NCAA Champion Jamesha Youngblood
NCAA Champion Brianne Theisen
NCAA Champion A.J. Acosta
NCAA All-American Matthew Centrowitz
WOMEN’S TEAM ROSTER Name Sarah Andrews Laura Bobek Zoe Buckman Sammie Clark Sara Cole Bronwyn Crossman Alexandra Davidson Camilla Dencer Olivia Ferrara Jill Fogelstrom Phyllis Francis Rebecca Friday English Gardner Melissa Gergel Devin Gosberry Jordan Hasay Anne Kesselring Alexandra Kosinski Claire Michel Lauryn Newson Felicia Odle Chizoba Okodogbe Megan Patrignelli Lindsay Pearson Mele Penitani Sarah Penney Rachel Perry Kelly Petaja Hannah Picknell Maggie Pietka Carolanne Powers Amber Purvis Rebecca Rhodes Laura Roesler Jordan Roskelley Kortney Ross Amy Skofstad Brianne Theisen Melanie Thompson Melanie Vertrees Taylor Wallace Mandy White Michele Williams Jamesha Youngblood
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Hometown (High School / College) The Woodlands, Texas (The Woodlands) Astoria, Ore. (Astoria) Canberra, Australia (Canberra Grammar School for Girls) North Bend, Ore. (North Bend) Independence, Ore. (Central / Western Oregon) Bellingham, Wash. (Squalicum) DuPont, Wash. (Steilacoom) Northridge, Calif. (West Valley Christian / UCLA) Portland, Ore. (Liberty) Eugene, Ore. (Sheldon) Queens, N.Y. (Catherine McAuley) Bellingham, Wash. (Bellingham) Voorhees, N.J. (Eastern Senior) Glenwood, Ill. (Marian Catholic) Dyer, Ind. (Munster / Loyola, Ill.) Arroyo Grande, Calif. (Mission College Prep) Nürnberg, Germany (Sigmund-Schuckert Gymnasium) El Dorado Hills, Calif. (Oak Ridge) Clackamas, Ore. (Clackamas) Richmond, Calif. (Pinole Valley / Laney CC) Camas, Wash. (Union) Antioch, Calif. (Deer Valley) Monroe, N.Y. (Monroe-Woodbury) Santa Barbara, Calif. (San Marcos) Portola Valley, Calif. (Mountain View) Paradise Valley, Ariz. (Xavier College Prep) Parkdale, Ore. (Hood River Valley) Springfield, Ore. (Thurston) Medford, Ore. (South Medford) Vancouver, Wash. (Mountain View) Keizer, Ore. (McNary) Hercules, Calif. (Benicia) Salem, Ore. (South Salem) Fargo, N.D. (Fargo South) Spokane, Wash. (Mt. Spokane) San Diego, Calif. (Westview) Gladstone, Ore. (Gladstone) Humboldt, Sask. (Humboldt Collegiate Institute) High Bridge, N.J. (Vorhees) Kent, Wash. (Kent-Meridian) Klamath Falls, Ore. (Henley) Lake Oswego, Ore. (Lakeridge) Colorado Springs, Colo. (Sierra / Adams State) San Pablo, Calif. (Hercules) * - has utilized redshirt season
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The Women of Oregon 2-time Defending Pac-10 Champions 2010 NCAA Indoor Champions 2010 NCAA Outdoor Runners-up 2 2009 NCAA Outdoor Runners-up 2
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Laura Bobek Looking to comeback from injuries that caused her to redshirt the 2010 season. Three-time Oregon state champion in both the discus and shot put brings an impressive list of credentials in the throws. Ranked fifth nationally in the shot put and sixth nationally in the discus as a senior. Holds the all-divisions state record in the discus (162-1). Was undefeated during the high school season in both throwing events her junior and senior years. 2009-10: Redshirted the indoor and outdoor seasons due to injury.
RS Freshman RS-Freshman Astoria, Ore. Astoria High School Throws
Prep: Won three consecutive state 4A titles in both the shot put and the discus for Astoria High School. Senior season saw her ranked fifth nationally in the shot put with a throw of 47-8, which came at the Dick Baker Invitational, as well as sixth nationally in the discus with a toss of 162-1 from the Anderson Relays. The latter mark set an Oregon prep all-classifications record. Won her third straight state shot (45-5.5) and discus (152-10) titles in 2009 to lead Astoria to a third place team finish. As a junior in 2008, dominated at the 4A level, winning both the discus (138-3) and the shot put (42-8) at the state meet for the second consecutive year and going undefeated during the high school season. Claimed her first state titles as a sophomore in 2007, throwing 41-6 in the shot put and 131-11 in the discus. Helped the Fishermen capture two second place finishes at the state championships during her sophomore and junior seasons. Was also the runner-up in both the shot put (43-3.5) and the discus (139-8) at the 2008 Washington/Oregon Meet of Champions. High School Bests: Shot Put - 47-8/14.52m, 2009; Discus - 162-1/49.40m, 2009. Personal: Majoring in biology. Older brother Sam rowed at Oregon State for four years. A member of the 4H Club, would like to study to be a large animal veterinarian.
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Zoe Buckman The 2010 Pac-10 champion at 1,500 meters and the 2009 Pac-10 800 meter champion established herself as one of the NCAA’s top middle distance runners with a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters at the 2008 NCAA Track and Field Championships. Ran the fifth-fastest 800 meters in school history (2:02.50) at the 2008 NCAA West Regional. Is a two-time NCAA Cross Country Championships competitor and a three-time NCAA Outdoor Championships qualifier. The World Junior Championships veteran joined the Ducks for spring term 2007 after completing her high school career in Australia. Returns to Eugene in the fall of 2010 with one season of cross country and one season of indoor track remaining.
Senior Canberra, Australia Canberra Grammar School for Girls Middle-Distance 2-Time Pac-10 Champion (800 Meters, 1,500 Meters) School Record (Distance Medley Relay) 3-Time All-American Personal Bests 800 Meters - 2:02.50, NCAA West Regional, Northridge, Calif., 5/31/08 1,500 Meters - 4:12.80, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore., 3/20/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 1,500 Meters s-6th, 4:19.02 2009 - 800 Meters, s-4th, 2:04.68 2008 - 800 Meters, 4th, 2:04.69 2007 - 800 Meters NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - 800 Meters, 17th, 2:10.35 2010 - Distance Medley Relay, 2nd, 10:58.96 2009 - Distance Medley Relay, 6th, 11:02.81 2008 - Distance Medley Relay, 9th, 11:24.83 NCAA Cross Country Championships 2008 - 100th, 21:12.5 2007 - 39th, 21:06 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 4th, 4:18.93 2009 - 800 Meters, 2nd, 2:04.66 2008 - 800 Meters, 2nd, 2:02.50 2007 - 800 Meters, 5th, 2:06.82 NCAA Cross Country West Regional 2009 - 42nd, 22:01.71 2008 - 34th, 21:00.53 2007 - 21st, 21:02.50
2009-10: Pac-10 1,500 meter champion. Outdoors - Ranked second nationally in the 1,500 meters and 17th in the 800. Big performer for the record-setting Pac-10 champions. Won the 1,500 meters in 4:15.95 and came back to place third in the 800 meters in a season-best 2:05.51. Opened season with a terrific secondplace run in the 1,500 meters, 4:12.80, at the Oregon Preview. That time was the early nationnal leader and ranked fourth in school history. After running the 800 meters at the Stanford Invitational (2:08.19), traveled to her native Australia to participate in the Australian Championships at Perth. There, ran the 1,500 meters and finished third (4:18.58). Returned to the states in time for the Penn Relays, where she ran the anchor leg on Oregon’s third-place 4x800 meter relay team (8:32.40). Was the top collegian and fourth overall in the 800 at the Oregon Relays (2:07.48). Won the 1,500 in her final regular season appearance at Hayward Field, running 4:16.66. After the Pac-10 meet, focused on the 1,500 meters for the NCAA championships. Won her preliminary heat at the NCAA West Regional in 4:23.16 before advancing through the quarterfinals with a time of 4:18.93. Was fifth in her heat in the 1,500 meter semifinals in 4:19.02 at the NCAA Championships and just missed advancing to the finals. Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention. Indoors - Ran the 800 leg on Oregon’s runner-up distance medley relay team. That team set the school record in 10:58.96 as Oregon won the team title for the first time in school history. Also an NCAA participant in the 800 meters. Helped Oregon win its first-ever MPSF title with a fourth-place finish in the 800 meters in 2:06.78. Followed that with an indoor personal-best 2:05.72 at the UW Last Chance Qualifier. That time ranks tied for third all-time at the University. Took third in the 800 meters at the Jan. 30 Texas A&M Challenge in 2:06.79. Opened season by clocking 2:07.99 in the 800 meters at the UW Indoor Preview. Cross Country - Made season Oregon debut at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Also appeared in her third Pac-10 Championships and NCAA West Regional race. Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 2:05.51, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/16/10); 1,500 Meters - 4:12.80 (PR), Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/20/10). Indoors - 800 Meters - 2:05.72 (PR), UW Last Chance Qualifier, Seattle, Wash. (3/6/10). 2008-09: The Pac-10 champion at 800 meters and a key member of Oregon’s record-setting distance medley relay team. Earned All-America status after helping Oregon’s distance medley relay team place sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships in a school-record 11:02.81. That effort was part of Oregon’s best-ever finish at the indoor nationals, a tie for ninth. Outdoors, had six top-five finishes at 800 meters. Helped Oregon win the Pepsi Team Invitational with a second-place showing in 2:08.28. Was also second at the Oregon Relays in 2:06.66. Win in the 800 in 2:05.39 scored 10 points towards Oregon’s record-setting total at the Pac-10 Championships, as the women took home the team trophy for the first time in 17 years. Placed second in the 800 (2:06.44) at the NCAA West Regional to advance to her third NCAA Outdoor Championships. After advancing through her preliminary heat at the NCAA meet, ran a season-best time, 2:04.68, to finish fourth in her semifinal. Also ran a personal best at 1,500 meters, 4:15.66 (school’s No. 7 all-time mark), at the Oregon Twilight. A top-six runner for Oregon in five cross country races, including all three championship events. Season debut was a 16th-place showing at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (21:21.73). Took second at the Mike Hodges Invitational (17:15) before helping Oregon finish second at the Pac-10, NCAA West Regional and NCAA Championships for the second year in a row. Pac-10 Track & Field All-Academic honorable mention. Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors 800 Meters - 2:04.68, NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark. (6/11/09); 1,500 Meters - 4:15.66, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/09). Indoors - 800 Meters - 2:09.17, New Balance Invitational, New York, N.Y. (2/7/09).
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WOMEN’S PROFILES Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 1st, 4:15.95 2010 - 800 Meters, 3rd, 2:05.51 2009 - 800 Meters, 1st, 2:05.39 2008 - 800 Meters, 2nd, 2:04.52 2007 - 800 Meters, 3rd, 2:07.48 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships 2009 - 36th, 21:04.83 2008 - 32nd, 21:09.26 2007 - 17th, 20:41.5
2007-08: All-American at 800 meters. Sensational sophomore season at the 800-meter distance where she ran fourth at the NCAA Championships and second at both the Pac-10 Championships and the NCAA West Regional. Had a first place finish in the 800 at the Oregon Preview and a couple of seconds at the Pepsi Team Invitational and the Oregon Twilight before her spring heated up in the championship season. Took home second at the Pac-10 Championships in 2:04.52. Repeated that performance at the NCAA West Regional where she ran a personal-best 2:02.50, the fifth-fastest 800 time at Oregon. Won her semifinal heat at the NCAA Championships (2:03.64) to move on to the finals where she placed fourth (2:04.69) to earn her first career All-America award. Also drew assignments on Oregon’s 4x400 meter relay team. In her first indoor season, placed second in the 800 meters at the MPSF Championships in 2:06.88. Ran on Oregon’s NCAA Championships distance medley relay team that finished ninth (11:22.06). Helped Oregon set the school’s distance medley record, 11:10.48, earlier in the indoor season. Excelled in her first ever season of cross country, improving each time she competed. In NCAA Championships, unleashed a strong kick the final mile to gain 30 places and place 39th overall (21:06). Added All-Region honors in the West Regional (21st, 21:03) and a 17th-place finish in the Pac-10 Championships (20:42). USTFCCCA All-Academic first team. Pac-10 Track & Field All-Academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 2:02.50 (PR), NCAA West Regional, Northridge, Calif. (5/31/08); 1,500 Meters - 4:20.57, Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, Calif. (4/17/08). Indoors - 800 Meters - 2:06.88, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (3/1/08). 2006-07: NCAA Championships qualifier in the 800 meters. Enrolled at Oregon in March for outdoor track season and made NCAA outdoor debut at 800 meters. In weeks prior, finished top-four in 800 meters in West Regional and Pac-10 Championships. Was also a 1,500 meter regional qualifier and ranked second on team and first among Pac-10 freshmen in both the 800 and 1,500 meters. Season Bests: 800 Meters - 2:06.82, NCAA West Regional, Eugene, Ore. (5/26/07); 1,500 Meters - 4:24.68, Cardinal Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (4/29/07). Prep: Finished 11th in the 2006 World Junior Championships in both the 800 and 1,500 meters (2:05.60/4:20.59). Also competed as a member of Australia’s 4x400 meter relay team in the 2004 World Junior Championships. Australia’s 2006 national under-20 800 meter champion and 1,500 meter runner-up. Personal: Psychology major.
Sara Cole Pac-10 scorer in the hammer in 2010. Had a pair of PRs as a junior. 2008 Division II NCAA qualifier transferred to Oregon from Western Oregon University. Before that was home schooled while competing for Central High School. 2009-10: Outdoors - Scored a point for the Pac-10 champions with her eighth-place finish in the hammer (164-9/50.23m). Hammer specialist opened season with a PR of 168-11/51.49m at the Oregon Preview. Improved that to a personal-best 170-6/51.97m in a win at the Pepsi Team Invitational. Also competed at the Oregon Relays and the Oregon Twilight. Indoors - Competed in the weight throw at the UW Indoor Preview. Season Bests: Outdoors - Hammer - 170-6/51.97m (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/10/10).
SSe enior Senior Independence, Ore. Central High School/ Western Oregon Throws Personal Bests Hammer - 170-6/51.97m, Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore., 4/10/10
2008-09: Outdoors - Saw action in four meets at Hayward Field, mainly in the hammer. Won the hammer in the B section of the Oregon Relays with a season-best throw of 165-8/50.51m. Season Bests: Outdoors - Hammer - 165-8/50.51m (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/25/09). Before Oregon: An NCAA Division II national qualifier in the hammer for Western Oregon. WOU best of 165-4 came at the NCAA Championships. That throw ranked in the top six of the WOU career list. Also threw 46-10 in the weight throw to finish third at the GNAC Championships. A four-year letterwinner in track and basketball for Central High School. Western Oregon Bests: Hammer Throw - 165-4, 2008 NCAA Division II Championships. Personal: Major is sociology. Is the oldest of eight siblings.
Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - Hammer, 8th, 164-9/50.23m
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Bronwyn Crossman 2009 Pac-10 scorer in cross country set PRs at both 5,000 and 10,000 meters as a sophomore. Was the only freshman to run for the Ducks at the 2008 Pac-10 cross country meet. Pac-10 all-academic second team selection for both track and cross country. Three-time state cross country champion from Washington.
Junior Bellingham, Wash. Squalicum High School Distance Personal Bests 5,000 Meters - 16:49.52, Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore., 4/10/10 10,000 Meters - 35:28.85 Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore., 4/30/10 NCAA Cross Country Championships 2009 - 205th, 22:07.0 NCAA Cross Country West Regional 2009 - 47th, 22:08.08 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships 2009 - 17th, 20:32.30 2008 - 36th, 21:20.05
2009-10: Outdoors - Established PRs in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. PR at 5,000 meters came at the Pepsi Team Invitational (16:49.52), while her best in the 10,000 came at the end of April in a win at the Oregon Relays (35:28.85). Opened with the 3,000 meters at the Oregon Preview. Pac-10 all-academic second team. Indoors - Redshirt season. Cross Country - Helped Oregon win the Pre’s Trail Pre-View with a second-place finish. Solid 18th-place run (17:20.48, 5,000 meters) at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Was Oregon’s No. 4 scorer at the Pre-National Invitational, taking 51st overall (21:36.9, 6,000 meters). Pac-10 scorer as the team’s fifth runner (17th overall, 20:32.30) to help the Ducks take second at the league meet. Earned her first NCAA West Regional appearance. Capped fall with her first career NCAA Championship appearance. Pac-10 Cross Country all-academic second team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 5,000 Meters 16:49.52 (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/10/10); 10,000 Meters - 35:28.85 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/30/10). 2008-09: Steady improvement at 5,000 meters during the outdoor season resulted in a PR in her final race of the year, 16:55.65, at the Oregon Twilight. Also ran the 5,000 at the Pepsi Team Invitational, finishing sixth, and the Oregon Relays. Indoors, raced at the mile distance three times with a season-best of 4:59.35 coming at the MPSF Championships. Ran in three cross country races during the fall, including the Pac-10 Championships, where she was the lone Oregon freshman in the field (36th, 21:20.05). Placed ninth overall and fifth on the team at the Mike Hodges Invitational (17:39). Season Bests: Outdoors - 1,500 Meters 4:41.86 (PR), Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (3/27/09); 5,000 Meters - 16:55.65, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/09). Indoors - Mile - 4:59.35 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09). Prep: Won the 2007 3A cross country state crown, beating the second-place finisher by 32 seconds. Led Squalicum High School to the team title with her initial individual state championship in 2006. Outdoors, won all but one race at 3,200 meters as a senior, including the state 3A championship. Ran a personal-best 10:35.95 to finish second in the 3,200 meters in the 2007 state meet. Also in 2007, placed third in the 1,600 meters. Took second in the 3,200 meters as a sophomore. High School Bests: 3,200 Meters - 10:35.95, 2007 3A State Championships. Personal: Majoring in family and human services.
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Alexandria Davidson Late addition from Washington blossomed into a Pac-10 scorer her first season in Eugene. Important member of the Ducks’ sprint group, as well as the relays. Ranks fourth all-time in the indoor 60 meters (7.71). A six-time state champion for Steilacoom High School.
