Following outstanding performances at Hayward Field for the NCAA Track and Field Championships, a handful of Oregon athletes will make one last appearance at home this season.
Five Ducks have qualified for the U.S.A. Outdoor Championships June 21-24 at Hayward Field.
Sophomore John Stiegeler, who won the NCAA javelin crown last week with a toss of 252 feet, 10 inches — a school record — will compete in that event and has the third-best mark among the entrants.
Freshman Sarah Malone will also compete in the javelin. The Newberg native owns the school record at 174-0 and placed seventh at the NCAAs.
Redshirt freshman Jason Hartmann met the qualifying standard in the 10,000 meters, in which he placed third last week. The Rockford, Mich., native may also try to qualify in the 5,000 meters.
Junior transfer Micah Harris rounds out the Oregon men’s entries. Harris owns the school record in the 110 hurdles at 13.73 seconds and was an NCAA qualifier.
Another school record-holder, junior Nikki Reed, will compete in the women’s pole vault. Reed has a personal best of 13-5 1/4.
Four Duck men will compete in the U.S.A. Junior National Championships June 16-17 in Richmond, Va. Freshmen Jake Garlick and Brandon Holliday will compete in the hurdle races, while Adam Jenkins will throw the javelin.
Freshman Eric Logsdon will run in the 1,500 meters. Last season, Logsdon owned the national prep best in the 3,000 meters.
Nine Ducks honored at banquet
After winning the Ducks’ first NCAA title since 1992, Stiegeler was named the Perry Holloman Award winner Wednesday for being the men’s team’s most improved athlete this season. Junior Santiago Lorenzo, the winner of the decathlon at the NCAA Championships, was awarded the team’s most outstanding athlete.
Seven other men and women were honored at Wednesday’s banquet.
Sophomore javelin thrower Charyl Weingarten, a Grand Forks, N.D., native, was named the most improved athlete on the women’s team. Malone won the Lynne Winbigler Award for being the most outstanding athlete.
Junior Jenny Kenyon, senior Hanna Smedstad and sophomore Mary Etter also received awards for the women’s team.
Hartmann and senior Ryan Keith rounded out the men’s team’s awards.
Terry Trammell, a member of the Oregon Track Club who has officiated for Duck track meets for 23 years, was named to the Oregon Hall of Fame.
