Coaches by University of Oregon Athletics

STAFF PROFILES

Vin Lananna The tremendous scope of Vin Lananna’s accomplishments has established him as one of the premier leaders in track and field in the United States. Named Associate Athletic Director at the University of Oregon in July 2005, Lananna has been guiding a vision for the Oregon track and field program and Historic Hayward Field as the center of track and field in the country. He has been a driving force behind the University’s successful bids to land the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Trials, the 2010, 2013 and 2014 NCAA Track & Field Championships and the 2009 and 2011 USATF Championships. During the 2008-09 academic year, the Men and Women of Oregon wrote one of the most memorable chapters in the history of all collegiate track and field. Both programs were honored as the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s national programs of the year.

Associate Athletic Director 5th Year Coaching Honors

The Men of Oregon won their second straight NCAA Cross Country Championship, captured their first-ever NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship and tied for second at the NCAA Outdoor meet, coming up just two points shy of a magical triple crown. Along the way, the men won their third straight Pac-10 titles in both track and cross country, and produced nine NCAA event champions, six Pac-10 individual champions and 23 All-America awards. For the sixth time in his career, Lananna was named NCAA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year.

NCAA West Region Coach of the Year 1994 (W), 1995 (M&W), 1996 (M&W), 1997 (M), 1998 (M), 1999 (M), 2002 (M&W), 2006 (M), 2007 (M), 2008 (M)

Lananna also presided over perhaps the best individual season in the history of men’s collegiate distance running. Galen Rupp became the first person ever to win six distance races during the same academic year. Rupp was the 2008 NCAA individual cross country champion, the 2009 NCAA Indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meter champion, the 2009 NCAA Outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meter champion, and anchored Oregon’s winning Indoor distance medley relay team. He was also the Pac-10 cross country medalist and won the league’s 10,000 meter title and capped his collegiate career by winning the title at the USA Track and Field Championships at Historic Hayward Field. He was named the USTFCCCA Division I and Pac-10 men’s track athlete of the year and was also honored as the NCAA Division I Academic All-American of the Year for all sports.

Pac-10 Cross Country Coach of the Year 1993 (W), 1994( W), 1996 (M&W), 1997 (M&W), 2000 (M), 2001 (M), 2002 (M&W), 2006 (M), 2007 (M), 2008 (M)

The women’s story was just as impressive. The Ducks placed second at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships for the second year in a row, had their best-ever showing at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships by tying for ninth, and then posted their best finish in a quarter century at the NCAA Outdoor Championships by capturing the silver trophy. The women also won their first Pac-10 track title in 17 years and took second again in cross country. Oregon boasted a pair of NCAA individual champions, seven Pac-10 event champions and 21 All-America awards.

Pac-10 Track & Field Coach of the Year

Rupp, Ashton Eaton (decathlon), Brianne Theisen (heptathlon) and Rachel Yurkovich (javelin) went on to compete at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin.

NCAA Cross Country Coach of the Year 1986, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008

2000 (M), 2001 (M), 2007 (M), 2009 (M&W) USA Team Head Coach 1990 IAAF World Cross Country Championships 1996 IAAF World Cross Country Championships USA Junior Team Head Coach 1994 IAAF World Cross Country Championships

The 2008-09 season came on the heels of a banner year for Oregon with the wildly successful Eugene 08 Olympic Trials following the tremendous growth of both the men’s and women’s programs during the spring outdoor season. Hosting the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials was a giant leap forward in Lananna’s grand plan for Track Town, USA, as a pair of UO student-athletes qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics, Andrew Wheating in the men’s 800 meters and Rupp in the 10,000. However, it served only as a benchmark for the ambitious visionary who has recaptured the glory of Oregon’s proud running tradition both in terms of the teams’ performance on the track, as well as his leadership in the running community of Eugene.

USA Team Assistant Coach 1999 IAAF World Track and Field Championships 2004 Olympic Games Co-Chair 2008 & 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials 2009 & 2011 USA Track & Field Championships

Vin Lananna and Oregon coaching legend Bill Dellinger.

STAFF PROFILES

STAFF PROFILES Vin Lananna Has Guided Teams to: 8 NCAA Team Championships Men’s Cross Country 1996, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2008 Women’s Cross Country 1996 Men’s Indoor Track and Field 2009 Men’s Outdoor Track and Field 2000 36 Conference Team Championships Men’s Cross Country 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008 Women’s Cross Country 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Men’s Track and Field 1998, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 Women’s Track and Field 2009 Vin Lananna Has Guided Athletes to: Five Olympic Teams 800 Meters (2008) 1,500 Meters (2000, 2004) 5,000 Meters (2000) 10,000 Meters (2008) Marathon (1992, 1996) Six World Championship Teams 5,000 Meters (2003, 2005) 10,000 Meters (1999, 2007, 2009) Marathon (1997)

Cross Country 800 Meters 1,500 Meters Mile 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters

26 NCAA Event Titles 2008 (M) 2006 (W), 2009 (M) 2000 (M), 2002 (M), 2003 (M) 2000 (M) 1998 (W), 2002 (W), 2009 (M) 1998 (M), 1999 (M), 2000 (M), 2001 (M&W),

10,000 Meters

Distance Medley Relay

2002 (W), 2003 (W), 2009i (M), 2009 (M) 1998 (M), 1999 (M), 2000 (M), 2003 (W), 2009 (M) 2000 (M&W), 2001 (M), 2009 (M)