Sophomore DuPont, Wash. Steilacoom High School Sprints Personal Bests 100 Meters - 12.13, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore., 5/1/10 200 Meters - 24.16w (legal - 24.47), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., 5/8/10 60 Meters - 7.71 (i), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 200 Meters, p-5th, 12.20 2010 - 400 Meters, p-7th, 56.71 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 7th, 3:47.26
2009-10: Pac-10 scorer in the 4x400 meter relay for the 2010 champions. Holds the No. 4 time at UO in the indoor 60 meters (7.71). Also a member of the No. 7 4x400 relay team (outdoor). Outdoors - Showed steady improvement at 100 and 200 meters throughout the season and was a Pac-10 competitor at 200 and 400 meters. In the 100, ran a season-best 12.13 at the Oregon Relays. At 200 meters, set four PRs throughout the season. Opened at 25.23 at the Oregon Preview. Bettered that at the Stanford Invitational (24.54). Lowered that to 24.23 at the Pepsi Team Invitational. Ran season-best 24.16 in a second-place finish at the Oregon Twilight. At the Pac-10 meet, ran the 200 (24.85) and 400 (56.71) meters. Made four appearances on the 4x400 meter relay team and helped the Ducks set the seventh-fastest time in school history, 3:32.34, in a runner-up finish at the Penn Relays. Wrapped freshman season by scoring at the Pac-10 meet on the 4x400 meter relay team that finished seventh (3:47.26). Indoors - Ran the fourth-fastest 60 meter time in school history, 7.71, in a fourth-place finish at the Husky Classic. Nearly matched that mark at the MPSF Championships (7.72). Indoor best in the 200 meters, 24.93, also came at the Husky Classic. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meters - 12.13 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (5/1/10); 200 Meters - 24.16 (w+2.6) (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/10); 400 Meters - 55.54, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/10). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.71 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10); 200 Meters - 24.93 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle Wash. (2/13/10). Prep: A six-time state champion for Steilacoom High School. Captured titles at 100 and 200 meters as a junior in 2008, at 200 and 400 meters as a sophomore in 2007 and at 400 meters a freshman in 2006. Also won the 4x200 meter relay as a freshman. Was the state runner-up in the 100 as a senior in 2009. Top time in the 200, 25.44 came her senior year at the West Central District meet. Best effort in the 100, 12.25, came in winning the state as a junior, while top 400 time was her state title and meet record run of 57.62 as a sophomore. Also lettered in soccer. High School Bests: 100 Meters - 12.25, 2008; 200 Meters - 25.44, 2009; 400 Meters - 57.62, 2007. Personal: Majoring in biology.
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Rebecca Friday Pac-10 scorer and an NCAA Championships qualifier in the 800 meters. Cracked Oregon’s top 10 in the 800 as a freshman (2:05.89). Three-time Washington state champion at 800 meters. Ranked second in the state among all high school classifications at 800 meters (2:11.40). Also captured the Washington 1,600 meter crown as a senior.
Sophomore Bellingham, Wash. Bellingham High School Distance Personal Bests 800 Meters - 2:05.89, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/16/10 1,500 Meters - 4:24.58, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore., 4/30/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 800 Meters, 17th, 2:09.13 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 800 Meters, 6th, 2:07.01 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 800 Meters, 5th, 2:05.89 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 7th, 3:47.26
2009-10: Outdoors - Pac-10 scorer and NCAA Championships qualifier in the 800 meters. Ranked 24th nationally in the 800 (fourth among freshman). Opened season with a then-personal best 4:27.23 in the 1,500 meters at the Oregon Preview. Established an outdoor best in the 800 meters at the Stanford Invitational (2:10.27), but would lower that mark several times in 2010. Dropped 1,500 PR to 4:26.04 at the Pepsi Team Invitational. Flourished the second half of the season, beginning with the Oregon Relays, where she cut :02 off both her 800 (2:08.44) and 1,500 (4:24.58) bests. Lowered 800 time by another second in a runner-up finish at the Oregon Twilight (2:07.55). Had two more personal bests at the Pac-10 Championships. Ran 2:06.87 in her preliminary 800 heat before clocking a personal best 2:05.89 in a fifth-place finish to help Oregon win the meet with a record 215 points. Time was the ninth-fastest in school history. Also scored on the 4x400 meter relay team, running the third leg of Oregon’s seventh-place 3:47.26 finish. Consistent running at the NCAA West Regional saw her finish second in the first round (2:07.23) and the quarterfinal (2:07.01) to automatically qualify for her first NCAA Championships. In the 800 meter semifinals in Eugene, ran fifth in her heat in a rainstorm in 2:09.13. After the collegiate season, competed in the USA Track & Field Junior Championships, where she made the final of the 800 meters. Ran a preliminary time of 2:09.74 to advance to the final, where she placed fifth in 2:09.53. Indoors - Ran personal-best 2:07.91 in the 800 meters at the Husky Classic to register an NCAA provisional time. Helped the Ducks with their first ever MPSF title by placing sixth in the 800 meters (2:10.22). Cross Country - Oregon debut came in an 11th-place finish at the Pre’s Trail Pre-View. Also finished 11th at the Mike Hodges Invitational as Oregon’s fifth runner. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 2:05.89 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/16/10); 1,500 Meters - 4:24.58 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/30/10). Indoors - 800 Meters 2:07.91 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10). Prep: Won three straight Washington state 800 meter titles and added a 1,600 meter crown her senior year for Bellingham High School. As a senior, claimed the 800 championship in 2:12.46 and the 1,600 title in 5:01.87. Time from the Bill Harris Invite, 2:11.40 was the second-fastest 800 time in Washington in 2009. Won state crowns at 800 meters in 2:15.94 as a junior and in 2:16.48 as a sophomore. Also won the 1,600 meters at the 2008 Washington/Oregon Meet of Champions in 5:02.99 after taking third in the state meet (5:05.24). Set prep-best in the 1,600 of 4:53.6 at the 2008 Lake Washington Invitational. Was the state runner-up at 1,600 meters as a sophomore in 2007. Also had three top-12 finishes from the state cross country meet with a best of seventh coming as a junior in 2007. High School Bests: 400 Meters - 58.44, 2009; 800 Meters - 2:11.40, 2009; 1,500 Meters - 4:34.64; 1,600 Meters - 4:53.6, 2008. Personal: Major is undeclared.
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Melissa Gergel Became the NCAA runner-up and school record-holder at the 2010 NCAA indoor meet (14-7.25). Is just the second Pac-10 pole vault champion in school history, joining Becky Holliday (2003). Has collected five All-America awards in her first six NCAA championship meets. UO indoor pole vault record holder. Ranks second outdoors among the best clearances in school history. Is only the second Duck to clear 14-0. 200910 USA Track & Field Championships competitor. National Junior Olympic champion in 2006 and ’07.
Senior Glenwood, Ill. Marian Catholic High School Pole Vault Pac-10 Champion (Pole Vault) 5-Time All-American School Record (Pole Vault-i) Personal Bests Pole Vault - 14-7.25/4.45m-i, NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark., 3/13/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - Pole Vault, 10th, 13-9.25/4.20m 2009 - Pole Vault, 14th, 13-5.25/4.10m 2008 - Pole Vault, 8th, 13-1.5/4.00m NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - Pole Vault, 2nd, 14-7.25/4.45m 2009 - Pole Vault, t-6th, 13-7.25/4.15m 2008 - Pole Vault, 8th, 13-5.25/4.10m NCAA West Track Regional Championships 2010 - Pole Vault, 6th, 13-9.25/4.20m 2009 - Pole Vault, 1st, 14-1.75/4.31m 2008 - Pole Vault, 8th, 13-3.75/4.05m Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - Pole Vault, 3rd, 13-8.25/4.17m 2009 - Pole Vault, 1st, 14-2/4.32m 2008 - Pole Vault, 6th, 13-5.75/4.11m
2009-10: NCAA Indoor runner-up in the pole vault. Outdoors - Earned her fifth career All-America award in the pole vault. Great start to the season with a win and a meet record at 14-1.25/4.30m at the Oregon Preview. Won the pole vault with, at the time, a nation-leading clearance at 14-3.25/4.35m at the Stanford Invitational. That bar was an outdoor PR and ranks second all-time at Oregon. Missed most of April and May with a foot injury. Came back for the championship season, where she placed third at the Pac-10 meet with a clearance at 13-8.25/4.17m. Advanced to the NCAA Championships by clearing 13-9.25/4.20m at the NCAA West Regional. At the NCAA meet in Eugene, just missed scoring for the Ducks, as she settled for 10th at 13-9.25/4.20m. Tied for 11th at the USA Track & Field Championships (4.15m/13-7.25). Wrapped up the summer with a runner-up finish at the NACAC U23 Championships (4.10m/13-5.25). Indoors - Spectacular competition at the NCAA Championships, where she placed second at 14-7.25. Set an all-conditions PR three times during that competition, including her final height, which broke Becky Holliday’s 2003 school indoor record of 14-3.25. Scored eight team points as Oregon won the NCAA Indoor title for the first time in school history. Opened season by winning the pole vault at 14-1.25 (4.30m) at the Jan. 16 UW Indoor Preview. Became just the third Duck woman to clear 14 feet indoors. Cleared 13-3.75 (4.06m) at both the Texas A&M Challenge on Jan. 30 and the Husky Classic on Feb. 13. Made the bar at 13-7.25 at the MPSF Championships to tie for third and help the Ducks win their first MPSF title. Season Bests: Outdoors - Pole Vault - 14-3.25/4.35m (PR), Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (3/27/10). Indoors - Pole Vault - 14-7.25/4.45m (PR), NCAA Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, Ark. (3/13/10). 2008-09: Pac-10 Champion with a clearance of 14-2. Became just the second Duck to win the league’s pole vault title and just the second Oregon vaulter to clear 14-0 outdoors (Becky Holliday). Earned her third All-America award with a sixth-place tie at the NCAA Indoor Championships, where she cleared 13-7.25. Established a pair of indoor PRs, reaching 13-9.25 at the New Balance Invitational in New York, before 139.75 a week later at the Husky Classic. Outdoors, won the pole vault at the Oregon Preview and the Stanford Invitational before establishing an outdoor PR at the Mt. SAC Relays (13-7.25). Following a pair of secondplace finishes at the Oregon Relays and the Oregon Twilight, mustered up one of the biggest surprises of the Pac-10 Championships by clearing the bar at 14-2 to win the 2009 title. Scored 10 team points toward Oregon’s first conference title since 1992. Clearance ranks No. 2 all-time at Oregon. Nearly matched that in winning the NCAA West Regional (14-1.75). At the NCAA Championships, advanced to the finals, where she tied for 14th at 13-5.25. Came back with another strong performance at the USA Track & Field Champiosnships where she tied for 12th at 13-9.25. Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. Named the team’s Harry Ritchie Award winner. Season Bests: Outdoors - Pole Vault - 14-2/4.32m, Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/17/09). Indoors - Pole Vault - 13-9.75/4.21m, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/14/09). 2007-08: Won All-America honors in the pole vault at both the Indoor and Outdoor NCAA Championships. Also a Pac-10 scorer for Oregon’s third-place team. Cleared 13-5 six times in 2008. Terrific freshman campaign began indoors where she cleared 13-5.75 at the UW Indoor Invite. Vaulted personal-best 13-7 to finish second at the MPSF Championships. Went on to the NCAA Indoor Championships, where she claimed her first All-America award by clearing 13-5.25 to finish eighth. Outdoors, after winning the Oregon Twilight, helped the UO women score 100 points at the Pac-10 meet for the first time in 12 years by finishing sixth. Set a seasonal best with a clearance of 13-5.75 at the Pac-10 Championships. Cleared 13-3.75 at the NCAA West Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships. There, she again matched her 13-5.75 effort in the preliminaries to advance to the finals where she picked up her second All-America award of 2008 with an eighth-place finish (13-1.5). Season Bests: Outdoors - Pole Vault - 13-5.75, Pac-10 Championships, Tempe, Ariz. (5/17/08) and NCAA Championships, Des Moines, Iowa (6/11/08). Indoors Pole Vault - 13-7, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (3/1/08). Prep: Won Illinois state meet as senior, placed second as a junior and third as a sophomore. Also finished fourth in USA Junior Championships as a senior and seventh as a junior. Set personal best as a junior in the Junior Olympic regional meet (13-2.25). As a sophomore, she also cleared a then-personal best of 12-6 during the regular season. Lettered four seasons in track and field and four seasons in swimming as a diver. National Honor Society and honor roll member. Personal: Human physiology major.
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Jordan Hasay
Sophomore Arroyo Grande, Calif. Mission College Prep Distance Pac-10 CC Newcomer of the Year 4-Time All-American School Record (Distance Medley Relay) Personal Bests 1,500 Meters - 4:13.85, Nike Track Nationals Exhibition, Eugene, Ore., 7/2/10 5,000 Meters - 16:16.02 Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore., 4/10/10 Mile - 4:35.01 (i), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash., 2/27/10 3,000 Meters - 9:12.25 (i), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 3rd, 4:16.43 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - Mile, 4th, 4:38.29 2010 - 3,000 Meters 2010 - DMR, 2nd, 10:58.96 NCAA Cross Country Championships 2009 - 18th, 20:23.1 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 9th, 4:19.95 NCAA Cross Country West Regional 2009 - 2nd, 20:52.46 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 3rd, 4:17.39 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships 2009 - 3rd, 19:48.97
The Pac-10 Cross Country Newcomer of the Year and an All-American in her first fall as a Duck. Continued that trend with a pair of All-America awards (mile, distance medley relay) at the 2010 NCAA Indoor meet and an outdoor honor in the 1,500 meters at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor championships. One of the most decorated women’s runners to ever sign with Oregon. Capped her USA Junior running career with the 1,500 meter title in 2010. IAAF World Junior Championships qualifier. Seven-time junior national champion set 13 age group records and nine high school class records. Among those is the national prep record of 4:14.50 at 1,500 meters that she set in the semifinals of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials at Historic Hayward Field. Is the first four-time California state champion at 3,200 meters and is only the second four-time CIF cross country champion. Among the national awards she collected during her remarkable career were Gatorade Girls National Cross Country Runner of the Year, Track & Field News’ Girls High School Athlete of the Year, USA Track and Field’s Youth Athlete of the Year, USA Today’s High School Track and Field Girls Athlete of the Year, SI.com’s Girls Athlete of the Year and SportsMaxPreps Female Athlete of the Year. Also the class valedictorian with a grade point average better than 4.5. 2009-10: Outdoors - The top freshman runner at the NCAA Championships with her third-place finish in the 1,500 meters. Ranked eighth nationally in the 1,500 (4:14.67) and was the nation’s top freshman. Collegiate debut was a memorable one as she won the featured section of the 1,500 meters at the Stanford Invitational in 4:14.67. That time was less than a quarter of a second off her PR that she set at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. Was also victorious in her Hayward Field debut as a Duck, taking the 5,000 meters in 16:16.02 to help Oregon win the Pepsi Team Invitational. At the Penn Relays, led off Oregon’s runner-up distance medley relay team (11:02.85) and anchored the third-place 4x1,500 meter relay squad (17:25.27). Was third in the 1,500 (top collegian) at the Oregon Relays in 4:17.37. At the Pac-10 Championships, took third in the 1,500 meters in 4:17.39. Won her preliminary 1,500 race at the NCAA West Regional in 4:20.45 and then advanced to the NCAA Championships by running 4:19.95 in the quarterfinals. At the NCAA meet in Eugene, took third in her heat in 4:17.90 to davance to the finals, where she produced one of the competition’s biggest surprises. Keeping pace with the leaders nearly the entire way, finished third behind a pair of seniors in 4:16.43 to become the highest placing freshman runner at the 2010 Championships. Picked up her fourth All-America honors of the year along the way. Following the collegiate season, ran at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships, where she won the 1,500 meters (4:26.38) and was the runner-up at 3,000 meters (9:18.92), and qualified for the IAAF World Junior Championships in both events. Set a personal-best in the 1,500 meters (4:13.85) in an exhibition during the Nike Track Nationals at Hayward Field. At the IAAF World meet, opened with a personal-best 9:15.78 in a ninth-place finish in the 3,000 meters. Then in the 1,500 meters, was second in her preliminary heat (4:16.74) before just missing another PR in the final, where she was fourth in 4:13.95. Indoors - A part of Oregon’s record-setting distance medley relay team and an NCAA participant in both the mile and 3,000 meters. Key point scorer at the NCAA Indoor Championships, where she placed fourth in the mile (4:38.29) and ran the anchor leg on the Ducks’ runner-up distance medley relay team as Oregon won the NCAA Indoor title for the first time in school history. DMR time at the NCAA meet, 10:58.96, was a school record and only the second-time Oregon had run under 11:00. Opened season by running the lead leg of Oregon’s record-setting distance medley relay team at the Texas A&M Challenge. That squad clocked a nation-leading 10:59.64, which marked the first time ever that an Oregon team had broken 11:00. Came back the next day to win the mile in 4:38.48. Two weeks later, won the 3,000 meters at the Husky Classic in 9:12.25, an NCAA automatic qualifying time that was fourth all-time at Oregon. Helped lead Oregon to to its first ever MPSF crown by winning the mile in 4:35.01. That time was not only an NCAA automatic qualifier but ranked second all-time at Oregon was was just :02 shy of the school record. Cross Country - Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year earned first All-America award at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Oregon’s No. 1 or 2 runner in every race. Did not disappoint in her Oregon debut, taking sixth at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in 16:39.71 (5,000 meters) as the top freshman in the race to help the Ducks to a second-place finish. Impressed on the national stage as the top Duck (third overall) at the Pre-National Invitational, covering the 6,000-meter LaVern Gibson Championship Course in 20:33.0. Had another strong performance at the Pac-10 Championships, where she finished third in 19:48.97 as the top freshman. Best showing to date at the NCAA West Regional, where she took second in 20:52.46. Was the Ducks’ top runner and the No. 3 freshman overall at the NCAA Championships, where she ran 18th in 20:23.1 to claim her first All-America award. Season Bests: Outdoors - 1,500 Meters - 4:13.85 (PR), Nike Track Nationals Exhibition, Eugene, Ore. (7/2/10); 5,000 Meters - 16:16.02 (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/10/10). Indoors - Mile - 4:35.01 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10); 3,000 Meters - 9:12.25 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10).
