Andrew Wheating
Event: 800m, 1500m Coach: Vin Lananna
Height: 6’5”
Club: Oregon TC Elite
Weight: 175
Sponsor: Nike
D.O.B.: 11/21/1987
College: Oregon ’10
Currently resides: Eugene, Ore.
PR: 1:44.56 (2010), 3:30.90 (2010), 3:51.74 (2010)
USA Accolades:
2nd place in the 800m at the 2008 Olympic Trials (1:45.03)
Collegiate Accomplishments:
2010 NCAA Outdoor 1,500m Champion (3:47.94)
Two-time NCAA Outdoor 800m Champion – 2009 (1:46.21), 2010 (1:45.69)
2010 NCAA Indoor 800m runner-up (1:48.40)
2008 NCAA Outdoor 800m runner-up (1:45.32)
Notable USA/World Finishes:
1,500m Outdoor: 3:34.39 in 2011 (4th in the USA, 33rd in the world), 3:30.90 in 2010 (1st in the USA, 4th in the world)
To the surprise of many, Wheating focused more on soccer than track during his high school years at Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire. He ran just two years of organized cross country and one year of track and field prior to arriving in Eugene. It’s safe to say he picked up the sport pretty quickly despite his minimal experience. In 2005, he was good enough to become the USA Track & Field Junior Olympic cross country champion with a time of 14:54.01. One year later, during his first season of track and field as a senior in high school, Wheating ran the 1,500m in a time of 3:54.48 at the USA Junior Championships, which earned a ranking of fourth nationally at the time. While at the University of Oregon in 2007, he competed in the 800m for the first time and finished the regular season with the ninth-fastest time in the nation among freshman (1:50.17).@@all names and numbers checked.@@
Follow Andrew on Twitter: @AndrewWheating
Ashton Eaton
Event: Decathlon
Coach: Harry Marra
Height: 6’1”
Club: Oregon TC Elite
Weight: 185
Sponsor: Nike
D.O.B.: 01/21/1988
Agent: Paul Doyle
College: Oregon ’10
Currently resides: Eugene, Ore.
PR: Decathlon 8,729 points (2011)
USA Accolades:
2012 USA Indoor Long Jump Champion – (26’5.5”)
2011 USA Outdoor Champion (8,729)
2009 USA Outdoor runner-up (8,075)
Took fifth place in the 2008 Olympic Trials (8,122)
Collegiate Accomplishments:
Three-time Pac-10 Champion: 2008 (7,604), 2009 (8,091), 2010 (8,154)
Three-time NCAA Decathlon Champion: 2008 (8,055), 2009 (8,241), 2010 (8,457)
Two-time NCAA Heptathlon Champion: 2009 (6,499), 2010 (6,499)
Notable USA/World Finishes:
2012 World Indoor Gold medalist and Heptathlon world record holder: (6,645)
2011 Outdoor Decathlon: (8,720, 1st in the USA, 1st in the world)
2011 World Outdoor silver medalist (8,505)
One of just four Ducks to ever eclipse 8,000 points in the decathlon, Eaton is a local kid from Mountain View, Ore., who is the youngest decathlete on Team USA. While attending high school, Eaton was a varsity football player, wrestler and track star. In 2010, before his professional career began, he broke Dan O’Brien’s heptathlon world record, and has broken his own record twice since then. Eaton is engaged to a member of the Oregon women’s track and field team, Brianne Theisen, who is battling for a spot on Canada’s Olympic team this summer.@@names and numbers checked.@@
Follow Ashton on Twitter: @AshtonJEaton
Nick Symmonds
Event: 800m
Coach: Mark Rowland
Height: 5’10”
Club: Oregon TC Elite
Weight: 165
Sponsor: Nike
D.O.B.: 12/30/1983
Agent: Chris Layne
College: Willamette ‘06
Currently resides: Springfield, Ore.
 PR:
800m (2010): 1:43.76
Mile (2007): 3:56.72
USA Accolades:
Four-time USA Outdoor Champion: 2011 (1:44.17), 2010 (1:45.98), 2009 (1:45.86), 2008 (1:44.10)
2008 – 2nd place in USA Indoor (1:46.96)
2007 – USA Indoor Champion (1:48.73)
Collegiate Accomplishments:
Four-time NCAA DIII Outdoor 800m Champion – 2003 (1:49.51), 2004 (1:50.87), 2005 (1:49.87), 2006 (1:49.59)
Three-time NCAA DIII Outdoor 1,500m Champion – 2003 (3:46.66), 2005 (3:54.20), 2006 (3:40.91)
Notable USA/World Finishes:
2011 800m Outdoor: 1:43.83 (1st in the USA, 6th in the world)
2010 800m Outdoor: 1:43.76 (1st in the USA, 8th in the world)
Symmonds had a tremendously decorated career while running for Willamette University in Salem, Ore., winning a total of seven NCAA DIII titles during his time there. The Boise, Idaho, native qualified for his first Olympics in 2008 in front of a home crowd at Hayward Field. At the 2009 World Championships, Symmonds became the first American to qualify for the men’s 800m final since Mark Everett and Rich Kenah did so in 1997.@@names and numbers checked.@@
Follow Nick on Twitter: @NickSymmonds
Cyrus Hostetler
Event: Javelin
Coach: Christina Scherwin
Height: 6’2”
Club: Oregon TC Elite
Weight: 215
D.O.B.: 08/08/1986
College: Oregon ’10
Currently resides: Eugene, Ore.
