Men’s track
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Which left the relays. Oregon
finished a close second in the
4x100 and wrapped up the meet
with its first track victory of the
day in the 4x400.
However, it was Jennings in the
4x800, taking the baton with his
team in fourth place. It was Jen
nings, surging up through the
ranks to take the lead.
It was Stanford-led Jennings
that stole the show.
“I was looking at the finish line
before I even started — I was like,
that’s where I’m gonna be,” said
Jennings, pausing to hand water
to his teammates. “We weren’t go
ing for time, we were going to put
on a show here and get excited.
“Right now we’re about compe
r
tition. We’re about being mean
out there when we need to be
mean, but mean in a good way,
mean in a positive way.”
Not to say the Ducks didn’t
have their moments. Oregon’s
three-second victory in the 4x400
was an emotional feat, fueled by
the efforts of Jermaine Hanspard,
Nat Johnson, Ross Krempley and
Howard Moore.
“It feels great to finish the meet
on a high note like that,” Johnson
said. “We all ran pretty well.
That’s about as good as I’ve felt all
year. It was the first time I’ve run
the second leg of a [4x400], but it
felt awesome.”
Johnson was Oregon’s top fin
isher of the meet, also winning
the long jump with a leap of 24
feet, 1/4 inches, just 1/2 an inch
shy of his personal best.
Freshman Foluso Akinradewo
won the triple jump with a mark
of 48-7 1/2. Sophomore high
jumper Jason Boness scored an
other NCAA provisional mark of
7-1 3/4 to win his event, but he
failed to clear the bar at 7-3.
“I got the crowd into me, but [I]
forgot my technique, pretty
much,” Boness said. “I didn’t hit
the positions that I needed to
jump high. I still jumped high, but
it wasn’t based on technique, it
was based on energy I was get
ting.”
In the throws, freshman John
Stiegeler finished second in the
javelin with an eight-foot person
al-best toss of 215-10. Sophomore
John Bello upped his personal
best in the discuss to 177-3 en
route to a third-place finish, and
freshman Adam Kriz also set a
new best with a 185-6 hammer
throw.
Kevin Calame Emerald
Senior Nat Johnson wins the long jump with a leap of 241/4. The meet’s top finisher,
Johnson also helped the Ducks to a first-place finish in the 4x400 relay.
Kevin Calame Emerald
Competing in four events, Hilary Holly has a busy, successful day. The senior leader
wins the long jump with a 19-2 mark, the best of her season so far.
Women
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“I really enjoyed this meet,”
23rd-year assistant coach Mark
Stream said. “Anytime people can
come to Eugene for a quality meet,
they will. This may be a real good
weekend for us to hold this meet. ”
It was, and it also turned out to
be a great weekend for Morrison.
The junior used her strength and
determination to give her a final
tally of 185-9, the best ever by an
Oregon hammer thrower.
The score also marked Morri
son’s personal record and met the
NCAA provisional standard of 183
9. The win was especially sweet for
her since she broke former team
mate — and friend — Heidi Fisk’s
Oregon record of 183-6.
“It’s been building all week in
practice, and it wasn’t raining, so
that was a good element,” Morri
son said. “The record was espe
cially special because my old
teammate Heidi and I are really
close. So next time I see her,
which I always do, it’ll be fun.”
One Duck who was certainly
enjoying herself on Saturday was
Holly. The senior leader kept her
self mighty busy throughout the
day by competing in four events.
She was a part of the fourth
place 4x100 team, and then ten
minutes later, went out and won
the long jump with her best wind
legal jump of the season (19-2).
She then recorded a personal
record in the 200 meter dash with
a seventh-place time of 25:31. Her
long day was completed when
she battled through a sore body to
achieve a personal record with
her third-place triple-jump (38-5).
“I had great support today,”
Holly said. “The fans get excited
and they clap, and [that] gets you
psyched up. I’m tired, but it was a
lot of fun.”
In the javelin, it was Howell’s
second throw that won the event.
With her right arm extended back,
the All-American unleashed a
heave that sailed beyond the 160
foot mark for the event-winning
length of 162-1.
The day was completed with
the competitive pole vault, in
which Oregon’s Howell edged
Stanford’s Kathleen Donoghue
with a NCAA Provisional clear
ance of 12-5 1/2.
Afterwards, the Duck men and
women signed trading cards of
themselves for kids. One boy’s
face was one of pure joy when he
showed his dad his autograph
from Karis Howell that read,
“Keep Smiling!”
It was a fitting end to a day that
did indeed produce many grins.
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