University of Oregon
Oregon Twilight
Rupp Breaks U.S. Junior 10K Record
05/07/05 | Track and Field
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EUGENE ? In the Oregon Twilight Saturday, University of Oregon freshman Galen Rupp broke the U.S. junior record en route to the win in the 10,000 (28:15.52) at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field.
The Portland native and Central Catholic High School product broke the mark formerly held by Duck alum Rudy Chapa who sped to a still-standing high school record of 28:32.7 at the Drake Relays in 1976.
“What an incredible feeling,” Rupp said. “They say that Hayward Field isn't what it used to be, but this was something you only dream about. The crowd was so great and they pulled me along, and I was trying to do my best for them.”
Rupp also moved to third all-time in school history behind former World Championships qualifiers Bill McChesney Jr. (first, 27:50.82) and his prep coach Alberto Salazar (second, 28:06.12).
“Coming in I wanted to run even 68s (-second laps), but I could hear Coach yelling to be patient when the pace started to slow in the middle. We had some 68s, then a 69 or two and maybe even a 70 and I really wanted to move, but I waited a little. The plan was to go with two miles to go, and the crowd really helped.”
Paced by Team XO's Max King through the first 10 laps, the front pack went through 14:17 for the first first 5K. Unattached entrant Isaac Arusei took over the lead before the three-mile mark and held the lead for six laps during the middle third of the race.
Rupp moved into the lead with more than two miles left thanks to a 65-second lap, and ran the final nine laps by himself in the 65-68-second range, including a 64-second final lap. Overall, his unofficial 5K splits were 14:17 for the first 5K and 13:58 for the second 5K.
At the finish, Arusei followed in second place nearly 300 meters back (28:54.03), followed by Nike Oregon Project's Mike Donnelly (third, 29:03.25) and unattached entrant and World Champs veteran Pete Julian (fourth, 29:20.22). Meet officials indicated that Olympian Adam Goucher dropped out with approximately a mile to go.
On the 2005 season best lists, Rupp now stands third in the U.S. and second in the NCAA in his second-ever race at the 25-lap distance. He made his event debut last summer in Europe (29:09.56).
In the 5,000, a pair of former Colorado NCAA champions matched up as Nike's Dathan Ritzenhein notched a meet record (first, 13:22.23) and ran a solo last mile after he broke away from runner-up Jorge Torres (second, 13:30.77). Ritzenhein bettered another Chapa-held mark of 13:25.6 from his sophomore 1978 season when he won the NCAA 5K several weeks later at Hayward Field to the chants of ?Rudy, Rudy'.
Also in the 5,000, Duck freshmen Scott Wall 14:53.58) and Patrick Werhane followed in sixth (14:53.58) and eighth (15:04.45), respectively, and redshirt and unattached Duck Pat Swick added eighth (15:04.45).
In the 800, Nike Oregon Project's Richard Smith won by almost three seconds (1:47.91) over Duck alum and Team XO member Ross Krempley (second, 1:50.97) and Nike Oregon Project's Mike McGrath (third, 1:51.44).
Among other Duck men's highlights, sophomore Kyle Alcorn kicked to the win in the final lap of the Bill McChesney Jr. Memorial Twilight Mile (4:03.98) over Willamette's three-time NCAA Division III champion Nick Symmonds (second, 4:04.58) who won the race two years ago as a frosh.
All-America junior Eric Mitchum won the 400 hurdles (52.17) over former teammate and Team XO's Brandon Holliday (second, 52.62), and sophomore Sol Rexius claimed the 110 hurdles (first, 14.79w, w:2.1).
In other men's action, a trio of former Duck Pac-10 champions and Team XO members ? Kyley Johnson, Adam Kriz and John Stiegeler ? won the high jump (7-2 1/2), hammer (220-9) and javelin (219-7).
On the women's side, post-collegians also scored impressive wins as Olympian Shayne Culpepper won the 3,000 in a meet record (8:54.84) over former Stanford NCAA champion and Nike entrant Lauren Fleshman (9:00.80). The former meet record of 8:59.76 belonged to Oregon's Kathy Hayes from 1983.
Also in the 3K, Duck senior Magdalena Sandoval made her outdoor season debut (fifth, 9:46.87) and was only four seconds off to the team's season best held by redshirt senior Laura Harmon from the Pepsi Team Invite (9:42.77).