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WOMEN’S PROFILES Prep: Setting age group records as young as age 12 (3,000 meters, 9:48.77), became a four-time California 3,200 meter and cross country champion, as well as a six-time American junior champion. Her U.S. high school record of 4:14.50 in the 1,500 meter semifinals on the 4th of July at the 2008 Olympic Trials was one of the enduring moments of those games. As a senior in 2008-09, became the first four-time California state champion at 3,200 meters, winning in 10:05.29. Went on to win the 1,500 meters at the U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships to earn a spot on Team USA, which led to her first international victory, 4:26.26 in the 1,500 meters at the Pan American Junior Championships in Trinidad. Also won the two-mile at the 2009 Nike Indoor Nationals with a time 10:10.89, sixth fastest among U.S. preps. During the cross country season in the fall, picked up her fourth CIF title (17:18) to go along with her fourth Foot Locker West Regional crown. Capped cross country season by winning her second Foot Locker National Championship in 17:22, becoming one of only six women to have won that race twice. Also won the USATF Cross Country title. Awards accumulated by the end of her senior year included Gatorade Girls National Cross Country Runner of the Year, Track & Field News’ Girls High School Athlete of the Year, USA Track and Field’s Youth Athlete of the Year, USA Today’s High School Track and Field Girls Athlete of the Year, SI.com’s Girls Athlete of the Year, DyeStat Girls Athlete of the Year and SportsMaxPreps Female Athlete of the Year. Was the lead feature story for the March 2009 issue of Track & Field News, becoming just the ninth high school athlete selected for the cover. Was also the class valedictorian with a 4.51 grade point average. Her junior year saw her win not only California state titles in cross country and at 3,200 meters (in a meet-record 9:52.13), but she also pulled off an impressive feat in national and international competition when she won the 1,500 meters at the U.S. Junior Track & Field Championships two weeks prior to her memorable run as the youngest competitor at the Olympic Trials. Then one week after the Trials, travelled to Bydgoszyz, Poland for the World Junior Championships, where she took fourth in the 1,500 meters in 4:19.02, the fastest time ever posted by an American at the World games. As a junior, she also won her first national USATF Junior Cross Country championship (20:32). Her sophomore year saw her win state 3,200 meter (10:06.76) and country (17:15) titles, as well as her first American junior track championship at 1,500 meters, which she did in a meet-record 4:16.98. Went on to place second at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Began her high school career by winning the 2005 Foot Locker National Cross Country championship (17:05), and added wins in cross country and at 3,200 meters (10:13.55) as a freshman at the California state meet. She was also the USATF junior champion at 3,000 meters (9:50.56) in the spring of 2006. High School Bests: 800 Meters - 2:09.64, 2009; 1,500 Meters - 4:14.50, 2008; 1,600 Meters - 4:39.13, 2007; Mile - 4:42.21, 2006; 3,000 Meters - 9:19.6, 2008; 3,200 Meters - 9:52.13, 2008; 2-Mile - 10:10.89, 2009. Personal: Major is human physiology.
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Anne Kesselring Pac-10 champion at 800 meters as a freshman. NCAA outdoor scorer in the 800 meters. Scorer in both the mile and distance medley relay for Oregon’s 2010 indoor national champions. The 2010 German national runner-up at 1,500 meters. Two-time IAAF World Junior Championships qualifier and four-time German junior champion.
Sophomore Nürnberg, Germany Sigmund-Schuckert Gymnasium Middle Distance Pac-10 Champion (800 Meters) 3-Time All-American School Record (Distance Medley Relay) Personal Bests 800 Meters - 2:04.36, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/16/10 1,500 Meters - 4:16.25, Bottrup, Germany, 7/9/10 Mile - 4:37.94 (i), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 800 Meters 6th, 2:05.41 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - Mile, 6th, 4:40.39 2010 - Distance Medley Relay, 2nd, 10:58.96 NCAA Cross Country Championships 2009 - 103rd, 21:19.2 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 800 Meters, 3rd, 2:06.71 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 800 Meters, 1st, 2:04.36 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 7th, 3:47.26 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships 2009 - 23rd, 20:39.42
2009-10: Pac-10 800 meter champion. Outdoors - Ranked ninth nationally at 800 meters and 15th in the 1,500. Execptional freshman campaign concluded with a sixth-place finish in the 800 meters at the NCAA Championships. Terrific run to win the 800 meters at the Pac-10 championships in a personal-best 2:04.36, holding off Arizona’s Christina Rodgers by .14. Time is sixth all-time at Oregon. Was also the anchor leg of Oregon’s seventh-place Pac-10 4x400 meter relay team (3:47.26). Followed that at the NCAA West Regional by winning her 800 first round race in 2:07.61 and then capturing her quarterfinal heat in 2:06.71 to advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene. At the NCAA meet, took second in her semifinal heat in 2:05.16 to move on to the finals, where she finished sixth in 2:05.41 to earn her third All-America award of the season. Prior to the championship meets, at the Penn Relays, ran the 800 leg on Oregon’s runner-up distance medley relay team (11:02.85), the third leg of the third-place 4x1,500 meter relay team (17:25.27) and the second leg of the third-place 4x800 meter relay team (8:32.40). Set a PR at the time in a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the Oregon Twilight in 4:17.71. Season debut came in a fifth-place finish in the 1,500 meters at the Stanford Invitational (4:18.80). Won the 800 meters at the Pepsi Team Invitational in 2:06.90 to help Oregon win that meet. Following the collegiate season, returned to her native Germany, where she set a PR in the 1,500, 4:16.25, at Bottrup, that was the 10th-best time in school history. Followed that with her runner-up finish in the 1,500 meters at the German championships (4:17.17). Indoors - Ran the one of the fastest miles at Oregon in 28 years and also helped the Ducks set the school record twice in the distance medley relay. Scored in the mile and on the distance medley relay to help Oregon capture its first ever NCAA indoor title. Opened season with a 2:07.25 turn in the 800 meters in a win at the UW Indoor Preview. Two weeks later at Texas A&M, helped Oregon set the school record in the distance medley relay in 10:59.64, running the 800 meter leg. That time was Oregon’s first ever under 11:00. Came back the next day to clock 2:06.32 in a second place finish in the 800 meters. At the Feb. 13 Husky Classic, ran the fastest indoor mile by a Duck in 28 years, 4:37.94. Won the 800 meters at the MPSF Championships in an indoor personal best 2:05.72. That time ranks third indoor at Oregon. Also ran the lead leg on the Ducks’ winning distance medley relay squad (11:17.71). At the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, took sixth in the mile in 4:40.39 where she and teammate Jordan Hasay were the only freshmen to make the final. Also ran the lead leg of Oregon’s second-place distance medley relay team, which ran 10:58.96 to break the school record set earlier in the season at Texas A&M. Cross Country - Impressive varsity debut was a victory at the Mike Hodges Invitational, where she led the Ducks to the team title. Solid run at the Pac-10 Championships with a 23rd-place finish (20:39.42). Capped fall with her first NCAA Championships appearance. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 2:04.36 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/16/10); 1,500 Meters - 4:16.25 (PR), Bottrup, Germany (7/9/10). Indoors - 800 Meters - 2:05.72 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10); Mile - 4:37.94 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10). Prep: Two-time IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships qualifier (2006, 2008). Four-time German junior champion. Ran a personal-best 2:04.96 in the 800 meters at Hengelo, Netherlands, in 2007, which would easily rank among Oregon’s all-time top 10. Had PR at 1,500 meters of 4:19.84 in 2009. Was the German youth champion at 800 meters in 2008 to advance to the IAAF World Championships in Poland. High School Bests: 400 Meters - 56.54, 2007; 800 Meters - 2:04.96, 2008; 1,500 Meters - 4:19.84, 2009. Indoor - 800 Meters - 2:06.61, 2008. Personal: Major is undeclared.
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Alexandra Kosinski Two-time cross country All-American and a three-time track All-American has blossomed into one of the finest middle distance runners in the country. A 2010 NCAA scorer at 5,000 meters. Led Oregon with an eighth place finish at the 2008 NCAA Cross Country Championships after earning recognition as the top freshman finisher at the NCAA meet the year before. Three-time NCAA Track & Field Championships qualifier. 2009 USA Track & Field Championships participant. Ranks among the school’s all-time best in the outdoor 1,500 and 5,000 meters and the indoor mile and 3,000 meters. Finished second in the 1,500 meters at the 2008 Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships and then went on to finish sixth at the World Junior Championships. As a prep, drew national acclaim when she broke the national high school 1,600 meter federation record as a senior and was a two-time Foot Locker cross country qualifier.
Senior El Dorado Hills, Calif. Oak Ridge High School Middle Distance NCAA West Champion (Cross Country) 5-Time All-American Personal Bests 800 Meters - 2:07.45, Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore., 5/16/09 1,500 Meters - 4:15.67, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore., 6/10/10 5,000 Meters - 15:57.83, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore., 4/30/10 Mile - 4:39.54 (i), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash., 3/1/08 3,000 Meters - 9:11.24 (i), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash., 2/18/09 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 5,000 Meters, 3rd, 16:02.90 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 11th, 4:20.93 2009 - 1,500 Meters, p-4th, 4:19.02 2008 - 1,500 Meters, 22nd, 4:29.01 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2009 - 3,000 Meters, 13th, 9:23.57 2009 - Distance Medley Relay, 6th, 11:02.81 2008 - Mile, 12th, 4:44.21 2008 - Distance Medley Relay, 9th, 11:24.83 NCAA Cross Country Championships 2009 - 81st, 21:10.5 2008 - 8th, 20:04.2 2007 - 13th, 20:34 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 5,000 Meters, 3rd, 16:34.95 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 8th, 4:19.99 2009 - 1,500 Meters, 5th, 4:24.08 2008 - 1,500 Meters, 7th, 4:25.41
2009-10: Outdoors - Ranked ninth nationally at 5,000 meters. NCAA and Pac-10 scorer at 5,000 meters. All-American at both 5,000 and 1,500 meters. Made season debut at the Pepsi Team Invitational where she took third in the 1,500 meters in 4:22.92. Helped Oregon take third in the 4x1,500 race at the Penn Relays (17:25.27). Ran a personal-best 15:57.83 in a runner-up finish (top collegian) in the 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays. That time is the eighth-best in school history. Great effort at the Pac-10 Championship to help the Ducks win their second straight title. Was the runner-up at 5,000 meters in 16:06.84 and fourth in the 1,500 meters in 4:18.98. Two weeks later at the NCAA West Regional, advanced to the NCAA Championships in both races. Took third in the 5,000 in 16:34.95 and was eighth in the 1,500 in 4:19.99. At the NCAA Championships, impressed with a third-place finish in the 5,000 (16:02.90). Also set a PR in the 1,500 semifinals in 4:15.67 before finishing 11th in the final in 4:20.93. Semifinal time is No. 9 in school history. Pac-10 all-academic second team. Indoors - Redshirt season. Cross Country - Opened season with an impressive second-place run at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (16:25.75, 5,000 meters) to lead Oregon to a second-place team finish. Struggled with the flu, but was still the Ducks’ fifth scorer at the Pre-National Invitational. Was the Ducks’ third runner and placed ninth overall (20:09.86) to help Oregon take second at the Pac-10 Championships. Also the team’s No. 3 runner in a solid eighth-place finish at the NCAA West Regional (21:07.25). Capped fall with her third straight NCAA Championships appearance. Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - 1,500 Meters - 4:15.67, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/10/10); 5,000 Meters - 15:57.83, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/10/10). 2008-09: Key runner for Oregon’s best-ever NCAA indoor team and outdoor Pac-10 champions. Helped Oregon set the school record in the distance medley relay with a sixth place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships (11:02.81). The Ducks tied for ninth overall for their best indoor showing as Kosinski captured her third career All-America award. Indoor PR of 9:11.24 at the MPSF Championships ranked third all-time at Oregon. Outdoors, doubled at the Pepsi Team Invitational and the Pac-10 Championships to help Oregon win both events. Won the 1,500 meters (4:18.43) and ran fourth in the 800 at the Pepsi meet. Was third in the 1,500 meters (4:27.29) and fifth in the 800 in a personal-best 2:07.45 to help the Ducks capture their first Pac-10 championship in 17 years. One of the most consistent 1,500 meter runners with seven races between 4:18 and 4:20 on the season. Ran a seasonal best 4:18.64 at the Cardinal Invitational in May, which ranked as the ninth-best time in school history. Placed fifth in the 1,500 at the NCAA West Regional to secure her second straight trip to the NCAA Championships. Capped season by running ninth in her preliminary heat (4:18.87) at the USA Track & Field Championships. In the fall, repeated All-America honors in cross country. Led Oregon to the second-place trophy for the second consecutive year with her eighth-place finish (20:04.2) at the NCAA Cross Country Championships. Teamed with Nicole Blood to give Oregon a pair of top-10 finishers. Joined Blood and Mattie Bridgmon as All-Americans, giving the Ducks a trio of national honor winners for the first time in 21 years. Won the NCAA West Regional (19:59.1) to become the Ducks’ first regional champion in 14 years. Was Oregon’s No. 3 runner and finished 11th overall (20:29.61) at the Pac-10 Championships. Led Oregon to the Bill Dellinger Invitational title with her first-place run in 20:19.90. Named the USTFCCCA West Region Cross Country Athlete of the Year. Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic selection. Pac-10 All-Academic Track & Field honorable mention. Pac-10 All-Academic Cross Country honorable mention. Named the team’s Tom Heinonen Cross Country Award winner. Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 2:07.45 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/16/09); 1,500 Meters - 4:18.64, Cardinal Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (5/2/09). Indoors - Mile - 4:41.69, New Balance Invitational, New York, N.Y. (2/7/09); 3,000 Meters - 9:11.24 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09).
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WOMEN’S PROFILES NCAA Cross Country West Regional 2009 - 8th, 21:07.25 2008 - 1st, 19:59.1 2007 - 6th, 20:36.45 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 5,000 Meters, 2nd, 16:06.84 2010 - 1,500 Meters, 4th, 4:18.98 2009 - 800 Meters - 5th, 2:07.45 2009 - 1,500 Meters, 3rd, 4:27.29 2008 - 1,500 Meters, 12th, 4:45.14 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships 2009 - 9th, 21:09.86 2008 - 8th, 20:25.28 2007 - 3rd, 19:54.1
2007-08: All-American and Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year in cross country. An NCAA Championships qualifier in the 1,500 meters and the indoor mile. Ran the second-fastest indoor mile in school history (4:39.54). Wrapped up freshman season with impressive showings in the U.S Junior and World Junior championship meets. Placed second in the 1,500 meters at the U.S. Junior Championships where she ran a 4:19.22 to qualify for the World Junior Championships. There, she ran a season-best 4:19.14 in the preliminaries before finishing sixth in the finals (4:21.26). Good early season runs at 1,500 meters included a second-place finish at the Oregon Preview (4:23.33), a win at the Pepsi Team Invite (4:19.88) and a second-place showing at the Cardinal Invitational (4:19.48) before making her Pac-10 Championships debut. Finished seventh in the NCAA West Regional (4:25.41) to advance to her first outdoor NCAA Championships. Indoors, won the mile at the MPSF Championships to advance to the NCAA Indoor Championships, where she finished 12th in 4:44.21. Also ran on Oregon’s ninth-place distance medley relay team (11:24.83). Helped Oregon set the school’s distance medley record, 11:10.48, earlier in the indoor season. In the fall, was the top freshman at the NCAA Cross Country Championships, where she surged over the last half of the race to finish 13th in 20:34, a key contributor to the Ducks’ second-place finish. After the season was tabbed the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year by league coaches after she finished third (19:55) in the Pac-10 Championships as the top non-senior runner and sixth in the West Regional (20:37). Added another top-three finish in her collegiate debut in the Bill Dellinger Invitational (third, 20:24). Season Bests: Outdoors - 800 Meters - 2:09.41, Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, Calif. (4/17/08); 1,500 Meters - 4:19.14, World Junior Outdoor Championships, Bydgoszcz, Poland (7/11/08). Indoors - Mile - 4:39.54 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (3/1/08). Prep: In 2007, reset the national high school 1,600 meter record in the Meet of Champions (4:38.15) in late April in Sacramento, and also led preps nationally during the early season in the 800 meters with her time from the same meet. Finished second in the state at 1,600 meters as a sophomore and junior. Her junior season time ranked top-five all-time in state meet history and third nationally among preps in ’06. In cross country, she competed in the Foot Locker Championships as a senior (36th) and junior (20th), after she finished top-eight in the West Regional both seasons (seventh/eighth). A California state cross country runner-up as a senior, she also finished fifth as a sophomore and junior. Personal: Sociology major.
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Claire Michel Pac-10 champion, NCAA Championships finalist and school record-holder in the 3,000 meter steeplechase. Ran impressive 10-second PR in the preliminary round at her first NCAA Championships in 2009 to reach the final of the steeplechase. Three-time Pac-10 scorer in the steeple. Strong 2009 cross country season that included a 12th-place Pac-10 finish. Named a District 8 and Pac-10 all-academic first team selection. Former Oregon 4A prep state champion both on the track (3,000 meters) and in cross country. Was additionally a two-time cross country state runner-up state and four-time Border Clash veteran.
