Student Athlete of the Week - Jan. 28 - Feb. 3
Ashton Eaton has been named the GoDucks.com Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of January 28 - February 3.
Ashton Eaton, a sophomore originally from Bend, Oregon surpassed the NCAA qualifying mark and set a new school record for the heptathlon with 5,859 points during Friday and Saturday's UW Invitational in the Dempsey Indoor Center. He set three personal bests in all three of Saturday's heptathlon events, winning the competition. The Duck's previous heptathlon school record was set in 2002 by Santiago Lorenzo with 5,608, leading Eaton to shatter it by 251 points.
Eaton and the Ducks will take a break this weekend before heading to Fayetteville, Arkansas for the Tyson Invitational on Feb. 15 - Feb. 16.
The Eaton File
Returns in 2008 as Duck sophomore ready to continue his rapid maturation into a national-caliber decathlete with explosive individual event talent and NCAA credentials already in the jumps and sprints. Was an NCAA decathlon provisional qualifier and Pac-10 runner-up in '07 and looks now for first NCAA invitation with the national provisional and automatic standards set at 6,900 and 7,500 points in '08. Indoors, is also a returning NCAA provisional pentathlon qualifier and will point towards the same national qualifying standards (provisional 5,350 / automatic 5,600). His explosive speed and jumping ability catapulted him to an NCAA long jump invitation outdoors and fifth-place Pac-10 and West finishes late in the '07 season. On the track outdoors, was the only freshman to run on both of UO's NCAA qualifying 4x100m and 4x400m relays in '07. After the collegiate slate, he placed top three in the long jump and decathlon in the USA Junior Championships (second / third) and competed in the former event in the Pan American Junior Championships. Enters sophomore indoor season ranked fifth all-time for UO in the long jump (24-3) and only 15 points shy of the same all-time position in the pentathlon with his freshman best (5,370). Could also join several Ducks' all-time outdoor lists and needs marks of 25-5 1/2 in the long jump and 7,532 points in the decathlon. As a prep, was an Oregon 4A state champion as a senior in the 400m and long jump and added runner-up honors in his career in the 200m and long jump.
2006-07: Pac-10 Scorer (Long Jump / Decathlon). NCAA Qualifier (Long Jump, 4x100m, 4x400m). Was one of only three frosh to be an NCAA provisional qualifier in the multi-events both indoors and outdoors and ranked 24th and 29th overall, respectively. Scored second in Pac-10 Championships decathlon (7,123), only his second career decathlon after he debuted in late March in the Jim Click Shootout (first, 6,977). Competed in NCAA Championships long jump (18th-prelims, 24-2 1/2) after he placed fifth in weeks prior in the West Regional (fifth, PR 24-6 1/4) and Pac-10 Championships (23-8 1/4w). In relay action, helped 4x100m relay to third-place finishes in the Pac-10 and West Regional (40.63 / 40.26) and 14th-place effort in the NCAA finale (40.77) - four positions better than its pre-meet seeding. Added to busy schedule in NCAA finale in Sacramento with leg on 4x400m (14th-prelims, 3:07.24) after third- and fourth-place finishes in the West Regional (3:08.79) and Pac-10 Championships (3:09.93). Two weeks later showed little sign of fatigue with personal best in USA Junior Championships decathlon (third, 7,155) and runner-up finish in open junior long jump (24-0 1/4, w:0.6), the latter of which earned a trip to Brazil for the Pan American Junior Championships in early July (11th, 6.85m, 22-5 3/4). Indoors, in the team's season opener, met the NCAA provisional score in his pentathlon debut in the UW Invitational (second, PR 5,370) in late January. At indoor season's end, led UO in the pentathlon (5,370) and long jump (24-3), and ranked top three in the 60m (second, 6.93), high jump (second, 6-6) and 60m hurdles (third, 8.31). Also ran on indoor 4x400m relay that placed second in the Mountain Pacific Championships and ran three NCAA provisional qualifying efforts during campaign (3:09.91, 3:09.92, 3:10.03). Personal / Season Bests: Outdoors: Decathlon ? 7,155 (PR), USA Junior Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. (6/20-21/07); Long Jump - 7.47m (24-6.25) (w:1.3) (PR), West Regional, Eugene, Ore. (5/25/07); 100m ? 10.51W (w:4.7) (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/7/07), 10.66 (w:1.5) (PR), Jim Click Open Decathlon, Tucson, Ariz. (3/22/07), 200m ? 21.62w (w:2.1) (PR), California Collegiate Challenge, Berkeley, Calif. (4/28/07), 400m ? 48.55, Jim Click Open Decathlon, Tucson, Ariz. (3/22/07); High Jump ? 1.92m (6-3.5) (PR), (Twice). Indoors: Pentathlon ? 5,370 (PR), UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/26-27/07); Long Jump ? 7.39m (24-3) (PR), UW Invitational, Seattle (1/26/07); 60m ? 6.93 (PR), UW Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/26/07); 60m Hurdles ? 8.31 (PR), Mountain Pacific Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/23/07); High Jump ? 1.98m (6-6) (PR), Mountain Pacific Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/23/07).
Prep: In 2006, won Oregon 4A state titles as a senior in 400m (48.69) and long jump (24-0 1/4w, w:2.1). Also was 4A state runner-up as senior in the 200m (22.10, w:-1.5) to help land athlete of the meet honors. As a junior posted a second-place state finish in the long jump with a then-personal best (23-2 1/4, w:2.0). Led the Oregon state long jump rankings in 2006 (24-1) and also ranked top-three in the state as a senior in the 100m (third, 10.84a), 200m (second, 21.69) and 400m (second, 48.69). His prep bests follow: 100m (10.84a, 2006), 200m (21.69, 2006), 400m (48.16, 2006) and long jump (24-1, 2006). Also lettered in football as a halfback and wrestled. High School (Coach): Mountain View ?06 (Tate Metcalf).
2007-08 GoDucks.com Student Athletes of the Week
| Week 1 |
August 26 - September 1 | Football | Dennis Dixon |
| Week 2 |
September 2 - 8 |
Football |
Dennis Dixon |
| Week 3 |
September 9-16 |
Football |
Jonathan Stewart |
| Week 4 |
September 17-23 |
Football |
Cameron Colvin |
| Week 5 |
September 24-30 |
Volleyball |
Heather Meyers |
| Week 6 |
October 1-7 |
Soccer |
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| Week 7 |
October 8-14 |
Football | Nick Reed |
| Week 8 |
October 15-21 |
Football |
Jonathan Stewart |
| Week 9 |
October 22-28 |
Cross Country |
Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott |
| Week 10 |
October 29 - November 4 |
Football |
Nick Reed |
| Week 11 |
November 5-11 |
Volleyball |
Gorana Maricic |
| Week 12 |
November 12-18 |
Basketball |
Malik Hairston |
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Week 13 |
November 19-25 |
Cross Country |
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| Week 14 |
November 26 - December 2 |
Volleyball |
Sonja Newcombe |
| Week 15 |
December 3-9 |
Wrestling |
Ryan Dunn |
| Week 16 |
December 10-16 |
Wrestling |
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| Week 17 | December 24-30 | Basketball | Maarty Leunen |
| Week 18 | December 31- January 6 | Football | Jonathan Stewart |
| Week 19 | January 7-13 | Basketball | Malik Hairston |
| Week 20 | January 14-20 | Basketball | Tamika Nurse |
| Week 21 | January 21-27 | Tennis | |
| Week 22 | January 28 - February 3 | Track & Field | Ashton Eaton |
