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Brown improves her long jump
After a career of building,
senior Amanda Brown tries
to extend her season into two
more meets at the Regionals
Women’s track notes
Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
Senior Amanda Brown never
enjoyed track and field when she
started out. It just never seemed
to fit.
In middle school, Brown would
beat the boys in the sprints and in
timidate the girls if she ever raced
against her own gender. In high
school, she was thrown in nearly
every event there was.
On top of that, the Eugene native
loved basketball the most.
So when did track and field final
ly become enjoyable?
“Senior year, after I won my
fourth state title,” Brown said.
After four years at Sheldon High
School, she had rewritten the Ore
gon prep books by winning four 4A
long jump titles along with four dis
trict titles in the 100-meter dash
and long jump.
Nearly half a decade later, Brown
is closing her senior season jumping
five inches farther than her prep
days, and as an avid triple jumper,
the 22-year-old leads Oregon in
both events.
Brown’s personal best of 19
feet, 4 1/4 inches in the long jump
has propelled her to a Pac-10 ap
pearance every year, scoring as a
sophomore and junior. The mark
leaves Brown 3 1/2 inches from
breaking into the top-10 all-time
at Oregon.
The triple jump has proved
more favorable for Brown as she
ranks fourth all-time at Oregon
(40-9 1/2) and finished sixth at
Pac-lOs last weekend.
“This year I’ve been working on it
so much that it’s almost natural
now,” Brown said. “There’s still a lot
to do and a lot to work on.”
Brown has recently dealt with a
right ankle injury that hindered her
performance at the conference
meet. With regionals less than two
weeks away, Brown is hoping to be
fully recovered.
“I’m focusing on getting healthy,
and if I get healthy I’ll jump far,”
Brown said. “Right now, 42 feet
would probably be my goal. To
some that might seem far-fetched,
but I know it’s not, and I’ve jumped
it before.”
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Amanda Brown is on the cusp of breaking into Oregon's top-10 all time in the long jump, but she ranks fourth in the triple jump.
Every day is a Holliday
She may be more than a foot
short still, but redshirt senior Becky
Holliday is nearly at the top of the
world after clearing 14-6 at Pac-lOs
this weekend.
It is the second best mark in the
world this year along with a per
sonal best. It moves her to eighth
all-time among Americans and set
a new Pac-10 record. And to top it
off, it places her nearly two inch
es above anyone else in the colle
giate ranks.
“It’s almost like a dream come
true to be jumping as high as I am,”
Holliday said. “It means I am
achieving my goals.”
The Sparks, Nev., native is ab
staining from this weekend’s Pre
fontaine Classic and will see compe
tition again at next weekend’s
regional meet when she allows the
rest of the West Coast to try and
catch her.
Thirteen days too long
After senior Mary Etter had
what she would term a mediocre
performance in the Pac-10 discus
competition, where she finished
fourth, all she wanted to do was
throw again. And 13 days before
the regional meet was far too long
to wait.
“I’m impatient,” Etter said after
pleading for regionals to come soon
er. “If I throw what I did today, I’ll
have it in my hands.”
The Everett, Wash., native hit a
mark of more than 188 feet, but it
was not legal. If it had landed in
bounds, Etter would be ranked
third nationally.
Contact the sports reporter
at jessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
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