Handful of Current Ducks Head to USA Championships
EUGENE, Ore. ? A number of current and former Ducks will be in action at this week’s USA Track & Field Championships and Junior Track & Field Championships Wednesday through Sunday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa.
Current Ducks entered in the senior championships include A.J. Acosta, (men’s 1,500, 5,000), Nicole Blood (women’s 5,000), Matthew Centrowitz (men’s 1,500), Melissa Gergel (women’s pole vault), Elijah Greer (men’s 800), Jordan Hasay (women’s 1,500), Cyrus Hostetler (men’s javelin), Amber Purvis (women’s 100, 200), Jordan Stray, (pending in the men’s hammer), Mandy White (women’s 100) and Alex Wolff (men’s javelin).
In the junior meet, current Oregon student-athletes include freshmen Rebecca Friday (women’s 800, 1,500), Tanner Harris (men’s hammer) and Hasay (women’s 1,500, 3,000).
The senior championships will also feature some of the Ducks’ recent graduates.
Matt Scherer of OTC Elite is in the men’s 800, Galen Rupp of Nike will run the men’s 10,000, Becky Holliday is in the women’s pole vault, Britney Henry will compete in the women’s hammer and Rachel Yurkovich of Nike is in the women’s javelin.
The meet will have a number of televised windows. On Friday, ESPN will broadcast the meet from 5-7 p.m. PDT. Saturday and Sunday, the coverage will be on ESPN from 10-11:30 a.m. Pacific and from noon to 1 p.m. on NBC.
Here’s a daily schedule for the Oregon-affiliated competitors (all times Pacific):
Thursday, June 24
10:50 a.m. Junior Women’s 800 meters first round (Friday)
11:30 a.m. Junior Women’s 3,000 meters final (Hasay)
3:05 p.m. Men’s 800 meters first round (Greer, Scherer)
3:50 p.m. Women’s 1,500 meters first round (Hasay)
5:10 p.m. Women’s 100 meters first round (Purvis, White)
6:20 p.m. Men’s 10,000 meters final (Rupp)
Friday, June 25
8:15 a.m. Junior Men’s Hammer Throw (Harris)
9:55 a.m. Junior Women’s 1,500 meters first round (Friday, Hasay)
11:30 a.m. Junior Women’s 800 meters final (Friday)
3:00 p.m. Men’s Hammer Throw final (Stray)
3:55 p.m. Women’s 100 meters semifinal (Purvis, White)
4:00 p.m. Women’s Javelin Throw final (Yurkovich)
4:25 p.m. Men’s 1,500 meters first round (Acosta, Centrowitz)
5:30 p.m. Men’s 800 meters semifinal (Greer, Scherer)
6:04 p.m. Women’s 100 meters final (Purvis, White)
6:14 p.m. Women’s 5000 meters final (Blood)
6:35 p.m. Men’s 5,000 meters final (Acosta)
Saturday, June 26
12:26 p.m. Women’s 1,500 meters final (Hasay)
1:20 p.m. Women’s Hammer Throw final (Henry)
2:30 p.m. Women’s 200 meters first round (Purvis)
3:25 p.m. Junior Women’s 1,500 meters final (Friday, Hasay)
Sunday, June 27
10:00 a.m. Women’s Pole Vault final (Gergel, Holliday)
10:00 a.m. Men’s Javelin final (Hostetler, Wolff)
10:15 a.m. Women’s 200 meters semifinal (Purvis)
12:00 p.m. Men’s 800 meters final (Greer, Scherer)
12:30 p.m. Women’s 200 meters final (Purvis)
12:40 p.m. Men’s 1,500 meters final (Acosta, Centrowitz)
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