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by Vermillion
Oregon track & field: In less than five years, Vin Lananna has
made a difference for Oregon and for track and field.
March 16, 2010, 7:41AM

University of Oregon / Vin Lananna
I wrote a track notebook
for this morning's Oregonian that led with an item about Oregon coach
Vin Lananna, at home in Eugene and dealing with high blood pressure
while the Ducks were putting on a triumphant performance at the NCAA
Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.
Lananna still is
working with his doctor to find the right combination of medications to
get his blood pressure and related symptoms under control.
Oregon
fans -- and, really, track fans everywhere -- owe a debt of gratitude
to Lananna.
His imprint on the Oregon program, which has become a
national men's and women's powerhouse in his less than five years on
the job, is unmistakable.
But he also has revitalized the sport
with way he spearheaded the Eugene '08 U.S. Olympic Trials for track
& field, and the way he has returned Hayward Field to its place as
the mecca for the sport in this country.
It's Lananna's vision
that track and field can retake hold in Eugene, and then ripple out
across the rest of the country.
He has the Eugene part of the
equation in place.
Here is the first
part of the notebook I wrote for this morning's paper. It was
broken into two parts online. Here is
the second part.