On the pole vault runway, former Duck NCAA champion Becky Holliday tied her meet record from 2004 en route to the win (14-1 1/4).
In the 1,500 Duck Harmon won by two seconds (first, 4:35.78) over freshman teammate Sarah Pearson (second, 4:37.36), and Duck redshirt junior Sara Schaaf led UO in the 800 (second, 2:08.55) and trailed Eugene Healthy & Performance's Emily McMahon (first, 2:07.84).
In the field, Duck redshirt and unattached entrant Britney Henry boomed a six-foot personal best and USA Championships qualifier in the hammer (first, 217-10) to edge Team XO's Cari Soong (second, 214-7). Only one collegian has thrown father this season ? Colorado State's Loree Smith (220-8) ? while UCLA's Jessica Cosby (217-5) ranks second on the NCAA list and first in the Pac-10 (Note: Henry's mark will not be included on official NCAA lists since she is a redshirt after she transferred from LSU last fall).
Other Duck winners included freshman Julie Schmidt-Scherer (200, 25.67, w:1.8), redshirt junior Mandi Fitz-Gustafson (steeplechase, 11:18.28) and Clarice Hayward-Lee (triple jump, windy season best 40-0 1/2w, w:2.5).
Looking ahead, the Duck track and field teams head to UCLA for the Pacific-10 Conference Championships, next Sat.-Sun., May 14-15 at Drake Stadium near downtown Los Angeles. More meet info and Saturday heptathlon and decathlon results are posted at the UCLA Bruins Official Website and the Pac-10's Official Website.
A two-hour broadcast of Pac-10 Championships will be televised in the Pacific Northwest on Fox Sports Northwest on Sat., May 21 from noon ? 2 pm and on Tue., May 24 from 1-3 pm.
FINAL RESULTS
Oregon Twilight
Hayward Field - Univ. of Oregon - Eugene, Ore
Conditions: mid-50s, cloudy, little/no wind, some very light rain at end of 10K and Twilight Mile
Attendance: 3,410
Saturday, 5/7/05
WOMEN'S RESULTS
100 - (w: 1.5) 1, Emily Dunn, Southern Oregon, 12.64. 2, Ashley Bridenbeck, Oregon, 12.70. 3, Ashley Black, Southern Oregon, 12.81.
200 - (w: 1.8) 1, Julie Schmidt, Oregon, 25.67. 2, Emily Dunn, Southern Oregon, 25.77. 3, Irie Searcy, Oregon, 25.86. 4, Brooke Barker, Pacific U., 26.03. 5, Janey Davis, Lane CC, 26.37. 6, Ashley Black, Southern Oregon, 26.48. 7, Sharee Beckham, UO Running Club, 27.84.
400 - 1, Brooke Barker, Pacific U., 58.53. 2, Andrea Nelson, Lane CC, 58.91. 3, Shannon McGrane, Willamette, 59.30. 4, Andrea May, Willamette, 1:00.35. 5, Kristina Ely-Gibson, Lane CC, 1:01.08. 6, Rachel Hinze, Southern Oregon, 1:01.18. 7, Sharee Beckham, UO Running Club, 1:01.62.
800 - 1, Emily McMahon, Eugene Health &, 2:07.84. 2, Sara Schaaf, Oregon, 2:08.55. 3, Beth Rainford, Greater Boise Ru, 2:09.38. 4, Alicia Andrews, Willamette, 2:10.57. 5, Kelsey Metcalfe, Unattached, 2:11.17. 6, Carly Killam, Willamette, 2:13.82. 7, Jordyn Smith, Willamette, 2:13.84. 8, Erin Crotty, Portland, 2:14.31. 9, Stephanie Vandehey, Willamette, 2:22.57.
1500 - 1, Laura Harmon, Oregon, 4:35.78. 2, Sarah Pearson, Oregon, 4:37.36. 3, Jean-Marie Peterson, Oregon State, 4:38.80. 4, Emily Mathis, Unattached, 4:39.98. 5, Caitlin Chock, Nike Oregon Proj, 4:42.20. 6, Taylor Bryant, Oregon State, 4:45.95. 7, Kaitlin Poggi, Oregon State, 4:49.25. 8, Sarah Zerzan, Willamette, 4:54.10.
