Eric Mitchum is well on his way to re-writing the Oregon record books.
The sophomore from Calumet City, Ill., broke a two-year-old school record with a time of 13.53 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles Sunday during the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.
Mitchum finished second overall to Brazilian entrant Matheus Facho (13.46) and broke the old Oregon record, held by Micah Harris, by a considerable .14 seconds.
Mitchum’s time came with the maximum record-allowable wind limit of two meters per second. His previous wind-legal best was 13.70 during the Pepsi Team Invitational last weekend at Hayward Field.
“My start was pretty good,” Mitchum said. “I sped up from then and hoped for the best. I don’t remember much from the race — I don’t know if I hit any hurdles and saw only one other person during the race. The goal was to break the school record, which I did so I’m happy with that part of my race.
“It was probably the best race of the season.”
Mitchum said he’s going to keep working hard and has his eye on the Oregon record book.
“I want to keep improving each year,” Mitchum said, “and keep on going fast.”

Elsewhere on the track, sophomore A.K. Ikwuakor finished 27th overall (53.51) in the 400 hurdles, but was less than a second from his season best.
In the field, Oregon sent four pole vaulters to compete at the Mt. San Antonio College meet but only one produced a mark. Senior Trevor Woods took fifth in the university pole vault, clearing 16 feet, 4 3/4 inches. Freshman Tommy Skipper didn’t compete in the elite section, while sophomore Jon Derby and freshman David Moore no-heighted in the university section.
In other action, Travis Anderson continued his dominance in the 400-meter dash Saturday.
The sophomore from Arvada, Colo., won the 35-person event (47.08) during second day action at the Mt. SAC Relays, a week after winning the 400 at the Pepsi Team Invitational (47.04). It was also the third meet this season in which Anderson met Pacific-10 Conference and regional qualifying standards.
Anderson is coming off a freshman season in which he qualified for the Pac-10 Championships in the 400 and the NCAAs as a member of the Oregon 4×400-meter relay team.
Right behind Anderson in the 400 Saturday was junior transfer Kedar Inico, who finished second with a time of 47.15. The Queens, N.Y., native’s time was also a .28 second season best.
Inico joined the Ducks during spring term after competing the past two years at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kan.
Scott Lamb also shined for Oregon in the 400, recording a season best (48.12) on his way to a 17th place overall finish. The junior transfer from Mt. Hood Community College also topped his 2004 indoor best of 48.55.
On Friday Ryan Andrus cracked the Oregon top 10 in the 10,000 with a 14-second personal best (28:56.67).
The Orem, Utah, native moved into eighth place all-time, passing Terrence Mahon (ninth, 28:57.79), Greg Erwin (10th, 28:58.0) and Brad Hudson (28:58.51).
Andrus, who transferred to Oregon from Wisconsin after his freshman year, also garnered All-American status in the 5,000 during the indoor season.
Along with action in the Mt. SAC Relays, freshman Travis Ramme competed for the Ducks in Long Beach Saturday during the Long Beach Invitational.
The Eugene native made his debuts in the 100 (21st, 10.97) and 200 (12th, 22.70) and is off to a promising start.
Ramme was one of the area’s top sprinters coming out of Sheldon High School last year, when he placed in the 100 (fourth, 11.08) and 200 (third, 22.09) during the Oregon 4A state championships.