Track Teams Head to MPSF Challenge in Seattle
Courtesy: GoDucks.com
Release: 02/24/2010
Oregon heads to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships Friday and Saturday in Seattle. Friday’s competition gets underway at 12:30 p.m., while Saturday action begins at 11 a.m.
OREGON ENTRIES
As Oregon looks to build on its 36 NCAA Championships qualifying marks, the Ducks will send 27 women and 26 men to the MPSF meet in Seattle. The men’s entries include All-Americans Marshall Ackley (heptathlon), A.J. Acosta (El Camino HS, Oceanside, CA)] (3,000 meters), Chad Barlow (400 meters, 4x400 relay), Ashton Eaton (high jump, pole vault, shot put, 4x400 relay), Kenny Klotz (3,000 meters, distance medley relay), Luke Puskedra (3,000 meters), Scott Wall (3,000 meters) and Andrew Wheating (mile). On the women’s side, the entries include All-Americans Keshia Baker (Fairfield HS, CA) (200 meters), Nicole Blood (Royal HS, Simi Valley, CA) (mile, 3,000 meters, distance medley relay), Mattie Bridgmon (3,000 meters), Zoe Buckman (800 meters), Melissa Gergel (pole vault), Jordan Hasay (Mission College Preparatory Catholic HS, San Luis Obispo, CA) (800 meters, mile, 3,000 meters), Amber Purvis (60 meters), Brianne Theisen (60 meter hurdles, high jump, shot put, 4x400 meter relay) and Jamesha Youngblood (Hercules HS, CA) (200 meters, long jump).
The Ducks will also feature some nationally-ranked newcomers in freshmen Mac Fleet (University City HS, San Diego, CA) (800 meters, distance medley relay) and Elijah Greer (mile, distance medley relay) for the men and freshmen Anne Kesselring (800 meters, distance medley relay), Chloe Steinbeck (800 meters) and Hasay for the women.
A complete list of entries can be found on www.gohuskies.com.
OREGON IN THE MPSF
The Oregon men won their first MPSF title in 2008. The Duck women’s second-place finish in 2009 marked a high for that program. The men placed fourth - just 5.5 points out of first - in a closely contested battle in 2009.
RESULTS
For live results, check www.gohuskies.com. Final results will also be posted on www.GoDucks.com.
HIGH MARKS AT THE HUSKY CLASSIC
In their last weekend of competition, the Ducks put on quite a show at the Husky Classic and Tyson Invitational That weekend produced 20 NCAA qualifying marks and eight school records:
Andy Wheating, men’s 800 meters (1:46.6)
Mac Fleet, men’s mile (3:57.70)
Amber Purvis (Benicia HS, CA), women’s 60 meters (7.32)
Amber Purvis, women’s 200 meters (23.47)
Nicole Blood, women’s 5,000 meters (15:51.59)
Brianne Theisen, women’s 60 hurdles (8.47)
Women’s 4x400 meter relay (3:33.31)
Jamesha Youngblood, women’s long jump (21-6.25; best all-conditions jump in school history)
Also noteworthy from the Feb. 12-13 weekend:
• Anne Kesselring in the women’s mile, 4:37.94, best time since Leanne Warren in 1982 (4:33.26), bettering Hasay’s mark from 2 weeks earlier.
• Elijah Greer’s time in the 800 from Seattle, 1:47.33, is No. 2 all-time. He and Wheating were in different heats.
• Ducks ran the top three women’s 200 meters times in school history in Arkansas. Purvis went 23.47, Baker 23.92 and Mandy White 24.13.