3000 - 1, Shayne Culpepper, Nike, 8:54.84. 2, Lauren Fleshman, Nike, 9:00.80. 3, Jo Ankier, Great Britian, 9:29.71. 4, Kara Goucher, Nike Oregon Proj, 9:30.61. 5, Magdalena Sandoval, Oregon, 9:46.87. 6, Caitlin Chock, Nike Oregon Proj, 9:56.45. 7, Lauren Weiner, Team XO, 9:58.06. 8, Tiffany Beechy, UO Running Club, 10:06.77. 9, Ashley Francis, Oregon State, 10:18.23. 10, Ashley Younce, Oregon State, 10:20.97. 11, Nicole Crawford, Oregon State, 10:32.14. 12, Katie Gilbert, Lane CC, 10:40.85. 13, Cynthia Atencio, Unattached, 10:44.73. 14, Neoma Palmer, Oregon State, 10:44.79.
100 Hurdles - (w: 1.0) 1, Julie Elliott, Portland, 14.45. 2, Shannon McGrane, Willamette, 15.00. 3, Tiffany Campbell, Portland, 15.11. 4, Nicole Lucas, Willamette, 15.19. 5, Andrea May, Willamette, 15.19.
400 Hurdles - 1, Liz Thompson, Bruin TC, 1:03.59. 2, Roseann Kassebaum, Willamette, 1:04.35. 3, Megan Confer, Southern Oregon, 1:06.77.
Steeplechase- 1, Mandi Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon, 11:18.28. 2, Katie Pierce, Willamette, 11:23.73. 3, Lauren Denfeld, Oregon State, 11:28.38.
High Jump - 1, Michelle Forbes, George Fox, 1.70m, (5-07). 2, Julie Elliott, Portland, 1.70m, (5-07). 3, Kristin Brogdon, Lane CC, 1.65m, (5-05). 4, Melissa Marek-Farris, George Fox, 1.55m, (5-01). 5, Katie Alaimo, George Fox, 1.50m, (4-11). --, Rachael Kriz Wallace, Oregon, NH.
Pole Vault - 1, Becky Holliday, New Balance, 4.30m, (14-01.25). 2, Lori Jackson, Lane CC, 3.00m, (9-10). --, Hannah Moore, Oregon, NH. --, Emily Enders, Oregon, NH.
Triple Jump - 1, Clarice Hayward-Lee, Oregon, 12.20m, w:2.5 (40-00.50). 2, Maegan Traver, Oregon, 11.45m, w:1.3 (37-06.75). 3, Jessica Morrison, Unattached, 10.85m, w:1.0 (35-07.25). 4, Whitney Kolb, George Fox, 10.73m, w:2.8 (35-02.50).
Hammer - 1, Britney Kay Henry, Unattached, 66.41m, (217-10). 2, Cari Soong, Team XO, 65.41m, (214-07). 3, Katie Kersh, Oregon, 51.71m, (169-08). 4, Emily Brown, Lane CC, 50.90m, (167-00). 5, Lindsey Blankenship, George Fox, 46.11m, (151-03).
MEN'S RESULTS
100 - (w: 2.3) 1, Jeremy Senn, Unattached, 10.55. 2, Phil Alexander, Lane CC, 10.60. 3, Kirk Tyner, Unattached, 10.86. 4, Bart Maney, Lane CC, 10.97. 5, Jasen Hartford, Southern Oregon, 11.04. 6, Paris Ramsey, Lane CC, 11.04. 7, Caleb Rexius, Oregon, 11.19. 8, Kalin Kelly, Lane CC, 11.47.
200 - (w: 1.4) 1, Phil Alexander, Lane CC, 21.00. 2, Kirk Tyner, Unattached, 21.77. 3, Jasen Hartford, Southern Oregon, 21.86. 4, Paris Ramsey, Lane CC, 22.03. 5, Bart Maney, Lane CC, 22.46. 6, Jason McGhee, Lane CC, 22.74. 7, Kalin Kelly, Lane CC, 23.18.
400 - 1, Travis Anderson, Oregon, 48.67. 2, Jason McGhee, Lane CC, 49.38. 3, Brad Bates, George Fox, 50.44.