The 2007-08 season marked an ascension back to the top of the collegiate running world for both programs. The men won the NCAA championship in cross country and took Pac-10 team titles in both the track & field and cross country seasons. The women’s program continued its resurgence as well, with runner-up finishes at both the NCAA and Pac-10 Championships in cross country, and a third-place showing at the Pac-10 meet on the track. Lananna was recognized as the NCAA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year. The two programs combined for 11 All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships. Lananna has also led the establishment of a new post-collegiate club, the Oregon Track Club Elite, that provides a new opportunity for American middle distance/distance athletes to train with the goal of being competitive on the world stage. Three members of OTC Elite, Nick Symmonds, Christian Smith and Nicole Teter, made the 2008 Olympics. The 2006-07 season exemplified Lananna’s ability to extend the reputation of the University of Oregon, Hayward Field and Eugene as the nation’s most vibrant setting for collegiate track and field. On the track, the Ducks celebrated a Pac-10 men’s team crown as UO individuals combined for five victories. The Duck women added two Pac-10 individual track and field titles and collected five All-America honors to go along with seven combined men’s indoor and outdoor honors. Just a few months after his arrival in July 2005, Lananna’s leadership helped the University of Oregon and the City of Eugene win the right to host the 2008 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team Trials, something the University again won the right to do in 2012, and the 2006 outdoor track and field season featured more than a doubling of season ticket holders, home meet attendance records, and a surge of enthusiasm for the sport throughout the campus community, city, and state. During the indoor and outdoor seasons, Oregon men and women claimed three individual NCAA championships and 25 All-America awards. In July 2006, a two-year renovation began to prepare Historic Hayward Field to host the most exciting meets in the country. Lananna is experienced as both an administrator and a coach at the highest levels. Prior to his arrival at Oregon, Lananna served as athletic director at Oberlin College in Ohio. At the internationally-renowned liberal arts institution, he led the revitalization and reorganization of the department of athletics and physical education. His efforts to improve fundraising and enhance the department’s resources allowed Oberlin to increase staffing and upgrade facilities, including the construction of a new stadium for soccer, lacrosse, and track and field. Renowned for his ability to develop talent, Lananna’s reputation as an exceptional coach was secured during his tenure as director of track and field at Stanford University from 1992 to 2003. In his time at Stanford, Lananna built one of the nation’s elite programs. His cross country and track and field teams claimed five NCAA team championships, 35 top-10 NCAA finishes, and 22 NCAA individual titles. The Cardinal men and women also won 17 Pacific-10 Conference team titles and 45 individual conference crowns in addition to 15 West Regional cross country championships. His athletes excelled in national and international competition, representing Team USA at the Olympic Games and the IAAF World Championships. At Stanford, Lananna received three NCAA Coach of the Year cross country honors, nine NCAA West Region Cross Country Coach of the Year awards, 10 Pacific-10 Cross Country Coach of the Year honors, and two Pacific-10 Track and Field Coach of the Year awards. He also served on the NCAA Track and Field Committee from 2001-03. In 2004, Lananna traveled to Greece as an assistant coach for Team USA at the Olympic Games in Athens. He has also served as an assistant coach at the 1999 Track and Field World Championships and as head coach in the 1990 and 1996 World Championships and 1994 World Junior Championships in cross country. Lananna’s leadership and vision for the future of track and field positioned Stanford as a destination for elite collegiate and post-collegiate competition. Athletes from across the country came to “The Farm” to participate in high performance invitationals designed to optimize athletic performance. His commitment to advancing the sport also led to the creation of a post-collegiate club team based at Stanford, and the University hosted the 2002 and 2003 USA Outdoor Championships and an annual IAAF Grand Prix meet. Lananna arrived at Stanford after serving as assistant athletic director and head coach for cross country and track and field at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H. From 1980 until 1992, his men’s and women’s cross country teams posted a combined seven NCAA top20 finishes—including men’s runner-up efforts in 1986 and 1987—and 37 combined All-America cross country and track and field awards. The men’s team won 13 Heptagonal League titles and the women had six runner-up finishes. In recognition of the teams’ accomplishments, he was named the 1986 NCAA Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year and was a seven- time New England Region Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year and a four-time New England Track and Field Coach of the Year. His coaching career began in 1975 when Lananna was named head coach of cross country at his alma mater, C.W. Post in Greenvale, NY. As an athlete (1971-75), he ran cross country and track and field and was captain of the 1974 team that finished fourth in the NCAA Division II Championships. He received his master’s of arts degree from Long Island University in 1989. Lananna and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in Eugene, Oregon. Their sons Brian and Scott are recent graduates of Dartmouth College.

STAFF PROFILES

Lance Deal Lance Deal begins his eighth year with the Ducks having established himself as one of the nation’s top collegiate throws coaches. Deal brings his tremendous technical expertise and great competitive experience as a four-time Olympic hammer thrower, national record holder, 21-time national champion and 1996 Olympic silver medalist to his work with all of Oregon’s throwers. In his first seven seasons, he has guided Ducks to a pair of NCAA championships, 19 All-America honors, 11 Pac-10 titles and 25 school records. The 2009 season saw Oregon throwers rewrite the record books, sweep the Pac-10 javelin competition and win an NCAA title. Rachel Yurkovich won her second straight NCAA javelin title and her fourth straight Pac-10 and NCAA Regional crowns. Cyrus Hostetler won the men’s title, giving the Ducks a sweep of the event for just the third time in school history. Along the way, both throwers set the school and Pac-10 record in the event, with Yurkovich going 195-7 and Hostetler 272-10.

Assistant Coach 8th Year Lance Deal Has Guided Athletes to:

Javelin

Hammer Javelin

2 NCAA Titles 2008 (W), 2009 (W) 11 Pac-10 Titles 2003 (M), 2007 (M&W) 2003 (M), 2005 (W), 2006 (W), 2007 (M&W), 2008 (W), 2009 (M&W)

19 All-America Awards 2003 (M), 2006 (2xW), 2007 (W), 2008 (M) Javelin 2003 (M&W), 2004 (W), 2005 (W), 2006 (W), 2007 (M&W), 2008 (2xM&W), 2009 (2xM&W) Weight Throw 2007 (W) Hammer

