Pepsi Team Invite Viewer's Guide
EUGENE (4/8/04) - The 15th annual Pepsi Team Invitational welcomes many of the nation's top athletes this weekend, including national javelin leader and Duck junior Sarah Malone who broke the school record last weekend in the Texas Relays with her winning throw (179-7). The first field event is at noon, first running event is at 2:40 pm, and final event starts at 4:45 pm.
Pepsi Team Invitational Meet Info
Start Times:
First Field Event:
First Running Event: W 4x100 Relay - 2:40 pm
Last Event: M 4x400 Relay - 4:55 pm
Tickets:
Reserved $6; General Admission - $5 Adult, $3 Children (high school or younger) and Senior Citizens (62 or older). $2 per person group rates (10 or more). Call 346-4461 locally or 1-800-WEB-Foot. The ticket office in the Bowerman Building on the northwest side of the track on 15th Avenue will open at 11 am.
Edition: 15th Annual (first meet: 1987)
Duck Team Wins: M-8 (1987, 90, 92, 93, 95, 97, 98, 03), W- 10 (1987, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 03).
Opponents (Website): Washington (www.GoHuskies.com ), Minnesota (www.GopherSports.com ), Colorado (www.CUbuffs.com)
Scoring: Individual Events (Max. 2 per team) - 1st (9), 2nd (7), 3rd (6), 4th (5), 5th (4), 6th (3), 7th (2), 8th (1); Relays - 1st (9), 2nd (7), 3rd (6), 4th (0).
TENTATIVE DUCK ENTRIES
Noon - M Javelin (Andy Young, Tommy Skipper, Adam Jenkins)
12:05 - W Hammer (Whitney Gum, Megan Kriz, Katie Kersh)
12:15 - W Long Jump (Maegan Traver, Clarice Hayward-Lee, Abby Andrus)
1:25 - W Javelin (Rachael Kriz, Sarah Malone)
1:25 - W High Jump (Rachael Kriz, Abby Andrus)
1:35 - M Hammer (Brandon Tower, Paul Etter)
1:45 - M Long Jump (Gabriel LeMay, Ryan Voge)
2:00 - W Pole Vault (Emily Enders, Kirsten Larwin)
2:15 - W Triple Jump (Maegan Traver, Clarice Hayward-Lee)
2:35 - W Discus (Jill Hoxmeier, Bree Fuqua)
2:40 - W 4 x 100
2:45 - M 4 x 100
2:45 - M Shot Put (Paul Etter, Enoka Lucas, Brandon Tower)
2:50 - W 1,500 (Erinn Gulbrandsen, Taylor Bryant)
3:00 - M 1,500 (Ryan Andrus, Eric Logsdon)
3:10 - W 100 Hurdles (Abby Andrus, Amanda Santana)
3:15 - M 110 Hurdles (Eric Mitchum, AK Ikwuakor)
3:15 - M High Jump (Andy Young, Teddy Davis, Jeff Lindsey)
3:25 - W 400 (Sofie Abildtrup, Michelle Donovan)
3:30 - M 400 (Travis Anderson, Scott Lamb)
3:35 - W 100 (Amanda Santana)
3:35 - M 100 (Brian Paysinger, Ryan Gilliam)
3:45 - M Triple Jump (Joseph Reiter, Leonidas Watson)
3:45 - W 800 (Sara Schaaf)
3:50 - M 800 (Roderick Dotts, Mike McGrath)
3:50 - M Discus (Tommy Skipper, Paul Etter, Brandon Tower)
3:50 - W Shot Put (Whitney Gum, Bree Fuqua)
3:55 - W 400 Hurdles (Kayla Mellott, C'Rel McAllister)
4:00 - M 400 Hurdles (Brandon Holliday, Eric Mitchum)
4:00 - M Pole Vault (Moore, Trevor Woods, Tommy Skipper)
4:05 - W 200 (Sofie Abildtrup, Michelle Donovan)
4:10 - M 200 (Travis Ramme, Kedar Inico)
4:15 - W 3,000 (Laura Harmon, Haripurkh Khalsa)
4:30 - M 3,000 (Ryan Andrus, Brett Holts, Eric Logsdon, Kyle Alcorn)
4:45 - W 4 x 400
4:55 - M 4 x 400
Featured Events
( # indicates 2004 national outdoor rank and season best)
Noon - M Javelin - Brian Harris, UW (#18, 219-10), Rigel Wise, UW (#26, 215-1), Jason Swenson, Minn. (#43, 205-1), Adam Jenkins, UO (season debut, 222-4 best in 2003). Duck senior Adam Jenkins makes his official season debut and ranks first among Pac-10 and West Regional returnees after he won the 2003 Pac-10 finale (217-9), and took seventh in the regional (222-4). Washington Freshman Brian Harris was a prep All-American at Hillsboro High School last year and ranked fourth among preps (213-1). Washington junior Rigel Wise took sixth in the 2003 Pac-10 finale with a then-best (205-9). Minnesota sophomore Jason Swenson took fourth in the 2003 Big Ten finale (191-3), and owns a best of 218-10. Also watch for Duck freshman pole vault All-American Tommy Skipper to chuck the spear. The Sandy, Ore., native threw a prep best of 211-0 as a sophomore that led the 4A state rankings.
