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Men peek into future at TWilight
Mike McGrath steals the
limelight from current Ducks,
but Oregon still notches some
important marks on Saturday
Men’s track and field
Peter Hockaday
Sports Editor
In the race between Immediate
Future and Long Term at the Oregon
Twilight on Saturday, Long Term
won by a nose.
The Ducks caught a glimpse of
their distance-running future as mil
er Mike McGrath passed a big name
— Steve Prefontaine — on Oregon’s
prep list in the Bill McChesney Jr.
Memorial Twilight Mile. McGrath,
who ran the race in 4 minutes, 5.28
seconds, is now ranked third all-time
in the state and is signed to come to
Oregon next year.
“I came here to run 4:04, and
getting under four would’ve been
icing on the cake,” McGrath said.
“I’ve got a lot of work to do to get
there, though.”
McGrath said he’s excited about
running on the Hayward Field track
as a collegian.
“If I’m going to (go under four
minutes) anywhere, it’s going to be
here,” McGrath said.
Another high schooler, Galen
Rupp, made a splash in the 3,000.
Rupp took aim at Prefontaine’s high
school record in the event, but
missed it by six seconds. He finished
third overall in 8:14.00
But as far as their immediate fu
ture is concerned, the Ducks took
another successful step toward the
Pacific-10 Conference Champi
onships with a strong showing at
the rainy Oregon Twilight. In their
last chance to qualify, several
Ducks notched marks that vaulted
them into the Pac-10 and NCAA re
gional meets.
The most important of those
marks came from Jordan Kent, who
ran his only 200-meter race of the
regular season and didn’t botch the
chance. He dominated the first half
of the race, finished in 21.09 seconds
and won the event. His time was a
personal best by .20 seconds and
Mike McGrath
(285) passed
Steve
Prefontaine on
the Oregon
high school mile
list. MG rath
now sits third all
time in the state.
Adam Amato
Emerald
good enough to put him fourth on
the conference list.
“Today I felt good,” said Kent, who
pulled out of the 200 at the Oregon
Invitational last week because of a
minor groin injury. “But I didn’t ex
pect to PR. I just got out pretty fast.”
The Ducks also got important
qualifying marks from Ryan Flaherty
in the 800 and Jeff Lindsey in the
high jump. Flaherty, a freshman and
former Oregon high school champi
on in the 800, won the event handily
and was excited to notch his first
qualifying time as a Duck.
“I’m stoked,” he said. “It’s been
bugging me for awhile that I couldn’t
get that mark, and this felt great. It
definitely gives me confidence head
ing into Pac-lOs.”
Lindsey, like fellow freshman
Chad Glason at the Oregon Invita
"! didn't expect to PR.
I just got out
pretty fast."
Jordan Kent
Oregon freshman
tional, used the presence of former
Duck standout Kyley Johnson to
jump an NCAA-regional qualifying
height of 6 feet, 9 1/2 inches. John
son won the event at the same
height but had fewer misses.
Most of the other Oregon winners,
like Eric Mitchum in the 110 hurdles
and Brandon Holliday in the 400
hurdles, had already qualified for the
conference and regional meets be
fore Saturday’s action.
Jason Hartmann, who won the
3,000 in his only race at Hayward
Field this season, said he just want
ed to come out and give the 3,301
fans in attendance a good show.
“It felt good to get out and give
them something they want,”
Hartmann said.
Hartmann is one of many Ducks
who now feel primed for the Pac-10
meet. Despite the cold, blustery con
ditions at Hayward Field on Satur
day, the meet provided the best pos
sible tune-up for the conference
finale in two weeks.
“We continue to show a lot of
steady improvement,” Oregon head
coach Martin Smith said. “Every
thing will get a lot more serious here
in a couple weeks.”
The Pac-10 heptathlon and de
cathlon will take place Saturday and
Sunday in Los Angeles. The rest of
the Oregon crew will bead down for
the big meet on May 17-18, and the
NCAA West Regionals will be held at
Stanford starting May 30.
On Friday, Brett Holts ran down to
preview the Stanford steeplechase at
the Cardinal Invitational. He fin
ished 10th in the elite field but low
ered his personal best in the event
by almost two seconds. He was al
ready qualified for the regional meet
in the event.