1. One who returns, as from a journey or to school after a long absence. 2. A person returning from military duty overseas. See Usage Note at -ee1. in shot put (57-5 indoor) and second in hammer throw (184-1) ... Adam Kriz returns as hammer leader (197-9). NEW FACES - Javelin thrower Nick Bakke has thrown his PR (206-3) this season ... James March has thrown 54-10 1/4 in shot ... Adam Jenkins (218-5) has thrown 207-3 this season in javelin. OUTLOOK - Stiegeler injury inflicts big hurt on Ducks for Pac-10 and NCAA meets. Decathlon decathlon (dĭkăth`lŏn), in modern Olympic games, a contest for men held over two days and composed of 10 track-and-field events. TOP RETURNERS - Santiago Lorenzo is defending NCAA and Pac-10 champion, and ranks fourth on UO career decathlon list with 7,889 points but has not recovered from February leg injury and might be redshirted ... Pappas was eighth in NCAA last season with PR of 7,488 points (No. 9 on UO all-time list) ... Doug Sells, with PR of 6,615 points, out for season with knee injury ... Jason Slye has multi-event PR of 6,677. NEW FACES - None. OUTLOOK - Lorenzo questionable at best for this season, and his loss would be another damaging blow to UO's big-meet hopes. |
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