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McChesney flirts with 5,000 record
Photo by Steve Dykes
Bill McChesney gapes at the scoreboard clock, which stopped
prematurely at 13:12 in the 5,000. His actual time of 13:15.77 was
less than a second off the American record.
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Misses U.S. mark by less than second
By JODY MURRAY
Of the Emerald
After passing the two-mile
mark in the 5,000 meters, Bill
McChesney knew something
special was afoot.
"I suddenly realized, Hey, I
can get an American record if I
just start cookin!' ”
Four laps remained in Satur
day's race, and the 4,000
Hayward Field fans attending
the Northern Division Relays
knew exactly what was happen
ing. They screamed themselves
purple as McChesney poured it
on. The scoreboard flashed the
American record — 13:15.06,
set in 1976 by Marty Liquori.
As McChesney hit the tape,
there was a moment of confu
sion as the scoreboard's clock
stopped prematurely at 3:12.
Actually, McChesney had
missed the U.S. mark by less
than a second — 13:15.77.
After taking a very quick vic
tory lap, stopping for handslaps,
autographs and a somersault
down the backstretch,
McChesney approached a bevy
of reporters. He wasn’t a bit
winded, looking like someone
who had watched the race
rather than ran it.
“Your best efforts always feel
easy,” said McChesney, who is
redshirting at Oregon this year
to give seniors Rudy Chapa and
Alberto Salazar their season in
the sun.
Despite running all alone for
11 of the 12 laps (Mike Lohman
finished second at 13:51.16),
McChesney’s time was the
second best ever by an Amer
ican and the 16th all-time in the
world.
Earlier in the week, with the
rain coming and going, he had
planned to only run around
13:40. Then at race time, noting
the cool, windless evening air,
McChesney thought a 13:20
would be possible.
But he would prognosticate
no further. Because McChesney
has learned that promises are
made to be broken.
“If I told myself, Til run 13:15
today,' I’d tie myself in knots. So
I’m not going to try to make it
happen anymore. If it doesn’t
happen again, I’m not worried.
“But I have this instinctive
feeling that it will. Hey, I'm only
22. I've got plenty of years to
go.”
Since McChesney isn’t
competing collegiately, this is
actually the beginning of his
season. His peak, he said, will
hopefully come at September's
World Cup in Europe.
“I'll have to reevaluate my
goals. I've never been in this
position so early in the year.”
McChesney’s run was the
brightest of several performan
ces by current or former Ducks.
Reidar Lorentzen heaved the
javelin 255-6 on his last throw to
beat University of Washington's
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Mike Mahovolich (249-9); Jim
Hill, a 5,000 specialist, tried the
1,500 and clocked a sparkling
3:41.54; and former Duck Ken
Martin came out of training to
run his first steeplechase of the
year in 8:26.43.
Martin was very satisfied with
his run, which nearly equalled
his first steeplechase last year
(8:25.5).
"It was super easy. This one
felt easier (than last year's); I
didn’t go out as hard."
Hill said despite this 1,500,
which translated to about a 3:58
mile, his first love is still the
5,000. And he also seems to
belong to the McChesney
school of relaxed running
“I’m a guy who just runs to
win, because if you run against
the clock, you always lose in the
end."
But the day’s big winner was
McChesney, who because of
the scoreboard clock mixup
didn’t know his official time for
almost 15 minutes. When an
official finally told him, he face
broke into a look of mock dis
may
“God darn, I’ll just have to
break it again later, I suppose.
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