Senior Clackamas, Ore. Clackamas High School Steeplechase Pac-10 Champion (Steeplechase) School Record (Steeplechase) Personal Bests 5,000 Meters - 16:18.18, Oregon Relays, Eugene. Ore., 4/30/10 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:11.70, Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore., 5/15/10 3,000 Meters - 9:29.20 (i), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2009 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 12th, 10:29.16 NCAA Cross Country Championships 2009 - 87th, 21:12.6 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 27th, 10:48.24 2009 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 5th, 10:23.21 2008 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 7th, 10:26.62 NCAA Cross Country West Regional 2009 - 26th, 21:40.51 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 1st, 10:11.70 2009 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 6th, 10:27.29 2009 - 5,000 Meters, 14th, 17:06.55 2008 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 7th, 10:36.83 2008 - 5,000 Meters, 14th, 17:31.97 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships 2009 - 12th, 20:22.39 2007 - 45th, 21:32.8
2009-10: Outdoors - Ranked 13th nationally in the steeplechase. Became Oregon’s first-ever Pac-10 champion in the 3,000 meter steeplechase by running a school record of 10:11.70. Was second in the steeplechase at the Penn Relays (10:18.22). Ran a personal-best 16:18.18 5,000 meters at the Oregon Relays. Was less than :02 off her own school record in a fourth place finish in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Stanford Invitational (10:14.84). Followed that by winning the steeplechase at the Pepsi Team Invitational in 10:14.28 to help Oregon win the meet. Time was less than :01 off her school mark. Ran meet record in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at the season-opening Oregon Preview (6:44.08). Foot injury led to a disappointing end of the season at the NCAA West Regional, where she ran 10:48.24. A District 8 and Pac-10 all-academic first team selection. Indoors - An NCAA provisional qualifier at 3,000 and 5,000 meters. Opened season with a PR in the mile (4:49.01) at the Texas A&M Challenge. Hit the NCAA provisional standard in the 3,000 meters, a personal-best 9:29.20, at the Husky Classic. Helped Oregon win its first MPSF crown by taking third in the 5,000 meters in a personal-best 16:28.03. That mark was also an NCAA provisional time. Cross Country - Ran third at the season-opening Pre’s Trail Pre-View, her first cross country race in two years. Was Oregon’s No. 4 scorer, placing 13th overall (17:02.53, 5,000 meters), in helping the Ducks to a second-place finish at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Took 26th overall as the Ducks’ No. 3 runner at the Pre-National Invitational (21:15.1, 6,000 meters). Scored the best Pac-10 finish of her career, 12th (20:22.39), to help Oregon finish second at the league meet. In her first NCAA West Regional appearance, closed out the scoring for Oregon by taking 26th in 21:40.51. Capped fall with her first NCAA Championships appearance. Pac-10 Cross Country All-Academic first team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 5,000 Meters - 16:18.18 (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/30/10); 3,000 Meter Steeplechase 10:11.70 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/15/10). Indoors - Mile - 4:49.01 (PR), Texas A&M Challenge, College Station, Texas (1/30/10); 3,000 Meters - 9:29.20 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10); 5,000 Meters - 16:28.03 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10). 2008-09: NCAA Championships finalist and Pac-10 scorer who broke her own 3,000 meter steeplechase record twice during the season. After racing twice indoors, got outdoor season off to a strong start by running a school-record 10:23.14 at the Stanford Invitational. Won the event at the Oregon Relays in 10:28.92. Helped Oregon win its first Pac-10 championship since 1992 with a sixth-place finish in 10:27.29. Just missed her own school record at the NCAA West Regional, where she ran 10:23.21 to finish fifth and earn her first bid to the NCAA Championships. In the preliminaries at Fayetteville, ran a blistering :10 PR (10:13.56) to shatter her own school record and advance to the final where she placed 12th (10:29.16). Redshirted the cross country season. Pac-10 Track & Field All-Academic first team. Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:13.56, NCAA Championships (preliminary), Fayetteville, Ark. (6/10/09). Indoors - 3,000 Meters - 9:35.69, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09). 2007-08: Over the course of her freshman season, shaved more than 30 seconds off her first 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Pepsi Team Invite (10:57.86) to establish the school record in the event in her last race of the season at the NCAA West Regional, where she ran seventh in 10:26.62. Finished seventh in the steeplechase (10:36.83) to score for Oregon at the Pac-10 Championships. Had a good race versus a strong steeple field at the Oregon Twilight, where she finished sixth in 10:36.68, setting the stage for a 10-second PR at the NCAA West Regional. Indoors, ran twice at 3,000 meters, include an eighth-place finish at the Husky Classic in 9:49.35. In the fall, ranked top-eight on the cross country team in four of her five races. Scored as team’s second finisher in the Beaver Classic (fourth, 21:30). Capped season with Pac-10 Championships debut. Season Bests: Outdoors - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:26.62, NCAA West Regional, Northridge, Calif. (5/31/08). Indoors - 3,000 Meters - 9:49.35, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/16/08). Prep: Won the Oregon 4A state title in the 3,000 meters as a junior and also made state appearances as a senior (3,000 meters, fifth), sophomore (1,500 meters, eighth) and freshman (3,000 meters, fifth). In cross country, won the state championship as a junior, and placed second as a senior and sophomore. Competed in the Foot Locker West Regional in 2005 (11th) and ’06 (28th) and ran the Oregon-Washington Border Clash all four seasons (11th-’06; third-’05; second-’04; 19th-’03). Personal: Romance languages and international studies double major.
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Lyndsay Pearson Pac-10 scorer and NCAA West Regional qualifier in the 400 meter hurdles. Pac-10 all-academic selection. Ranks among Oregon’s career top 10 in both the 100 and 400 meter hurdles.
Junior Santa Barbara, Calif. San Marcos High School Hurdles Personal Bests 100 Meter Hurdles - 13.71w (legal - 13.82), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., 5/8/10 400 Meter Hurdles - 1:00.07, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/15/10 60 Meter Hurdles - 8.52 (i), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash., 2/26/10 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 400 Meter Hurdles, p-5th, 1:01.42 2009 - 400 Meter Hurdles, p-3rd, 1:01.91 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 400 Meter Hurdles, DQ 2010 - 100 Meter Hurdles, p-4th, 13:97 2009 - 400 Meter Hurdles, 6th, 1:00.45 2009 - 100 Meter Hurdles, p-7th, 14.00 (w+3.3)
2009-10: Outdoors - Emerging as Oregon’s top hurdler. Began season with a win in the 100 hurdles at the Oregon Preview in a wind-aided PR of 13.94. Lowered that to 13.82 at the Pepsi Invitational. That time ranked sixth all-time at Oregon. Also ran 1:01.34 in the 400 hurdles (fourth) to help Oregon win the Pepsi meet. Ran a wind-aided personal best of 13.71 to win the 100 hurdles at the Oregon Twilight. Was also the Twilight winner in the 400 meter hurdles (1:02.36). At the Pac-10 meet, ran a personal best 1:00.07 in the prelimiaries of the 400 hurdles, but was disqualified in the finals. Time ranks ninth all-time at Oregon. Clocked 13.97 in the 100 hurdle prelims and just missed advancing to the finals. Wrapped season at the NCAA West Regional with a fifth-place finish in 1:01.42 in the prelimaries of the 400 meter hurdles. Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention. Indoors After running 8.79 in the 60 meter hurdles at the Texas A&M Challenge, broke through with a personal best 8.52 in the preliminaries of the MPSF Championships. That time is second all-time at Oregon. Took sixth in the finals in 8.62 to help Oregon win its first MPSF title Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meter Hurdles - 13.71 (w+2.5) (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/10); 400 Meter Hurdles - 1:00.07 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/15/10). Indoors - 60 Meter Hurdles - 8.52, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10). 2008-09: Freshman campaign saw her become a Pac-10 scorer and an NCAA West Regional qualifier in the 400 meter hurdles. Ran the No. 9 time in school history, 1:00.36, at the Pac-10 Championships. Indoors, steadily improved in the 60 meter hurdles to finish fifth at the MPSF Championships in a personal best 8.79. Also hit that time at the New Balance Invitational in New York. That is the third-fastest time in school history. Outdoors, competed mainly in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles. Made big strides in the 400 hurdles in May, with a second-place finish at the Oregon Twilight (1:01.88) setting the stage for her best times of the season at the Pac-10 Championships. Ran a personal-best 1:00.36 in the preliminaries to advance the to the final, where she took sixth in 1:00.45. Scored three points as the women won the league title for the first time since 1992. Advanced to her first NCAA West Regional and also qualified for the USA Junior Championships. Set a PR in the 100 hurdles, 14.00, at the Pac-10 meet and competed at that distance seven times as a freshman. Also attempted a pair of triple jumps. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meter Hurdles - 14.00 (w+3.3), Pacific-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/16/09); 400 Meter Hurdles - 1:00.36, Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/16/09). Indoors - 60 Meter Hurdles - 8.79, New Balance Invitational, New York, N.Y. (2/6/09) & MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09). Prep: Was twice named Santa Barbara News Press Athlete of the Year after claiming Santa Barbara County 100 and 300-meter hurdles titles. In addition, she finished fifth in the 300-hurdles at the 2007 CIF state championships and was seventh in that event as a freshman. Posted season bests of 14.30 in the 100 hurdles, 42.82 in the 300 hurdles and 39-3 in the triple jump as a junior. Also ran cross country for two years and played basketball for three seasons. High School Bests: 100 Meter Hurdles - 14.32; 300 Meter Hurdles - 42.82. Personal: Majoring in education. High school cross country team was named the state’s academic champions.
Sarah Penney Promising rookie campaign on the track was cut short due to injury. Was able to redshirt the 2010 outdoor season. Best prep runner from Arizona in the 800 meters comes to Oregon from top high school running program Xavier College Prep. 2009-10: Outdoors - Redshirt season. Indoors - Opened season with a solid runner-up finish in the mile at the UW Indoor Preview (4:50.10). Improved that to 4:48.11 in a fourth-place finish at the Texas A&M Challenge. Cross Country - Made Oregon debut at the Pre’s Trail Pre-View, finishing as the team’s No. 5 runner and 10th overall. Took fifth overall (third on the team) at the Mike Hodges Invitational. Also ran at the Bill Dellinger Invitational. Season Bests: Indoors - Mile - 4:48.11 (PR), Texas A&M Challenge, College Station, Texas (1/30/10).
RS-Freshman RS S Fre resh shma hma m n Paradise Valley, Ariz. Xavier College Prep Distance Personal Bests Mile - 4:48.11 (i), Texas A&M Challenge, College Station, Texas, 1/30/10
Prep: Had the state’s top time in the 800 meters as both a junior and a senior for Xavier College Prep. Scored in three events at the Arizona state championships as a senior to help Xavier to a second-place finish. Was second in the 1,600 meters (5:12.52), sixth in the 800 meters (2:20.34) and seventh in the 3,200 meters (11:25.63). Helped Xavier win the 2008 state cross country championship with a runner-up finish. As a junior at the 2008 Arizona championships, placed second in both the 800 meters (2:14.75) and the 1,600 meters (4:50.72), helping Xavier to a second place team finish. Also recorded the fastest time in the state at 800 meters, 2:14.20, which was the winning mark in the Arizona Meet of Champions. Ranked 20th nationally in the mile in 2008 at 4:52.41. High School Bests: 800 Meters - 2:11.63, 2007; 1,600 Meters 4:50.72, 2008; Mile - 4:52.41, 2008; 3,200 Meters - 10:39.70, 2007. Personal: Major is undeclared.
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Amber Purvis Three-time Pac-10 champion (100 meters, 200 meters, 4x100 relay) and a two-time NCAA Champion in 2010. A member of Oregon’s first-ever NCAA Champion outdoor 4x400 meter relay squad. Also on the third-place 4x100 team. A 2010 NCAA indoor qualifier in three events and an NCAA champion on the Ducks’ 4x400 meter relay team. Also a 2010 USA Championships finalist in the 200 meters. Has a piece of an amzing seven school records. The fastest freshman in the country in 2009. Ran second in the 100 meters at both the 2009 USA Junior Championships and the Pan American Junior Championships, where she broke her own school mark in the 100 (11.38). A national-caliber competitor in the sprints also gives Oregon a formidable presence in the relays.
Junior Hercules, Calif. Benecia High School Sprints/Jumps 2-Time NCAA Champion (4x400 Relay; 4x400 Relay-i) 3-Time Pac-10 Champion (100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100 Meter Relay) 7 School Records (100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100 Relay, 4x400 Relay; 60 Meters-i. 200 Meters-i, 4x400 Relay-i) 5-Time All-American Personal Bests 100 Meters - 11.32w (legal - 11.38), Pan American Junior Championships, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 7/31/09 200 Meters - 22.74, USA Track & Field Championships, Des Moines, Iowa, 6/27/10 400 Meters - 53.96, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore., 3/20/10 Long Jump - 19-10.25/6.05m, California State Championships, 2006 60 Meters - 7.30 (i), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash., 2/27/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:28.54 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 3rd, 43.74 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - 200 Meters, 4th, 23.21 2010 - 60 Meters, 10th, 7.31 2010 - 4x400 Meters, 1st, 3:32.97 2009 - 60 Meters, 12th, 7.39 2009 - Distance Medley Relay, 6th, 11:02.81 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 9th, 3:37.08
2009-10: A two-time NCAA champion and a three-time Pac-10 champion in the 2010. Outdoors - Ranked sixth nationally at 200 meters and No. 19 in the 100. Broke her own school 200 meter record at the USA Track & Field Championships, where she ran a preliminary time of 23.22 to advance to the final. Ran 22.74, finishing fourth (top collegian), to break her own school record by .35. Also helped Team USA to a pair of relay victories at the NACAC U23 Championships. Was the second leg on the winning 4x100 relay team (43.07) and the second leg on the victorious 4x400 relay (3:29.80). Helped Oregon win its first-ever NCAA title in the 4x400 meter relay by running the second leg on Oregon’s school-record time of 3:28.54. Also helped the Ducks claim third in the 4x100 relay at the NCAA meet, running the second leg as Oregon finished in 43.74. At the NCAA West Regional, ran a torrid 23.12 to win her opening round 200 meter heat, but was unfortunately disqualified due to a false start in the quarterfinals. Also key on both relays at the Regional meet, where she helped the Ducks win both quarterfinal heats, running the second leg on both. Oregon took the 4x100 in 43.50 and the 4x400 in a then-school record 3:30.23. At the Pac-10 Championships, became the first Duck to win the league’s 200 meter title since Rosie Williams in 1989 (23.14) and also captured Oregon’s first 100 meter title (11.38) since LaReina Woods in 1993. The 100 time matched her legal best school and personal record. Ran the second leg on the 4x100 meter relay team that set the Pac-10 meet record in 43.27 (also a school record). At the Penn Relays, ran the anchor leg on Oregon’s record-setting 4x400 meter relay team (3:32.34, later broken at the NCAA West Regional and the NCAA Championships) that was the top U.S. squad and second overall. Took the second leg on the 4x100 relay team that broke the Oregon Twilight record in 44.24. Picked up where her indoor season left off by running a meet record and personal best 53.96 in the 400 meters at the Oregon Preview. That time is No. 9 all-time at Oregon. Also ran the second leg on the 4x100 meter relay team that set a meet record in 44.30. Ran the anchor leg of Oregon’s winning 4x100 meter relay team at the Stanford Invitational (44.38). Was the second leg of the 4x100 relay team that snapped the school record once again at the Pepsi Team Invitational, running 44.13. Also won the 100 meters (11.38w) and the 200 meters (23.00w) to help Oregon take the Pepsi team title. Indoors - NCAA Indoor champion on the 4x400 meter relay team and a two-time indoor All-American. Broke her own school records in the 60 meters (three times) and 200 meters and also helped the 4x400 relay team shatter the previous school mark. Opened season by taking second in the 60 meters at the Texas A&M Challenge in a school record 7.33 seconds. Did that one better at the Tyson Invitational where she clocked a 7.32 as the top collegian in the preliminaries. Bettered that time again in winning the 60 at the MPSF Championships, running 7.30 in the final to help the Ducks win the league title for the first time ever. Also at the Tyson meet, broke her own school mark in the 200, running 23.47, and helped the 4x400 relay team shatter the previous mark by three seconds, 3:33.31, a time that was not only second at the Tyson meet, but also ranked second nationally. At the NCAA Indoor Championships, helped Oregon win the national title for the first time ever by running the anchor leg of Oregon’s record-setting 4x400 meter relay team (3:32.97). Held off Louisiana State’s LaTavia Thomas over the final 200 meters as Oregon won the NCAA 4x400 relay crown for the first time in school history. Also placed fourth in the 200 meters in a school-record 23.21. Just missed the final in the 60 meters, running 7.31 in the preliminaries. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meters - 11.38, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/16/10); 200 Meters - 22.74 (w+0.6) (PR), USA Track & Field Championships, Des Moines, Iowa (6/27/10); 400 Meters - 53.96 (PR), Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/20/10). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.30 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10); 200 Meters - 23.21 (PR), NCAA Indoor Championships, Fayetteville, Ark. (3/12/10).