But it was far from a solo act for the men’s and women’s throwers as the Ducks tallied Pac-10 points in the men’s and women’s hammer, women’s discus and women’s shot put, in addition to three others in the javelin, to help Oregon sweep the league titles for the first time in school history. Oregon went on to send nine different throwers to NCAA competition, with Alex Wolff (javelin) joining Hostetler and Yurkovich as All-Americans. All three javelin throwers qualified for the 2009 USA Track & Field Championships, and Yurkovich earned a spot on Team USA by virtue of her second place finish. She went on to compete at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin where she became the first American in 26 years to make the final of the javelin. In 2008, Oregon’s throwers produced in impressive fashion. Yurkovich won her first NCAA javelin championship after winning the Pac-10 and NCAA West Regional meets for the third season in a row. Yurkovich also finished third at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (185-1). The Ducks also got All-America performances in the men’s javelin from Wolff and Mike Simmons and from Colin Veldman in the men’s hammer. The Ducks showed their depth at the Pac-10 meet by scoring points for the first-place men and third-place women in the javelin, hammer and discus. In all, Oregon sent an impressive 12 throwers to the NCAA West Regional meet and five to the NCAA Championships, where four became All-Americans. The 2006-07 season continued the Ducks’ tradition of success as Oregon throwers earned four All-America honors, seven NCAA invitations, five school records, and five top-20 U.S. rankings. In a season full of highlights, one of the most impressive was the Ducks sweep of the men’s and women’s hammer and javelin Pac-10 titles. Yurkovich reset the Oregon and Pac-10 school javelin records early in the season (189-11) with a mark that ranked her fourth all-time among collegians and fifth all-time in the U.S. She later successfully defended her Pac-10 and West Regional titles - the first Duck to accomplish the feat - and placed fifth in the NCAA Championships and sixth in the USA Championships. After tying her hammer school record, Britney Henry won Oregon’s first Pac-10 hammer title and finished the season as an All-American. Ryan Brandel moved to third all-time for UO with a personal best of 238-0. In the postseason, he won Oregon’s eighth Pac-10 javelin title and its 24th All-America award with his seventh-place NCAA finish. In the hammer, first-year transfer Brian Richotte became the first Duck to win Pac-10 and West Regional event titles in the same season. In 2005-06, throwers led the resurgent women’s team charge with All-America honors in the NCAA Championships courtesy of hammer throwers Brittany Hinchcliffe (third) and Henry (sixth) and javelin thrower Yurkovich (seventh), who also added UO’s 10th conference title in the javelin. In 2005, Sarah Malone earned NCAA runner-up javelin honors and threw a seven-foot school record to win her second straight West Regional crown (186-10). She also collected her first Pac-10 title. As an athlete, Deal ignited the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Stadium crowd with a silver medal in the hammer (266-2), and he also competed in the 1988, 1992 and 2000 Olympic Games and in the IAAF World Championships in 1991, 1993, 1995 and 1999. In world rankings, he stood first in the world in 1996 and was top-10 five other seasons (1992-93-94-95-98). The U.S. record holder at 270-9, Deal owns 16 of the top 20 throws all-time by Americans. His resume boasts nine U.S. outdoor hammer titles, 12 indoor titles in the weight throw (35-lb.) – including a record nine straight – and nine year-end No. 1 hammer rankings. Deal also excelled in the discus and shot put. As an undergraduate at Montana State, he earned All-America honors in the discus in 1984 with a personal best of 202-2 and threw a best in the shot put of 60-2.5. Born in Riverton, Wyo., Deal is a graduate of Montana State University (1984) and Natrona County High School (Casper, Wyo., 1979). He and his wife Nancy have one daughter, Sarah.

STAFF PROFILES

Robert Johnson In his fifth year, Robert Johnson continues to oversee Oregon’s men’s and women’s sprinters, jumpers and high hurdlers. The 2009 national women’s assistant coach of the year (USTFCCCA) guided the women of Oregon to a record setting season in the sprints and vertical jumps a year ago. Led by Pac-10 champions and All-Americans Keshia Baker and Jamesha Youngblood, the women’s team broke 12 indoor and outdoor school records in the sprints, relays and vertical jumps and captured three Pac10 individual titles along the way. Baker won her second consecutive Pac-10 title at 400 meters and shattered the school record by running 51.29 in a fifth place finish at the NCAA Championships. Youngblood became the first Duck to sweep the long jump and triple jump competition at the league championships, and set school records in both events, 21-5.5 in the long jump and 43-2.25 in the triple jump. Youngblood also broke her own indoor long jump record (21-1.25), while Baker did likewise at 400 meters (53.27). Both were indoor All-Americans.

Assistant Coach 5th Year NCAA Women’s Assistant Coach of the Year 2009

The 2009 season also saw the emergence of dynamic freshman sprinter Amber Purvis, who shatted school records in the 100 meters (11.38) and 200 meters (23.09), and the indoor 60 meters (7.34) and 200 meters (24.15). Three of the women’s four relay marks also fell, with the 4x100 meter dropping to 44.17, the indoor 4x400 meter going to 3:36.52 and the distance medley relay hitting 11:02.81.

Robert Johnson Has Guided Athletes to:

The men’s vertical and horizontal jumps also took a step forward in 2009 with Vernell Warren taking fourth in both the long jump and high jump at the Pac-10 Championships and qualifying for his first NCAA Championships.

4 Pac-10 Titles 2008 (W), 2009 (W) 2009 (W) 2009 (W)

In 2008, Johnson, himself a two-time All-American triple jumper, helped launch Youngblood’s career as she set the school’s indoor long jump record (20-4.25) and recorded the second-best outdoor triple jump (41-11.25) and No. 3 long jump (20-9.75) in school history. Johnson also coached the women’s sprinters in 2008, where Baker won the Pac-10 400 meter title, becoming the first Duck to win that event since Camara Jones in 1995.

7 All-America Awards 400 Meters 2009i (W), 2009 (W) Long Jump 2007i, 2009i (W), 2009 (W) Distance Medley Relay 2006 (W), 2009 (W)

During the 2007 winter season, Lauryn Jordan scored All-America honors in UO’s first ever NCAA indoor long jump appearance after raising the indoor school record three times during the season. She also ended her indoor career ranked top-five for Oregon in the 60 meter hurdles, high jump and triple jump. During her outdoor career, Jordan joined the Oregon all-time lists in the high jump, long jump, triple jump and heptathlon.

