Nebraska running back Collins Okafor also leaves team.

Washington State wide receiver Jeshua Anderson is quitting football to focus on track, another blow to the struggling Cougars (0-2).

The speedy junior and former standout at Woodland Hills Taft High announced his decision through a school spokesman Wednesday.

Anderson is a two-time NCAA champion in the 400-meter hurdles and finished ninth at the U.S. Olympic trials last year. He caught 33 passes and had two touchdowns while starting 11 games in 2008 and had four catches this season.

He says he wants "to focus all my attention on track. . . . I can't give 100% to both and still reach my goals."

Coach Paul Wulff says Anderson is a "once-in-a-lifetime athlete" and that he respects his dedication to try to be the best in the world in the hurdles.

2009 Results

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 Royal Results - Contractor License                          HY-TEK's Meet Manager
                 PAC 10 Cross Country Championships - 10/30/2009                  
                    Hosted by Univesity of Southern California                    
                               Skylinks Golf Course                               
                                 Official Results                 
             
Event 1  Men 8k Run CC
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    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
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  1 #252 Derrick, Chris       SO Stanford                4:32.7   22:35.41    1   
  2 #219 Bethke, Brandon      SR Arizona State           4:33.9   22:41.43    2   
  3 #255 Heath, Elliott       JR Stanford                4:36.0   22:52.01    3   
  4 #247 Puskedra, Luke       SO Oregon                  4:38.7   23:05.04    4   
  5 #239 Centrowitz, Matthew  SO Oregon                  4:39.5   23:09.35    5   
  6 #258 Riley, Jake          SO Stanford                4:40.2   23:12.71    6   
  7 #257 Marpole-Bird, Justi  JR Stanford                4:40.4   23:13.67    7   
  8 #244 McNamara, Jordan     SR Oregon                  4:41.9   23:21.14    8   
  9 #263 Anzures, Marco       SR UCLA                    4:42.6   23:24.50    9   
 10 #281 Spady, Kelly         SR Washington              4:42.8   23:25.62   10   
 11 #261 Unterreiner, Miles   FR Stanford                4:43.2   23:27.76   11   
 12 #253 Gregg, Brendan       JR Stanford                4:43.4   23:28.59   12   
 13 #245 Mercado, Danny       JR Oregon                  4:44.7   23:34.85   13   
 14 #220 Engelhardt, Ben      JR Arizona State           4:44.8   23:35.63   14   
 15 #237 Acosta, A.J.         JR Oregon                  4:45.4   23:38.50   15   
 16 #268 Patterson, Marlon    SR UCLA                    4:45.5   23:38.80   16   
 17 #296 Moeller, Mark        SR Washington St.          4:45.7   23:39.86   17   
 18 #235 Sodaro, Steve        SR California              4:46.0   23:41.41   18   
 19 #256 Johnson, Benjamin    FR Stanford                4:47.1   23:46.88   19   
 20 #213 Ige, Mohamud         SR Arizona                 4:47.3   23:47.96   20   
 21 #260 Sullivan, J.T.       SO Stanford                4:47.6   23:49.33        
 22 #223 Helmer, Jeff         JR Arizona State           4:47.7   23:49.95   21   
 23 #283 Tully-Doyle, Colton  SR Washington              4:47.8   23:50.45   22   
 24 #264 Crabill, Alex        SR UCLA                    4:48.9   23:55.88   23   
 25 #222 Hatcher, Dylan       SO Arizona State           4:49.8   24:00.50   24   
 26 #285 Ahlbeck, Sam         SR Washington St.          4:49.9   24:00.88   25   
 27 #230 Karlsson, Kari       JR California              4:50.1   24:02.06   26   
 28 #300 Milloy, Patrick      JR Arizona State           4:50.6   24:04.40   27   
 29 #280 Schmitt, Jake        SR Washington              4:51.0   24:06.38   28   
 30 #282 Swarthout, Jordan    JR Washington              4:51.0   24:06.41   29   
 31 #274 Bywater, Joey        FR Washington              4:51.3   24:07.79   30   
 32 #246 Mercado, Diego       SR Oregon                  4:51.7   24:09.69   31   
 33 #240 Fleet, Mac           FR Oregon                  4:52.1   24:11.74   32   
 34 #238 Burgess, Bryce       FR Oregon                  4:52.4   24:13.08        
 35 #221 Happe, Nick          FR Arizona State           4:53.5   24:18.73   33   
 36 #270 Torres, Zack         FR UCLA                    4:54.5   24:23.80   34   
 37 #242 Klotz, Kenny         SR Oregon                  4:55.2   24:27.26        
 38 #288 Englund, Justin      SO Washington St.          4:55.3   24:27.66   35   
 39 #227 Van Patten, Zeke     JR Arizona State           4:55.3   24:27.72   36   
 40 #210 Fitzpatrick, Dylan   SR Arizona                 4:55.4   24:28.14   37   
 41 #279 Quackenbush, Camero  SO Washington              4:56.2   24:32.10   38   
 42 #275 Cameron, James       FR Washington              4:56.5   24:33.49   39   
 43 #267 McDonald, David      SO UCLA                    4:56.7   24:34.67   40   
 44 #284 Webster Jr., Rob     FR Washington              4:56.9   24:35.61        
 45 #214 MacArthur, Brian     SR Arizona                 4:57.4   24:38.24   41   
 46 #251 Appel, Evan          FR Stanford                4:57.8   24:40.05        
 47 #292 Kimpel, Andrew       FR Washington St.          4:58.2   24:42.36   42   
 48 #232 Poizat, Renaud       FR California              4:58.3   24:42.66   43   
 49 #289 Geib, Daniel         SR Washington St.          4:58.8   24:44.96   44   
 50 #225 McHenry, Mason       FR Arizona State           4:58.9   24:45.65        
 51 #233 Schmidt, Cody        FR California              4:59.5   24:48.49   45   
 52 #217 Ramirez, Noe         FR Arizona                 5:00.3   24:52.53   46   
 53 #224 Lovell, Daniel       SO Arizona State           5:00.3   24:52.56        
 54 #265 Knight, Spencer      SO UCLA                    5:00.7   24:54.53   47   
 55 #229 Jarvis, Collin       FR California              5:00.7   24:54.57   48   
 56 #211 Hassan, Abdi         SO Arizona                 5:01.7   24:59.34   49   
 57 #293 Lafler, Jono         SO Washington St.          5:01.8   25:00.06   50   
 58 #231 Petersen, Matt       FR California              5:02.4   25:03.16   51   
 59 #295 Miller, Peter        SO Washington St.          5:02.7   25:04.55   52   
 60 #278 O'Donoghue-McDonald  SO Washington              5:04.4   25:12.79        
 61 #266 Matthews, Jake       JR UCLA                    5:05.4   25:17.94   53   
 62 #215 Mara, Jordan         SO Arizona                 5:06.9   25:25.46   54   
 63 #297 Smargiassi, Dominic  SR Washington St.          5:08.3   25:32.33        
 64 #212 Hauer, Zack          JR Arizona                 5:10.0   25:40.62   55   
 65 #269 Sullivan, Kevin      JR UCLA                    5:11.0   25:45.79        
 66 #234 Schmidt, Simon       FR California              5:15.4   26:07.61   56   
 67 #216 McLeod, Rory         FR Arizona                 5:25.1   26:56.03        
                                                                                  
