Ashton Eaton continues his meteoric rise in track and field.
The two-time NCAA decathlon champ, and recent world-record breaker, piled up a first-day PR of 4,494 points. There were wind-aided performances in the 100 and long jump, so a potential ...
Here is the transcript of a brief interview with Oregon multi-event star Ashton Eaton after he competed in the javelin and discus — two of his weakest events — on Saturday at the Oregon Preview. One week after setting a world record in...
Mar 24th 2010, 7:45am
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Many of Oregon’s big-name runners rested, and yet still it was the Ducks’ distance power that highlighted the Oregon Preview for a record-breaking crowd of 5,918 at Hayward Field on an unusually sunny Saturday in March.
Matthew Centrow...
Mar 21st 2010, 7:45am
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This comes verbatim from the university’s own release:
EUGENE, Ore. – The University of Oregon and the Oregon Track Club Elite, in conjunction with the City of Eugene’s Recreation Services, are sponsoring a free kids clinic fo...
Mar 19th 2010, 7:45am
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Did Oregon’s multi-event start sew up this year’s Bowerman Award already?
Eaton tore six seconds from his personal best in the 1,000 meters and broke Dan O’Brien’s 17-year-old world record in the indoor heptathlon at the NCA...
Mar 14th 2010, 7:45am
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Tate Metcalf was at a business conference for health club owners in San Diego on Saturday, burning with the anxiety of trying to keep his cell phone quiet.
All the while, he was frantically updating Oregonlive.com trying to stay abreast of Ashton...
Mar 14th 2010, 7:45am
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The Ducks won their first women’s indoor track and field championship Saturday.
Oregon scored 61 points and blew out the field in Fayetteville, Ark. Even before the 4×400 relay, the Ducks had the meet sewed up. Then, Oregon won that e...
Mar 14th 2010, 7:45am
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It was a big first day for Ashton Eaton, and it would have been big in Doha, Qatar as well.
Eaton put together four strong performances on the first day of the NCAA Indoor Championships heptathlon in Fayetteville, Ark., scoring 3,561 points. He is ...
Mar 13th 2010, 7:45am
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