Bill McChesney Jr. Memorial Twilight Mile - 1, Kyle Alcorn, Oregon, 4:03.98. 2, Nick Symmonds, Willamette, 4:04.58. 3, Brayce Forsha, Team XO, 4:05.35. 4, Brendan Robinson, Portland, 4:06.63. 5, Trevor Palmer, Southern Oregon, 4:07.20. 6, JK Withers, Unattached, 4:11.41. 7, Chris Winter, Unattached, 4:14.15. 8, Steve Laurie, Team Eugene, 4:15.30. 9, Julio Vieyra, Willamette, 4:19.44. 10, Brad Taylor, Unattached, 4:22.89. 11, Nick Dalton, Oregon, 4:23.51. --, Travis Floeck, Southern Oregon, DNF. --, Aaron Heidt, Kajaks track and, DNF.
800 - 1, Richard Smith, Nike Oregon Proj, 1:47.91. 2, Ross Krempley, Team XO, 1:50.97. 3, Mike McGrath, Nike Oregon Proj, 1:51.44. 4, A.J. Casteel, Lane CC, 1:51.75. 5, Julius Achon, Nike Oregon Proj, 1:52.54. 6, Andrew Perri, Unattached, 1:53.09. 7, Ben Decherd, Willamette, 1:53.26. 8, Robert Gillespie, Oregon, 1:54.18. 9, Everett Thomas, Willamette, 1:54.36. 10, Kevin Ullman, Team XO, 1:55.95. 11, Jeff Erb, Unattached, 1:56.17.
1,500 - 1, Nate Appel, Portland, 3:57.89. 2, Carlos Trujillo, UO Running Club, 3:58.12. 3, Scott Knackstedt, Portland, 4:00.52. 4, Josh Edson, Willamette, 4:00.99. 5, Doug Neill, Willamette, 4:02.89. 6, Carlos Ruiz, Willamette, 4:05.71. 7, Lucas Nebert, Willamette, 4:05.79. 8, Steve Trujillo, UO Running Club, 4:06.23. 9, Justin Samudio, UO Running Club, 4:07.79. 10, Doug McCallum, Lane CC, 4:08.37. 11, John Barreto, Lane CC, 4:09.80. 12, Jeff Drouet, Lane CC, 4:12.51. 13, Luke Martindale, Lane CC, 4:14.10.
5,000 - 1, Dathan Ritzenhein, Nike, 13:22.23. 2, Jorge Torres, Unattached, 13:30.77. 3, Steve Osaduik, Adidas, 14:25.42. 4, Aaron Hollingshead, Willamette, 14:28.30. 5, Pat Werhane, Oregon, 14:50.46. 6, Scott Wall, Oregon, 14:53.58. 7, Steven Murenbeeld, Canada, 14:57.01. 8, Patrick Swick, Unattached, 15:04.45. 9, Dan McLean, Road Runner Spor, 15:13.87. 10, James Longoria, Team Eugene, 15:16.25. 11, Zach Done, Lane CC, 15:21.81. 12, Matt Barnhart, Lane CC, 15:30.45. 13, Wyatt Boyd, Willamette, 15:54.54. 14, Dan Yaeger, Willamette, 16:03.03. 15, Hipolitio Gonzales, Willamette, 16:42.86. --, Julius Kibet, Emsi, DNF. --, Joseph Mwai, Emsi, DNF.
10,000 - 1, Galen Rupp, Oregon, 28:15.52. 2, Isaac Arusei, Unattached, 28:54.03. 3, Mike Donnelly, Nike Oregon Proj, 29:03.25. 4, Pete Julian, Unattached, 29:20.22. --, Max King, Team XO, DNF. --, Adam Goucher, Nike Oregon Proj, DNF.
110 Hurdles - (w: 2.1) 1, Sol Rexius, Oregon, 14.79. 2, Brennan Garrelts, Willamette, 15.16. 3, Bryan Quinn, Unattached, 16.41.
400 Hurdles - 1, Eric Mitchum, Oregon, 52.17. 2, Brandon Holliday, Team XO, 52.62. 3, Seth Harris, George Fox, 53.27. 4, Jeremiah Lewman, Southern Oregon, 54.50. 5, Brennan Garrelts, Willamette, 55.53. 6, Kento Kawamura, Southern Oregon, 55.91.