                                   Team Scores                                    
================================================================================= 
Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9 
================================================================================= 
   1 Stanford                     28    1    3    6    7   11   12   19           
      Total Time:  1:55:21.56                                                     
         Average:    23:04.32                                                     
   2 Oregon                       45    4    5    8   13   15   31   32           
      Total Time:  1:56:48.88                                                     
         Average:    23:21.78                                                     
   3 Arizona State                88    2   14   21   24   27   33   36           
      Total Time:  1:58:11.91                                                     
         Average:    23:38.39                                                     
   4 Washington                  119   10   22   28   29   30   38   39           
      Total Time:  1:59:36.65                                                     
         Average:    23:55.33                                                     
   5 UCLA                        122    9   16   23   34   40   47   53           
      Total Time:  1:59:57.65                                                     
         Average:    23:59.53                                                     
   6 Washington St.              163   17   25   35   42   44   50   52           
      Total Time:  2:01:35.72                                                     
         Average:    24:19.15                                                     
   7 California                  180   18   26   43   45   48   51   56           
      Total Time:  2:02:09.19                                                     
         Average:    24:25.84                                                     
   8 Arizona                     193   20   37   41   46   49   54   55           
      Total Time:  2:02:46.21                                                     
         Average:    24:33.25                                                     


 
 