400 Meters Long Jump Triple Jump

In 2005-06, the Ducks shined at the Pac-10, Regional, NCAA and USA Championships. Jordan made her NCAA outdoor debut in the long jump. At the end of the season, she ranked fifth among collegians in the USA Championships long jump. On the sprint side, UO’s youthful women’s corps ran the fastest 4x400 meter relay in 10 years. Before his work with Oregon, Johnson oversaw UCLA’s highly-regarded high jump, long jump and triple jump units, and also coordinated its strength and conditioning program. In that short span, his Bruin men and women combined for one NCAA title, one U.S. runner-up finish, two Pac-10 titles, and eight All-America honors. His star pupils included collegiate triple jump record holder Candice Baucham — the 2005 NCAA outdoor champion and U.S. runner-up. Bruin student-athletes under his guidance shined on the national level in 2005, and were paced by Baucham who led the U.S. outdoor list in the triple jump with her winning mark and school record from the NCAA Championships (46-2). That mark established an American NCAA meet record and also moved her to third all-time in American history. In the collegiate finale, the Bruin senior also had an All-American effort in the long jump (fifth). She was runner-up in the USA Championships triple jump and Pac-10 long jump and triple jump, and was third in the NCAA Indoor Championships triple jump. In his first season in Westwood in 2004, Juaune Armon posted All-America long jump honors both outdoors (fifth) and indoors (fourth). Ranked fifth all-time for the Bruins with a best of 26-3, he also placed eighth in the Olympic Trials and was the Pac-10 Champion. As an Appalachian State assistant coach from 1997-2003, Johnson coached 28 individual Southern Conference champions and 14 NCAA qualifiers in the long jump, triple jump, 55 meters and 100 meters. He mentored the school’s first All-America jumper—Ronda White—an outdoor triple jump All-American in 2003, along with two Southern Conference Freshmen of the Year and two Southern Conference Athletes of the Year. As an athlete, Johnson also competed for Appalachian State, where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in 1996, and was a two-time triple jump All-American (1995, ’96), NCAA high jump qualifier (1996) and school high jump record holder (7-1 3/4). He capped his career as the 1996 Southern Conference triple jump and high jump champion, and was named the Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year after he piled up All-Southern Conference honors in the long jump, triple jump, high jump, 200 meters and 4x100 meter relay. As a post-collegian, he notched top-10 USA Outdoor Championships triple jump finishes in 1998, ’99 and ’00, and competed in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Trials.

STAFF PROFILES

Andy Powell In his fifth season with the Ducks, assistant coach Andy Powell continues his coaching of the UO men’s distance programs. Powell, working in conjunction with Associate Athletic Director Vin Lananna in the training of the men’s distance runners, ensures that all student-athletes receive extensive individual attention, assists in recruiting all men’s middle distance/distance runners, and oversees administrative functions related to the conduct of a successful cross country program — including team travel, equipment and assisting with the Bill Dellinger Invitational. The past four years, Powell has helped Oregon capture back-to-back NCAA Men’s Cross Country championships (2007-08) plus a runner-up trophy (2009), its first-ever NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship (2009), second-place trophies at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (2009) and three straight Pac-10 track and field and cross country titles.

Assistant Coach 5th Year Andy Powell Has Guided Athletes to:

Cross Country 800 Meters 3,000 Meters 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters Distance Medley Relay

Cross Country 800 Meters 1,500 Meters 5,000 Meters 10,000 Meters

7 NCAA Titles 2006 (M) 2009 (M) 2009 (M) 2009i (M), 2009 (M) 2009 (M) 2009 (M) 10 Pac-10 Titles 2006 (M), 2007 (M) 2008 (M) 2008 (M), 2009 (M) 2009 (M) 2007 (M) 2007 (M), 2008 (M), 2009 (M)

36 All-America Awards 2006 (2xM), 2007 (5xM), 2008 (3xM), 2009 (4xM) 800 Meters 2008 (M), 2009i (M), 2009 (M) 1,500 Meters 2008 (M) Mile 2007 (M), 2008 (M), 2009 (M) 3,000 Meters 2006 (M), 2007 (M), 2009 (M) 5,000 Meters 2006i (M), 2007i (M), 2009i (3xM), 2009 (2xM) 10,000 Meters 2007 (M), 2009 (2xM) Distance Medley Relay 2009 (M)

Cross Country

Powell also played an important role in mentoring perhaps the best individual season in the history of men’s collegiate distance running. Galen Rupp became the first person ever to win six distance races during the same academic year. Rupp was the 2008 NCAA individual cross country champion, the 2009 NCAA Indoor 3,000 and 5,000 meter champion, the 2009 NCAA Outdoor 5,000 and 10,000 meter champion, and anchored Oregon’s winning Indoor distance medley relay team. He was also the Pac-10 cross country medalist and won the league’s 10,000 meter title and capped his collegiate career by winning the title at the USA Track and Field Championships at Historic Hayward Field. He was named the USTFCCCA and Pac-10 Division I men’s track athlete of the year and was also honored as the NCAA Division I Academic All-American of the Year for all sports. On the track, the Oregon men continue to amass honors on the individual and team fronts. Andrew Wheating won his NCAA first title at 800 meters in 2009 to go along with Rupp’s six distance wins, while the distance crew counted Pac-10 wins from Wheating (800), Rupp (10,000), Chris Winter (Steeplechase) and a 1-2-3 sweep in the 1,500 meters led by Matthew Centrowitz, Rupp and Wheating. In all the distance runners tallied 79 points towards Oregon’s school-record 158 point and third straight Pac-10 crown. Oregon scored in every event from the 800 meters to the 10,000 meters for the fourth straight season. The 2009 season also saw Oregon garner All-America honors at 800, 5,000 and 10,000 meters outdoors, and in the indoor 800 meters, mile, 3,000 meters, 5,000 meters and distance medley relay. Rupp set the American indoor record at 5,000 meters (13:18.12) and the American indoor collegiate record at 3,000 meters (7:44.69) as the team men broke every school indoor mark between 800 and 5,000 meters, plus the distance medley record. Not surprisingly, Oregon was named the USTFCCCA’s Division I program of the year for 2009. The year before served as a precursor to the remarkable 2008-09 season. Wheating won 11 consecutive races before finishing second by .01 in the men’s 800 meters final of the most exciting race of the entire 2008 NCAA Track and Field Championships. Rupp meanwhile finished second in the 10,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials to qualify for his first Olympic Games. Prior to that, the men’s distance department accounted for 71 of the Ducks’ 144.5 points in winning the 2008 Pac-10 crown. In 2007, Rupp earned a World Championships 10,000 meters invitation after he placed second in the USA and NCAA Championships — an event he raced to an American collegiate record during the season (27:33.48). Postseason success is nothing new to Powell who served as a volunteer coach at Columbia University during the 2004-05 season and worked with distance coach and director of track and field Willie Wood. While Powell was at Columbia, Karl Dusen improved his personal best by more than a minute in the 10,000 meters en route to a school record (29:00.45) and later placed 21st in his NCAA debut. In the 1,500 meters, Gerry Groothuis ran a school record during the season (3:44.01), and was a 5,000 meter regional qualifier (14:10.68) and Ivy League runner-up. As a Stanford athlete, Powell stood out as one of the nation’s top middle distance runners. He still ranks among the school’s all-time best in the 1,500 meters (3:40.65) and just missed an Olympic Trials bid with the nation’s top freshman mark that season. That same campaign, he competed on the Cardinal’s NCAA champion track and field squad and added eighth in the Pac-10 Championships 5,000 meters (14:18.75) as Stanford took second as a team. In cross country, he ran on the Cardinal team that finished fourth in the NCAA Championships in 2000 and won the Pac-10 title. As a prep at Oliver Ames High School in North Easton, Mass., near Boston, he won U.S. junior titles as a senior in the 1,500 meters (3:49.81) and 5,000 meters (14:51.81) after he ran a state mile record of 4:02.7. The Foot Locker Cross Country qualifier also won titles as a high school athlete in the Pan American Junior Championships, Golden West Invitational, and Millrose Games. His wife Maurica Powell is also a Duck coach and was a decorated Stanford middle distance runner and All-American.

