All season long, the Oregon women’s track and field team has put up impressive numbers.
Sophomore Sarah Malone has thrown the javelin 179-feet-2 inches. Her teammate Roslyn Lundeen, a freshman from Victoria, British Columbia, has thrown at 166-11. Last year, Malone ended the collegiate season ranked third in the nation with a throw of 174.
Mary Etter has even impressed in two different events. The junior has put the shot 49-9.25, and countered that in the discus with a mark of 173-6.
Most of these marks represent personal bests for the respective athletes. However, the most important numbers associated with each is the placement it puts each in the collegiate national rankings.
Malone’s top throw is the third longest in the nation, with Lundeen’s four spots behind at No. 7, according to trackandfieldnews.com.
Continuing the national javelin domination, the Ducks also field athletes at the No. 9 and No. 22 positions. Freshman Elisa Crumley’s top mark of 166-1 rounds out the top for Oregon, while junior Charyl Weingarten is in the top 25 with a throw of 155-2.
Etter’s two marks place her 32nd and eighth, respectively. Last weekend at the Washington Dual, Etter did not come close to equaling her high marks, but looks to this weekend at the Mt. SAC Invitational.
“Next week, we’re going to Mt. SAC,” she said after taking first and two second place finishes at last weekend’s Washington Dual meet. “I am really looking forward to that in thinking of PRs.”
Finally, the Ducks also feature two top athletes in the pole vault.
Sophomore Kirsten Riley has jumped at 12-5.5 this season, enough to earn her a NCAA provisional mark in the event. She is tied for 32nd in the nation.
“Kirsten Riley has vaulted really well and has made steps every year,” head coach Tom Heinonen said.
Even better than Riley is junior Becky Holliday. Last season’s No. 2 in the nation, Holliday is currently tied for fourth with a top height of 13-7.25, better than the NCAA automatic mark. Had she made a jump at 14-2 last week at Hayward Field, she would been the first collegiate woman to do so this year.
However, she is confident she will get there.
“I know what I need to do,” she said. “I will make it.”

Kenyon and the heptathlon
Senior Jenny Kenyon will compete for the second time this season in the heptathlon at Azusa Pacific University, starting off the weekend of competition for Oregon.
While most of the team’s athletes will be at the Mt. SAC Invitational in Walnut, Calif. and the Pomona College Invitational, Kenyon will be at the neighboring university.
Kenyon previously competed in the heptathlon while the Ducks were in Tempe, Ariz., in March.
“She needs to make a major step this weekend,” Heinonen said. “This is a great opportunity for her.”

Injury Time Out
Compared to the men’s squad, the Oregon women have been virtually injury free. However, that has not kept them out of the trainer’s room.
Lundeen, who suffered an arm injury earlier in the month, will not make the trip to California as a precautionary measure.
She did, however, compete at last weekend’s Washington Dual meet, placing fourth in the javelin at 144-09.
“The whole plan is for her to throw next week in Eugene,” Heinonen said in reference to the Oregon Invitational at Hayward Field. “In hindsight, we should have held her out last week.”
The Ducks will also be without junior Janette Davis. The Medford native competed last weekend as well, helping lead the Oregon’s 4×100 relay team to a first place finish, but will not get the opportunity to run in California.
“She feels a lot better than we thought she was going to,” Heinonen said. “We’re going to hold her out this week and let her train more.”