Event 2  Women 6k Run CC
==================================================================================
    Name                    Year School                Avg Mile     Finals  Points
==================================================================================
  1 #132 Blood, Nicole        SR Oregon                  5:17.0   19:41.71    1   
  2 #196 Schaaf, Kendra       SO Washington              5:18.2   19:46.17    2   
  3 #137 Hasay, Jordan        FR Oregon                  5:19.0   19:48.97    3   
  4 #192 Lawrence, Marie      JR Washington              5:19.0   19:49.02    4   
  5 #186 Babcock, Christine   SO Washington              5:21.6   19:58.82    5   
  6 #128 Maier, Deborah       SO California              5:21.9   20:00.10    6   
  7 #112 Hardt, Kari          SR Arizona State           5:24.0   20:07.72    7   
  8 #190 Follett, Katie       SR Washington              5:24.1   20:08.04    8   
  9 #139 Kosinski, Alex       JR Oregon                  5:24.6   20:09.86    9   
 10 #159 Gits, Alexandra      JR Stanford                5:25.4   20:13.16   10   
 11 #162 Marcy, Stephanie     SO Stanford                5:26.4   20:16.58   11   
 12 #140 Michel, Claire       SO Oregon                  5:27.9   20:22.39   12   
 13 #173 Murakami, Shannon    JR UCLA                    5:28.5   20:24.54   13   
 14 #104 Callahan, Maggie     JR Arizona                 5:29.0   20:26.59   14   
 15 #113 Kieffer, Allie       SR Arizona State           5:29.5   20:28.36   15   
 16 #187 Campbell, Kailey     JR Washington              5:30.4   20:31.67   16   
 17 #134 Crossman, Bronwyn    SO Oregon                  5:30.6   20:32.30   17   
 18 #165 O'Meara, Maddie      SR Stanford                5:30.9   20:33.64   18   
 19 #193 Linnell, Allison     FR Washington              5:31.4   20:35.36   19   
 20 #126 Keene, Ellie         FR California              5:31.9   20:37.14   20   
 21 #116 Prescott, Lindsay    SO Arizona State           5:31.9   20:37.41   21   
 22 #179 Erdelyi, Zsofia      JR USC                     5:32.3   20:38.91   22   
 23 #138 Kesselring, Anne     FR Oregon                  5:32.5   20:39.42   23   
 24 #201 Egami, Lisa          SR Washington St.          5:32.7   20:40.41   24   
 25 #195 Saylor, Lauren       JR Washington              5:32.9   20:40.99   25   
 26 #103 Bergman, Jennifer    FR Arizona                 5:33.4   20:42.68   26   
 27 #111 Smith, Lauren        FR Arizona                 5:34.0   20:45.09   27   
 28 #119 Sperry, Anna         JR Arizona State           5:35.1   20:49.15   28   
 29 #145 Zaludek, Lauren      SR Oregon                  5:35.3   20:49.80   29   
 30 #105 Henson, Hanna        SO Arizona                 5:37.0   20:56.33   30   
 31 #127 Kohl, Keena          SO California              5:37.3   20:57.50   31   
 32 #160 Griffin, Georgia     SO Stanford                5:38.0   20:59.96   32   
 33 #102 Apgar, Elizabeth     FR Arizona                 5:38.2   21:00.77   33   
 34 #123 Greggor, Alison      SR California              5:38.4   21:01.47   34   
 35 #189 Flanagan, Lindsay    FR Washington              5:38.7   21:02.69        
 36 #133 Buckman, Zoe         JR Oregon                  5:39.3   21:04.83        
 37 #106 Jackson, Camilyn     FR Arizona                 5:39.5   21:05.44   35   
 38 #147 Carlyle, Laura       SO Oregon State            5:40.1   21:07.75   36   
 39 #130 Tam, Rowena          JR California              5:40.3   21:08.65   37   
 40 #121 Davis, Mickey        SO California              5:40.9   21:10.80   38   
 41 #114 Lydy, Kate           FR Arizona State           5:42.0   21:14.83   39   
 42 #167 Reese, Kristin       FR Stanford                5:43.3   21:19.65   40   
 43 #118 Spadafino, Angela    SR Arizona State           5:44.3   21:23.30   41   
 44 #143 Wallace, Taylor      FR Oregon                  5:44.7   21:25.03        
 45 #171 Magana, Rosa         JR UCLA                    5:45.2   21:26.82   42   
 46 #169 Goldring, Katja      SO UCLA                    5:46.0   21:29.90   43   
 47 #206 VanDeBrake, Chelsea  SR Washington St.          5:46.1   21:30.06   44   
 48 #156 Collison, Claire     SO Stanford                5:46.1   21:30.36   45   
 49 #148 Chesimet, Abby       JR Oregon State            5:46.6   21:31.94   46   
 50 #129 Oberg, Sofia         FR California              5:47.0   21:33.61   47   
 51 #151 Martinez, Sandra     FR Oregon State            5:47.4   21:35.19   48   
 52 #194 Patrick, Kenna       JR Washington              5:47.5   21:35.28        
 53 #115 McNair, Cherise      JR Arizona State           5:48.0   21:37.18   49   
 54 #163 Miller-Bedell, Emma  FR Stanford                5:48.3   21:38.35   50   
 55 #157 Duhon, Madeline      SO Stanford                5:49.1   21:41.56        
 56 #125 Hough, Nicole        FR California              5:50.3   21:45.94        
 57 #150 Macias, Jennifer     JR Oregon State            5:51.0   21:48.33   51   
 58 #109 Moen, Hannah         SO Arizona                 5:51.4   21:49.77   52   
 59 #122 Dutch, Taylor        SO California              5:51.7   21:51.12        
 60 #177 Cortez, Christine    JR USC                     5:51.8   21:51.27   53   
 61 #176 Wiemann, Kelcie      JR UCLA                    5:52.8   21:55.28   54   
 62 #172 Martinez, Sadee      SO UCLA                    5:52.9   21:55.46   55   
 63 #184 Moloney, Kathleen    FR USC                     5:53.6   21:58.00   56   
 64 #120 Tarver, Kauren       SO Arizona State           5:53.8   21:58.76        
 65 #198 Andrews, Amanda      JR Washington St.          5:53.9   21:59.30   57   
 66 #155 Soza-Hodgkinson, Ha  JR Oregon State            5:56.2   22:07.97   58   
 67 #178 Ellis, Katherine     SR USC                     5:56.4   22:08.67   59   
 68 #183 Lukens, Zara         JR USC                     5:57.1   22:11.24   60   
 69 #107 McGrath, Melanie     FR Arizona                 5:57.5   22:12.85        
 70 #202 Farrar, Emily        SO Washington St.          5:57.9   22:14.26   61   
 71 #117 Smith, Brianna       JR Arizona State           5:58.8   22:17.60        
 72 #149 Lopez, Sabrina       FR Oregon State            5:59.3   22:19.56   62   
 73 #101 Allen, Chloe         FR Arizona                 6:00.6   22:24.15        
 74 #182 Kitayama, Dina       SO USC                     6:02.3   22:30.50   63   
 75 #181 Helgerson, Bridget   SR USC                     6:02.9   22:32.84   64   
 76 #207 Wall, Ashlee         JR Washington St.          6:03.4   22:34.70   65   
 77 #180 Gaeta, Leah          SO USC                     6:05.8   22:43.78        
 78 #185 Owen, Kelly          FR USC                     6:06.6   22:46.66        
 79 #154 Poblacion, Olivia    FR Oregon State            6:08.3   22:52.87   66   
 80 #199 Austin, Caroline     FR Washington St.          6:09.2   22:56.15   67   
 81 #170 Lopez, Allison       FR UCLA                    6:13.9   23:13.74   68   
 82 #152 Mayfield, Ashley     FR Oregon State            6:15.4   23:19.26        
 83 #205 Sandoval, Marisa     SR Washington St.          6:16.8   23:24.81   69   
 84 #146 Buruse, Natosha      FR Oregon State            6:18.5   23:30.96        
 85 #174 Pastoor, Taryn       SO UCLA                    6:18.6   23:31.52   70   
 86 #168 Balbier, Heather     FR UCLA                    6:19.5   23:34.55        
 87 #175 Tabatabai, Shadeh    FR UCLA                    6:44.6   25:08.25        
                                                                                  
