Indoor Track Season Heats Up With MPSF Champs in Seattle
EUGENE, Ore. ? In their fifth weekend of indoor track and field action, the University of Oregon men’s and women’s teams look forward to their busiest weekend of the winter slate in the Mountain Pacific Championships, hosted Friday-Saturday, Feb. 24-25, by the University of Washington in the Dempsey Indoor Center.
The Ducks have tentatively entered 19 women’s and 27 men’s sprinters, distance runners, jumpers and throwers in the quasi-conference championships that also includes teams from the Pac-10 (Arizona, Arizona State, California, Stanford, Oregon, UCLA, Washington and Washington State) and Big West Conferences (Cal Poly, UC Irvine and Long Beach State).
Friday's combined events kick off first day action at 11:15 am. Individual field event action follows at 2 pm, and the first running event starts at 2:50 pm. Friday’s final event will end at approximately 7 pm.
On Saturday, the first combined event begins at 10 am, and the first individual field event follows at 11 am. Running events start at noon, and the final event ends at 3:15 pm.
A complete schedule is posted at the end of this release, and more meet information is available at the www.GoHuskies.com website at the http://gohuskies.collegesports.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/05-mpsf-home.html URL link.
Two Duck men’s All-Americans enter their events as top seeds this weekend ? senior Eric Mitchum (60-meter hurdles, 7.78) and junior Tommy Skipper (pole vault, 18-0 1/2).
Other UO men's entries ranked top-six in their events include senior Richard Del Rincon (200 meters, fourth, 21.40), sophomore Michael McGrath (800 meters, sixth, 1:51.61), freshman Galen Rupp (5,000 meters, fourth, 14:17.24), redshirt senior Jonathan Derby (pole vault, sixth, 17-0.75), redshirt junior Colin Veldman (weight throw, second, 60-3 3/4), freshman Matthew Maloney (weight throw, fifth, 55-1), and the 4x400-meter relay (fifth, 3:16.53) and distance medley relay (sixth, 9:49.38).
On the women’s side, featured Duck athletes hail from the weight throw, pentathlon and distance areas.
Senior Lauryn Jordan will make her pentathlon season debut for UO and already ranks second all-time with her 2005 best (3,894). Redshirt freshman teammate Kalindra McFadden is seeded fourth with her season best and NCAA provisional mark from her collegiate debut (3,850) ? a mark that ranks her third all-time for UO. Jordan may also make season debut in the high jump and her personal best from ’05 (5-8) ranks her fourth all-time for UO, and is seeded in sixth in the triple jump (39-8 3/4).
In the throws, junior and senior Britney Henry and Brittany Hinchcliffe stand fourth and fifth in the weight throw, respectively (61-0 3/4 / 59-7) with season bests that are both better than the preseason school record of 59-9 set by Hinchcliffe last season. Freshman Megan Maloney follows as the event’s seventh seed, and her season best of 55-8.5 is only two inches from UO’s all-time indoor top-five list.
The UO women’s distance area also features several highly-ranked entries, including the following top-six-ranked seeds ? freshman Rebekah Noble (800, first, 2:04.72), senior Sara Schaaf (800, sixth, 2:09.88), junior Dana Buchanan (mile, fourth, 4:46.71), redshirt senior Amber McGown (3,000 meters, sixth, 9:32.57), and the distance medley relay (second, 11:22.81). During the season, Noble and Schaaf ran on the fifth-ranked 4x400 relay that owns a season best of 3:47.92.
In last year's championships also held in Seattle, the Duck men and women took fifth and eighth with 65 and 42 points, respectively. UO men's champions from ’05 included Richard Del Rincon (60, 6.74), Eric Mitchum (60 hurdles, 7.81), the 4x400 relay (3:06.98) and Leonidas Watson (long jump, 25-11). The Oregon featured wins by Magdalena Sandoval (5,000, 16:41.21), and other top-four finishes from the 4x400 relay (third, 3:44.74), distance medley relay (second, 11:27.77), Brittany Hinchcliffe (weight throw, fourth, 59-5) and Lauryn Jordan (fourth, 3,894).
