2B COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JUNE 14, 2017
Four day wrap-up from NCAA Championships
BY ZACH SILVA
FOR THE SENTINEL
EUGENE – The Oregon
women’s track and fi eld
team won the NCAA Track
and Field championship last Saturday at Hayward
Field which captured the sport’s elusive Triple
Crown. The Triple Crown, consisting of winning
the NCAA title in cross-country and both the in-
door and outdoor track and fi eld championship all
in the same academic year, had never been won
by a women’s team.
“We’re really trying to make a name for our-
selves and put ourselves out there as the women
of Oregon,” said senior standout Raevyn Rogers.
“That’s really what we wanted to do. We were
Crown
able to make history and it feels really good to
be the fi rst [to win the Triple Crown]. The fi rst to
ever do it.”
Throughout the weekend, Rogers played a cru-
cial role to the team. Not only did she win the 800
fi nal on Saturday, a race that she has the collegiate
record in, but she was also the anchor leg of an
airtight 4x400 relay.
Going into the relay, the Ducks were losing to
University of Georgia, who did not have a team
in the race, by 8.2 points meaning the only way
for the Ducks to win the team title was to win this
race.
“We can’t be second or we’re going to lose
by .2 points and we have to win,” said Oregon’s
coach Robert Johnson to the 4x400 team before
the race. “And I hate to put this on you but I also
want to put it on you because I wouldn’t want it
to come down to any other group of four girls on
our team.”
The race was close throughout. Oregon was
locked in a battle with University of Southern
California and were trading off between fi rst and
second. Rogers got the baton and was behind the
Trojans until she took off with about 150 meters
to go. Rogers was able to hold on to the lead and
beat USC by two tenths of a second and helped
set a new collegiate 4x400 record in the process.
“I really had to stay calm and stay composed
and really just run my race and focus on myself,”
said Rogers. “My legs in the last 50 meters were
all over the place but whatever I had to do, I had
to get to the fi nish line.“
Coming into the fi nal day on Saturday, it looked
like Oregon was going to follow the form chart
and cruise to an easy victory as was projected.
This was not the case.
“The big shock and the big surprise where
everything got tainted didn’t start until after the
200,” said Johnson.
In the 200, Oregon’s Ariana Washington and
Deajah Stevens were looking to fi nish fi rst and
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ers in the last 100 but Rogers was able to edge her out at the end and won the race by two tenths of a
second in a time of 3:23.13, which is also a new collegiate record.
“We’re really trying to make a name for ourselves and put ourselves out there as the women of Ore-
gon,” said Rogers. “That’s really what we wanted to do. We were able to make history and it feels really
good to be the fi rst [to win the Triple Crown]. The fi rst to ever do it.”
And to win the title, it took a little bit of help from everyone. In addition to Rogers’ 800 victory,
teammate Brooke Feldmeir, who was not projected to score in the event, ended up taking third.
“I haven’t really slept the last two days. I’ve just been really excited because I knew there was more
left,” said Feldmeier.
Oregon also picked up points from Katie Rainsberger’s fourth place fi nish in the 1500, Sasha Wallace
and Alaysha Johnson’s fourth and sixth place fi nishes in the 100 hurdles, Elexis Guster’s sixth place in
the 400 and Samantha Nadel’s eight place fi nish in the 5000.
Dad's Free June 17th for Father's
Night at The Races
By Ben Deatherage
be this Father’s Day so bring
him down to the races and have
the best Father’s Day yet!!
For the Cottage Grove Sentinel
DAD’S NIGHT & KART
RACES SET FOR JUNE 16TH
& 17th
This year for Father’s Day
give dad something he will re-
ally enjoy, a fun weekend with
you at Cottage Grove Speed-
way! Friday night come watch
the future stars of Cottage
Grove on the newly renovated
kart track, general admission is
FREE for everyone and it’s a
great time!!
We have some pretty special
things in store for dad on
Saturday and dad will get in
FREE!!!!
In addition to the insane
racing we have planned, Dad’s
will also have the chance to
win some great prizes and have
some added fun with the kids!!
We have some entertaining
father son games planned and
a very special daddy daughter
dance on the front stretch!!
The Wingless Sprints will be
back in action for the 2nd of
their 3 trips to Cottage Grove
this season, these cars always
provide some wild and crazy
side by side, slide job throwing
racing! The Late Models will
also be back for the 4th time
this year, each race has had a
different winner in this ul-
tra-competitive class!! This will
be the last chance the Street
Stocks will have to get ready
for the Wallbanger Cup and
you can bet they will be racing
hard! After a couple weeks off
the Quality RV Hornets will be
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Cottage Grove Speedway is
defi nitely where dad wants to
Friday Kart Race Times:
Pit Gate – 3:00
Racing – 6:00
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June 24th, 2017
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