                                   Team Scores                                    
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Rank Team                      Total    1    2    3    4    5   *6   *7   *8   *9 
================================================================================= 
   1 Washington                   35    2    4    5    8   16   19   25           
      Total Time:  1:40:13.72                                                     
         Average:    20:02.75                                                     
   2 Oregon                       42    1    3    9   12   17   23   29           
      Total Time:  1:40:35.23                                                     
         Average:    20:07.05                                                     
   3 Arizona State               110    7   15   21   28   39   41   49           
      Total Time:  1:43:17.47                                                     
         Average:    20:39.50                                                     
   4 Stanford                    111   10   11   18   32   40   45   50           
      Total Time:  1:43:22.99                                                     
         Average:    20:40.60                                                     
   5 California                  128    6   20   31   34   37   38   47           
      Total Time:  1:43:44.86                                                     
         Average:    20:44.98                                                     
   6 Arizona                     130   14   26   27   30   33   35   52           
      Total Time:  1:43:51.46                                                     
         Average:    20:46.30                                                     
   7 UCLA                        207   13   42   43   54   55   68   70           
      Total Time:  1:47:12.00                                                     
         Average:    21:26.40                                                     
   8 Oregon State                239   36   46   48   51   58   62   66           
      Total Time:  1:48:11.18                                                     
         Average:    21:38.24                                                     
   9 USC                         250   22   53   56   59   60   63   64           
      Total Time:  1:48:48.09                                                     
         Average:    21:45.62                                                     
  10 Washington St.              251   24   44   57   61   65   67   69           
      Total Time:  1:48:58.73                                                     
         Average:    21:47.75                                                     

Pre-Blog before PAC 10s

I have done my best to prepare for this meet; I have been cooking myself steaks, pork chops, lasagna, really awesome hearty wholesome meals, ones that will make me feel good. I have been relaxed and enjoying myself. No problems in the last couple of weeks. I am really just super excited about this meet. May 15^th (day before) I really noticed how excited I was about this meet. And all night I felt like it was Christmas Eve or like I was going to Disney land the next day. I was so excited about the next day that when I was woken up by the birds in the morning at 6am. It was hard for me to really fall back asleep.

The Wednesday prior to the meet (Saturday) we had shot put competition. It’s a light shot (4K 8.8lbs) just to be explosive. We do overhead backwards throws, underhand forwards throws and overhead forwards throws with a 3K 6.6lbs med ball. I normally do pretty well in the first 2 but Alex really always beats me in the last one. For weeks I would never get close to beating him. I couldn’t understand how I could beat him in other things but not this last one. Alex decided to go first and me second. I asked him if he was sure. And he said he was. First throws were out and he was ahead by a good foot. I was pissed. Then he throws further on his second throw….. So I match it, and I am only a few inches behind him.  He throws again and throws another foot further. It was amazing I didn’t know if I could beat him. So I throw again and match him. We are neck and neck, it was the best competition I had had all year long and it was in practice. We kept throwing further, and matching throws till the last throw, Alex didn’t throw further, he left the stage open for me to take the win, if I could only throw a few inches further. I got jacked up, let out a roar on my throw and got him by 7cm (2inches).