High Jump - 1, Kyley Johnson, Team XO, 2.19m, (7-02.25). 2, Jason Boness, Team XO, 2.10m, (6-10.75). 3, Chris Nelson, Team XO, 2.10m, (6-10.75). 4, Jeff Lindsey, Oregon, 2.00m, (6-06.75). 5, Robert Owen, Oregon, 1.95m, (6-04.75).
Pole Vault - 1, Robbie Johnston, Southern Oregon, 5.30m, (17-04.50). 2, Piotr Buciaski, Nike, 5.20m, (17-00.75). 3, Tommy Skipper, Oregon, 5.20m, (17-00.75). 4, Jon Derby, Oregon, 5.05m, (16-06.75). 5, Bryan Quinn, Unattached, 4.90m, (16-00.75). 6, David Moore, Oregon, 4.90m, (16-00.75). 7, Ryan Musselman, Southern Oregon, 4.75m, (15-07). 8, Santiago Lorenzo, Unattached, 4.75m, (15-07). --, Tim Morse, Willamette Strid, NH. --, Keegan Burnett, Lane CC, NH.
Hammer - 1, Adam Kriz, Team XO, 67.28m, (220-09). 2, Nick Welihozkig, P Bay TC, 64.56m, (211-10). 3, Mike Hill, Unattached, 50.24m, (164-10). 4, Scott Hartmann, Southern Oregon, 48.59m, (159-05).
Javelin - 1, John Stiegeler, Team XO, 66.93m, (219-07). 2, Corey Swim, Unattached, 64.80m, (212-07). 3, Brian Wuethrich, Oregon, 60.52m, (198-07). 4, Matt Gassaway, George Fox, 59.19m, (194-02). 5, Tyler Richardson, Lane CC, 58.11m, (190-08). 6, Derek Davidson, Southern Oregon, 46.06m, (151-01).
Girls Middle School Mile - 1, Calli Dowdy, Madison MS, 6:04.76. 2, Michelle Nyman, Stoller MS, 6:05.35. 3, Kenzie Stuart, Monroe MS, 6:05.73. 4, Lauren Graebner, Roosevelt MS, 6:06.52. 5, Becca Eddy, Monroe MS, 6:09.56. 6, Devin Stuart, Monroe MS, 6:21.95. 7, Kate Arobgast, Roosevelt MS, 6:24.84. 8, Rachel Parker, Roosevelt MS, 6:28.28. 9, Amelia Helmick, Spencer Butte MS, 6:36.80. 10, Maddi Lewis, Spencer Butte MS, 6:36.83. 11, Cara Rauhut, Springfield MS, 6:41.19. 12, Colleen Walsh, O'Hara MS, 6:44.48. 13, Jillian Moehle, McKenzie MS, 6:50.82. 14, Alex Adams, Stoller MS, 6:53.58.
Boys Middle School Mile - 1, Eamonn Kerr-Daly, Roosevelt MS, 5:05.21. 2, Sammy Kirtner, Roosevelt MS, 5:12.95. 3, Chris Solares, Springfield MS, 5:13.65. 4, Michael Sherman, McKenzie MS, 5:14.38. 5, Ashlin Aronin, Spencer Butte MS, 5:23.66. 6, Brant Holaday, O'Hara MS, 5:37.38. 7, Christopher Coke, Monroe MS, 5:38.50. 8, Dusty Jarvis, Springfield MS, 5:46.66. 9, Cory Flemming, McKenzie MS, 5:46.97. 10, Mario Gaddini, Spencer Butte MS, 5:48.76. 11, Danny Bellissimo, Roosevelt MS, 5:56.71. 12, Carter Thallon, Roosevelt MS, 5:59.31. 13, Mark Whittier, Kennedy MS, 5:59.36. 14, Mark Sheridan, Kennedy MS, 5:59.61. 15, Shane Patton, McKenzie MS, 6:10.00. 16, Christopher Maske, Jefferson MS, 6:15.09. 17, Bayunt Ollek, Spencer Butte MS, 6:17.24. 18, Ken Schindler, Spencer Butte MS, 6:21.59. 19, A.J. Huskey, Springfield MS, 6:24.38. 20, Taylor Haynes, Briggs Elem, 6:34.54.
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