After this weekend, the collegiate season hits the homestretch with one weekend of qualifying on Fri.-Sat., March 5-6. Afterwards, the NCAA Indoor Championships make their seventh straight appearance at the University of Arkansas’ Randal A. Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark., on Fri.-Sat., March 10-11. More NCAA Indoor Championships information is available at the www.NCAAsports.com , www.HogWired.com and www.LadyBacks.com websites.
(Note: *Links to the regularly-updated NCAA qualifying lists is available at the www.GoDucks.com website in the STATISTICS dropdown menu on the track and field main page.)
A detailed list of Oregon’s MPSF Championships tentative entries and their current season rankings follow (NOTE: entries are subject to change, and note that several athletes are entered in multiple events).
Tentative Oregon Women's Entries (2005 MPSF Top 20 Rank, Season Best or PR (if Season Debut and applicable))
400m: Irie Searcy (Season Debut, PR-57.58 (’05)), Leah Worthen (Season Debut)
800m: Rebekah Noble (first, 2:04.72), Sara Schaaf (6th, 2:09.88), Kasey Harwood (16th, 2:15.53)
Mile: Dana Buchanan (4th, 4:46.71)
3,000m: Amber McGown (6th, 9:32.57), Zoe Nelson (15th, 9:49.74), Dana Buchanan (Season Debut), Amanda Fitz-Gustafson (Season Debut, PR-10:13.58 (’05)), Sarah Pearson (Season Debut)
5,000m: Zoe Nelson (Season Debut), Sarah Pearson (Season Debut)
4x400m (5th, 3:47.92)
Distance Medley (2nd, 11:22.81)
High Jump: Kalindra McFadden (5th-t, 5-7), Lauryn Jordan (Season Debut, PR 5-8 (’05))
Pole Vault: Emily Enders (9th, 12-11 1/2), Tara Rhein (NR, 10-6 1/4), Hannah Moore (Season Best NA, PR 13-5 (“04))
Triple Jump: Lauryn Jordan, Lauryn (6th, 39-8 3/4)
Weight Throw: Britney Henry (4th, 61-0 3/4), Brittany Hinchcliffe (5th, 59-7), Megan Maloney (7th, 55-8 1/2)
Pent.: Lauryn Jordan (Season Debut, PR 3,894 (’05)), Kalindra McFadden (4th, 3,850), Roslyn Lundeen (13th, 3,412)
Tentative Oregon Men's Entries (2005 MPSF Top 20 Rank, Season Best or PR (if Season Debut and applicable))
60m: Alexey Shkuratov (Season Debut, PR 7.06)
200m: Richard Del Rincon (4th, 21.40)
400m: Travis Anderson (16th, 49.18), Matt Scherer (Season Debut, PR 45.95 (?05))
800m: Michael McGrath (6th, 1:51.61), Andrew Perri (13th, 1:54.12), Jeffrey Erb (NR, 1:56.28)
Mile: Donald Wasteney (16th, 4:09.38), Blake Flanders (20th, 4:11.51), Joel Sauvain (NR, 4:19.26), James Withers (Season Debut, PR 4:13.48 (’05-Unat.))
