Track & Field
Open Thread: Women’s Pac-10 Track & Field Championships
Andrew Greif in the upper regions of the West Grandstand at Hayward Field opening up this thread for the women’s portion of the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference track and field championships. I’ll keep updating this as the day goes on.
UPDATE 6:54 p.m.: OK, that’s it for the first-day action from Hayward. We’ll be here tomorrow starting [...]
Men of Oregon set 4xMile Relay Collegiate Record
Matthew Centrowitz, Andrew Wheating, Shadrack Biwott and Galen Rupp ran the Oregon Twilight four-by-mile relay in 16:03.24 tonight, breaking the collegiate record set by four University of Michigan runners in 2005. Andrew Ellerton, Mike Woods, Nick Willis and Nate Brannen ran the relay in 16:04.54.
The Ducks also beat Oregon Track Clube Elite…the event was, technically, [...]
Ex-UO thrower Henry receives USATF grant
Congratulations to ex-Oregon thrower Brittany Henry, who received a $4,000 Elite Athlete Developmental grant from USA Track & Field today, one of 10 athletes awarded a grant.
Henry competed for Oregon from 2005-2007, breaking the school’s hammer throw record under the coaching of Lance Deal.
“One key aim of the USATF Foundation is to encourage American athletes to pursue their dreams [...]