PR: 83.16m/272-10
 USA Accolades:
Placed 3rd at the 2011 USA Outdoors (77.84m/255-4)
Collegiate Accomplishments:
Two-time Pac-10 Champion: 2010 (77.21m/253-3), 2009 (76.32m/250-4)
Two-time NCAA All-American
Holds the record for the Pac-10 and Oregon
Notable USA/World Finishes:
Placed 2nd in the 2011 Pan Am Games – 82.24m/269-9 (1st in the USA, 32nd in the world)
2009 Outdoor – 83.16m/272-10 (2nd in the USA, 16th in the world)
A graduate of Newberg High School about two hours north of Eugene, Hostetler played four sports for the Tigers but didn’t pick up javelin until his senior year. For the 2012 Olympic Trials, Hostetler will be participating both on the track and behind the scenes. When he’s not competing, he will work on the official website of the Olympic Trials doing everything from page design to graphic design.
Follow Cyrus on Twitter: @chostetler15
Russell Brown
Event: 1500m, mile
Club: Oregon TC Elite
D.O.B.: 03/06/1985
College: Stanford ’08
Currently resides: Eugene, Ore.
PR:
1500m: 3:35.70 – Mt. Sac Relays, Walnut, CA – April 14, 2011
Mile: 3:51.45 – Prefontaine Classic, Eugene, OR – June 4, 2011
USA Accolades:
Represented Team USA at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 1,500m
Placed ninth at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene with a PR of 3:51.45
Competed at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene
Collegiate Accomplishments:
2007 Pac-10 Champion in the 1500m
Placed 3rd at the NCAA Championships in 2007 in the 1500m
2007 NCAA Championships Indoor runner-up in the mile
Anchored the 2007 National Champion Stanford Medley Relay Team
 Notable USA/World Finishes:
2011 Champion in the mile at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix (3:54.81)
2009 set PR in the 1500m with a time of 3:37.32 – 7th in the USA that year
A native of Hanover, N.H., and a graduate of Hanover High School, Russell took third place in the 2003 US Junior Track and Field Championships by clocking a time of 1:50.16. Following his high school career, he took his talents to Palo Alto, Calif., where he became a nine-time All-American for the Cardinal. In addition to his success on the oval, he is also a decorated student; graduating from Stanford with a B.A. in political science and a master’s in sociology. This past year, Brown has experienced breakout performances, setting PRs in the indoor and outdoor mile, the indoor and outdoor 1500m, and the outdoor 800m.@@names and numbers checked@@
 Lauren Fleshman
Event: Distance
Coach: Mark Rowland
Height: 5’8”
Club: Oregon TC Elite
Weight: 122
Sponsor: Nike
D.O.B.: 09/26/1981
Agent: Ray Flynn
College: Stanford ’03
Currently resides: Eugene, Ore.
 PR:
1500m – 4:05.62 (2007), 3000m – 8:43.92 (2007), 5000m – 14:58.48 (2008)
USA Accolades:
Two-time USA Outdoor 5000m Champion – 2006 (15:12.37), 2010 (15:28.70)
Placed 2nd at the USA Outdoor 5000m in 2005 (15:16.80)
 Collegiate Accomplishments:
15-time NCAA All-American
Three-time 5000m NCAA Outdoor Champion: 2001 (15:52.21), 2002 (15:53.91), 2003 (15:24.06)
Notable USA/World Finishes:
2011 Outdoor 5000m – 15:00.57 (2nd in the USA, 21st in the world)
2010 Outdoor 3000m – 8:46.97 (2nd in the USA, 28th in the world)
2007 Outdoor 1500m – 4:05.62 (2nd in the USA, 22nd in the world)
After an incredible track career at Stanford, Fleshman transitioned into the professional ranks quite smoothly. Her personal record of 14:58.48 in the 5000m is the eighth-fastest time in U.S. history. She is an entrepreneur away from her profession in athletics, co-owning a gluten- and dairy-free energy bar called Picky Bars with her husband Jesse Thomas and one other business partner. She recently won the Aviva London Grand Prix with a time of 15:00.57 just seven days after a poor showing in Stockholm. Her hobbies consist of all things music: writing and singing songs as well as playing instruments.
Follow Lauren on Twitter: @laurenfleshman