3,000m: Christopher Winter (15th, 8:15.50), Carlos Trujllo (NR, 8:17.29), Esteban Trujillo (NR, 8:43.59), Galen Rupp (Season Debut), Patrick Werhane (Season Debut), James Withers (Season Debut)
5,000m: Galen Rupp (4th, 14:17.24), Carlos Trujillo (14th, 14:54.55), Esteban Trujillo (NR, Season Debut), Patrick Werhane (Season Debut, PR-15:09.19 (’05))
60m High Hurdles: Eric Mitchum (1st, 7.78), Walter Thurmond III (9th, 8.23), Jared Huske (10th, 8.24)
4x400m Relay (5th, 3:16.53)
Distance Medley (6th, 9:49.38)
High Jump: Jeff Lindsey (13th-tie, 6-5 1/2), Alexey Shkuratov (Season Debut)
Pole Vault: Tommy Skipper (first, 18-0 1/2), Jon Derby (sixth, 17-0 3/4) , David Moore (13th, 16-5 1/4), Keegan Burnett (NR, 15-1 1/2)
Long Jump: Alexey Shkuratov (Season Debut)
Shot Put: Colin Veldman (8th, 56-11 1/4), Mark Lewis (NR, 51-0 1/4)
Weight Throw: Colin Veldman (2nd, 60-3 3/4), Matthew Maloney (5th, 55-1), Michael Hill (14th, 52-3 1/4)
Heptathlon: Andrew Young (9th, 4,246)
2006 NCAA Indoor Championships Qualifiers
Men's Qualifiers - Event, 2006 Best (Personal Best)
*Tommy Skipper, Jr. - Pole Vault, 18-0 1/2 (18-8 3/4)
Michael McGrath, RSo. - Mile, 4:03.53 (4:03.53)
Eric Mitchum, Sr. - 60 Hurdles, 7.78 (7.69)
Women's Qualifiers - Event, 2006 Best (Personal Best)
*Rebekah Noble, Fr. - 800, 2:04.72 (2:04.72)
Dana Buchanan, Jr. - Mile, 4:46.71 (4:46.71)
Amber McGownRSr., - 3,000, 9:32.57 (9:32.57)
Emily Enders, Jr. - Pole Vault, 12-11.5 (12-11.5)
Kalindra McFadden, RFr. - Pent., 3,850 (3,850)
Distance Medley Relay (Buchanan, Noble, Schaaf, McGown), 11:22.81
* indicates NCAA automatic qualifier.
2006 MPSF Championships Schedule and Tentative Oregon Entries
(*NOTE: All Oregon entries are TENTATIVE and subject to change.)
Friday, Feb. 24
11:15 a.m. Hep: M 60m (Young)
11:30 a.m. Pent: W 60m Hurdles (Jordan, Lundeen, McFadden)
11:55 a.m. Hep: M Long Jump (Young)
12:10 p.m. Pent.: W High Jump (Jordan, Lundeen, McFadden)
1:10 p.m. Hep: M Shot Put (Young)
2 p.m. W Long Jump
2:25 p.m. Hep: M High Jump (Young)
2:40 p.m. Pent.: W Shot Put (Jordan, Lundeen, McFadden)
2:50 p.m. M Mile Prelims (Flanders, Sauvain, Withers, Wasteney)
3:05 p.m. W Mile Prelims (Buchanan)
3:20 p.m. M 400m Prelims (Anderson, Scherer)
3:35 p.m. W 400m Prelims (Searcy, Worthen)
3:55 p.m. M 60m Hurdles Prelims (Huske, Mitchum, Thurmond)
4 p.m. W Weight Throw (Henry, Hinchcliffe, Maloney)
4 p.m. Pent.: W Long Jump (Jordan, Lundeen, McFadden)
4:05 p.m. W 60m Hurdles Prelims
4:20 p.m. M 60m Prelims (Shkuratov)
4:30 p.m. W 60m Prelims
4:30 p.m. W Pole Vault (Enders, Moore, Rhein)
4:45 p.m. M 800m Prelims (Erb, McGrath, Perri)
4:55 p.m. W 800m Prelims (Harwood, Noble, Schaaf)
5:05 p.m. Pent.: W 800m (Jordan, Lundeen, McFadden)
5:20 p.m. M 5,000m
5:40 p.m. W 5,000m (Nelson, Pearson)
5:45 p.m. M Long Jump (Shkuratov)
5:45 p.m. M Weight Throw (Hill, Maloney, Veldman)
6 p.m. M 200 Prelims (Del Rincon)
6:10 p.m. W 200 Prelims
6:20 p.m. M Distance Medley - Oregon
6:35 p.m. W Distance Medley - Oregon
Saturday, Feb. 25
10 a.m. Hep: M 60m Hurdles (Young)
11 a.m. Hep: M Pole Vault (Young)
11 a.m. M High Jump (Lindsey, Shkuratov)
11 a.m. W Shot Put
11 a.m. W Triple Jump (Jordan)
Noon M 1 Mile (Flanders, Sauvain, Withers, Wasteney)
12:15 p.m. W 1 Mile (Buchanan)
12:30 p.m. M 60m Hurdles (Huske, Mitchum, Thurmond)