1:25 pm - W Javelin - Sarah Malone, UO (#1, 179-7), Megan Spriesterbach, UW (#7, 164-2), Tiffany Zahn, UW (#20, 154-9). Duck junior Sarah Malone stands first on the 2004 national collegiate list thanks to her five-inch school record in the Texas Relays last week (179-7) that also edged U.S. record holder Kim Kreiner (177-2) and two-time Pac-10 champ and NCAA runner-up Inge Stasliounyte of USC (175-6). Malone is a two-time Pac-10 runner-up and NCAA veteran, and was an All-American (seventh) as a frosh in Eugene in 2001. Spriesterbach redshirted last season and briefly owned the UW record in 2002 (158-3), and was an NCAA qualifier as a sophomore in 2001 (18th). Husky sophomore Tiffany Zahn was fourth as a frosh in her 2003 Pac-10 debut and was a former prep All-American and 4A state champion for Malone’s alma mater (Newberg HS) in 2002. Colorado sophomore Hannah Warfield-Ruffato took fourth in the Big 12 last year with a then-PR (152-7).
1:35 pm - M Hammer - Lynden Reder, Minn. (#11, 205-7), Paul Etter, UO (#27, 195-9), Martin Bingisser, UW (#46, 189-11). Minnesota senior Lynden Reder has improved his school record by more than 2 1/2 feet from last year’s personal best (203-0). Duck junior Paul Etter is a Clackamas CC transfer and younger brother of two-time discus All-American Mary Etter. Paul debuted this season in the Oregon Preview (195-9) three weeks ago and owns a personal best of 199-3 from last season. Washington’s Bingisser is a redshirt freshman who attended CS Northridge last year but did not compete, and threw 193-5 unattached.
2 pm - W Pole Vault - Kirsten Larwin, UO (#8-tie, 13-3 1/2), Stevie Marshalek, UW (#21, 12-10 1/4), Emily Enders, Oregon (#22-tie, 12-9 1/2), Monica Stearns, Minn. (#22-tie, 12-9 1/2), Kate Soma, UW (#35-tie, 12-6 1/4), Ashley Wildhaber, UW (#44-tie, 12-3 1/2). Duck senior Kirsten Larwin has been on a roll outdoors with open-air personal bests in the Oregon Preview (13-1 1/2) and Texas Relays (13-3 1/2) the past three weeks. The Eugene native and South High School product was an NCAA qualifier indoors in 2003 and matched her personal best in her national meet debut (10th, 13-3 1/2) and just missed All-America honors on overall misses. Washington junior Kate Soma, a Portland native and Grant High School product, cleared 13 feet five times before 2004 and was an All-American outdoors in 2003 (seventh), and indoors in 2004 (fifth-tie). Washington sophomore Ashley Wildhaber transferred from UNC Wilmington and is a first-year Husky (her best is 12-6), and frosh teammate Stevie Marshalek was a prep All-American at Kentlake High School in Kent, Wash., and ranked sixth nationally among high schoolers in 2003 (12-10-outdoors, 12-11 1/2-indoors). 2:35 pm - W Discus
2:45 pm - M Shot Put - Minnesota junior Karl Erickson threw an outdoor best of 63-7 3/4 last March and was an All-American indoors and outdoors in 2003 with fifth-place finishes in both. He also owns the best personal best of the discus field (196-10) and is a two-time Big Ten champion, and that event starts at 3:50 pm.
3:00 pm - M 1,500 - Eric Garner, UW (#2, 3:43.40), John Russell, UW (#7, 3:45.06). Washington senior and sub-4:00 miler Eric Garner broke the UW school record indoors in 2002 (3:58.93) at home, and also owns solid PRs in 3,000 (8:02.56) and 1,500 (3:43.21). Senior teammate John Russell was a 2003 NCAA qualifier and ran his personal best in the 2003 Oregon Invite (3:44.65), then followed with sixth in the Pac-10 finale and fifth in the West Regional. Colorado sophomore Bret Schoolmeester took All-America honors indoors in March in the 3,000 (seventh, 8:04.84) after he broke 8:00 in a last chance contest the week before (7:57.10). Minnesota senior Martin Robeck owns the fastest 1,500 personal best of the field (3:42.88) from 2003 and is a three-time All-American (indoors-DMR, 2003, ?04; 1,500 outdoors (eighth), ?03).