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WOMEN’S PROFILES NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 200 Meters 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:30.23 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 2nd, 43.50 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 100 Meters, 1st, 11.38 2010 - 200 Meters, 1st, 23.14 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 1st, 43.27 2009 - 100 Meters, 8th, 11.84 2009 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 3rd, 44.80 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 3rd, 3:39.23 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2009 - 60 Meters, 12th, 7.39 2009 - Distance Medley Relay, 6th, 11:02.81 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 9th, 3:37.08 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay Pac-10 Track Championships 2009 - 100 Meters, 8th, 11.84 2009 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 3rd, 44.80 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 3rd, 3:39.23
2008-09: Three-time Pac-10 scorer, seven-time school record holder and an NCAA Indoor All-American. Wrote one of the best freshman chapters to a career in school history despite having to miss much of the championships season due to a minor foot injury. Grabbed headlines in her first meet as a Duck by setting school indoor records in the 60 meters - twice (7.48 in the preliminaries and 7.39 in the finals) - and the 200 meters (24.15) at the UW Indoor Invitational. Lowered that mark to her current best, 7.34, a week later at the New Balance Invitational in New York. Took third at the MPSF Championships in 7.38 and grabbed her third school record of the season as part of the MPSF winning 4x400 meter relay team (3:36.52). Wrapped up indoor season with her fourth school record of the year in helping Oregon take sixth in the distance medley relay (11:02.81) at the NCAA Indoor Championships to earn her first All-America award. She also competed in the 60 meters (12th, 7.39) and on the 4x400 meter relay team (9th, 3:37.08) at the NCAA Indoor meet. Outdoors, continued her record-setting efforts by establishing the meet standard in the 400 meters at the Oregon Preview (54.27). Her only 400 of the season still ranked as the 10th-best at Oregon. Collected her fifth school record (and first outdoors) in the 4x100 meter relay at the Stanford Invitational (44.64) to shatter a 16-year-old record. Best single meet performance of the season was the Pepsi Team Invitational, where she sparked Oregon to a record-setting victory with school and meet records in both the 100 and 200 meters. Clocked 11.41 in the 100 to break Rosie Williams’ 20-year-old school record of 11.58 (matched by LeRenia Woods in 1993). And also smashed Williams 1991 meet record of 11.92. Time in the 200 of 23.09 broke Williams’ 1989 school record of 23.39 and Kelly Blair’s 1996 meet record of 24.14. Returned to action at the Mt. SAC Relays, where finished second in the 200 (23.69) and helped Oregon lower the record in the 4x100 meter relay at 44.61. Returned to action to help Oregon win both relays at the Oregon Relays (including a meet record 3:39.23 in the 4x400), before scoring in the 100 meters (8th, 11.84), 4x100 meter relay (3rd, 44.80) and 4x400 meter relay (3:39.23) at the Pac-10 Championships to help Oregon win its first team title in 19 years. At the NCAA West Regional, helped Oregon break the 4x100 meter relay record again at 44.17 in the preliminaries. After taking nearly a month off, finished second at the USA Junior Championships in the 100 meters (11.42) to earn a trip to the Pan American Junior Championships where she ran a wind-aided (+2.5) personal best of 11.32 in the preliminaries before breaking her own school record with a wind-legal 11.38 in the finals (second place). Also attempted three long jumps, with a best of 18-9.75 at the Stanford Invitational. Named the team’s Newcomer of the Year. Season Bests: Outdoors 100 Meters - 11.32 (w+2.5) (PR), Pan American Junior Championships, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (7/31/09); 200 Meters - 23.09 (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/4/09); 400 Meters - 54.27, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/21/09); Long Jump - 18-9.75/5.73m (w+2.5). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.34, New Balance Invitational, New York, N.Y. (2/6/09); 200 Meters - 24.15, UW Indoor Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/31/09). Prep: As a senior in 2008, ranked 10th nationally in the 200 meters (23.75). Finished third in the 200 (23.75) and fourth in the 100 (12.05) at the 2008 CIF State Track and Field Championships. Finished eighth in the long jump as a junior with an effort of 18-7.75. Rocketed on to the national scene as a sophomore when she won the California state long jump title (19-10.25). Her 2006 best tied the high school All-American for the nation’s eighth-best prep mark in the country that season. In addition, she won the long jump in the 2006 Junior Olympics in 18-11.75. High School Bests: 100 Meters - 11.86; 200 Meters - 23.75; 400 Meters 54.79; Long Jump - 19-10.25. Personal: Major is family and human services.
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Rebecca Rhodes Pac-10 scorer in the long jump for the 2010 champions. Much improved competitor set PRs in both the hurdles and the long jump in 2010. Two-time state champion in the long jump also counts a 100 meter hurdles title in 2008 and a triple jump crown in 2006.
Junior Philomath, Ore. Philomath High School Jumps/Hurdles Personal Bests 100 Meter Hurdles - 13.67w (legal - 14.17), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., 5/8/10 Long Jump - 19-6.25/5.95m, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/15/10 60 Meter Hurdles - 9.00 (i), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - Long Jump, 8th, 19-6.25/5.95m 2010 - 100 Meter Hurdles, p-5th, 14.17
2009-10: Outdoors - Pac-10 scorer in the long jump really started to click the last month of the season. Hit a PR in the long jump at the Oregon Relays, where she finished second at 19-4/5.89m. Then jumped 190/5.79m to win the long jump at the Oregon Twilight. Also ran a personal-best 13.67 (wind-aided) in the 100 meter hurdles at the Twilight meet. Capped season with a PR in an eighth-place finish in the long jump at the Pac-10 Championships, going 19-6.25/5.95m into a slight headwind. Indoors - Competed in three meets, with a best long jump of 18-8/5.69m coming at the MPSF Championships. In the 60 meter hurdles, established a PR of 9.00 at the Husky Classic. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meter Hurdles - 13.87 (w+2.6) (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/10); Long Jump - 19-6.25/5.95m (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/15/10). Indoors - 60 Meter Hurdles - 9.00 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10); Long Jump - 18-8/5.69m (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10). 2008-09: Competed five times outdoors and once indoors. Won the 100 meter hurdles at the Oregon Preview in 14.47. Best long jump (18-4.5/5.60) came in a win at the end of the year at the Oregon Twilight. Ran 9.06 in the 60 meter hurdles at the UW Indoor Invitational. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meter Hurdles - 14.47, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/21/09); Long Jump - 18-4.5/5.60m (w+2.1), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/09). Indoors - 60 Meter Hurdles - 9.06, UW Indoor Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/31/09). Prep: Ranked No. 1 in the state in the long jump (18-5.5), No. 2 in the 100 meter hurdles (14.88) and No. 5 in the triple jump (36-10.5) as a senior. 2008 state 6A champion in the long jump (18-0.5) and the 100 meter hurdles (14.88). As a junior, won the Oregon 6A long jump (18-6.75) and triple jump (36-3.5). Prep best in the triple jump came as a sophomore when she leapt 37-0.5 to finish second at the state meet. Also hit 19-1 PR in the long jump in 2006. High School Bests: 100 Meter Hurdles - 14.88; Long Jump - 19-1; Triple Jump - 37-0.5. Personal: Major is economics.
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Jordan Roskelley Continues to be one of the most improved student-athletes on the team. Has improved her PR by nearly a foot-and-half over her freshman season and now stands sixth in the UO career list. Two-time Pac-10 scorer for the two-time league champs. As a junior in 2010, set four PRs and just missed a trip to her first NCAA Championships. Former Washington state prep pole vault champion.
Senior Spokane, Wash. Mt. Spokane High School Pole Vault Personal Bests Pole Vault - 13-4.25/4.07m, Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore., 5/8/10 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - Pole Vault, t19th, 13-1.5/4.00m 2009 - Pole Vault, t8th, 13-1.75/4.01m Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - Pole Vault, 7th, 12-6.5/3.82m 2009 - Pole Vault, t5th, 13-0.25/3.97m
2009-10: Outdoors - Pac-10 scorer in the pole vault. Opened season with a second place pole vault clearance of 12-7/3.85m at the Oregon Preview. Went up to 12-9.5/3.90m at the Stanford Invitational. Won the pole vault at the Pepsi Team Invitational (12-10/3.91m) to help Oregon win that meet. Cleared 13-0 for the first time in 2010 by taking third (top collegian) at the Oregon Relays at 13-0.25/3.97m. Established a new PR by winning the Oregon Twilight with the bar at 13-4.25/4.07m. That was the No. 6 clearance in school history. Scored for the 2010 Pac-10 champions with a clearance at 12-6.25/3.82m to finish seventh. Finished season at the NCAA West Regional with a clearance at 13-1.25/4.00m. Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention. Indoors - Continued rapid improvement during the indoor season. Opened season by clearing 13-0.75 at the UW Indoor Preview. Improved that to an NCAA provisional qualifying 13-3.75 at the Husky Classic, where she tied for third. Took sixth at the MPSF Championships (13-1.5) to help Oregon win its first MPSF crown. Season Bests: Outdoors - Pole Vault - 13-4.25/4.07m (PR), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/10). Indoors Pole Vault - 13-3.75/4.06m (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10). 2008-09: Pac-10 scorer and NCAA West Regional qualifier in the pole vault. One of the better stories on the team improved her season best bar six times, including PRs the final three meets of her season. Competed in four meets indoors with a collegiate best of 12-6 at the Husky Classic. Opened outdoors with a clearance at 12-3.5 at the Oregon Preview. Upped her season best to 12-7.5 in a third-place finish at the Pepsi Team Invitational. Set the first of four PRs at the Mt. SAC Relays with a clearance of 12-11.5. Earned her first collegiate win and went over 13 feet for the first time when she cleared the bar at 13-0.25 at the Oregon Twilight. Matched that height at the Pac-10 Championships, where she tied for fifth to help the Ducks win the team title for the first time in 17 years. Concluded season with a seasonal best, 13-1.75 in a tie for eighth at the NCAA West Regional that was just one bar shy of an automatic bid to the NCAA Championships. Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention. Season Bests: Outdoors - Pole Vault - 13-1.75/4.01m, NCAA West Regional, Eugene, Ore. (5/29/09). Indoors - 12-6/3.81m, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/14/09). 2007-08: Pole vaulted in four meets. Season best clearance was 12-1.5 twice. Cleared that height to finish third at the Oregon Twilight. Redshirted indoors. Season Bests: Outdoors - Pole Vault - 12-1.5, Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/5/08); Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/08). Prep: Won Washington state meet title as a senior by more than a foot, then cleared 12-8 in several meets afterwards and nearly converted several attempts at 13 feet. During prep career was a district, regional and state champion, and the state meet record holder in the pole vault (12-3). Lettered four years in track and field, three years in gymnastics in the all-around, two years in volleyball as a middle blocker and two years in cross country. Helped Mt. Spokane High School track and field squad to regional title and runner-up finish in the state meet, to a regional trip in volleyball, and to regional and state team appearances in cross country. Personal: Majoring in journalism.
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Brianne Theisen
Senior Humboldt, Sask. Humboldt Collegiate Institute Heptathlon 4-Time NCAA Champion (Heptathlon twice, 4x400 Relay, Pentathlon-i) 2-Time Pac-10 Champion (Heptathlon, twice) USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Year 5 School Records (Heptathlon, 100 Meter Hurdles; 4x400 Relay; Pentathlon-i, 60 Meter Hurdles-i) 6-Time All-American Personal Bests Heptathlon - 6,094 points, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore., 6/9-10/10 200 Meters - 24.02w (legal - 24.10), Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore., 5/9/09 100 Meter Hurdles - 13.39, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore., 6/9/10 High Jump - 6-1.25/1.86m, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/15/10 Long Jump - w20-3.75/6.19m (legal - 19-9.75), Oregon Relays, 4/24/09 Javelin - 148-0/45.11m, NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark., 6/12/09 Pentathlon - 4,396 points (i), NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark., 3/10/10 60 Meter Hurdles - 8.40 (i), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash., 2/27/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - Heptathlon, 1st, 6,094 points 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:28.54 2009 - Heptathlon, 1st, 6,086 points 2008 - Heptathlon, 4th, 5,710 points
Defending NCAA champion in both the heptathlon and indoor pentathlon is one of the elite combined events student-athletes in the sport. Became the first Duck to win back-to-back NCAA heptathlon titles. Competed for Team Canada at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin after becoming the Canadian national champion in the heptathlon. 2010 Pac-10 athlete of the meet for her 23 combined points, including her second straight heptathlon win, to help the Ducks to their second straight league title. In 2009, the Pac-10 heptathlon champion scored 16.5 points to help Oregon win the league title for the first time since 1992. One of the best all-around women’s track and field athletes in school history already holds five school records and is listed in an amazing 10 different University of Oregon top-10 lists (outdoor heptathlon, 100 meter hurdles, high jump, javelin and 4x400 meter relay; indoor pentathlon, 60 meter hurdles, high jump, long jump and 4x400 meter relay). School records are in the heptathlon, pentathlon, 100 meter hurdles, 4x400 meter relay and indoor 60 meter hurdles. Canadian national senior heptatlon champion in 2009 and the junior heptathlon champion in 2006 and 2007. The 2007 Pan American Junior heptathlon champion also competed in the 2006 World Junior Championships and 2005 World Youth Championships. 2009-10: 2010 NCAA outdoor champion in the heptathlon and indoor champion in the pentathlon. Was named the USTFCCCA Field Athlete of the Year, the West Region field athlete of the year and the Pac-10 field athlete of the year. Outdoors - Ranked first nationally in the heptathlon and fifth nationally in the high jump. Broke three school records in an amazing performance at the 2010 NCAA Championships. Competing in the heptathlon, broke her own school record in the 100 meter hurdles by running 13.39. Also set a heptathlon best in the long jump, going 20-0.25/6.10m. Those two marks helped her break her own heptathlon record with 6,094 points, winning the NCAA title for the second year in a row by more than 400 points. On the final day, became an unexpected national champion on Oregon’s 4x400 meter relay team. Subbing for teammate Jamesha Youngblood, whose long jump competition ran long, led off the relay that clipped Texas A&M by .03, as the Ducks set the school record in the 4x400 for the third time during thr 2010 season in 3:28.54. Won All-America honors for both the heptathlon and the relay, bringing her career total to six. Also called into action at the NCAA West Regional, where she ran the opening leg of the 4x400 meter relay that won its heat in a then-school record 3:30.23 to advance to the national championships in Eugene. Defended her Pac-10 heptathlon title by scoring 5,917 points - nearly 500 points better than second place - as she won five of the seven events. Set a heptathlon personal best in the high jump at the Pac-10 meet with a clearance at 5-11.5/1.82m. A week later at the full Pac-10 competition, set a personal best in the high jump, 6-1.25/1.86m, to finish second and also ran fourth in the 100 meter hurdles (13.49) to help lead Oregon to a Pac-10 record 215 points. High jump was the second best in school history, while her preliminary time in the 100 hurdles, 13.43, broke her own school record before she lowered it again at the NCAA meet. Won the 100 hurdles at the Oregon Relays in 13.61. Took the national lead in the heptathlon by scoring a wind-aided 5,942 points at the Texas Relays. In that competition, had three first-day heptathlon PRs. Went 13.69 to win the 100 meter hurdles, cleared 5-10.75 to win the high jump and threw 41-5/12.62m in the shot put. Also won the 200 meter dash in 24.34, the javelin at 129-1/39.35m and the 800 meters at 2:19.78. Won the high jump (5-8.75/1.75m) and was fourth in the javelin (141-3/43.5m) to help Oregon win the Pepsi Team Invitational. Opened season in the shot put and on the 4x100 meter relay team at the Oregon Preview. A District 8 all-academic second team and Pac-10 all-academic honorable mention selection. Indoors - Broke her own school record in winning the NCAA title in the pentathlon, scoring 4,396 points. That was the fourth-highest total in collegiate history. Became just the second Oregon woman to win an NCAA indoor title, joining Melody Fairchild (3,000 meters, 1996). Set pentathlon personal bests in four of the five events and had a lifetime best in the shot put as her 10 points helped Oregon win the NCAA indoor title for the first time in school history. Pentathlon PRs were 8.44 in the 60 meter hurdles, 41-6 in the shot put, 19-11.5 in the long jump and 2:15.58 in the 800 meters. Also cleared 5-8.5 in the high jump. Long jump mark ranks No. 3 indoors for the University. Opened season with an indoor shot put of 40-6.25 at the UW Indoor Preview. Used a then-pentathlon PR in the shot of 40-0 to help her score a nation-leading 4,198 points at Texas A&M. Neared her PR in the other four events, winning the 60 meter hurdles in 8.63, the high jump at 5-10.5 and the long jump at 18-5.5. Two weeks later at the Husky Classic, smashed her own record in the 60 hurdles, running 8.46 in the finals. Reset her mark in the 60 hurdles at the MPSF Championships, placing third in 8.40 seconds to help the Ducks win their first-ever MPSF title. Also helped the 4x400 meter relay team finish third (3:42.33) and tied for fourth in the high jump (5-8.5). Season Bests: Outdoors - Heptathlon - 6,094 points, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/9-10/10); 200 Meters - 24.18 (w+2.6), NCAA Championships heptathlon, Eugene, Ore. (6/9/10); 100 Meter Hurdles - 13.39 (PR), NCAA Championships heptathlon, Eugene, Ore. (6/9/10); High Jump 6-1.25/1.86m (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/15/10); Long Jump - 20-0.25/6.10m (w+2.6), NCAA Championships heptathlon, Eugene, Ore. (6/10/10); Javelin - 141-3/43.05m, Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/10/10). Indoors - Pentathlon - 4,396 points (PR), NCAA Indoor Championships pentathlon, Fayetteville, Ark. (3/13/10); 60 Meter Hurdles - 8.40 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10); High Jump - 5-10.5/1.79m, Texas A&M Challenge pentathlon, College Station, Texas (1/29/10); Long Jump - 19-11.5/6.08m (PR), NCAA Indoor Championships pentathlon, Fayetteville, Ark. (3/13/10).