12:40 p.m. W 60m Hurdles
12:50 p.m. M 400m (Anderson, Scherer)
1 p.m. W 400m (Searcy, Worthen)
1 p.m. W High Jump (Jordan, McFadden)
1 p.m. M Triple Jump
1 p.m. M Shot Put (Lewis, Veldman)
1:15 p.m. M Pole Vault (Burnett, Derby, Moore, Skipper)
1:15 p.m. M 60m (Shkuratov)
1:25 p.m. W 60m
1:30 p.m. Hep: M 1000m (Young)
1:35 p.m. M 800m (Erb, McGrath, Perri)
1:45 p.m. W 800m (Harwood, Noble, Schaaf)
1:55 p.m. M 200m (Del Rincon)
2:05 p.m. W 200m
2:15 p.m. M 3,000m (Rupp, C. Trujillo, E. Trujillo, Werhane, Winter, Withers)
2:30 p.m. W 3,000m (Buchanan, Fitz-Gustafson, McGown, Nelson, Pearson)
2:45 p.m. M 4x400m Relay - Oregon
3:00 p.m. W 4x400m Relay - Oregon
*Multiple entries in an event are listed alphabetically
** All events finals unless otherwise noted
2005 Mountain Pacific Championships Results
Dempsey Indoor (307m, Flat), University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., Fri.-Sat., 2/25-26
Men's Team Scores ? 1, UCLA, 117.5 points. 2, Stanford, 93.5. 3, Arizona, 93. 4, California, 90. 5, Oregon, 65. 6, Washington, 62. 7, Washington State, 49. 8, Cal State Northridge, 48. 9, UC Davis, 20. 10, Long Beach State, 17.
Men's Individual Results ? 60 ? 1, Richard Del Rincon, Oregon, 6.74. 1, Prelims ? 1, Richard Del Rincon, Oregon, 6.73. 15, Leonidas Watson, Oregon, 7.04. 200 ? 1, Bobby McCoy, Arizona, 21.47. Prelims ? 1, Darren Woods, California, 21.27. 400 ? 1, Craig Everhart, UCLA, 46.59. Prelims ? 1, Craig Everhart, UCLA, 46.36. 22, AK Ikwuakor, Oregon, 49.71. 800 ? 1, Nick Thornton, UCLA, 1:51.07. Prelims ? 1, Shane Charles, Washington, 1:49.59. Mile ? 1, Jonah Maiyo, Arizona, 3:59.08. Prelims ? 1, Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 4:05.13. 7, Eric Logsdon, Oregon, 4:05.82. 3,000 ? 1, Robert Cheseret, Arizona, 7:51.66. 14, Kyle Alcorn, Oregon, 8:18.04. 5,000 ? 1, Ian Dobson, Stanford, 13:45.54. 60H ? 1, Eric Mitchum, Oregon, 7.81. DNF - AK Ikwuakor, Oregon. Prelims ? 1, Eric Mitchum, Oregon, 7.88. 7, AK Ikwuakor, Oregon, 8.03. 14, Sol Rexius, Oregon, 8.45. 4x400 ? 1, Oregon (Anderson, Inico, Ikwuakor, Scherer), 3:06.98. 2, Washington, 3:07.94. Distance Medley ? 1, UCLA, 9:42.53. High Jump ? 1, Alex Marbley, Cal State Northridge, 2.19m (7-2.25). 2, Jeff Lindsey, Oregon, 2.14m (7-0.25). Pole Vault ? 1, Yoo Kim, UCLA, 5.61m (18-4.75). 7, Jon Derby, Oregon, 5.02m (16-5.5). Long Jump ? 1, Leonidas Watson, Oregon, 7.90m (25-11). Triple Jump ? 1, Jason Romero, Cal State Northridge, 15.61m (51-2.75). Shot Put ? 1, Sean Shields, Arizona, 19.29m (63-3.5). Weight Throw ? 1, Rhuben Williams, California, 18.92m (62-1). 3, Paul Etter, Oregon, 17.76m (58-3.25). Heptathlon ? 1, Robert Arnold, Arizona, 5,518. 3, Ryan Voge, Oregon, 5,445 (60 7.34, LJ 6.82m 22-4.5, SP 12.34m 40-6, HJ 2.02m 6-7.5, 1st 2.095 (2nd-tie), 60H 8.95, PV 4.85m 15-11, 1,000 2:43.26, 2nd 2,460). 7, Cody Fleming, Oregon, 4,865 (60 7.36, LJ 6.23m 20-5.25, SP 13.63m 44-8.75, HJ 1.96m 6-5, 1st 2,869 (5th), 60H 9.69, PV 4.35m 14-3.25, 1,000 2:58.46, 2nd 1,996). 8, Wes Lloyd, Oregon, 4,845 (60 7.19, LJ 6.31m 20-8.5, SP 10.92m 35-10, HJ 1.84m 6-0.5, 1st 2,673 (7th)), 60H 8.68, PV 3.75m 12-3.5 1,000 2:46.27, 2nd 2,172. 10, Andy Young, Oregon, 4,180 (60 7.56, LJ 6.35m 20-10, SP 11.22m 36-9.75, HJ 1.84m 6-0.5, 1st, 2,578 (10th), 60H 8.96, PV NH, 1,000 2:42.40, 2nd 1,602).
