Track Teams Seattle-Bound for Indoor Opener
EUGENE ? The Duck men’s and women’s track and field teams will head north for their season opener Saturday at the Husky Indoor Preview in the Dempsey Indoor Center at the University of Washington.
The Duck men tentatively entered 27 athletes (and several others unattached), and the Duck women have 25 athletes on their travel squad.
Tentative men’s entries include sprinters Travis Anderson (200), Roderick Dotts (400), Brandon Holliday (200), Scott Lamb (200), Caleb Rexius (60), and Matt Scherer (200), hurdler Sol Rexius (60H), distance runners Ryan Andrus (mile), Ryan Flaherty (800), Mike McGrath (400), and Noel Paulson (mile), jumpers Teddy Davis (HJ), Jeff Lindsey (HJ), David Moore (PV), Joseph Reiter (HJ), Derek Strubel (LJ, TJ), and Leon Watson (LJ, TJ), pole vaulters Jon Derby, Tommy Skipper, and Trevor Woods, throwers Paul Etter (WT), James March (SP), and Brandon Tower (SP), and decathletes Gabriel LeMay (60H, PV, LJ), Bobby Owen (HJ), Ryan Voge (60H, HJ), and Andy Young (60H, PV).
Tentative women’s entries include sprinters Elisa Crumley (60), Michelle Donovan (400), Jackie Eliades (400), Emily Marsh (200), C’Rel McAllister (200), and Amanda Santana (200), distance runners Eleanor Gordon (3,000), Laura Harmon (mile), Haripurkh Khalsa (3,000), Eri Macdonald (mile), Magdalena Sandoval (3,000), and Sara Schaaf (800), jumpers include Amanda Brown (LJ, TJ), Clarice Hayward-Lee (LJ, TJ), Rachael Kriz (HJ), and Maegan Traver (LJ, TJ), pole vaulters Emily Enders, Kirsten Larwin, and Hannah Moore, throwers Mary Etter (SP, WT), Whitney Gum (SP), Jill Hoxmeier (WT), and Katie Kersh (WT).
The Ducks’ pole vault corps had hoped to get a jump on their teammates last weekend, but had to skip the Pole Vault Summit last Fri.-Sat., Jan. 9-10 in Reno, Nev., because the Portland Airport was closed due to winter conditions. The meet still went on and featured wins by Stacy Dragila (15-5) and Derek Miles (19-0 1/2).
Sizing up this year’s teams, the Duck men and women return after 13th and 17th-place finishes in the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Championships, and the first and seventh-place Pac-10 finishes, respectively.
The Duck men return nine NCAA qualifiers and a 4x400 relay from last year’s NCAA outdoor championships, including three All-Americans (Jason Hartmann, 10K, fourth; Trevor Woods, pole vault, eighth; Eric Logsdon, 5K, eighth), to go along with two Pac-10 champions (Brandon Holliday, 400 hurdles; Adam Jenkins, javelin). Seven Duck men are ranked top-10 in UO history - Eric Mitchum (110 hurdles, second, 13.75), Jason Hartmann (10,000, third, 28:31.96), Trevor Woods (pole vault, fourth, 18-0 1/2), Jordan Kent (200, sixth, 20.99; 100, eighth, 10.46), Matt Scherer (400, sixth, 46.47), Brandon Holliday (400 hurdles, seventh, 50.73) and Adam Jenkins (javelin, eighth, 222-4).
The Duck women return three All-Americans in 2003 - javelin throwers Sarah Malone (javelin-2001, 7th), Roslyn Lundeen (javelin-2002, 7th, 2003, 8th) and Elisa Crumley (javelin-2002, 13th), and two other NCAA veterans - senior Kirsten Larwin (indoor pole vault, 10th) and Abby Andrus (heptathlon, 18th). Current Ducks on the all-time top-10 lists include Sarah Malone (javelin, first, 179-2), Elisa Crumley (javelin, second, 169-7), Kirsten (Riley) Larwin (pole vault, third, 13-3 1/2), Amanda Brown (triple jump, fourth, 40-9 1/2), Mary Etter (shot put, fourth, 49-1 1/4), Abby Andrus (heptathlon, fifth, 5,303; 400 hurdles, sixth, 59.90; 100 hurdles, seventh, 14.00), Eri Macdonald (800, seventh, 2:06.37), Hannah Moore (pole vault, seventh, 12-6 1/4), Jill Hoxmeier (hammer, eighth, 162-6), and Kayla Mellott (400 hurdles, ninth, 61.30).
In last year’s Husky Preview, the Duck women had one win among their eight top-three finishes and nine qualifying marks. Weight throw winner Jordan Sauvage had a six-foot best and won by three feet (55-10 1/2) and Jill Hoxmeier (fourth, 49-2 1/2) also earned an invite to the Mountain Pacific finale. Other Mountain Pacific Conference qualifiers included Jenny Brogdon (high jump, second, 5-7), Whitney Gum (shot put, third, 42-6 1/4), Amanda Brown (triple jump, third, 38-8 1/4), Janette Davis (200, second, 25.37), Sara Schaaf (400, third, 58.17), and Laura Harmon (3,000, second, 9:53.55). One of three Duck men's winners and 16 Mountain Pacific qualifying marks, Eric Mitchum claimed the tape in the 60 hurdles (8.02-f, 8.03-p) and was just shy of the NCAA provisional mark (7.95). High jumper Teddy Davis was only 3/4 inches away from the NCAA provisional mark, and claimed the win (7-0 1/4) with a Pac-10 qualifying mark that edged Chad Clason (third, also a Pac-10 qualifying 6-8 3/4) and Jeff Lindsey (sixth, 6-4 3/4). In the throws, James March added another win in the shot put (52-0), and Adam Kriz led collegians in the hammer and was two feet away from the NCAA provisional mark (third overall, 61-11 1/2). The Ducks received additional Mountain Pacific qualifying marks from Brandon Holliday (400, 49.15), Marcus Benton (400, eight, 49.45), Travis Anderson (400, ninth, 49.50), and Ryan Flaherty (800, eighth, 1:55.17), and a quartet of pole vaulters - Jason Slye (second, 16-0 3/4), Jonathan Derby (third, 16-0 3/4), Santiago Lorenzo (fifth, 15-7) and Andy Young (sixth, 15-7).
