Wednesday, July 13, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Running commentary
By Charlie Kanzig
Correspondent
Veteran athletes and
young guns will represent
the U.S. at the Olympics in
track and field.
The Olympic trials for
track and field concluded
Sunday, July 10, in Eugene,
following 10 days of intense
competition to determine the
representatives for the U.S.
in Rio next month.
When it was all said and
done, some veterans pre-
vailed as champions, but
there were plenty of young
guns who made their mark
as well. Additionally, a boat-
load of athletes with Oregon
ties qualified for the Olympic
Games.
My favorite of the “old-
timers,” Bernard Lagat,
uncorked a 52.8-second
final lap to win the 5,000
meters. He is 41 years
young. He qualified for his
fifth Olympics, which means
some of the guys he beat
were mere grade-school-
ers when he ran in his first
Olympics.
Afterwards, in the media
tent, he said, “If you think of
yourself as an old man, you
will run like an old man.”
Perhaps it’s time to
change my way of thinking…
Lagat’s joy in winning
may have been the most
demonstrative of any of
the event champions. He
appeared at first to be about
to cry, and then his face
absolutely beamed as he
celebrated with the other
qualifiers.
On the other end of
the spectrum, 16-year-old
Sydney McLaughlin of
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
shattered the world junior
record in the 400 hurdles on
her way to placing third and
qualifying for the Olympics.
Her time of 54.15 is the sixth
best time in the world this
year.
For perspective, the
fastest high school girl in
Oregon ran 55.66 for 400
meters without having to
deal with 10 sets of hurdles
in the way.
In interviews after the
race, she appeared to be in a
dream, barely able to com-
prehend that she was indeed
an Olympian. She said, “I
can’t believe this is happen-
ing right now. Just hearing
the word ‘Olympics’ was
a dream in the back of my
mind. I was like, ‘Oh yeah
I’m going to the trials,’ but
it’s not going to happen
(make it to Rio).’”
A slew of Oregon-linked
athletes qualified for the
Olympics as well, includ-
ing current and former
Ducks Devon Allen (110
hurdles); Galen Rupp (mara-
thon and 10,000); Deajah
Stevens and Jenna Prandini
(200 meters); English
Gardner (100 meters); Cyrus
Hostetler (javelin); Matt
Centrowitz (1,500 meters);
and of course, Ashton Eaton
(decathlon), among others.
A number of other qualifiers
are based in Oregon through
the Oregon Track Club, the
Bowerman Track Club, and
the Nike Oregon Project.
Not every athlete with
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16-year-old Sydney Mclaughlin shyly acknowledged the hayward Field
crowd after qualifying for the olympics in the 400-meter hurdles.
Oregon ties made it to the
Olympics, but the partisan
crowd certainly contributed
mightily to supporting them
and, for some, the electric-
ity carried them well past
the finish line. When Devon
Allen won the 110 hurdles he
kept on running, jumped the
fence and embraced mem-
bers of his family. Track
officials finally coaxed him
back onto the track where
he belonged, but it was a
poignant, joyful moment for
sure.
I think all of the record-
breaking crowds who
attended would agree that
Eugene, “Track Town, USA”
once again, hosted a world-
class event.
The Olympic track and
field events begin in Rio on
Friday, August 12 and run
through August 21.
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