Women's Team Scores ? 1, Stanford, 180.5. 2, California, 94. 3, Washington, 69. 4, UCLA, 67. 5, Arizona, 66. 6, Washington State, 58.5. 7, Cal State Northridge, 44. 8, Oregon, 42. 9, Cal Poly, 17.5. 10, Long Beach State, 9.5. 11, UC Davis, 9. 12, California, 4.
Women's Individual Results ? 60 ? 1, Janice Davis, Stanford, 7.34. Prelims ? 1, Janice Davis, Stanford, 7.31. 200 ? 1, Janice Davis, 23.87. Prelims ? 1, Janice Davis, Stanford, 23.86. 400 ? 1, Nashonme Johnson, Stanford, 64.61. 5, Michelle Donovan, Oregon, 57.02. 7, Kayla Mellott, Oregon, 57.80. Prelims ? 1, Christi Moschella, Stanford, 54.62. 5, Michelle Donovan, Oregon, 56.85. 7, Kayla Mellott, Oregon, 57.06. 10, Irie Searcy, Oregon, 57.39. 18, Amanda Santana, Oregon, 60.26. 800 ? 1, Chloe Jarvis, California, 2:06.65. Prelims ? 1, Chloe Jarvis, California, 2:06.95. Mile ? 1, Arianna Lambie, Stanford, 4:39.01. 3,000 ? 1, Sara Bei, Stanford, 9:13.86. 24, Amanda Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon, 10:22.76. 5,000 ? 1, Magdalena Sandoval, Oregon, 16:41.21. 60H ? 1, Dawn Harper, UCLA, 8.12. Prelims ? 1, Dawn Harper, UCLA, 8.16. 4x400? 1, Stanford, 3:38.51. 3, Oregon (Donovan, Abildtrup, Harwood, Schaaf), 3:44.74. Distance Medley ? 1, Stanford, 11:24.54. 2, Oregon (Schaaf, Abildtrup, Harwood, Harmon), 11:27.77. High Jump ? 1, Diana Pickler, WSU, 1.71m (5-7.25). Pole Vault ? 1, Kate Soma, Washington, 4.17m (13-8.25), NH - Emily Enders, Oregon. Long Jump ? 1, Erica McLain, Stanford, 6.27m (20-7). Triple Jump ? 1, Erica McLain, Stanford, 13.90m (45-7.25). 9, Clarice Hayward-Lee, Oregon, 11.88m (38-11.75). 12, Maegan Traver, Oregon, 11.57m (37-11.5). Shot Put ? 1, Kamaiya Warren, UCLA, 16.00m (52-6). Weight Throw ? 1, Sara Vigil, Arizona, 19.32m (63-4.75). 4, Brittany Hinchcliffe, Oregon, 18.11m (59-5). 7, Katie Kersh, Oregon, 16.74m (54-11.25). Pentathlon ? 1, Diana Pickler, WSU, 4,086. 4, Lauryn Jordan, Oregon, 3,894 (60H 9.16, HJ 1.73m 5-8, SP 12.80m 42-0, LJ 5.83m 19-1.5, 800 2:36.44). 11, Roslyn Lundeen, Oregon, 3,453 (60H 9.83, HJ 1.55m 5-1, SP 12.43m
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