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WOMEN’S PROFILES NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - Pentathlon, 1st, 4,396 points 2009 - Pentathlon, 3rd, 4,321 points NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:30.23 2009 - 100 Hurdles, 4th, 13.47 (w+3.7) Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - Heptathlon, 1st, 5,917 points 2010 - High Jump, 2nd, 6-1.25/1.86m 2010 - 100 Meter Hurdles, 4th, 13.49 2010 - Javelin, 11th, 126-4/38.51m 2009 - Heptathlon, 1st, 5,986 points 2009 - Long Jump, 6th, 20-2.5/6.16m (w+2.8) 2009 - High Jump, 7th, 5-7, 1.70m 2009 - 400 Meters, p-4th, 55.53 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 3rd, 3:37.10 2009 - 4x100 Meter Relay, p-4th, 46.11 2008 - Heptathlon, 2nd, 5,765 points 2008 - Javelin, 11th, 140-3 2008 - High Jump, 12th, 5-5 2008 - Long Jump, 13th, 18-11.25
2008-09: Breakout season saw her win the NCAA heptathlon championship, the Pac-10 heptathlon championship and the Canadian national heptathlon championship and compete for Team Canada at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Berlin. Also broke four school records and etched her name on 10 different top-10 lists. Won All-America honors in the heptathlon and pentathlon. During her first indoor season, established a school record in her initial pentathlon of the season, scoring 4,181 points at the UW Indoor Invitational. Set the school record in the 60 meter hurdles, 8.65, during that competition and also recorded a seasonal best in the high jump, 5-11.25, which ranks second all-time indoors. Broke her own school records in the pentathlon and 60 meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Finished third with 4,321 points to score six points toward Oregon’s ninth-place finish and earn All-America honors. During that competition, lowered her school record in the 60 meter hurdles to 8.54, established a season PR in the long jump of 19-9 and matched her high jump PR. Outdoors, won four heptathlons before taking 15th at the world championships. Opened season with a win at the Big Green in the Desert (5,643 points). Set an outdoor PR in the high jump, 5-10 (No. 5 all-time), at that meet. Won the long jump at the Oregon Relays with a wind-aided personal best effort of 20-3.75. Also was a member of the second-fastest 4x100 relay team in school history, 44.74, at the Oregon Relays (lead leg). In the championships season, netted 16.5 points at the Pac-10 Championships to help lead Oregon to the team title for the first time in 17 years. Won the heptathlon with 5,986 points, a 200-point PR. Established personal records at the time in the 200 meters (w24.02), 800 meters (2:14.57), 100 hurdles (13.86) and shot put (39-0.25). Came back the following weekend of the Pac-10 meet score in the long jump (sixth, 20-2.5), high jump (seventh, 5-7) and 4x400 meter relay team (third, 3:37.10). Ran 13.56 to set the school record (since broken) in the preliminaries of the 100 hurdles at the NCAA West Regional. Came back to run a seasonal best 13.47 to finish fourth in the final with a non-legal wind of +3.7. Became just the second NCAA heptathlon champion from Oregon at the 2009 meet in Fayetteville, Ark. Set the school record in winning with 6,086 points and helping Oregon take the runner-up trophy. Had a pair of PRs in the throws - 39-9.25 in the shot put and 148-0 in the javelin (No. 10 all-time) - and just missed PRs in the five other events to break 6,000 points for the first time in her career. Went on to win the Canadian national heptathlon title in June (5,847 points) to earn a trip to the IAAF World Championships. Finished 15th against the top heptathletes in the world (5,949 points) and set a personal best in the 800 meters (2:12.62) in the final event. Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention. Named the team’s Mary Officer Award winner. Season Bests: Outdoors - Heptathlon - 6,086 points, NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark. (6/11-12/09); 200 Meters - 24.02 (w+4.9) (PR), Pac-10 Championships heptathlon, Eugene, Ore. (5/9/09); 100 Meter Hurdles - 13.47 (w+3.7), NCAA West Regional, Eugene, Ore. (5/30/09); High Jump - 5-10.5/1.79m, Big Green in the Desert Multis, Mesa, Ariz., (3/25/09); Long Jump - 20-3.75/6.19m (w+3.5) (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/24/09); Javelin - 148-0/45.11m (PR), NCAA Championships heptathlon, Fayetteville, Ark. (6/12/09). Indoors - Pentathlon - 4,321 points, NCAA Championships, College Station, Texas (3/13/09); 60 Meter Hurdles - 8.54, NCAA Championships pentathlon, College Station, Texas (3/13/09); High Jump - 5-11.25/1.81m (PR), UW Indoor Invitational pentathlon, Seattle, Wash. (1/30/09) & NCAA Championships, College Station, Texas (3/13/09); Long Jump - 19-9/6.02m, NCAA Championships pentathlon, College Station, Texas (3/13/09). 2007-08: All-American in the heptathlon following her fourth place finish at the NCAA Championships. Also the Pac-10 runner-up in the event, where she scored a personal best 5,765 points to vault to second on the UO career list. Scored 5,710 points at the NCAA Championships to earn All-America honors. Was also Oregon’s top high jumper (5-8.75) and 100 meter hurdler (14.21) of 2008 and was an NCAA Regional qualifier in both the high jump and the javelin (144-8). Opened season with a pair of first-place finishes at the Oregon Preview, taking the 100 meter hurdles in 14.36 and the long jump in 19-6.25. Scored 5,575 points in her first heptathlon to win the Sacramento State Invitational. Won the 100 meter hurdles at the Oregon Relays (14.52), where she also took second in both the high jump (5-8.75) and the long jump (191.5). In addition to her second-place finish in the heptathlon at the Pac-10 Championships, also competed in the long jump, high jump and javelin. During the Pac-10’s heptathlon competition, set seasonal bests in the 100 meter hurdles (14.21), javelin (144-8) and the shot put (38-3.25). Season-bests in the high jump (5-8.75) and long jump (19-6.75) came at the NCAA Championships. Did not compete indoors. Season Bests: Outdoors - Heptathlon - 5,765 points, Pac-10 Championships, Tempe, Ariz. (5/9-10/08); 100 Hurdles - 14.21, Pac-10 Championships, Tempe, Ariz. (5/9/08); High Jump - 5-8.75, NCAA Championships, Des Moines, Iowa (6/13/08); Long Jump - 19-6.75, Des Moines, Iowa (6/12/08); Javelin - 144-8, Pac-10 Championships, Tempe, Ariz. (5/10/08). Prep: Posted an impressive victory as a senior in the 2007 Pan-American Junior Championships heptathlon (5,413 points) and led field in the high jump, javelin and 800 meters and stood second in long jump and ran a PR in the 200 meters (25.025). Also competed for the Canadian National Team in the 2006 World Junior Championships (11th, 5,149) and 2005 World Youth Championships (fourth, 4,805). Named school’s junior and senior athlete of the year and Saskatchewan’s 2007 Female Athlete of the Year. Overall, lettered five seasons in track and field, four seasons in volleyball at middle blocker and one season in soccer at forward. Also trained and competed with the Saskatoon Track and Field Club. Honor roll member. Personal: Business administration major.
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Melanie Thompson Looking forward to getting back on the track after redshirting the 2009-10 season. One of three 2009 freshmen who ran at the 2008 Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals. New Jersey state champion at 1,600 and 3,200 meters and in cross country. Claimed a total of six state championships during her outdoor, indoor and cross country high school career. Ranked seventh nationally in the mile (4:47.94) among all preps. Gatorade New Jersey runner of the year. 2009-10: Redshirted the track and cross country seasons.
RS Freshman RS-Freshman High Bridge, N.J. Voorhees High School Distance Personal Bests Mile - 4:47.94, 2009
Prep: A combined six-time New Jersey state champion in cross country and indoor and outdoor track. Capped career by winning state cross country, indoor 3,200 meter (10:39.39) and outdoor 1,600 meter (4:46.28) titles as a senior for Voorhees High School. Ranked seventh nationally in the mile as a senior (4:47.94). Gatorade New Jersey runner of the year. Prior to the 2009 track season, raced at the Foot Locker Nationals where she placed 17th (18:18). Was named the Express-Times Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year for the second time in three years. As a junior, won both the indoor and outdoor state titles at 3,200 meters. Outdoor title came in a high school-best 10:17.18. Nationally, ranked fifth at both 3,200 meters (10:17.18) and two miles (10:20.76) in 2008. Was also an all-state point guard on the Voorhees basketball team. High School Bests: 800 Meters - 2:10.14; 1,600 Meters - 4:46.28, 2009; Mile - 4:47.94, 2009; 3,200 Meters - 10:17.18, 2008. Personal: Major is psychology. Goes by Lanie.
Melanie Vertrees Looking to come back from injury and join Brianne Theisen among Oregon’s heptathlon corps. A prep national top-10 competitor in the heptathlon and the high jump. Washington all-classifications state champion in the heptathlon. Also the state runner-up in the high jump. Won 12 varsity letters in five different sports at Kent-Meridian High School.
SSophomore So phhom omor ore Kent, Wash. Kent-Meridian High School Heptathlon Personal Bests High Jump - 5-10/1.77m, West Central District Meet, Tacoma, Wash., 5/22/09
2009-10: Outdoors - Opened season in the 100 meter hurdles, shot put and javelin at the Oregon Preview. Also saw action in the 100 hurdles at the Stanford Invitational before an injury ended her season. Indoors Competed in the UW Indoor Preview and the Husky Classic in preparation for the pentathlon at the MPSF meet. At the MPSF Championships, overcame a disqualification in the 60 meter hurdles to post a seasonbest clearance of 5-8.5 in the high jump. That clearance tied for fourth all-time indoors at the University. Season Bests: Indoors - Pentathlon - 2,727 points, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10); High Jump - 5-8.5/1.74m (PR), MPSF Championships pentathlon, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10). Prep: Won the Washington all-classifications state title in the heptathlon with 4,624 points as a senior in 2009. That mark ranked ninth nationally. Also took second in the high jump at the state meet (5-8) and was a state qualifier in the triple jump, shot put and 100 meter hurdles for Kent-Meridian High School. PR in the high jump of 5-10 at the West Central District meet was tied for 10th nationally. Was a four-time state qualifier in the high jump, a three-time qualifier in the 100 meter hurdles and a two-time qualifier in the triple jump. Was also an all-state selection in basketball her senior year. Named the Kent Reporters’ 2009 Female Athlete of the Year. Holds school records in the heptathlon, high jump, triple jump and javelin. Earned 12 varsity letters in five different sports (track, basketball, cross country, swimming, volleyball) and was a state qualifier in swimming. Ranked No. 10 in her graduating class with a grade point average of 3.898. High School Bests: Heptathlon - 4,624 points, 2009; 100 Meter Hurdles - 15.05, 2009; High Jump 5-10/1.77m, 2009; Long Jump - 17-6.24/5.34m, 2009. Personal: Majoring in business adminstration.
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Taylor Wallace Pac-10 scorer in the steeplechase. Already ranks sixth in that event at Oregon after taking up the race as a freshman. Oregon native and Foot Locker Cross Country national qualifier was a 13-time state champion in track and cross country. Led the state at 800 meters (2:10.57) as a senior and ranked in the top three at 1,500 and 3,000 meters. Won the 2009 Steve Prefontaine Award as the best high school runner in the state of Oregon. Two-time Gatorade state runner of the year.
Sophomore Klamath Falls, Ore. Henley High School Distance Personal Bests 1,500 Meters - 4:28.79, Prefontaine Classic, Eugene, Ore., 6/8/08 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:39.44, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/15/10 Mile - 4:48.08 (i), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash., 2/13/10 3,000 Meters - 9:50.52 (i), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash., 2/27/10 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 31st, 10:50.18 Pac-10 Championships Performances 2010 - 3,000 Meter Steeplechase, 8th, 10:39.44 Pac-10 Cross Country Championships 2009 - 44th, 21:25.03
2009-10: Outdoors - Pac-10 scorer in the steeplechase. In her first season as a steeplechaser, opened year with a pair of runner-up finishes. Took second in the 3,000 meter steeplechase at the Pepsi Team Invitational (10:58.34) and in the 2,000 meter steeplechase at the Oregon Preview (7:00.46). Those races led to an eighth-place showing at the Pac-10 meet in 10:39.44, a time that ranks sixth at Oregon. Capped season with her first NCAA West Regional appearance. Ran the 1,500 meters at the Stanford Invitational (4:29.14). Indoors - Made season debut at the Husky Classic, where she ran 4:48.08 in the mile and just missed an NCAA provisional mark. Capped indoor season at the MPSF meet where she ran a season-best 9:50.92 in the 3,000 meters. Cross Country - Made Oregon debut at the Bill Dellinger Invitational (24th, 17:28.11, 5,000 meters). Also ran at the Pre-National Invitational and the Pac-10 Championships. Season Bests: Outdoors - 1,500 Meters - 4:29.14, Stanford Invitational, Stanford, Calif. (3/26/10); 3,000 Meter Steeplechase - 10:39.44 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/15/10). Indoors - Mile - 4:48.08 (PR), Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/13/10); 3,000 Meters - 9:50.92 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10). Prep: Thirteen-time state champion for Henley High School. Won four titles each at 1,500 meters and 3,000 meters and two in cross country, in addition to anchoring Henley’s three-time winning 4x400 meter relay squad. Led Henley to three track and field state championships. After taking her second straight OSAA cross country title (18:43.7), finished 20th at the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals in December 2008 (18:24). In the spring of her senior year, claimed her fourth straight Oregon state titles at 1,500 meters (4:33.83) and 3,000 meters (10:09.22). Also scored at 400 meters (fourth, 59.09). Had the fastest 800 meter time in the state as a senior (2:10.57). At the 2009 U.S. Junior Track and Field Championships, finished third in 4:29.09 and was also third at the Pan American Junior Championships in 4:31.76. Won the 2009 Steve Prefontaine Award as the best high school runner in the state of Oregon. As a junior, won state cross country (18:13), 1,500 meter (4:33.79) and 3,000 meter (9:58.30) crowns. Set a PR at 1,500 meters, 4:28.79 at the Prefontaine Classic, that ranked third nationally in 2008. Won the 2008 Nike Border Clash. Also ran at the Foot Locker Cross Country Nationals her junior year after which, she was named the Johnny Carpenter athlete of the year. As a sophomore, repeated as 1,500 meter (4:43.34) and 3,000 meter (10:18.92) state champion. Also ran a prep-best 9:56.64 in the 3,000 meters at the 2007 Junior USATF Championships in Indianapolis. Gatorade cross country runner of the year in both 2007 and ’08. Earned her first 1,500/3,000 double state track titles as a freshman in 2006. In addition to running, was an all-state forward for the Henley basketball team and an all-league player for the volleyball squad. High School Bests: 400 Meters - 59.01, 2009; 800 Meters - 2:10.57, 2009 (state 4A record); 1,500 Meters - 4:28.79 (state 4A record), 2008; 3,000 Meters - 9:56.64, 2007. Personal: Major is undeclared.
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Mandy White The first women’s 100 meter All-American in school history. Also a member of the first 4x100 meter relay All-America squad in school history. One of the top sprinters in program history helped Oregon win the 2010 Pac-10 title and set the school record in the 4x100 meter relay. Ranks No. 2 on the school’s 100 meter list. Also ranks among the school’s best indoors at 60 and 200 meters. 2010 USA Championships competitor. Former two-time Oregon 6A state champion.
Senior Lake Oswego, Ore. Lakeridge High School Sprints Pac-10 Champion (4x100 Relay) School Record (4x100 Relay) 2-Time All-American Personal Bests 100 Meters - 11.42w (legal - 11.57), NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore., 6/9/10 200 Meters - 23.82w (legal - 24.04), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. 4/10/10 60 Meters - 7.33 (i), UW Last Chance Qualifier, Seattle, Wash., 3/6/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 100 Meters, 10th, 11.42 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 3rd, 43.74 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - 60 Meters, 17th, 7.44 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 100 Meters, 12th, 11.57 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 2nd, 43.50 2009 - 100 Meters, p-5th, 11.70 (w+2.3) 2009 - 4x100 Meter Relay Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 100 Meters, 4th, 11.79 2010 - 200 Meters, p-2nd, 24.04 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 1st, 43.27 2009 - 100 Meters, p-6th, 11.74 2009 - 200 Meters, p-6th, 24.26 2009 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 3rd, 44.80 2008 - 100 Meters, 10th, 11.92 2008 - 200 Meters, 11th, 24.41 2008 - 4x100 Meters Relay
2009-10: Pac-10 champion (4x100 relay). Outdoors - Became the first women’s 100 meter All-American in school history by virtue of her 10th place finish at the 2010 NCAA Championships in a wind-aided personal best 11.42. Also ran the lead leg on the Ducks’ first-ever All-America 4x100 meter relay team that placed third in 43.74 at the championship meet. Two week earlier at the NCAA West Regional, ran 11.67 in her first round heat to advance to the quarterfinals. There she ran a legal-personal best 11.57 to come in as the 12th and final qualifier for the NCAA Championships. That time was the second-fastest in school history. Also at the Regional meet, ran the lead leg of the team that won its quarterfinal heat in 43.50. Ran the lead leg on Oregon’s winning school and meet record 4x100 meter relay team (43.27) at the Pac-10 championships. Also took fourth in the 100 meters in 11.79. Ran 11.71 in the preliminaries. Had a legal best of 24.04 in the 200 meters that just missed the final and was the No. 10 time all-time at Oregon. Opened season at the Oregon Preview where she ran the lead leg of Oregon’s meet record 4x100 relay team (44.30). Followed that with the lead leg at Stanford, which clocked 44.38 for the No. 3 time all-time. Two weeks later at the Pepsi Team Invitational, ran the lead leg of the team that broke the school 4x100 relay record at the time by running 44.13. Also finished third in the 100 meters (11.62) and 200 meters (23.82) to help Oregon win the meet. Took second in the 200 at the Oregon Relays in 24.08. Ran the lead leg of the 4x100 meter relaty team that set the Oregon Twilight meet record in 44.24. After the NCAA meet, qualified for the USA Track & Field Championships, where she clocked 11.79 in the 100 meters. Indoors - NCAA qualifier at 60 meters. Set PRs in both the 60 meters and the 200 meters. Ran the second-fastest 60 in school history, 7.33 in winning the event at the UW Last Chance Qualifier. Also clocked 7.41 in the preliminaries of that meet. Ran 7.45 in the preliminaries at the MPSF Championships. Finished fifth in the finals of the 60 (7.51), fourth in the 200 meters (24.23) and ran the second leg on the Ducks’ third-place 4x400 meter relay team (3:42.33) to help Oregon win the league title for the first time in school history. Ran 7.47 in the 60 at the Tyson Invitational. Also established a PR in the 200 meters, 24.13 (No. 3 all-time), at the Tyson meet. Made her first appearance at the NCAA Championships to wrap the season. Ran 7.44 in her preliminary heat of the 60 meters. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meters - 11.42 (w+2.7) (PR), NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore. (6/9/10); 200 Meters - 23.82 (w+3.2) (PR), Pepsi Team Invitational, Eugene, Ore. (4/10/10). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.33 (PR), UW Last Chance Qualifier, Seattle, Wash. (3/6/10); 200 Meters - 24.13 (PR), Tyson Invitational, Fayetteville, Ark. (2/13/10). 2008-09: Pac-10 scorer. Record-setting performance on the 4x100 meter relay team was the highlight of a season that also saw her establish PRs at 100 and 200 meters outdoors and 60 and 200 meters indoors. Set a pair of indoor PRs at the MPSF Championships, where she took fifth in the 200 meters (24.62) and sixth in the 60 meters (7.58). Ran personal best 7.57 in the 60 meter prelims to claim the second-fastest time in school history. Mark in the 200 ranks fifth all-time. Outdoors, best legal time in the 100 meters, 11.74, came in the preliminaries of the Pac-10 Championships and ranks as the sixth-fastest all-time. Improved on that with a wind-aided 11.70 (w+2.3) in the preliminaries of the NCAA West Regional. Established a personal best in the 200 meters in the Pac-10 prelims (24.26). Key member of Oregon’s record-setting 4x100 meter relay team. That squad lowered the school record three times in 2009. Ran lead leg as Oregon broke its 16-year-old 4x100 relay mark in winning the Stanford Invitational (44.64). Trimmed .03 off that mark in a win at the Mt. SAC Relays (44.61). Relay squad was third at the Pac-10 Championships in 44.80 to score six points toward Oregon’s first championship in 17 years. Two weeks later at the NCAA West Regional, led off for the quartet that blazed to another school record, 44.17, in the preliminary round, before being disqualified in the final due to a lane violation. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meters - 11.70 (w+2.3), NCAA West Regional, Eugene, Ore. (5/29/09); 200 Meters - 24.26, Pac10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/16/09). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.57, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09); 200 Meters - 24.62, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/28/09). 2007-08: Pac-10 Championships qualifier in the 100 and 200 meters, and the 4x100 meter relay. Had Oregon’s top time in the 100 meters (11.92) and ranked second at 200 meters (24.32). Ran a season-best 11.92 in the 100 in her Pac-10 Championships debut. Won the 200 meters at the Oregon Relays in a seasonbest 24.32. Indoors, led Oregon at 60 meters, where she set a personal best five different times throughout the season. Debuted with a 7.93 preliminary round at the UW Indoor Preview, before improving to 7.80 in a third-place finish in the final. Next PR, 7.75, came two weeks later at the UW Indoor Invitational. Improved on that with a 7.72 time at the Tyson Invitational. Top two times of the indoor season came at the MPSF
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WOMEN’S PROFILES Championships, where she clocked 7.66 in the preliminaries before running her then-school record 7.65 in the finals to finish third. Season Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meters - 11.92, Pac-10 Championships, Tempe, Ariz. (5/17/08); 200 Meters - 24.32, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/26/08). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.65, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (3/1/08). 200 Meters - 25.01, MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (3/1/08). Prep: In 2007, ran personal bests to win 6A state titles as a senior in the 100 meters and the 200 meters. Her times led the Oregon state prep rankings. She was also a top-10 state placer in other events as a senior (long jump, fourth), junior (100 meters, ninth; long jump, 10th), sophomore (100 meters, fifth; 4x100 meter relay, eighth) and freshman (100 meters, fifth). District champion in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Lettered in track and field four seasons and in cheerleading three seasons, helping the cheerleading team finish fifth in the state competition her junior and senior seasons. Personal: Psychology major.