Top women’s newcomers in 2004 include junior sprinter Sofie Abildtrup from Fredericksburg, Denmark (PRs - 100 - 11.84 (1999); 200 - 24.02 (1999); 400 - 54.16 (2002)), freshman pole vaulter Emily Enders from Everett, Wash. (12-7), junior shot putter and Wisconsin transfer Bree Fuqua (51-5 1/2), and freshman hurdler Amanda Santana (300H 43.95). Top men’s newcomers include sophomore hurdler and Colorado transfer AK Ikwuakor (110H 14.10, 400H 51.99), junior middle distance runner and Barton CC transfer Roderick Dotts (800 1:48.41), freshman miler Mike McGrath (1:48.56, 1,500 3:47.5, mile 4:05.28), junior jumper and St. Louis CC transfer Leon Watson (LJ 25-8, TJ 53-0), freshman pole vaulter Tommy Skipper (pole vault 18-3), junior thrower and Clackamas CC thrower Paul Etter from Everett Wash. (HT 199-3, DT 153-5, SP 48-4).
The 2004 season will mark the debut of a combined men’s and women’s program after former women’s coach Tom Heinonen retired last June after his 27th season at the helm. Martin Smith returns for his sixth season at the helm of the men’s program and will oversee the women’s program for the first time. The rest of the Duck women’s staff is composed of first-year assistant coaches Rock Light (sprints, hurdles, jumps, heptathlon), Marnie Mason (distances) and Lance Deal (throws), and the men’s staff is composed of Bill Lawson (jumps, decathlon, fourth year), Dan Steele (sprints, hurdles, relays, second year), and Deal (throws, second year).
Looking ahead , most of the Duck squads compete next in the Bodybuilding.com Invitational in Boise, Idaho, Sat., Jan. 31. More meet information is at the www.broncosports.com website.
Tentative Husky Indoor Preview Schedule & *UO Entries
(*Subject to Change)
FIELD EVENTS
9:00 a.m. 20-lb Weight Throw (W) - Etter, Hoxmeier, Kersh
9:30 a.m. Long Jump (W) - Brown, Hayward-Lee, Traver
10:00 a.m. Pole Vault (W) - Enders, Larwin, Moore
10:30 a.m. 35-Lb Weight Throw (M) - Etter
10:30 a.m. High Jump (M) - Davis, Lindsey, Owen, Reiter, Voge
11:00 a.m. Long Jump (M) - LeMay, Strubel, Watson
12:30 p.m. Shot Put (W) - Etter, Gum
12:30 p.m. Triple Jump (W) - Brown, Hayward-Lee, Traver
1:00 p.m. High Jump (W) - Kriz
1:00 p.m. Pole Vault (M) - Derby, LeMay, Moore, Skipper, Woods, Young
2:00 p.m. Shot Put (M) - March, Tower
2:00 p.m. Triple Jump (M) - Strubel, Watson
RUNNING EVENTS
10:45 a.m. 60m Hurdles Prelims (W)
11:10 a.m. 60m Hurdles Prelims (M) - S. Rexius, LeMay, Voge, Young
11:30 a.m. 60m Dash Prelims (W) - Crumley
11:50 a.m. 60m Dash Prelims (M) - C. Rexius
12:10 a.m. Mile Run (W) - Harmon, Macdonald
12:20 p.m. Mile Run (M) - Andrus, Paulson
12:35 p.m. 60m Hurdles Final (W)
12:45 p.m. 60m Hurdles Final (M) - S. Rexius, LeMay, Voge, Young
1:00 p.m. 400m Dash (W) - Donovan, Eliades
1:15 p.m. 400m Dash (M) - Dotts, McGrath
1:30 p.m. 60m Dash Final (W) - Crumley
1:35 p.m. 60m Dash Final (M) - C. Rexius
1:45 p.m. 800m Run (W) - Schaaf
1:55 p.m. 800m Run (M) - Flaherty
2:05 p.m. 200m Dash (W) - Marsh, McAllister, Santana
2:25 p.m. 200m Dash (M) - Anderson, Holliday, Lamb, Scherer
2:45 p.m. 3000m Run (W) - Gordon, Khalsa, Sandoval
3:00 p.m. 3000m Run (M)
3:10 p.m. DMR (W) **
3:25 p.m. DMR (M) **
3:40 p.m. 4 x 400m (W)
3:50 p.m. 4 x 400m (M)
Establishing Heats and Lanes: Heats will be established using marks submitted on entry forms. Finals for the Women and Men’s 60m Hurdles and Dashes will be made up of the six fastest times from the prelims.
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