3:10 pm - W 100 Hurdles - Colorado junior Deneeka Torrey dipped under the regional standard already this year by .05 seconds with her personal best (13.90) and was sixth in the Big 12 finale last year (14.10). Senior Abby Andrus, an NCAA qualifier outdoors in 2003 in the heptathlon and indoors in 2004 in the pentathlon, makes her season debut after climbing to seventh for the Ducks last year (14.00).
3:15 pm - M 110 Hurdles - Eric Mitchum (#2, 13.50w). The top freshman in last year’s NCAA outdoor field jumped to second nationally in 2004 with the Ducks’ fastest recorded time ever, although the wind was 1.0 mps above the allowable limit (2.0) for record purposes. The Calumet City, Ill., native was the Pac-10 runner-up as a frosh in 2003 and is the top returnee in 2004. Six weeks ago, he scored his first All-America honor indoors in the 60 hurdles (sixth) after his school record in the prelims (7.69) ranked second in the field.
3:15 pm - M High Jump - John Albert, Minn. (#8, 7-1 3/4), Kevin Netzer, Minn (#17, 7-0 1/2), Bryant Howe, Minn. (6-10 3/4, #39), Jeff Lindsey, UO (7-1 1/2 indoors). Minnesota sophomore John Albert upped his outdoor personal best 2 3/4 inches from his preseason best of 6-11. Gopher junior Kevin Netzer was the Big Ten outdoor champ (7-1 1/2) as a freshman in 2002, and owns a best of 7-1 3/4 from 2003. Minnesota junior Bryant Howe, a Clemson transfer in 2003, won ACC titles indoors and outdoors as a freshman in 2001.
3:20 pm - W 400 - Oregon junior Sofie Abildtrup takes aim at the Oregon all-time list after missing 10th by only .06 seconds indoors in her season debut at a last-chance meet in early March (54.76). The first-year Duck from Fredericksberg, Denmark owns a personal best of 54.16 from 2002, and was shy of that mark in 2003 (54.36).
3:30 pm - M 400 - Travis Anderson, UO (#13, 46.94), Aaron Buzard, Minnesota (#23, 47.22). The 400 looms as the what-if event of the day without three of the meet’s fastest (UO’s Matt Scherer and Minnesota’s Adam Steele and Mitch Potter). Scherer climbed to fifth all-time for UO with his 46.40 clocking indoors, but slightly strained his hamstring in the NCAA indoor 4x400 in March and is nearly recovered. Minnesota senior Adam Steele won the NCAA outdoor title last year (44.57) and is a five-time All-American (still look for him in the 200 at 4:10 pm), and fellow Gopher senior Mitch Potter is a nine-time All-American and owns a best of 45.96. The maroon and gold pair ran on the U.S. gold-medal 4x400 in the World Champs last year. Among those actually entered Saturday, Oregon soph Travis Anderson is .11 ticks from the Duck top-10 list (10th is 46.83) with his personal best from the Oregon Preview season opener (46.94). Minnesota freshman Aaron Buzard was a two-time Minnesota state champion, as was teammates Steele and Potter. Colorado sophomore Chris Abuan currently ranks 10th in the Big 12 with a season best of 48.18.
3:40 pm - M 100 - Washington imported immediate help from Jamaica, and owns the top two seeds - juniors Davaon Spence and Patrick Davidson - who ran 10.37 and 10.50 last season. Davidson is also ranked first in the 200 (slated for a 4:10 pm start) with a personal best of 21.50.
3:45 pm - M Triple Jump - Leonidas Watson, UO (#13), Derek Strubel, UO (#29). As expected, Oregon junior Leonidas Watson has paid immediate dividends after his transfer from St. Louis Community College. The former JC basketball player won national junior college triple jump titles indoors and outdoors last year, and was the long jump runner-up in both meets. As a Duck he took All-America honors indoors in the NCAA finale in March (ninth, 25-2 1/2, and ranked eighth nationally before the meet in the long jump (25-6 1/2) and triple jump (52-10 1/4). All-time for the Ducks he stands fourth in the triple jump (52-10 1/4) and ninth in the long jump (25-5 1/2). Also look for him in the long jump as the event’s top seed at 1:45 pm.