Michele Williams Key member of Oregon’s NCAA champion 4x400 meter relay teams (indoor and outdoor) and national runner-up distance medley relay teams. Four-time NCAA Division II All-American for Adams State is Oregon’s top returning 400 meter runner in 2011. Ranks No. 6 all-time at Oregon in the 400 meters (53.36).
RS Senior RS-Senior Colorado Springs, Colo. Sierra High School/Adams State Sprints 2-Time NCAA Champion (4x400 Relay; 4x400 Relay-i) 3 School Records (4x400 Relay; 4x400 Relay-i, Distance Medley Relay) 2-Time All-American Personal Bests 200 Meters - 23.99, 2009 400 Meters - 53.36, Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/16/10 60 Meters - 7.72 (i), UW Indoor Invitational, Seattle, Wash., 1/16/10 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:28.54 NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:32.97 2010 - Distance Medley Relay, 2nd, 10:58.96 NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:30.23 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - 400 Meters - 3rd, 53.36
2009-10: Indoor and outdoor national champion (4x400 meter relay). Outdoors - Vital role on team as a 400 meter runner and member of the 4x400 relay squad. Ran the third leg on Oregon’s first-ever NCAA champion 4x400 meter relay team that won in a school-record 3:28.54. That broke the record set two weeks earlier, 3:30.23, in a win at the NCAA West Regional. Helped Oregon win its second straight Pac-10 title by placing third in the 400 meters in a personal best 53.36. That was the sixth-fastest time in school history. Also ran a seasonal legal-best 24:06 in the 200 prelims at the Pac-10 meet. At the Penn Relays, helped Oregon break the 4x400 meter record for the first time in 2010 by 3:32.34 in a runner-up finish. Ran a windy seasonal-best 24.03 to win the 200 at the Oregon Twilight. Anchored Oregon’s win in the 4x100 meter relay at the Stanford Invitational (44.38). That time ranked third on the UO top 10. Took third in the 400 meters at the Pepsi meet (54.91). Opened season in the 800 meters at the Oregon Preview. Indoors - Ran on both the NCAA champion 4x400 meter relay and runner-up distance medley relay squads to help Oregon win the Indoor title for the first time in school history. Ran the second leg of the 4x400 team that won the NCAA title in a school-record 3:32.97, marking Oregon’s first-ever NCAA win in any relay race. Also took the 400 leg on the distance medley team that placed second and clocked a school-record 10:58.96. Also cracked the top five individually at 60 and 400 meters. Ran a season-best 54.63 in the 400 meters at the MPSF Championships. Her fourth place finish helped Oregon win the league title for the first time ever and also ranked second all-time indoors at the University. Also ran an indoor PR of 24.60 in the 200 meters at the MPSF meet. Opened season by running 7.72 in the finals of the 60 meters at the UW Indoor Preview. That PR ranks fifth at Oregon. Ran second leg of Oregon’s 4x400 meter team that clocked 3:36.16, a record at the time, at the Texas A&M Challenge. Helped the Ducks improve on that at the Feb. 13 Tyson Invitational where she anchored Oregon’s record run of 3:33.31 that finished second only to Arkansas. Season Bests: Outdoors - 200 Meters - 24.03 (w+2.6), Oregon Twilight, Eugene, Ore. (5/8/10); 400 Meters - 53.36 (PR), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif. (5/16/10). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.72 (PR), UW Indoor Preview, Seattle, Wash. (1/16/10); 200 Meters - 24.60 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10); 400 Meters - 54.63 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/27/10). Before Oregon: Four-time NCAA Division II All-American at Adams State scored at the NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships in both the 400 meters and the 4x400 meter relay. Her sophomore season (2009) saw her earn points in the 400 meters both indoors and outdoors. Was third at both meets, running 54.47 in the final outdoors and 55.89 indoors. Also scored as the lead leg on Adams State’s indoor 4x400 meter relay team that took sixth (3:53.58). Additionally, qualified for the 2009 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor Championships at 200 meters. Was named the USTFCCCA Central Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year after helping the Grizzlies win the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Crown. Top times of 2009 were 23.99 in the 200 meters and 53.49 at 400 meters. Was an indoor All-American as a freshman in 2008 in the 4x400 meter relay. Also qualified for the indoor NCAA meet in the 400 meters. Redshirted the 2007 season. Adams State Bests: Outdoors - 100 Meters - 12.23 (PR), (2009); 200 Meters - 23.99 (PR), (2009); 400 Meters - 53.49, (2009). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.95 (2009); 200 Meters - 24.92 (2009); 400 Meters - 55.31 (2009). Prep: Ran a leg on the state championship 4x200 meter relay team for Sierra High School in 2005. Helped team to a third place finish in the state that year. Had personal bests of 26 seconds (200 meters), set in 2006, and 58 seconds (400 meters), set in 2005. Finished eighth in the 400 at the 2006 state meet as a senior. Also high jumped and played basketball. High School Bests: 200 Meters - 26, 2006; 400 Meters - 58, 2005. Personal: Major is psychology.
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Jamesha Youngblood Rising national star in the horizontal jumps. Back-to-back Pac-10 champion in both the long jump and triple jump. Followed up remarkable 2009 season with another stellar performance in 2010. In 2009, posted one of the best jumping seasons in school history as she won All-America honors in the long jump both indoors and outdoors, set the school record in the long jump (indoors and outdoors) and the triple jump, and on top of that, was a member of two record-setting relay teams. Scored 23 points towards Oregon’s first Pac10 championship since 1992. Followed that in 2010 with another pair of Pac-10 horizontal jumps titles, broke her own records in the long jump and triple jump was again an outdoor long jump All-American. Also a national champion in the indoor 4x400 meter relay. Was a Pan-American Junior, USA Junior, Junior Olympic and Nike Indoor National champion in the long jump during her prep career. As a senior, ranked top-five nationally among preps in the 300 meter hurdles (second, 41.08), 400 meter hurdles (fifth, 58.66), long jump (first, 21-0) and triple jump (second, 42-2.75-indoors).
Senior San Pablo, Calif. Hercules High School Jumps/Hurdles NCAA Champion (4x400 Relay-i) 5-Time Pac-10 Champion (Long Jump twice, Triple Jump twice, 4x100 Relay) 5 School Records (Long Jump, Triple Jump, 4x100 Relay; Long Jump-i, 4x400 Relay-i) 5-Time All-American Personal Bests 200 Meters - 24.34w (legal - 24.56-i), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore., 4/23/09 400 Meter Hurdles - 58.66, USATF Outdoor Championships, Indianapolis, Ind., 6/20/07 Long Jump - 21-9/6.63m, Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore., 5/15/10 Triple Jump - w43-7.75/13.30m (legal - 43-5/13.23m), Pac-10 Championships, Berkeley, Calif., 5/16/10 60 Meters - 7.63 (i), UW Indoor Invitational, Seattle, Wash., 1/31/09 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships 2010 - Long Jump, 4th, 21-3.25, 6.48m 2010 - Triple Jump, 17th, 41-5.75/12.64m 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 3rd, 43.74 2009 - Long Jump, 3rd, 21-5.5/6,54m 2009 - Triple Jump, p-11th, 42-0/12.81m (w+2.1) NCAA Indoor Track Championships 2010 - Long Jump 2010 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 1st, 3:32.97 2009 - Long Jump, 5th, 21-1.25/6.43m 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 9th, 3:37.08
2009-10: Outdoors - Ranked third nationally in the long jump and fifth nationally in the triple jump. Was a three-time winner at the Pac-10 Championships as she became just the second woman to win back-to-back long jump and triple jump titles. Opened the league meet by winning the long jump with a school record leap of 21-9/6.63m. Followed that by winning the triple jump in a personal best 43-7.75/13.30m. That mark was wind-aided, but her first attempt of 43-5/13.23m was wind legal and goes in the books as the school record. Final win of the championships came in the 4x100 meter relay, where she anchored the Ducks to a school record time of 43.27. Two weeks later at the NCAA West Regional, advanced to the NCAA Championships with a fourth-place showing in the long jump (21-3.15) and a 12th-place finish in the triple jump (42-6.25), where she passed her final three attempts with a spot at the national meet secured. Also helped the Ducks’ 4x100 meter relay team advance by anchoring the squad that won its heat in 43.50. At the NCAA Championships, earned the fourth and fifth All-America awards of her career. Helped the Ducks take third in the 4x100 relay in 43.74 as the anchor leg and then placed fourth in the long jump with a best of 21-3.25. Also helped Oregon’s national championship 4x400 meter relay team advance with a win in the semfinal heat in 3:33.51. Opened season at the Oregon Preview by setting the meet record in the 400 meter hurdles in 59.95. That was the eighth-best time in school history. Also ran the anchor leg of the 4x100 meter relay team that set a meet record in 44.30. Did that one better at the Pepsi Team Invitational as she anchored the team that broke the school record in 44.13. Also won the long jump (20-6.5/6.25m) and was fourth in the triple jump (40-7/12.37m) to help Oregon win the Pepsi meet. At the Penn Relays, anchored Oregon’s record-setting 4x400 meter relay team, (3:32.34) and sixth-place 4x100 relay team (44.42). Also anchored the winning 4x100 relay team that set the Oregon Twilight meet record in 44.24. Indoors - NCAA champion (4x400 meter relay). Set the indoor school record at the Feb. 12 at the Tyson Invitational when she leapt 21-6.25. That mark was an NCAA automatic qualifier and third-best in the country. Ran the lead leg for the 4x400 meter relay team that went 3:33.31 at the Tyson meet. That performance served as a predecessor to the NCAA Championships, where she ran the lead leg of Oregon’s winning 4x400 meter relay team that set a school record in 3:32.97. It was Oregon’s first ever relay win at the NCAA meet. Was also an NCAA competitor in the long jump, but fouled her three attempts. In February at the the Texas A&M Challenge, went 20-2.5 in the long jump. Helped Oregon win its first MPSF title at the end of the month with a sixth place finish in the long jump (19-9.75) and a personal best 24.56 in the 200 meters that took eighth. Opened season running 24.84 in the 200 meters at the UW Indoor Invitational. Season Bests: Outdoors - 400 Hurdles - 59.95, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/20/10). Long Jump - 21-9/6.63m (PR), Berkeley, Calif. (5/15/10); Triple Jump - 43-7.75/13.30m (w+3.0) (PR), Berkeley, Calif. (5/16/10). Indoors - 200 Meters - 24.56 (PR), MPSF Championships, Seattle, Wash. (2/26/10); Long Jump - 21-6.25/6.56m (PR), Tyson Invitational, Fayetteville, Ark. (2/12/10). 2008-09: Performed the rare feat of winning both the long jump and triple jump at the Pac-10 Championships. Went on to claim a piece of five school records and garner a pair of All-America awards in the long jump (indoor, outdoor). Opened year with impressive performances in the long jump, triple jump and 60 meters indoors. Broke the school record in the indoor long jump with a mark of 20-9.25 at the UW Indoor Invitational. Improved on that effort with a leap of 21-1.25 at the NCAA Championships, a mark that placed fifth and earned the first All-America honors of her career. Also indoors, recorded the No. 2 triple jump in school history with a leap of 40-6.25 at the UW Indoor Preview, and clocked the No. 3 60 meter time at Oregon, 7.63, at the UW Indoor Invitational. Additionally, ran the lead leg of the 4x400 meter relay team that ran to a school record 3:36.52 in winning the MPSF Championships and advanced to the NCAA Indoor Championships (9th, 3:37.08). Outdoors, took second in both the long jump (19-3.5) and the triple jump (40-6.75) at the Stanford Invitational, before winning the long jump at the Pepsi Team Invitational
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WOMEN’S PROFILES NCAA West Regional Track Championships 2010 - Long Jump, 4th, 21-3.25/6.48m 2010 - Triple Jump, 12th, 42-6.25/12.96m 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 2nd, 43.50 2009 - Triple Jump, t3rd, 42-8/13.00m (w+2.3) 2009 - Long Jump, 4th, 21-0/6.40m 2009 - 4x100 Meter Relay 2008 - Triple Jump 2008 - 4x400 Meters Relay, 7th, 3:40.10 Pac-10 Track Championships 2010 - Long Jump, 1st, 21-9/6.63m 2010 - Triple Jump, 1st, 43-7.75/13.30m 2010 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 1st, 43.27 2009 - Long Jump, 1st, 21-1.25/6.43m 2009 - Triple Jump, 1st, 43-2.25/13.16m 2009 - 4x100 Meter Relay, 3rd, 44.80 2009 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 3rd, 3:37.10 2008 - Long Jump, 11th, 19-1.25 2008 - Triple Jump, 3rd, 41-5 2008 - 4x100 Meter Relay 2008 - 4x400 Meter Relay, 3rd, 3:37.43
(20-8) and Oregon Twilight (20-10). That set the stage for her remarkable performances at the Pac-10 meet, where she set school records in winning both jumps. Went 21-1.25 to take the long jump, and break Julie Goodrich’s 1988 records of 21-0.5, and then 43-2.25 to win the triple jump and break Sara Jessie’s 1995 record of 42-6. Joined Stanford’s Erica McLain as the only women in conference history to sweep the long jump and triple jump. Combined with her efforts on the third-place relay teams, scored 23 points toward Oregon’s first Pac-10 title in 17 years. At the NCAA West Regional, qualified for her first NCAA Outdoor Championmships in both jumps. Went 21-0 in the long jump and 42-8 (w+2.3) in the triple jump at the Regional. Terrific performance at the NCAA Championships in the long jump, where she broke her own record twice in a third place finish. Jumped 21-5.25 in the preliminaries, and then 21-5.5 in the finals to score six team points towards Oregon’s best finish - second - in a quarter century. Also ran the anchor leg on Oregon’s record-setting 4x100 meter relay team. First set the school mark at the Stanford Invitational (44.64). Lowered that to 44.61 at the Mt. SAC Relays before recording the current standard, 44.17, in the preliminaries of the NCAA West Regional. Ran the anchor leg on the 4x100 squad that finished third at the Pac-10 Championships (44.80) and the third leg of the 4x400 team that was also third at the Pac-10 meet (3:37.10, No. 7 all-time). Additionally, ran the anchor on the 4x400 meter relay team that set the Oregon Relays meet record (3:39.23). Named the team’s Lynne Winbigler Performer of the Year. Season Bests: Outdoors - 200 Meters - 24.34 (w+2.2) (PR), Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/23/09); Long Jump 21-5.5/6.54m, NCAA Championships, Fayetteville, Ark. (6/11/09); Triple Jump - 43-2.25/13.16m, Pac-10 Championships, Eugene, Ore. (5/16/09). Indoors - 60 Meters - 7.63 (PR), UW Indoor Invitational, Seattle, Wash. (1/31/09); Long Jump - 21-1.25/6.43m, NCAA Championships, College Station, Texas (3/13/09); Triple Jump - 40-6.25/12.35m (PR), UW Indoor Preview, Seattle, Wash. (1/17/09. 2007-08: Pac-10 scorer in the triple jump and 4x400 meter relay. Recorded marks that ranked among the school all-time top three in the triple jump, long jump and indoor long jump. Early start to the season began indoors at the Arkansas Last Chance meet, where she lept all the way to second on the school’s career list with an effort of 20-4.25. Kept rolling into the outdoor season, where she hit No. 2 on the school’s triple jump list with a leap of 41-11.25 at the Oregon Preview. Also went over 41 feet in finishing third at the Pac-10 Championships (41-5) and fourth at the U.S. Junior Championships (41-8.5). Got into the record books in the long jump in June at the U.S. Junior Championships with a leap of 20-9.75 to finish second. That second-place finish qualified her for the World Championships. In addition to her proficiency in the jumps, ranked third on the team in the 400 meter hurdles with a season-best mark of 1:00.94 from the Mt. SAC Relays. Ran personal best 24.96 in the 200 meters at the Oregon Relays. Ran on Oregon’s thirdplace 4x400 meters relay team at the Pac-10 Championships that clocked the sixth-fastest time in school history (3:37.43). Capped collegiate season with her first appearance in the NCAA West Regional (triple jump, 4x400 meter relay). Season Bests: Outdoors - 200 Meters - 24.96, Oregon Relays, Eugene, Ore. (4/26/08); 400 Hurdles - 1:00.94, Mt. SAC Relays, Walnut, Calif. (4/17/08); Long Jump - 20-9.75, U.S. Junior Championships, Columbus, Ohio (6/21/08); Triple Jump - 41-11.25, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore. (3/22/08). Indoors - Long Jump - 20-4.25, Arkansas Last Chance, Fayetteville, Ark. (3/7/08). Prep: Won the 2007 Pan-American Junior title in the long jump (21-0) less than a month after she won the USA Junior Championships long jump, and took fourth in the 400 meter hurdles (58.66). Added win during the summer in the Junior Olympics long jump and ran on third-place relays in the 4x100 meters and 4x400 meters. Earlier in the season, won the Golden West Invitational 300 meter hurdles and long jump and the Nike Indoor Nationals long jump and triple jump, where she set a PR with an effort of 42-2.75. As a junior, won national titles in the 2006 USATF Junior Olympic Championships long jump and triple jump and AAU Junior Olympics triple jump and 400 meter hurdles. As a senior in the California state championships, she won the 300 meter hurdles and the long jump and was third in the triple jump. As a junior, she was second in the 300 meter hurdles and third in the triple jump. She also finished sixth in the 4x100 meter relay as a senior and in the 100 meter hurdles as a junior. Also competed in the state meet as a sophomore in the 300 meter hurdles (third) and triple jump (sixth) and as a freshman in the triple jump and 100 meter hurdles. Personal: Major is family and human services. Her cousin Julius Thomas plays basketball at Portland State.