Now you may ask y did I go off on that tangent when I should be blogging about PAC 10s but to me this practice meant a lot to me, it meant that no matter what happens, if someone is ahead of me all meet, and there is a competition for first, that I have the drive and the power, to come out on top in the end and to win it. That meant a lot to me. And I can't wait to see what happens at PAC 10s

PAC 10s is over now. And I came out on top.

It was a little weird, I felt very relaxed, ready to go. Ready to pop one. But there is also this thought in your mind that you haven’t thrown in a long time, that 3 weeks is too much rest, that you have forgotten how to really do it.

It was a hot day! 77 degrees and I was sweating. We received news the day before that we would be throwing in the second of 2 flights that day. This was somewhat of a problem. We get 30 minutes on the field and then first flight goes, then only 15 minutes to warm up for the second flight.  This just meant that we would have to warm up with first flight, then wait around for 45 minutes (getting cold with each minute) and then warm up again for 15 minutes before our flight. This is something we are not used to. I don’t think anyone is used to, so it’s kind of hard to judge how to properly warm up, but not get exhausted. We warmed up well. I was feeling good and Alex and Britton said they were feeling good too. We went inside to rest in the shade; we kept warm by throwing light med balls and relaxing on some high jump pits as well. We got the call that it was the last round of the throws and we came outside. The best throw was 208’7” so if we threw further than that then you could make it to finals

First throws were underway I threw hard; I thought it was good, but when I looked up it only landed slightly over the 70m line. I wanted to scratch it super bad, it was a terrible throw. Corey white had already thrown 248’ so I was just in second. I was super disappointed. But I made it to finals already with that throw so I knew I had plenty of throws to make it happen. Corey white threw again and skied one so high. It was crazy. Probably 200 feet in the air and he was pissed, he scratched it. Alex threw and knocked me in 3^rd place with a new PR of 235’5” I was happy that he PRed but I was now sitting 3^rd place. I have won every meet so far and I wasn’t about to allow it to happen again.  My second throw I knew I had to really hit it. Again I thought I had a good throw but the jav landed short of the 70m mark. It was just a few weeks ago that I was landing javs just under the 80m mark. So I was really pissed. It just wasn’t my day! There are days in the javelin (and all throws) that you may just not have your day. I felt like I wasn’t going to do good all day. I also felt like the Olympic trials were happening all over again. At the trials I had 6 weeks off and because I was coming off of an injury my timing was way off and I did not throw well. I felt the same way. 3 weeks off and my timing was all off. I wasn’t using my hips into my throw.

I kept on seeing my coach Christina after every throw. And asking her what I was doing wrong, they felt good and strong, I felt relaxed, and like I wasn’t putting too much pressure on myself for this meet. But something wasn’t going right. I was reminded of Wednesday when Alex and I were throwing shot puts for competition and how we went throw for throw, and that it’s not over until the last throw. But I also knew my reputation this year as my first throw always being my biggest throw. I have not thrown all 6 throws since our second meet (Stanford) so this was going to be a test of endurance for me. I didn’t want to be known as “one and done Cyrus”, I wanted people to know that I am competitive and can have big throws on anyone of my 6 throws. I wanted people to fear that I could pop one at any time. But I was also worried that anyone today could pop into first. Kyle Nielsen from Washington warmed up really well and I was worried he would pass me and Alex up, and I knew Ryan Young has throw 250 and could throw that at any time. It was really anyone’s game, if they wanted to take it.

My third throw was no better, so I scratched it; I was going into finals in 3^rd place. Which gave Alex and Corey White the upper hand on me, always knowing what they need to throw to win it, and gave them another chance to throw after me.

Finals round came up and I was trying to just relax, there was something that I couldn’t control and it was my heart rate. It was affecting how I threw. I needed to calm down and be confident that I could do it. The difference between my meets after the Pepsi Invite (where I had my big throw) was that I was confident that I could come to the meet and just win it. And with that confidence I could come out and throw 78-80m every week. I opened up finals and threw a miserable 218. I just kept reminding myself that big throws can come on any throw of the competition, I remember at Oregon relays Britton nelson threw his PR on his 3^rd of 4^th throw, and that we need to keep our head in it, never give up and keep on throwing.

The 5^th throw was a little better, I don’t know what made it any better but it pushed me into 2^nd place, basically Alex and I had switched spots, from a team standpoint whether Alex got second and I got 3^rd or vice versa means no difference point wise so I didn’t feel really good about the throw. It didn’t change anything, but if I could take 1^st place and Alex could have 3^rd then that’s a 2 point swing. That’s what I was looking for.

