Lauren Wimer | Senior Photographer
Senior
Bree Fuqua
will be
Oregon’s
only athlete
to compete
in the
women's
shot put
and discus
events at
the NCAA
West Re
gional
Champi
onships
this
weekend.
PERFECT
Bree Fuqua threw at Wisconsin before transferring
to Oregon, where coaches have helped her succeed
BY STEPHEN MILLER
SPORTS REPORTER
It was just another cold, rainy day of
track and field practice at Hayward
Field. A group of athletes dodged rain
drops as they polished their technique
in various throwing events.
As post-collegiate athlete Cari Soong
recalls, the rainfall stopped when sen
ior Bree Fuqua walked onto the track.
Fuqua arrived. The rain stopped.
They stood in the House of Pre
fontaine. It finally clicked for Oregon
throws coach Lance Deal.
Then and there, the play on
words began, and the creative juices
started flowing.
“ (Deal) was like, ‘We should make
Stop Bree shirts!’” Soong said. “I
thought it was a great idea.”
Soong said she became the desig
nated screenprinter, but she only had
enough resources to make four shirts.
At the Oregon Invitational, Deal
guided Fuqua’s attention to fellow
throwers Sarah Malone, Britney Henry
and Soong, who cheered from the
West Grandstand, sporting shirts with
their spin-off of a classic idea.
“I thought it was cool that they wore
it, and it pumped me up to see them
wearing it,” said Fuqua, who refused
to wear the fourth shirt and instead
stuffed it in her duffel bag. “I’m not
cocky enough to wear it.”
The shirts’ statement, however, mo
tivated Fuqua. The 23-year-old said it
was refreshing to see support for her
efforts, especially because none of her
teammates were competing beside her.
“That’s one thing that was really
hard for me at Pac-lOs,” Fuqua said. “I
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