Oregon Relays Day 2 Quotes
04/23/11 | Track and Field
Oregon Relays Day 2
April 23, 2011
Eugene, Ore.- Hayward Field
Oregon Head Coach Vin Lananna
On the day:
“Boru (Guyota) and Anne (Kesselring) did a fantastic job today. Our runners did a great job. Yesterday Brian (Schaudt) had a great jump. Overall all positives.”
On the crowd:
“It was a record crowd, which is great and a beautiful day, it was lots of fun.”
On Anne Kesselring:
“She had a great time, killer PR and performance by her. It was spectacular, she was very composed and more intense today.”
About Oregon and Oregon Track Club:
“They should be joined at the hip, working together and promoting Track Town USA.”
1st Women's 3000M Steeplechase Speed River TFC Dana Buchanan
On what was going on in her head during the race:
“I just ran strong and paced myself. I woke up about a mile in and took to the finish from there. “
1st Women's 4x100M Relay University of Oregon English Gardner
On the team's depth at this race:
“Our Freshman class is phenomenal, no one have to go out there and have sole pressure on them to carry the rest of the team. If someone is having a bad week we have the ability to plug in a lot of people into our 4x100 relay team.”
1st Women's 4x100M Relay University of Oregon Amber Purvis
On running the 2nd leg:
“I love the second leg, I couldn't see running anywhere else. I feel that being in the second leg I am able to push myself and sometimes end up with a better time than my individual 100M.”
2nd Women's 800M University of Oregon Anne Kesserling
On her race:
“I was super excited this morning, when I woke up I was ready to run. I looked out and saw the sun and wanted to make sure that I utilized it—since we don't get many sunny days in Oregon.”
2nd Men's 800M University of Oregon Boru Guyota
On his race:
“It's my best time, I'm really happy with everything, everyday getting my PR is great. The coaches said stay behind OTC's Tyler Mulder so I did.”
On racing at Hayward Field:
“I love this crowd, Hayward is the best crowd every. I can't believe where I'm at right now, I'm just so happy.”
1st 400M University of Oregon Chizoba Okodogbe
On the day:
“It was really nice weather today, which was nice to warm up to. I'm still in the heavy phase of my training, so this was good.”
1st Men's 400M Unattached Jordan Kent
On pacing during the race:
“Didn't want to kill myself during the first 200 meters, I wanted to make sure that I had something left in the tank.”
On coming back to Eugene:
“There is no other city in the nation for track like Eugene. It is awesome, I have been out of the Oregon track scene for about half a decade and this almost felt like a homecoming.”
1st Women's 100M Hurdles BROOKS Falesha Ankton
On race/meet record:
“My mentality coming into the race was just to win the meet and get the meet record. Although my time was slower than I am capable of, I am still happy with my time.”
1st Men's 100M Hurdles OTC Aston Eaton
On racing at Hayward Field:
“I really wanted to open at Hayward with the hurdles, so I got everything I wished for. I train here everyday, so it is still my home—the only difference is I don't get to wear the green and yellow anymore.”
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