I ran over to my coach and I felt like both my big toes were broken; I landed in the push up position after my throw and my feet landed hard (toes first) onto the ground, I was hoping it wouldn’t affect my last throw. Christina told me to go from my full approach. It’s something we kind of we have been working on for the last 2 weeks (which is not a long time). It’s a long approach that should be able to allow me to relax and not have to push it so hard in my final steps to get to my max speed on the runway. It’s just 2 extra steps. But Christina said that I am in second place, I have nothing to lose, and that we need to practice it and get ready for regionals, nationals and USAs. It was going to be an approach that is of professional level, very fast, hard to control, and unpracticed could be very painful. I won’t lie I was not looking forward to it. I didn’t think I could throw from the full approach yet. But I knew that it could not change my current 2^nd place status and if anything could only get me into better position. I wasn’t positive where my competition mark (compared to my practice mark) would be. The adrenaline you get in a competition makes your mark much further than because of the added speed. But I didn’t want to change my mark.

I knew I didn’t have much left in the tank, and normally (since the Oregon preview didn’t go well) I don’t like the crowd to get me going, the added adrenaline is too much for me. But I had nothing to lose, I needed to get pumped. I asked the crowd to start clapping. And I was off. I threw and I was thrown to the ground again. I got up and saw the jav stick just a little big past the middle of 70 and 80m lines. Marked off at 76m. I was pretty sure that took the lead, and then the reader board read it of in feet….. 250ft 5inches. 2 feet further than Corey White.

Originally I wanted to throw big the first throw, set the tone, and put the pressure on everyone else, but today all the pressure was on me. But after that throw I enjoyed the position I was in. I had thrown it at the last second, it gave Corey white one chance to throw better than me (rather than all 5). I just had to wait patiently to see what would happen. I watched his throw go up, he had a lot of power in it but it was not thrown through the point, which stalled it out and cost him a lot of distance, but it still landed about middle of the 70-80m line, I was pretty sure I had the win, but waited till they read it off. The called it out 74.09. I instantly praised God for the win, for the ability he had given me to bring home the victory. I didn’t win because of all the training I do, or the coaching staff or facilities at Oregon but rather because God gave me the ability and resources to be good.

I will admit the meet was a little bitter sweet, the series I had was terrible, and the final throw of 250 was not what I wanted. But the drama and the win was amazing. I was quite happy, but overall I have bigger fish to fry this year than just PAC 10s

Pac-10 Outdoor Track & Field Championships

Licensed to University of Oregon       HY-TEK's Meet Manager 5/13/2009 05:25 PM
          Pac-10 Track & Field Championships - 5/16/2009 to 5/17/2009          
                           Presented by 76 Gasoline                            
                        Hayward Field : Eugene, Oregon                         
                               Performance List                                
 
Event 1  Women 100 Meter Dash Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Charonda Williams                Ariz State            11.29 
  2  Cherrelle Garrett                California            11.34 
  3  Amber Purvis                     Oregon                11.41 
  4  Judith Onyepunuka                USC                   11.46 
  5  Aareon Payne                     USC                   11.48 
  6  Sarah Matthew                    Stanford              11.51 
  7  Dominique' Maloy                 Ariz State            11.63 
  8  Yasmin Woodruff                  UCLA                  11.65 
  9  Princess Joy Griffey             Wash St.              11.73 
 10  Shataya Hendricks                Stanford              11.78 
 11  Ronecia Nash                     UCLA                  11.87 
 12  Lanesha Pugh                     Arizona               11.89 
 13  Nijah Nelms                      UCLA                  11.92 
 14  Mandy White                      Oregon                11.97 
 15  Kayla Sanchez                    Ariz State            12.00 
 16  LaTisha Holden                   Arizona               12.03 
 
Event 3  Women 200 Meter Dash Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Charonda Williams                Ariz State            22.82 
  2  Aareon Payne                     USC                   23.36 
  3  Shalina Clarke                   USC                   23.46 
  4  Dominique' Maloy                 Ariz State            23.48 
  5  Sarah Matthew                    Stanford              23.59 
  6  Judith Onyepunuka                USC                   23.59 
  7  Cherrelle Garrett                California            23.63 
  8  Yasmin Woodruff                  UCLA                  23.82 
  9  Keshia Baker                     Oregon                23.84 
 10  Princess Joy Griffey             Wash St.              24.01 
 11  Mandy White                      Oregon                24.62 
 12  Bianca Greene                    Washington            24.69 
 13  Kristin Holmes                   California            24.75 
 14  Lanesha Pugh                     Arizona               25.06 
 15  Morgan Clem                      Wash St.              25.13 
 16  Ronecia Nash                     UCLA                     NT 
 
Event 5  Women 400 Meter Dash Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Nicole Leach                     UCLA                  52.04 
  2  Keshia Baker                     Oregon                53.27 
  3  Elizabeth Olear                  USC                   53.40 
  4  Krystin Lacy                     UCLA                  53.44 
  5  Jeavon Benjamin                  Ariz State            53.87 
  6  Brook Turner                     California            54.12 
  7  Myra Hasson                      USC                   54.21 
  8  Shauntel Elcock                  Ariz State            54.27 
  9  Ashlea McLaughlin                UCLA                  54.61 
 10  Kandi Bonty                      California            54.64 
 11  Kayla Dixon                      California            55.29 
 12  Brianne Theisen                  Oregon                55.33 
 13  Jordan Carlson                   Washington            56.13 
 14  Ashley Menzies                   Stanford              56.18 
 15  Andrea Menhennet                 Arizona               56.23 
 16  Deanna Sullivan                  Arizona               56.35 
 17  Amber Finley                     Washington            57.07 
 18  Erica Alexander                  USC                   57.56 
 
