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Javelin Duo Make Olympic Team
07/04/16 | Track and Field
EUGENE, Ore. – Former Ducks Cyrus Hostetler and Sam Crouser added to Oregon's Olympic tally on Monday at the U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials as both will represent their country in Rio this summer.
Hostetler, who still holds the Oregon school record, won the event by jumping to the top of the leaderboard from fourth place on his fifth attempt of 273-1 (83.24m). The throw was a meet record, topping the throw of Curtis Thompson who broke the previous record on his first attempt of 271-11 (82.88m).
"The second I hit it, I knew it was gone," Hostetler said.
So did the crowd. And the former Duck said the 21,713 fans in attendance played a big part in that.
"I definitely knew the only way I was going to throw far was to get that crowd behind me and sort of absorb the energy of Hayward Field," he said. "There's always some magic here and I definitely got that magic on my fifth throw."
Crouser finished in fourth place with a best throw of 256-1 (78.06m), but because he was one of three athletes to have reached the Olympic standard of 83.00m, he became the second qualifier to team USA.
It's been a compressed run-up to the Trials for Crouser, who is recovering from tendinitis in his shoulder. Fortunately Crouser hit the standard while chasing the World Championships in 2015 before taking time off. The two-time NCAA champion said he has been ramping up his training since February and his results have been trending upward as well.
"It's kind of been a building block year," Crouser said. "I threw 74 (meters) earlier and 78 (today). So going into the Olympics, it's going to give me another month to prepare and throw farther."
In the most dramatic and bizarre race of the trials thus far, Raevyn Rogers took fifth in the women's 800 meter final.
As the tightly-packed field reached the Bowerman Curve with less than 150 meters to go, a collision occurred in front of Rogers which led to a fall from six-time U.S. Champion Alysia Montano. Rogers was able to escape relatively unscathed and cross the finish line in 2:00.59, the second fastest time of her career.
Eric Jenkins and Galen Rupp advanced through the opening rounds of the men's 5,000 as third and sixth-place finishers in their heat, respectively. Jenkins made his move to the lead on the back stretch and held on to finish as one of the top six automatic qualifiers. Rupp grabbed the final automatic qualifying spot by holding off a late-charging Brian Shrader.
Athletes will have Tuesday off before the hammer throw takes place on the Hayward Field infield, Wednesday. Greg Skipper and Britney Henry are entered in the fields, with preliminary round qualifying starting at 1 p.m. Halfway through the meet, six athletes with University of Oregon ties have qualified for the Olympic team.
Oregon Olympic Qualifiers
Galen Rupp – Marathon, 10,000 Meters
San Crouser - Javelin
Ashton Eaton – Decathlon
Phyllis Francis – 400 Meters
English Gardner – 100 Meters
Cyrus Hostetler - Javelin
Hostetler, who still holds the Oregon school record, won the event by jumping to the top of the leaderboard from fourth place on his fifth attempt of 273-1 (83.24m). The throw was a meet record, topping the throw of Curtis Thompson who broke the previous record on his first attempt of 271-11 (82.88m).
"The second I hit it, I knew it was gone," Hostetler said.
So did the crowd. And the former Duck said the 21,713 fans in attendance played a big part in that.
"I definitely knew the only way I was going to throw far was to get that crowd behind me and sort of absorb the energy of Hayward Field," he said. "There's always some magic here and I definitely got that magic on my fifth throw."
Crouser finished in fourth place with a best throw of 256-1 (78.06m), but because he was one of three athletes to have reached the Olympic standard of 83.00m, he became the second qualifier to team USA.
It's been a compressed run-up to the Trials for Crouser, who is recovering from tendinitis in his shoulder. Fortunately Crouser hit the standard while chasing the World Championships in 2015 before taking time off. The two-time NCAA champion said he has been ramping up his training since February and his results have been trending upward as well.
"It's kind of been a building block year," Crouser said. "I threw 74 (meters) earlier and 78 (today). So going into the Olympics, it's going to give me another month to prepare and throw farther."
In the most dramatic and bizarre race of the trials thus far, Raevyn Rogers took fifth in the women's 800 meter final.
As the tightly-packed field reached the Bowerman Curve with less than 150 meters to go, a collision occurred in front of Rogers which led to a fall from six-time U.S. Champion Alysia Montano. Rogers was able to escape relatively unscathed and cross the finish line in 2:00.59, the second fastest time of her career.
Eric Jenkins and Galen Rupp advanced through the opening rounds of the men's 5,000 as third and sixth-place finishers in their heat, respectively. Jenkins made his move to the lead on the back stretch and held on to finish as one of the top six automatic qualifiers. Rupp grabbed the final automatic qualifying spot by holding off a late-charging Brian Shrader.
Athletes will have Tuesday off before the hammer throw takes place on the Hayward Field infield, Wednesday. Greg Skipper and Britney Henry are entered in the fields, with preliminary round qualifying starting at 1 p.m. Halfway through the meet, six athletes with University of Oregon ties have qualified for the Olympic team.
Oregon Olympic Qualifiers
Galen Rupp – Marathon, 10,000 Meters
San Crouser - Javelin
Ashton Eaton – Decathlon
Phyllis Francis – 400 Meters
English Gardner – 100 Meters
Cyrus Hostetler - Javelin
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