3:45 pm - W 800 - Lindsey Egerdahl, UW (#20, 2:09.70), Sara Schaaf, UO (#25, 2:10.06). Washington junior Lindsey Egerdahl took seventh in the Pac-10 1,500 last year and ranks ninth in UW history in the 1,500 with her 2003 PR (4:23.87) ? a time she has exactly matched this season. The former Klamath Union state champion and Duck soph Sara Schaaf (400/800) has successfully reunited with her prep coach and first-year Duck women’s distance mentor Marnie Mason. Schaaf’s two-second outdoor best came at Stanford two weeks ago (2:10.06), and she added an indoor personal best at February’s end in Seattle (2:12.03).
3:50 pm - M 800 - Oregon junior and Barton CC transfer Roderick Dotts ranked 34th in the U.S. last year with his season best of 1:48.41 in April at a meet at Fayetteville, Ark. Duck freshman Mike McGrath, a Portland native and Lincoln High School product, led prepsters last year with his Oregon state record (1:48.56). Minnesota sophomore Trent Riter ranks fifth all-time for Minnesota outdoors in the 800 (1:48.96) with a clocking that placed fourth in the 2003 Midwest Regional and earned an NCAA invite. Washington senior Todd Arnold also earned an NCAA trip in 2003 after he took fourth in the West Regional (1:50.67) and he owns an outdoor best of 1:50.00..
3:50 pm - W Shot Put - Bree Fuqua, UO (#42, 50-11 1/2). The Duck junior and first-year transfer from Wisconsin moved to second all-time for the Ducks indoors with a season best and NCAA provisional mark (51-3 1/2) that was only 1 1/2 inches shy of her Badger record. Outdoors, she threw a season best of 50-11 1/2 in the Texas Relays last week. Minnesota junior Alean Frawley leads the field with her outdoor personal best of 53-5 1/2 from 2003, but missed the championship slate because of a back injury.
4 pm - M Pole Vault - Tommy Skipper, UO (#7, 17-8 1/2, 18-8 3/4 indoors), McKane Lee, UW (#36-tie, 16-4 3/4), Trevor Woods (#36-tie, 16-4 3/4), David Moore (#36-tie, 16-4 3/4). The Sandy, Ore., native is one of the state’s most heralded performers in prep history. He won three 4A pole vault state titles for Sandy High School in suburban Portland and broke state meet records all four years. As a senior, he was named Boys Athlete of the Year by Track and Field News, broke the national prep record with his winning height in the Golden West Invite (18-3), and also won his second straight U.S. junior title (18-0). As a Duck in 2004, he ranked first nationally during the season among collegians with his school record of 18-8 3/4, and soared to his second-highest clearance ever in the NCAA Championships (second, 18-4 1/2) behind the returning NCAA indoor champion. Outdoors this year, he has navigated breezy conditions in the Oregon Preview (17-6 1/2) and Texas Relays (17-8 1/2) the past three weeks. Duck senior and two-time All-American Trevor Woods won last year’s competition into a stiff headwind (15-11), while the Coos Bay native’s outdoor best (18-0 1/2) from the Washington Dual at Hayward Field in 2002. Duck redshirt freshman David Moore upped his outdoor best to 16-8 3/4 in 2003 and went 16-6 indoors this year. Washington freshman McKane Lee cleared his personal best of 16-7 outdoors as a prep senior in 2003. 4:15 pm - W 3,000
4:30 pm - M 3,000 - Colorado sophomore Dathan Ritzenhein is the next in line of Colorado’s tradition of Olympic distance hopefuls, and his 3,000 best of 8:01.13 came indoors this year in February. At the national level already this season, he won the national NCAA cross country title in a thrilling kick last fall, then followed with fourth place in the NCAA Indoor Champs in the 5,000 (13:42.09) in March. Another of his most impressive efforts was his 5,000 personal best of 13:27.77 from the Cardinal Invite at Stanford in 2002.
4:55 pm - M 4x400 - Minnesota looks to extract some revenge from the host Ducks as the oft-used Gopher sprinters were edged last year by the Ducks (3:11.87-3:12.63). Two months later, Minnesota rebounded for second in the NCAA finale (3:02.33), only .21 seconds behind LSU (3:02.01). The Ducks also improved (time-wise) in the 2003 NCAA outdoor prelims with a school record 3:06.73. Indoors in 2004, Minnesota logged a season best of 3:04.48 to repeat their runner-up NCAA placing, while Oregon lowered its school best to 3:06.40 in February en route to an NCAA invite of their own.
