Archive for May, 2009

Open Thread Day Two: Women’s Pac-10 Track & Field Championships

Women’s 4×100m relay: The Oregon women scored six surprising points in the first running event of the day, taking third in the event in 44.80, behind Arizona State (44.10) and USC (44.37). Mandy White led for Oregon, handing cleanly to Amber Purvis, to Keshia Baker and finishing with Jamesha Youngblood at the anchor. 
Unlike yesterday, when [...]


Men’s Track and Field: Pacific-10 Conference Championships Running Thread

The only event thus far for the Oregon men in the Pac-10 Championships has been the 4×100m relay, where Vernell Warren, Ashton Eaton, Matt Butcher and Chad Barlow finished fourth in their heat in 40.65. USC won the heat in 40.07, but an Arizona State relay team holds the top time of 39.99. The men [...]


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 [...]


Ducks add point guard Armstead officially

Oregon has received a national letter of intent from Chipola College point guard Malcolm Armstead, a long-rumored signing even before former guard Kamyron Brown left the program on Saturday. 
Armstead is the teammate of Oregon recruit Jeremy Jacob, a forward for the Indians of Marianna, Fla. Armstead averaged 6.8 points, 4.9 assists and 1.9 steals per game, [...]


Two Ducks get Pac-10 softball honors

Freshman pitcher Sam Skillingstad and junior center fielder Neena Bryant have earned All Pac-10 honors in a vote by conference coaches Monday.
Bryant was one of 14 players on the second team, an honor she earned as a sophomore, as well. She tied for the team lead with eight home runs this year, and led Oregon [...]