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05/08/2008 - GoDucks.com THIS WEEK Friday’s Twilight Meet (3:30 p.m. at Historic Hayward Field) marks both a beginning and an end. The season’s final home meet will be a farewell victory lap for 18 Oregon seniors. But it will also be the beginning of a push to the 2008 Summer Olympics for a large number of elite athletes who will be competing at Historic Hayward Field for the first time this year. The throws in particular bear watching -- more on that later. And not to be overlooked, six Oregon student-athletes begin competition in the 2008 Pac-10 Track & Field championships Friday and Saturday at Arizona State. DELAYED TV OSN on Comcast SportsNet (Comcast Cable channel 37): Mon., May 12, 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Tues., May 14, 4 p.m. & 10 p.m.; Wed., May 14, 9 a.m. & 6 p.m. THE SENIORS The University of Oregon will recognize its 18 senior track and field student athletes Friday at the Twilight Meet. The 10 seniors on the men’s side have won a pair of Pac-10 titles and own a couple of top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships (2005, 2007). Half the group are native Oregonians. The list includes All-American Phil Alexander (Keizer), A.J. Casteel (Wilsonville), Joaquin Chapa (Portland), Vincent D’Onofrio (Castro Valley, Calif.), two-time All-American Marcus Dillon (New Orleans, La.), Mike McGrath (Portland), Carlos Trujillo (Middleton, Idaho), Esteban Trujillo (Middleton, Idaho), Scott Wall (Ft. Collins, Colo.) and Patrick Werhane (Beaverton). The eight senior women helped Oregon take fifth in the Pac-10 at the 2006 meet. It was the Ducks’ best showing in seven years. They also led Oregon to an 11th-place at the 2006 NCAA Championships, which was the Ducks’ highest finish in 14 years. The eight are Ashley Bridenbeck (Lake Oswego), All-American Dana Buchanan (Beachburg, Ontario), Kavina Hall (Fairfield, Calif.), Kasey Harwood (Polson, Mont.), Emily Mathis (Klamath Falls), Sarah Pearson (Eugene), All-American Irie Searcy (Portland) and Liddell Steele (Bend). The senior ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7:45 p.m. PAC-10 HEPTATHLON/DECATHLON While the Twilight Meet rounds out the regular season for... Read the full article at: www.goducks.com
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