Event 7  Women 800 Meter Run Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Zoe Buckman                      Oregon              2:05.20 
  2  Krishna Curry                    UCLA                2:06.05 
  3  Mackenizie Pierce                California          2:06.45 
  4  Kailey Campbell                  Washington          2:06.51 
  5  Christine Babcock                Washington          2:06.55 
  6  Frida Flodstrom                  USC                 2:06.65 
  7  Claire Thielke                   Stanford            2:08.02 
  8  Alex Kosinski                    Oregon              2:08.06 
  9  Kaylin Pennington                Stanford            2:09.09 
 10  Anna Layman                      Wash St.            2:09.22 
 11  Anniya Louis                     USC                 2:10.54 
 12  Sarah McCurdy                    Stanford            2:11.19 
 13  Rosa Magana                      UCLA                2:11.70 
 14  Brazile Clark                    California          2:11.91 
 15  Lindsey Kirschman                Washington          2:12.85 
 16  Allison Rojewski                 USC                 2:13.86 
 17  Erin Funkhouser                  Oregon              2:15.43 
 
Event 9  Women 1500 Meter Run Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Lauren Centrowitz                Stanford            4:10.42 
  2  Katie Follett                    Washington          4:16.50 
  3  Kailey Campbell                  Washington          4:17.01 
  4  Nicole Blood                     Oregon              4:17.55 
  5  Alicia Follmar                   Stanford            4:17.63 
  6  Alex Kosinski                    Oregon              4:18.43 
  7  Lisa Egami                       Wash St.            4:22.57 
  8  Dana Buchanan                    Oregon              4:24.42 
  9  Madeline Duhon                   Stanford            4:24.57 
 10  Shannon Murakami                 UCLA                4:26.66 
 11  Casey Masterson                  Oregon State        4:26.85 
 12  Irine Lagat                      Arizona             4:27.17 
 13  Marisa Sandoval                  Wash St.            4:31.86 
 14  Shelly Splittberger              Arizona             4:32.36 
 15  Taylor Bryson                    California          4:33.82 
 16  Abby Chesimet                    Oregon State        4:38.20 
 17  Holly Thomson                    Oregon State        4:38.67 
 
Event 11  Women 5000 Meter Run
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Nicole Blood                     Oregon             15:42.13 
  2  Laurynne Chetelat                Stanford           15:43.30 
  3  Anita Campbell                   Washington         15:45.85 
  4  Katie Follett                    Washington         15:48.72 
  5  Marie Lawrence                   Washington         15:50.36 
  6  Lindsey Scherf                   Oregon             15:55.67 
  7  Jenna Kingma                     Ariz State         16:09.11 
  8  Mattie Bridgmon                  Oregon             16:09.28 
  9  Isley Gonzalez                   Wash St.           16:18.04 
 10  Kate Niehaus                     Stanford           16:19.20 
 11  Irine Lagat                      Arizona            16:23.67 
 12  Ali Kielty                       Ariz State         16:25.96 
 13  Stephanie Marcy                  Stanford           16:27.90 
 14  Kenna Patrick                    Washington         16:28.11 
 15  Georgia Griffin                  Stanford           16:30.00 
 16  Deborah Maier                    California         16:31.41 
 17  Emilie Amaro                     Stanford           16:35.32 
 18  Bria Wetsch                      Oregon             16:38.64 
 19  Michelly Foley                   Wash St.           16:43.74 
 20  Lauren Saylor                    Washington         16:45.19 
 21  Zoe Nelson                       Oregon             16:47.01 
 22  Margaret Callahan                Arizona            16:47.96 
 23  Katja Goldring                   UCLA               16:48.70 
 24  Betsy Bies                       Oregon             16:50.89 
 25  Laura Mickelson                  Washington         16:54.46 
 26  Haley Paul                       Ariz State         17:04.56 
 27  Zsofia Erdelyi                   USC                17:05.79 
 28  Hayley Oveson                    Oregon State       17:07.14 
 29  Hanna Henson                     Arizona            17:10.44 
 30  Brooke Anderson                  Washington         17:10.50 
 31  Ellie Keene                      California         17:11.05 
 32  Mickey Davis                     California         17:16.97 
 33  Shannon Murakami                 UCLA               17:19.25 
 34  Abby Chesimet                    Oregon State       17:26.49 
 35  Marsha Lampi                     Oregon State       17:26.95 
 36  Krista Stangel                   Oregon State       17:30.24 
 37  Hannah Soza-Hodgkinson           Oregon State       17:32.55 
 38  Kelcie Wiemann                   UCLA               17:33.65 
 39  Emily Farrar                     Wash St.           17:36.77 
 40  Rebecca Mishler                  Oregon State       17:57.20 
 41  Sara Trane                       Wash St.           18:03.50 
 42  Lisa Egami                       Wash St.           18:45.70 
 43  Amanda Andrews                   Wash St.           18:56.20 
 44  Marisa Sandoval                  Wash St.           18:56.20 
 45  Ciara Viehweg                    UCLA                     NT 
 46  Angela Spadafino                 Ariz State               NT 
 47  Sunni Olding                     Ariz State               NT 
 48  Kauren Tarver                    Ariz State               NT 
 49  Hannah Moen                      Arizona                  NT 
 50  Jennifer Macias                  Oregon State             NT 
 51  Mo Huber                         Washington               NT 
 52  Madeline Duhon                   Stanford                 NT 
 53  Alicia Follmar                   Stanford                 NT 
 54  Lauren Centrowitz                Stanford                 NT 
 55  Alex Kosinski                    Oregon                   NT 
 56  Claire Michel                    Oregon                   NT 
 