NATIONAL LEADERS
Oregon leads the nation in five events:
Andy Wheating (men’s 800)
Men’s Distance Medley Relay (9:29.82)
Ashton Eaton (heptathlon/6,265)
Women’s Distance Medley Relay (10:59.64)
Brianne Theisen (pentathlon/4,198)
Others Among the National Top 10:
Mac Fleet (No. 2 men’s mile)
Nicole Blood (No. 2 women’s 5,000)
Women’s 4x400 Relay (No. 2)
Keshia Baker (No. 3 women’s 400/52.79)
Elijah Greer (No. 3 men’s 800)
Jamesha Youngblood (No. 3 women’s long jump)
Anne Kesselring (No. 6 women’s mile/4:37.94)
Jordan Hasay (No. 6 women’s 3,000/9:12.25)
Melissa Gergel (No. 6 women’s pole vault/14-1.25)
Luke Puskedra (No. 7 men’s 5,000/13:50.87)
Jordan Hasay (No. 7 women’s mile/9:12.25)
Nicole Blood (No. 7 women’s 3,000/9:12.54)
Amber Purvis (No. 8 women’s 60)
Amber Purvis (No. 8 women’s 200)
Mattie Bridgmon (No. 9 women’s 5,000/16:02.48)
Men’s 4x400 Relay (No. 10/3:08.66)
Others in the top 25:
A.J. Acosta (No. 14 men’s mile/3:59.48)
Luke Puskedra (No. 16 men’s 3,000 meters/7:57.42)
Ashton Eaton (No. 17 men’s long jump/25-1.75)
Anne Kesselring (No. 17 women’s 800/2:06.31)
Ashton Eaton (No. 18 men’s 60 hurdles/7.86)
Zoe Buckman (No. 18 women’s 800/2:06.79)
Colin Witter-Tilton (No. 20 men’s pole vault/17-5)
Scott Wall (No. 21 men’s 3,000 meters/7:58.20)
Brianne Theisen (No. 23 women’s high jump/5-10.5)
Chloe Steinbeck (No. 23 women’s 800 meters/2:07.20)
OREGON’S NCAA QUALIFIERS
Through the Feb. 13 Husky Classic, Oregon has accumulated 37 NCAA qualifying marks. That breaks down into 13 automatic marks and another 24 provisional qualifiers. Differentiating the NCAA list by gender, the men have 14 qualifiers (five automatic) and the women list 23 qualifiers (eight automatic). The men’s automatic qualifiers are Andrew Wheating (800 meters), Elijah Greer (800 meters), Mac Fleet (mile), Ashton Eaton (heptathlon) and the distance medley relay. The women’s automatic qualifiers are Nicole Blood (3,000 and 5,000 meters), Jordan Hasay (3,000 meters), Mattie Bridgmon (5,000 meters), Melissa Gergel (pole vault), Jamesha Youngblood (long jump), Brianne Theisen (pentathlon) and the distance medley relay.
EATON SETS NCAA HEPTATHLON RECORD
Senior Ashton Eaton broke the NCAA heptathlon record Jan. 29-30 at the Texas A&M Challenge. The senior from Bend, Ore., scored 6,256 points to surpass Trey Hardee’s NCAA mark of 6,208 points set for Texas in 2006. Eaton’s score is also the fifth-best overall by any American heptathlete. Eaton had personal heptathlon bests in the 60 meters (6.78), long jump (25-1.75), shot put (41-2.5), 60 meter hurdles (7.86) and 1,000 meters (2:38.02) to go along with clearances of at 16-3.25 in the pole vault and 6-9.5 in the high jump.
All-time American heptathlon list:
1. 6476 Dan O’Brien 3/14/93
2. 6371 Bryan Clay 3/09/08
3. 6365 ** Clay 3/07/04
4. 6361 Tom Pappas 3/16/03
5. 6,256 Ashton Eaton 1/30/10
6. 6213 Steve Fritz 2/11/96
7. 6208 Trey Hardee 1/27/06
IN THE INDOOR RECORD BOOKS
The 2010 season finds a number of school indoor record-holders on the roster. The men’s list is headlined by the new NCAA record-holder in the heptathlon, Ashton Eaton (6,256 points). Other record holders for the men include Andrew Wheating in the 800 (1:46.36), freshman Mac Fleet in the mile (3:57.70) and members of the distance medley relay team (9:29.39). The women’s list is impressive with Amber Purvis holding the 60 meters (7.32) and 200 meters (23.47) marks, Keshia Baker at 400 meters (52.79), Nicole Blood at 5,000 meters (15:51.59), Brianne Theisen in the pentathlon (4,321 points) and 60 meter hurdles (8.54), Jamesha Youngblood in the long jump (21-1.25) and all four members of both relay teams: 4x400/3:36.16 (Youngblood, Purvis, Baker, Michele Williams) and the distance medley/10:59.64 (Jorday Hasay, Baker, Anne Kesslering, Blood).
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