– Oregon baseball head coach George Horton and junior outfielder Scott Heineman have been suspended after getting ejected from Sunday’s game vs. USC. Horton was suspended for the first two games of the Ducks’ upcoming series with Washington, while Heineman was suspended for Friday’s game.
– The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches’ Association named Jenna Prandini the Division 1 Women’s Athlete of the Week after running a 10.92 100-meter dash and a 22.42 200-meter dash at the Mt. SAC Relays this weekend.
The mark in the 100 tied the fastest time in the world this season in the event and the second-fastest in NCAA history, while her 200 time broke her own school record and is the world leading time in the event.
– Oregon signee Matthew Maton broke Galen Rupp’s Oregon high school record in the 1500-meter race at the Oregon Relays this weekend, making the Prefontaine Classic’s recent decision to add an elite high school mile event to the meet even more interesting.
– Janie Takeda tied the Oregon career hit record in the top-ranked Duck softball team’s 6-3 victory over Stanford Monday. Takeda picked up career hit number 288 on an RBI single in the fourth inning to tie Courtney Ceo in Oregon’s record book.
– Mark Helfrich thinks Chip Kelly ‘has a plan’ for Tim Tebow. Tebow was signed by the Eagles Sunday, sparking a bit of excitement amongst football analysts. However in 2011, Kelly said at a coaches clinic he wasn’t looking for a quarterback like Tebow.
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