STAFF PROFILES

Maurica Powell In her fifth season with UO, Maurica Powell continues to serve an integral role mentoring the Duck distance corps, working in concert with Associate Athletic Director Vin Lananna. Her presence ensures that all student-athletes receive extensive individual attention, and she assists with many administrative functions during the cross country season. This fall saw Lananna and Powell guide Nicole Blood to the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference cross country individual title, Oregon’s first conference medalist in 17 years. The 2008-09 season marked a return to prominence for the Women of Oregon with a second-pace showing at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships, their best-ever showing at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships (tying for ninth), and their highest finish in a quarter century at the NCAA Outdoor Championships where they captured the silver trophy. The women also won their first Pac-10 track title in 17 years and took second again in cross country as Oregon was named the USTFCCCA’s Division I women’s national program of the year.

Assistant Coach 5th Year

The distance runners proved vital in Oregon’s Pac-10 track and field triumph with Zoe Buckman winning at 800 meters and Nicole Blood running second in the 5,000 meters. The Ducks earned points in every event between 800 and 10,000 meters.

Maurica Powell Has Guided Athletes to:

There was no shortage of All-America winners for the women either in 2008-09. Alex Kosinski ran eighth and Blood 10th at the NCAA Cross Country Championships to give Oregon a pair of top 10 finishers for just the second time in school history. Mattie Bridgmon joined Blood and Kosinski as cross country AllAmericans and Kosinski became the first Duck to win the NCAA West Regional in 14 years.

800 Meters

1 NCAA Title 2006 (W) 4 Pac-10 Titles 2009 (W) 2006 (W), 2009 (W) 2008 (W)

Indoors, Oregon’s school-record setting distance medley relay team garnered All-America honors, as did Blood in both the mile and 3,000 meters. Outdoors, Blood was the national runner-up at 5,000 meters, while Bridgmon was an All-America selection at 10,000 meters.

17 All-America Awards 2007 (2xW), 2008 (2xW), 2009 (W) 800 Meters 2006i (W), 2006 (W), 2007i (W), 2007 (W), 2008 (W) Mile 2009 (W) 3,000 Meters 2009 (W) 5,000 Meters 2008 (W), 2009 (W) 10,000 Meters 2009 (W) Distance Medley Relay 2006 (W), 2009 (W)

During the spring of 2008, Blood was the Pac-10 champion at 5,000 meters and earned All-America honors in that event, while Buckman was an All-American in the 800. Both student-athletes were catalysts to Oregon’s best Pac-10 track finish in 12 years. The distance group scored 34 of Oregon’s 100 points. During the Ducks’ second-straight NCAA cross country runner-up showing in 2008, Powell worked with three runners who earned All-America honors in Kosinski, Blood and Bridgmon.

Cross Country 800 Meters 5,000 Meters

Cross Country

Powell has also aided in the development of Claire Michel, Oregon’s school record holder in the 3,000 meter steeplechase.

In 2007, Rebekah Noble repeated her NCAA indoor 800 meter runner-up honors, then received her fourth 800 All-America honor that June. Keara Sammons and Blood were the top freshman finishers in the NCAA outdoor 10,000 meter and 5,000 meter, respectively. That fall, led by Blood and Kosinski, the squad won runner-up honors at the NCAA Championships. On the track in 2006, the women’s distance unit celebrated a pair of All- America efforts in the NCAA Indoor Championships by Noble (800 meters, second) and the distance medley relay (seventh). Three months later, Noble became the first freshman to win an NCAA title in the outdoor 800 meters. Before her arrival at Oregon, Powell made an impact as a graduate assistant coach at Columbia University for the 2004-05 season. The Lions’ touted women’s distance program enjoyed a breakthrough season with its 13th-place finish in the 2004 NCAA Cross Country Championships, led by Caroline Bierbaum who took third individually in the collegiate harrier finale, and second outdoors in 2005 in the NCAA 10,000 meters (33:03.37). During the outdoor regular season, Bierbaum ranked first nationally in the 10,000 meters (32:44.51) and seventh in the 5,000 meters (15:57.44), and senior Delilah DeCrescenzo stood second nationally in the steeplechase (10:06.88) before she claimed ninth in the NCAA finale. While she coached the Lions, Powell studied as a social work graduate student and worked with disadvantaged Harlem junior high and high school youth. A middle distance star for Stanford University from 1998-2002, Powell still ranks top 10 all-time for Stanford in the indoor 800 meters (third, 2:07.51) and outdoor 800 meters (ninth, 2:06.63) and 1,500 meters (eighth, 4:16.51), and was an All-American in 2002 in the 1,500 meters (fifth, 4:16.51) and indoor distance medley relay (1,200 meter leadoff leg, third overall, 11:09.23). In the Pac-10 Championships, she was a three-time scorer in the 800 meters and also placed in the 1,500 meters as a junior and senior. She took seventh in the 800 meters as a freshman in the 1999 U.S. Junior Championships. In high school, the Boston-area native was a six-time state track champion for Franklin High School in Franklin, Mass. Her husband, assistant coach Andy Powell, is also in his fourth year with the Duck distance program.