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Sarah Andrews Impressive winner in the 5,000 meters at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships. A five-time state champion, including the 2008 and 2009 cross country titles.
Freshman The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands High School Distance Personal Bests 5,000 Meters - 16:42.38, Pan American Junior Championships, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 8/1/09
Prep: A five-time Texas 5A state champion for The Woodlands High School. After breaking the 2009 Woodbridge Invitational cross country three-mile record in 16:01, captured the state 5A cross country title, covering the 3,200 meter course in 10:45.1. Followed that win by placing 10th at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, running 18:01.9 over a slow 5,000 meter course. That was a year after winning the 2008 Texas cross country title as a junior and leading The Woodlands to the team title for the first time since 1989. Also took second at the Nike Cross Nationals that season. Best 5,000 meters on the track, 16:42.38, came in a victory at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and ranked second nationally among all U.S. high schoolers. Advanced to the Pan Am Games by finishing second at the USA Track & Field Junior Championships at Historic Hayward Field (16:47.47). Won both the Texas 1,600 meter (4:56.11) and 3,200 meter (10:26.42) track titles as a junior in 2009 after winning the 3,200 meters in 10:43.78 as a sophomore in 2008. Prep bests in the 1,600 (4:54.69) and 3,200 (10:21.31) came during her junior season. High School Bests: 1,600 Meters - 4:54.64, 2009; 3,200 Meters - 10:21.31, 2009; 5,000 Meters - 16:42.38, 2009. Personal: Major is undeclared.
Phyllis Francis Talented East Coast runner should make an immediate impact on Oregon’s middle distance group. Prep indoor national champion at 800 meters. Broke the meet record in the 800 meters at the 2008 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships (2:04.83).
Freshman Fr resshman Queens, N.Y. Catherine McAuley High School Middle Distance
Prep: Won the 800 meters at the 2010 National Scholastic Indoor Championships (2:07.54) to cap a strong indoor season. That time was the sixth-best nationally among high schoolers in 2010. Won a pair of indoor titles for Brooklyn’s Catherine McAuley High School at the 2010 CHSAA Intersectionals, taking the 300 meters in 38.77 and the 600 in 1:31.64. At the 2010 Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden, took third in the 400 meters in 55.82 on a slow track. Burst on to the running scene by breaking the meet record in the 800 meters at the 2008 USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Championships in Omaha, Neb. Clocked a personal best 2:04.83 in claiming her second straight USATF victory. She followed that with a win at the 2009 National Scholastic Indoor Championships in 2:07.69. Won the 2009 New York State Division 2 final in the 800 meters in 2:12.71 and followed that with a second-place run in 2:10.03 championship finals (all divisions). In cross country, placed 16th at the 2009 CHSAA Intersectionals (16:23.60/4,000 meter course). High School Bests: 400 Meters - 55.82, 2010; 800 Meters - 2:04.83, 2008; High Jump - 5-6/1.67m, 2010. Personal: Major is undeclared.
Personal Bests 400 Meters - 55:82 (i), Millrose Games, New York, N.Y., 1/29/10 800 Meters - 2:04.83, USA Track & Field Junior Olympics, Omaha, Neb., 7/22/08
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English Gardner East Coast sprinter is a strong competitor who should make an immediate impact in Oregon’s sprints and relays. Ranked among the nation’s top 100 and 55 meter runners as a senior. A five-time New Jersey Group 4 winner in the 100 and 200 meters combined. Prep: Ranked 10th nationally as a senior in the 100 meters (11.56) and fourth in the country in the indoor 55 meters (6.91). Was the 2010 New Jersey Meet of Champions runner-up in the 100 meters for Eastern Senior High School when she ran her season-best time of 11.56. Was the Group 4 100 meter (11.84) and 200 meter (24.04) champion in 2010. Indoors as a senior, took third in the 55 meters Eastern States Championships, running 6.91. Also tallied an indoor win at the Hispanic Games in 7.06. Posted impressive times earlier in her prep career. As a sophomore in 2008, ran a wind-aided 11.49 in the 100 meters at the NJSIAA Group Championships and was the Group 4 100 and 200 meter winner. Also took second in the 100 in the 2008 Nike Outdoor Nationals in 11.82. As a freshman, won the New Jersey Meet of Champions 100 meter title (11.62) and was second in the 200 (24.11) during the 2007 spring season after taking the Group 4 state championships in both events. She missed her junior season due to a knee injury. High School Bests: 100 Meters - 11.49, 2008; 200 Meters - 23.60, 2007; 400 Meters - 53.98, 2006; 55 Meters - 6.91, 2010. Personal: Major is human physiology.
Freshman Voorhees, N.J. Eastern Senior High School Sprints Personal Bests 100 Meters - 11.49w (legal - 11.56), NJSIAA Group Championships, 2008 200 Meters - 23.60, AAU Region II Championships, 2007 400 Meters - 53.98, UAGTCA Youth Invitational, 2006
Devin Gosberry Rising quarter-miler transfers to Oregon with three seasons of outdoor eligibility and two indoors. Was the 2010 Horizon League co-women’s indoor track and field athlete of the year for Loyola, Ill., after winning three titles. Set four indoor records and one outdoor record at Loyola. Before Oregon: As a sophomore at Loyola, Ill., during the indoor season, set four school records and won three Horizon League championships (200 meters, 400 meters and 4x400 meter relay) in being named that conference’s 2010 co-female indoor track and field athlete of the year. Set school indoor marks at 200 meters (24.67) and 400 meters (53.67), in addition to 300 meters (39.14) and 500 meters (1:14.26). Competed in one meet outdoors before an injury resulted in a medical redshirt. As a freshman in 2009, won the Horizon League Indoor Championships and set then-school records in the 400 meters (55.63) and the 4x400 meter relay (3:54.87). Also finished fourth in the 200 meters at the league meet. Won the 400 meters at the outdoor Horizon League Championships (54.33). Set the school record in the 400 meters, 54.19, at the Georgia Tech Invitational. At Munster High School, helped the track and field team place fourth in the state as a senior by placing second in the 400 meters (55.2). Received first team all-conference honors. Loyola, Ill., Bests: Outdoors - 200 Meters, 24.77 (PR), Horizon League Championships, Chicago, Ill. (5/16/09); 400 Meters, 54.19 (PR), Georgia Tech Invitational, Atlanta, Ga., (5/15/09). Indoors - 200 Meters, 24.67 (PR), ISU Classic, Ames, Iowa (2/13/10); 400 Meters, 53.67 (PR), NCAA Qualifier, Ames, Iowa (3/6/10). Personal: Major is journalism.
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RSS Sophomore RS-Sophomore Dyer, Ind. Munster High School/Loyola, Ill. Sprints Personal Bests 200 Meters - 24.67 (i), ISU Classic, Ames, Iowa, 2/13/10 400 Meters - 53.67 (i), NCAA Qualifier, Ames, Iowa, 3/6/10
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Lauryn Newson One of the top women’s long jumpers in the nation brings considerable championship level experience to Eugene. A 2010 USA Track & Field Championships qualifier. Like teammate Jamesha Youngblood, could play a significant role in both the long jump and on the 4x100 relay squad, in addition to the sprints.
Junior Richmond, Calif. Pinole Valley High School/ Laney CC Sprints/Jumps Personal Bests 100 Meters - 11.60, California State JC Championships, Lancaster, Calif., 5/22/10 200 Meters - 23.53, Coast Conference Championships, San Jose, Calif., 4/27/10 Long Jump - 21-7.25/6.58m, USA Track & Field Championships, Des Moines, Iowa, 6/26/10
Before Oregon: Ranked 12th among all U.S women in the long jump in 2010 with a best leap of 217.25/6.58m from the USA Track & Field Championships. Finished sixth at the USA meet. Won the 100 meters (11.60) and long jump (20-9.25/6.33m) at the California State JC Championships as a sophomore for Laney Community College. Time in the 100 was a JC best. Also took second in the 200 (24.33) and third in the high jump (6-3/1.60m) to help Laney win the state title. Set a PR in the 200 (23.53) earlier in the season at the Coast Conference Championships. Set the school record in the long jump (21-1.5/6.44m) at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite. As a sophomore in 2009, helped Laney take second at the state meet by winning the 100 (11.73) and 200 (23.64) meters and the long jump. She set a then-school record in the long jump going 20-5.25. Prior to competing for Laney, represented Team USA at the 2009 Pan American Junior Championships and took third in the long jump (19-7.5). Graduated from Pinole Valley High School, where she also played basketball. Was the 2008 junior regional winner in the long jump, going 20-2.5 to advance to the USATF Junior Championships. Laney CC Bests: 100 Meters, 11.60 (PR), California State JC Championships, Lancaster, Calif. (5/22/10); 200 Meters, 23.53 (PR), Coast Conference Championships, San Jose, Calif. (4/27/10); High Jump - 5-5/1.65m (PR), California State JC Championships, San Mateo, Calif. (5/15/09); Long Jump - 21-7.25/6.58m (PR), USA Track & Field Championships, Des Moines, Iowa (6/26/10). Personal: Major is biology.
Chizoba Okodogbe The No. 4 prep 400 meter runner in the country (53.06) rounds out an impressive lineup of young sprinters who will contribute at 200 and 400 meters, as well as on the relays. Native of Nigeria is internationally experienced, having competed for her home country at the 2009 Worth Youth Championships in Italy.
Freshman Fr res eshman Antioch, Calif. Deer Valley High School Sprints
Prep: Ranked fourth nationally in the 400 meters (53.06). Was the California State runner-up at 400 meters for Deer Valley High School, finishing the final in 53.42. Set prep best in the quarter mile, 53.06, in a win at the NCS Meet of Champions. Set high school best in the 200 (23.89) at the Meet of Champions, where she won the 400 (53.23) and was the runner-up at 200. Had the 13th-fastest prep time nationally in the 400 meters last season, 53.74, in a third place finish at the California state championships. Was seventh in the 400 as a sophomore (55.91). Representing her native Nigeria, finished sixth in the 400 meters at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships in Sudtirol, Italy (56.01). Also competed in cross country for Deer Valley. High School Bests: 200 Meters - 23.89, 2010; 400 Meters - 53.06, 2010. Personal: Major is undeclared.
Personal Bests 200 Meters - 23:89, Meet of Champions, Sacramento, Calif., 5/1/10 400 Meters - 53:06, NCS Meet of Champions, Berkeley, Calif., 5/28/10
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Megan Patrignelli New Yorker with enormous potential in the middle distance events, having focused on the 1,500 meters since only her junior year. Prep: Captured the 2009 New York state 1,500 meter championship for Monroe-Woodbury High School in a prep-best 4:25.65. She had the No. 4 time nationally in the mile, 4:46.91 (converted from 1,600 meters), and the No. 23 time in the 800, 2:09.26, as a junior. As a senior, placed second in the 800 and third in the 1,500 at the Section IX Class A & D Championships. Was a 2009 NSIC All-American in the 800 meters and the distance medley relay, and also a Nike Outdoor All-American at 800 meters (sixth) and the sprint medley relay. The former soccer player participated in her first cross country season as a senior in 2009 and recorded an impressive top-10 finish at the New York state meet. Indoors as a senior, took second in the 1,000 meters at the OCIAA Indoor Track Championships in 2:58.14 and helped Monroe-Woodbury win the 4x800 meters relay (9:36.71). High School Bests: 800 Meters - 2:09.26, 2009; 1,000 Meters - 2:58.14, 2010; 1,500 Meters - 4:25.65, 2009. Personal: Major is undeclared.
Freshman Monroe, N.Y. Monroe-Woodbury High School Middle Distance Personal Bests 800 Meters - 2:09.26, 2009 1,500 Meters - 4:25.65, New York State Championships, Cicero, N.Y, 6/13/09
Laura Roesler One of the top middle distance recruits in the nation comes to Oregon after winning an astounding 21 state titles in her native North Dakota. A 2008 Olympic Trials semifinalist at 800 meters. A 2010 IAAF World Junior Championship semifinalist at 800 meters. Had the No. 2 high school time nationally in the 800 (2:04.34) and the seventh-fastest 400 time (53.25) as a senior. Prep: An Olympic Trials semifinalist (800 meters), IAAF World Junior Championships finalist (800) and 21-time North Dakota state champion. Dominated the North Dakota prep running scene for South Fargo High School. Won five straight state titles at 200, 400 and 800 meters, four at 100 meters and also claimed a pair of cross country titles. As a senior, captured state crowns at 200 (24.90), 400 (53.25) and 800 (2:17.64) meters and was second in the 100 (12.38). The 400 mark was a meet record and the seventh-fastest among high schoolers in 2010. During preliminary rounds, set PRs in the 100 (11.97) and 200 (24.51) meters. Went on to compete in the 800 meters at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships, where she was the runner-up in 2:05.80. Wrapped prep career at the 2010 IAAF World Championships, where she ran a seasonbest 2:04.34 in the semifinals, missing the final by .01. That was the No. 2 U.S. high school 800 time in the nation in 2010. From 2006 to 2009 won four straight North Dakota state titles at four different distances: 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters and 800 meters. Was also the North Dakota cross country champion as a freshman and sophomore. Following her sophomore season, qualified for the 2008 Olympic Trials, where she ran 2:04.03 in the preliminary round to qualify for the semifinals. Her personal best in the 800, 2:03.08, came a few weeks earlier at the Jim Bush Invitational in Los Angeles. Was the 2009 Nike Indoor National Champion at 800 meters despite the cancellation of North Dakota indoor track season due to extreme flooding in Fargo. Placed second in the 800 at the 2009 Junior USA Track & Field Championships in Eugene (2:07.41). High School Bests: 100 Meters - 11.97, 2010; 200 Meters - 24.51, 2010; 400 Meters - 53.25, 2010; 800 Meters - 2:03.08, 2008. Personal: Major is undeclared. Last name is pronounced RACE-ler.
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Frees Freshman eshm h an Fargo, N.D. South Fargo High School Middle Distance Personal Bests 100 Meters - 11.97, North Dakota State Meet, Bismark, N.D., 5/28/10 200 Meters - 24.51, North Dakota State Meet, Bismark, N.D., 5/28/10 400 Meters - 53.25, North Dakota State Meet, Bismark, N.D., 5/29/10 800 Meters - 2:03.08, Jim Bush Invitational, Los Angeles, Calif., 6/7/08
NEWCOMER PROFILES
Kortney Ross Joins All-American Melissa Gergel and Pac-10 scorer Jordan Roskelley to give Oregon one of the deepest vaulting groups in the nation. The trio of pole vaulters have all cleared 13-4 (4.06 meters). Two-time California state champion who was a 2010 Junior USA Track & Field Championships competitor.
Freshman San Diego, Calif. Westview High School Pole Vault
Prep: Ranked fourth nationally in the pole vault among high schoolers in 2010 with a clearance of 136/4.11m. That height won the California state title as a senior for Westview High School. Also captured pole vault titles at the Mt. SAC Relays and the Arcadia Invitational. Qualified for the 2010 Junior USA Track & Field Championships, where she placed third at 12-7.5/3.85m. Also clocked a respectable 11.89 in the 100 meters in the preliminaries of the 2010 state meet. Was named the San Diego women’s track and field athlete of the year. Ranked third in the country as a junior with a best clearance of 13-4, which was her winning height at the 2009 California state meet. Was also a member of the 2009 USA World Youth Track and Field Team. Holds four school records. Also lettered in golf. High School Bests: 100 Meters - 11.89, 2010; Pole Vault - 13-6/4.11m, 2010. Personal: Major is undeclared.
Personal Bests Pole Vault - 13-6/4.11m, California State Track & Field Championships, Clovis, Calif., 6/5/10
Others to Watch
Camilla Dencer
Olivia Ferrara
Jill Fogelstrom
Felicia Odle
Junior / Middle Distance Northridge, Calif. West Valley Christian/ UCLA
Freshman / Hurdles Portland, Ore. Liberty High School
Freshman / Throws Eugene, Ore. Sheldon High School
Freshman / Javelin Camas, Wash. Union High School
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Sophomore / Throws Portola Valley, Calif. Mountain View High School
Freshman / Throws Parkdale, Ore. Hood River Valley High School
RS-Sophomore / Jumps Springfield, Ore. Thurston High School
Freshman / Throws Medford, Ore. South Medford High School
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RS-Freshman / Javelin Keizer, Ore. McNary High School
Senior / Jumps Gladstone, Ore. Gladstone High School
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