Crabb
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record and Pac-10-leading time
of 4:19.88 at the Mt. SAC Relays.
She’ll tell you one of the main
reasons for her success is the
training she does with former
Duck and six-time All-American
Marie Davis.
‘Tmreally happy to have*her,”
Crabb said. “We push each other
in different ways. She’s more dis
tance-oriented, and I’m more
speed-oriented. So with the com
bination of those two, we really
compliment each other.”
Instead of practicing with the
rest of her teammates, Crabb
trains with Davis.
“She’s training with Marie be
cause we don’t really have any
one who can run with her,”
Heinonen said. “But she has still
stepped forward to be a leader
even though she is isolated from
the team a lot. She’s not separate
by her choice but by the situa
tion, and it’s worked out.”
Still, the youthful Duck run
ners are appreciative of the lead
ership Crabb provides.
“Yeah, [she’s] supportive,”
said freshman Eri Macdonald,
who was also one of Crabb’s cross
country teammates.
Macdonald also indicated that
Crabb is always there for encour
agement and is willing to help
out fellow teammates whenever
possible.
1 hey re all great girls, Crabb
said. “Because we have so many
underclassmen, they look for me
to be that leader. And I enjoy it.
It’s fun.”
Crabb admits it is kind of weird
to suddenly be the leader of the
pack. She can still remember what
it was like as the youngster of the
team, looking up to Davis.
“I admire Marie for who she is
as a person and how she em
braces running,” Crabb said.
“She has a good attitude and is
really driven. She’s definitely a
role model I look up to.”
Davis’ influence bn Crabb is
evident.
“What I’ve learned from her is
that in order to succeed you need
to set a goal and work toward
that,” Crabb said. “In the past, I
haven’t been really good at that.
“But now I am going for it.”
Crabb is talking about the
prize she has eyed throughout
her college career: To be an
NCAA All-American.
As she talked of her deep desire
to achieve this, she didn’t present
herself as cocky, but driven.
“It’s one thing to want to be an
All-American, but it’s a whole oth
er thing to say that I’m going to be
one,” Crabb said. “I have nothing
to lose, and I’ll be disappointed if I
finish my career at Oregon with
out reaching that status.”
First comes first, however, as
the Pac-10 Championships await.
“The dynamics of a track meet
at Hayward Field can be paral
leled by no other,” Crabb said. “I
love track. Track is where my
heart is.”
So the next time you see Crabb
running around campus some
where, you’ll know why she is
out there. She’s out there to fulfill
her daily ritual and to be the best
runner she can be.
“If I don’t get out there and run
every day I feel guilty about it,”
Crabb said. “It’s just not a com
plete day. Some days I’m really
into it, and other days it’s hard. But
like anything you do, it’s not al
ways going to be a feast of giggles.”
Perhaps. But if she snags a Pac
10 title and earns All-American
status at the NCAA Champi
onships in Durham, N.G., on May
31-June 3, she’ll be laughing in
celebration.
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