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Harry Marra Harry Marra, who coached Team USA’s national decathlon squad from 1990-2000, is in his first season as an assistant track and field coach. He works primarily with the Ducks’ combined athletes, including NCAA champions Ashton Eaton and Brianne Theisen, as well as the pole vaulters, high jumpers and intermediate hurdlers. Marra, who coached Paul Terek to a 10th-place finish in the decathlon at the 2007 IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan, has more than 30 years experience coaching athletes at every level from high school to professional. Marra was Team USA’s national decathlon coach from 1990-2000 and helped six different decathletes score 8,000 points.

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Among those competitors is Terek, a three-time national U.S. indoor champion and 2004 Olympian who ranks as the 14th-best decathlete in American history with 8,312 points. Other Marra-coached decathletes who have eclipsed the 8,000-point mark are Sheldon Blockburger (8,296), Brian Brophy (8,276), Paul Foxon (8,254), Bart Goodell (8,109) and Chris Wilcox (8,026). Marra was the head track and field coach at San Francisco State for 12 years (1981-93) where he was twice named Northern California Athletic Conference coach of the year (1985, ’90) and is also a member of that school’s hall of fame. He coached one NCAA champion and 24 All-Americans while at SFSU. During that time, Marra was also a speed and fitness consultant for the San Francisco Giants. He previously served as head coach at Springfield College in Massachusetts for four years and as an assistant coach at UC Santa Barbara for two years before that. He was a member of the United States’ coaching staff at the IAAF World Championships in Paris (2003), Helsinki (2005) and Osaka (2007) and was an assistant coach for the 1999 Pan American Games, where U.S athletes won five gold medals, four silvers and a bronze and set a pair of meet records. He was also a coach for the 1981 and ’82 U.S. Olympic Festivals. A native of Cohoes, N.Y., Marra graduated from Mount St. Mary’s and holds a Master’s Degree from Syracuse.

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Jenni Ashcroft In her fourth year with the Ducks, Jennifer Ashcroft works with the team’s decorated pole vault unit. She was instrumental in the development of three-time All-American Melissa Gergel, and 2008 NCAA Championships qualifier Colin Witter-Tilton. This year, Ashcroft will also assist with the men’s and women’s high jumpers and the combined events. The former All-America pole vaulter spent four seasons on the Wichita State coaching staff. Over that span, athletes in the pole vault, long jump and triple jump scored six Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) titles, earned 26 all-conference selections and 17 regional invitations, set 11 school records and seven MVC records, made four NCAA appearances, and received one All-America plaque. The Shocker squads also claimed two men’s outdoor team titles and four women’s team victories. Her pupils included All-America and conference champion pole vaulter Jackie Brown, an indoor and outdoor school record holder, and two other conference victors—Brooke Demo (pole vault) and Jelena Petrovic (long jump). Petrovic also scored an outdoor long jump school record (20-8) and NCAA invitations indoors and outdoors. As an athlete, the former University of Nevada pole vaulter earned All-America honors in the 2002 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was also a pole vault conference titlist in the Big West (2000) and WAC Conferences, Olympic Trials qualifier (2000), and state of Nevada NCAA Woman of the Year.

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Ashcroft graduated from Nevada in 2002 with a degree in secondary education, and added a master’s in sports administration at Wichita State in 2005. The Sheridan High School (Ore.) product was a state pole vault champion and 2A state meet record holder.

Brooke Demo Brooke Demo, a former Missouri Valley Conference champion in the pole vault, joins the staff to assist with Oregon’s pole vaulting group. Demo, from El Dorado, Kan., set the Wichita State school record in the pole vault, clearing 13-9.25 at the 2008 MVC championships. She was a member of two league indoor championship teams and three conference outdoor championship teams. She placed in the top three spots in the pole vault at seven MVC championships and garnered All-Missouri Valley Conference indoor recognition in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, with outdoor honors in 2005, 2008, and 2009. Demo was an indoor NCAA Provisional Qualifier in 2007 and 2009, and a four-time outdoor NCAA Regional Qualifier who advanced to the NCAA Outdoor Nationals twice. She served as team captain for two years. The El Dorado High School graduate also excelled in the classroom, achieving a cumulative 3.80 grade point average while majoring in mathematics education and graduating from Wichita State with honors in 2009. A three-time MVC Scholar-Athlete selection, she earned honorable mention in 2005, and first team honors in both 2006 and 2007. Named in 2006 as a CoSIDA Academic All-District VII honorable mention award recipient, she went on to be recognized with first team honors in 2007. She was also named three times to the Missouri Valley Conference Honor Roll and twice to the Commissioner’s Academic Excellence list. After her senior season, Demo was selected as the Missouri Valley Conference’s Dr. Charlotte West Scholar-Athlete Award winner.

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Roderick Dotts The University of Oregon track and field features one of its alums in NCAA qualifier and Pac-10 scorer Roderick Dotts, a third-year volunteer coach who will help work with the Duck sprints/hurdles groups. In 2004, Dotts ran on UO’s first-ever NCAA 4x400 meter relay team that sped to the then-two fastest times in school history (3:06.54/3:09.13). As a senior in ’05, he was a Pac-10 scorer in the 800 meters as a senior (sixth, 1:49.05). Before his two seasons for UO, he competed for Barton Community College and ranked 34th in the U.S. and 17th among American collegians in 2003 (1:48.41). That 2003 outdoor season, he was also a part of BCC’s junior college national champion squad and competed in the 800 meters, 4x400 meter relay (second) and 4x800 meter relay (third). Indoors he also helped lead the Cougars to the JC national team title in ’03 with his wins in the 600 meters (1:18.19) and 1,000 meters (2:29.36.

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The East St. Louis native graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in sociology, and as a prep competed for Cahoka High School.

Kalindra McFadden Two-time All-American Kalindra McFadden joins the coaching ranks following one of the most successful heptatlon careers in school history. She will assist with the combined events at Oregon. A 2009 graduate from the University in psychology, McFadden overcame injuries early in her career to earn All-America honors in the heptathlon at the 2009 NCAA Championships with her sixth place finish, helping the Ducks win the runner-up trophy. She also finished second at the Pac-10 Championships as Oregon won its first league title in 17 years. She scored a collegiate best 5,821 points at the 2009 U.S. Track & Field Championships, a mark that stands third all-time at Oregon. The Bozeman, Mont., native also earned All-America status at the NCAA Indoor meet, finishing ninth in the pentathlon with 4,088 points (second all-time at Oregon).

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McFadden also ranks among the Ducks’ all-time best in the 100 meter hurdles (14.04, 10th) and indoor 60 meter hurdles (8.83, fourth). Additionally, McFadden was a three-time Pac-10 all-academic selection.

Christina Scherwin Christina Scherwin, a two-time Olympian and seven-time Danish national javelin champion, begins her second season assisting Lance Deal with Oregon’s throwers. In 2009, Scherwin helped guide Rachel Yurkovich to her second straight NCAA javelin championship and fourth consecutive NCAA West Regional and Pac-10 title. Yurkovich and Cyrus Hostetler also set school and Pac-10 records in the javelin, while three Ducks earned All-America honors in the event (Yurkovich, Hostetler and Alex Wolff). The current Danish record-holder at 212-8 (64.83 meters), Scherwin competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics for Denmark and has a history of performing well on the big stage. She finished fourth at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, fifth at the 2006 European Championships and third at the 2006 World Athletics Final, where she set the Danish record.

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The Danish national javelin champion in 2000, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05, ’06 and ’08 was a two-time NCAA Division III national javelin champion for Moravian College in 2002 and ’03 and still holds the NCAA Division III javelin record. She also holds Denmark’s national record in the shot put at 50-1.75 (15.28 meters) and was her country’s national shot put champion in 2003, ’05, ’06 and ’08.

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Michael Reilly Michael Reilly continues to oversee the integration of the program’s administrative areas within the athletics department and serves as the home event meet director. He also held the vital position of competition director for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials at Historic Hayward Field. In his previous position, he served as associate athletic director under Vin Lananna at Oberlin College as the department’s chief financial officer and chief operating officer, and also oversaw NCAA compliance for its 22 intercollegiate sports. Prior to his Oberlin work, he served various posts as an assistant coach, administrator and director of track and field operations at Stanford from 1993-2003. In his tenure he served as meet director for the USA Track and Field and Cross Country, West Regional and Pacific-10 Conference Championships, and several IAAF Grand Prix meets including the GMC Envoy Open, Peregrine Systems U.S. Open and Oracle U.S. Open. As an assistant coach from 1997-2003, Reilly worked closely with Lananna and the men’s distance runners that won NCAA titles in cross country in 1997 and 2002 and outdoor track and field in 2000. As a Stanford University athlete in the early ’90s, he scored in the conference steeplechase and was nationally ranked in the event in 1993 and 1994. Off the track, he was an Academic All-American and graduated with a B.S. degree in symbolic systems in 1993.

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Nji Nnamani Nji Nnamani, a member of Stanford’s 2004 NCAA national championship volleyball team, serves as Oregon’s Director of Operations for its nationally-ranked track and field and cross country programs. Nnamani came to Oregon as the program’s interim director of operations in April, 2008, and has experience in athletic administration at both the University of San Francisco and Stanford, in addition to the private sector. Prior to her move to Oregon, Nnamani worked with San Francisco’s Magis Leadership Symposium and assisted in the successful marketing and coordination of that event’s production throughout the Bay Area. She also worked with Portland-based sports brand SPARQ, where she contributed to the company’s industry outreach program and product and brand development. Nnamani earned her Master’s degree from Stanford in sociology with a concentration in organizations, business and the economy in 2008. While working on her Master’s, Nnamani served as the fund-raising and marketing manager for Stanford’s Nigerian Students Association. The Bloomington, Ill., native was a four-year letterwinner for the Stanford volleyball team and was cocaptain as a senior for a Cardinal squad that was the 2006 NCAA national runner-up. The two-time Pac-10 all-academic selection graduated in 2007 with a degree in political science.

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She also served on Stanford’s Athletic Director Search Committee as an undergraduate and worked extensively in the broadcast field where she was the announcer for Stanford men’s volleyball matches, hosted an MTV college road trip segment about Stanford and co-hosted two episodes of “Stanford AllAccess” and “Black History Month Special” for CSTV.

Patrick Werhane Former University of Oregon runner Patrick Werhane begins his second year as a member of the administrative team for the UO track and field program with expanded roles in home meets, special events and public relations. He plays an important role in augmenting positive relationships with officials, donors, visiting teams, and alumni in his position maintaining communications for the program. Werhane made three NCAA Championships appearances in cross country and helped Oregon win the 2006 Pac-10 championship with his 12th-place finish. He was the Ducks’ top individual at the 2005 NCAA West regional where he finished 13th to earn an invitation to the national meet. The Beaverton, Ore., native was also a two-time top-10 finisher in the 10,000 meters at the Pac-10 outdoor track & field championships.

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Elisha Cusumano Elisha Cusumano joined the athletic medicine staff at the University of Oregon during the summer of 2008 and is one of seven full-time athletic trainers. Cusumano oversees the care of the cross country and track and field programs. She previously spent time at the University of Washington as an assistant athletic trainer. Prior to that, she worked at the University of Northern Colorado. She received her master’s degree of science in exercise physiology from the University of Northern Colorado in 2006 where she served as a graduate assistant. The native of Grants Pass, Ore., graduated from Oregon State University with a bachelor’s in exercise science/athletic training in 2004.

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Tracy Oshiro Athletic trainer Tracy Oshiro is responsible for the care of the men and women’s track and field team. She is one of seven full-time athletic trainers on staff at the University. Prior to her arrival at Oregon she worked with the University of Arizona cross country and track and field teams. Oshiro did her undergraduate studies at Pacific University, receiving her bachelor’s of science in exercise science with an emphasis in sports medicine. She then spent two years at Shenandoah University earning her Master’s in athletic training.

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Jim Radcliffe Jim Radcliffe, Oregon’s strength and conditioning coach for the last 21 seasons, plays a significant role for the Ducks’ 19 varsity sports. He furnishes student-athletes with a wide variety of exercise through weight training and lifting systems, and is a noted authority in the field of exercises dealing with the improvement of speed and quickness. The 50-year-old native of McCloud, Calif., was the assistant strength coach at Oregon for two years before assuming the duties of head coach in that area. He did graduate study and worked in private business prior to joining the Ducks’ staff. Radcliffe taught and coached several sports and was the athletic trainer for six years at Aloha High School. A graduate of Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore., he played football four seasons at defensive back and was special teams captain.

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Radcliffe is active in professional national organizations and is certified by the United States Weightlifting Federation. He also has written books, been published in numerous professional journals and produced videos on plyometrics, one of the most effective exercise techniques.

OREGON MEDIA SERVICES

Athletic Media Relations 2727 Leo Harris Parkway, Eugene, Oregon 97401 Phone: 541-346-5488; Fax: 541-346-5449 Web Site: www.GoDucks.com

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Register-Guard Curtis Anderson, Beat Writer Ron Bellamy, Sports Editor www.RegisterGuard.com P.O. Box 10188, Eugene 97440 Phone: (541) 485-1234 Fax: (541) 687-6674

KMTR-TV (NBC) Darren Fabre, Sports Director www.KMTR.com P.O. Box 7308, Eugene 97401 Phone: (541) 988-4571 Fax: (541) 988-3429

Oregonian Ken Goe, Track Beat Writer www.OregonLive.com 1320 SW Broadway, Portland 97201 Phone: (503) 221-8161 Fax: (503) 221-8168 Oregon Daily Emerald www.DailyEmerald.com Erb Memorial Union Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, 97403 Phone: (541) 346-5511 Fax: (541) 346-5821

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Joe Waltasti, Intern Direct: 541-346-5532 Home: 847-651-6441 E-mail: walrasti@uoregon.edu

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CONTACTS: Associate Media Services Director Greg Walker serves as media coordinator for the Oregon track and field program. LOCATION: Hayward Field is located on the east edge of the University of Oregon campus on Agate Street between 15th and 18th Avenues. The press area at Hayward Field is at the top of the west grandstand on the homestretch. CREDENTIALS FOR ACCREDITED NEWS MEDIA: Admittance to all areas of Hayward Field may be obtained with proper credentials that are issued at the discretion of the media services staff. Requests for news media credentials must be made at least 48 hours in advance. Credentials may be picked up at the venue at the Bowerman Building Will Call ticket office window at the north end of Hayward Field on 15th Avenue beginning one hour before the first event or at the media services office in the Casanova Center on days prior to the meet. All credentials can be revoked at any time by media services or security staff, or meet officials, and acceptance and use of credentials signifies adherence to media access rules. PARKING: A limited number of parking passes will be made available for media and are distributed at the discretion of the media services department. Parking is located at the north side of the track on 15th Avenue at the brown hooded parking meters and appropriate passes are required. Metered onstreet parking is available on Agate, 15th and 18th Avenues, with campus parking regulations in effect on weekdays and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. LIVE NEWS UPDATES: TV stations arranging for live broadcasts during news programs must make arrangements 48 hours in advance and requests are subject to availability and preexisting broadcast/contractual contracts/ agreements. Live local broadcast vans should park in the northeast corner on 15th Avenue, and large television trailers and semis must arrange for access in advance, and normally park on the southwest side of the venue near the hammer throw cage and finish line.

RADIO KUGN Radio 4222 Commerce, Eugene, 97402 Phone: (541) 485-5846 Fax: (541) 485-4070

KVAL-TV (CBS) Tom Ward, Sports Director www.KVAL.com P.O. Box 1313, Eugene 97401 Phone: (541) 342-4965 Fax: (541) 342-5436 KEZI-TV (ABC) www.KEZI.com 2975 Chad Drive, Eugene, 97408. Phone: (541) 485-5556 Fax: (541) 343-9664 HOME MEET ANNOUNCER Paul Swangard Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, 97403. Phone: (541) 346-3262 pswangar@uoregon.edu

FACILITIES: The press area at Hayward Field can accommodate 72 working press. Photographers and video crews will be granted infield privileges on a limited basis at the discretion of the media services staff. Photographers are allowed on the track only at the conclusion of non-sprint races, and normally shoot at the finish line at a safe distance past the finish line to not present danger to athletes. The recommended distance is 20 meters past the finish line on the inside edge of the perimeter fence. Inspectors and marshals have authority to determine media access in all competition areas. EMAIL/WEBSITE: All pre- and post-meet releases and results will be posted to the University of Oregon Athletic Department website (www.GoDucks. com). Media requesting releases, results, or athlete photographs via email should contact Greg Walker (541-346-2252, gswalker@uoregon.edu). PROGRAMS: Members of the working press can pick up free meet programs and tentative start lists at the press area at the top of the west grandstands. INTERVIEWS: During the regular season, post-race interviews are best held in the post-race mixed zone off the finish line on the facility’s southwest corner. Interviews on the infield are not permitted. Media are asked to be aware of spectator and officials’ sight lines and conduct interviews away from competition areas. On non-competition days, all media are required to request interviews at least 24 hours in advance to accommodate the busy schedules of media, student-athletes and coaches. INTERNET ACCESS: Free ethernet and wireless connections are available for all home meets at Hayward Field. Please contact a member of the Media Services staff on meet days to assist with your internet connection and login information. TV TRIPODS/STANDS: TV cameramen are asked not to use tripods or similar camera stands on the infield to help preserve the safety of the athletes and media, and keep spectators’ sight lines open. If such tripods or stands require special exceptions, contact Greg Walker of the Oregon Athletics Media Services Office for permission 24 hours in advance. Camera-people must film at a further distance than normally used, and at the discretion of the media services staff, track and field event officials, UO supervisors, and/ or hired security staff.