Event 13  Women 10000 Meter Run
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Mattie Bridgmon                  Oregon             33:37.73 
  2  Anita Campbell                   Washington         33:40.22 
  3  Ali Kielty                       Ariz State         33:56.97 
  4  Alison Greggor                   California         34:37.01 
  5  Lauren Saylor                    Washington         34:42.09 
  6  Katja Goldring                   UCLA               35:48.54 
  7  Kelcie Wiemann                   UCLA               36:54.15 
  8  Stephanie Marcy                  Stanford                 NT 
  9  Georgia Griffin                  Stanford                 NT 
 10  Kate Niehaus                     Stanford                 NT 
 11  Isley Gonzalez                   Wash St.                 NT 
 12  Michelly Foley                   Wash St.                 NT 
 13  Alexandra Gits                   Stanford                 NT 
 14  Lindsey Scherf                   Oregon                   NT 
 15  Betsy Bies                       Oregon                   NT 
 16  Hannah Soza-Hodgkinson           Oregon State             NT 
 17  Jenna Kingma                     Ariz State               NT 
 18  Rebecca Mishler                  Oregon State             NT 
 19  Zoe Nelson                       Oregon                   NT 
 20  Bria Wetsch                      Oregon                   NT 
 
Event 19  Women 100 Meter Hurdles Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Kimyon Broom                     California            13.08 
  2  Shalina Clarke                   USC                   13.24 
  3  Nia Ali                          USC                   13.29 
  4  Lindsay Rowe                     UCLA                  13.45 
  5  Falesha Ankton                   Washington            13.46 
  6  Jasmine Chaney                   Ariz State            13.61 
  7  Dahlys Marshall                  Arizona               13.69 
  8  LaTisha Holden                   Arizona               13.80 
  9  Ryann Krais                      UCLA                  13.81 
 10  Dalilah Muhammad                 USC                   13.84 
 11  Whitney Liehr                    Stanford              13.86 
 12  Emani Truluck                    California            14.02 
 13  Angela Jensen                    Wash St.              14.09 
 14  Jalisa Williams                  Wash St.              14.19 
 15  Lyndsay Pearson                  Oregon                14.34 
 
Event 21  Women 400 Meter Hurdles Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Dalilah Muhammad                 USC                   56.58 
  2  Jasmine Chaney                   Ariz State            58.57 
  3  Idara Otu                        Stanford              59.50 
  4  Kayla Sanchez                    Ariz State            59.80 
  5  Ryann Krais                      UCLA                  59.84 
  6  Evelyn Smith                     California            59.85 
  7  Lorraine King                    Wash St.            1:00.29 
  8  Natalya Beneby                   California          1:00.90 
  9  Veronica Elseroad-Wall           Wash St.            1:00.92 
 10  Syreeta Martin                   Washington          1:01.09 
 11  Brittnay Crabb                   Wash St.            1:01.50 
 12  Lyndsay Pearson                  Oregon              1:01.88 
 13  Leah Worthen                     Oregon              1:01.91 
 14  Rebecca Nelson                   Arizona             1:02.34 
 15  Joi Glass                        Washington          1:02.95 
 16  Kalindra McFadden                Oregon                   NT 
 
Event 23  Women 3000 Meter Steeplechase
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Marie Lawrence                   Washington         10:07.51 
  2  Zsofia Erdelyi                   USC                10:08.34 
  3  Emilie Amaro                     Stanford           10:11.67 
  4  Ciara Viehweg                    UCLA               10:20.66 
  5  Sara Trane                       Wash St.           10:21.20 
  6  Claire Michel                    Oregon             10:23.14 
  7  Dana Buchanan                    Oregon             10:28.53 
  8  Maddie O'Meara                   Stanford           10:30.87 
  9  Margaret Callahan                Arizona            10:31.52 
 10  Angela Spadafino                 Ariz State         10:32.55 
 11  Hannah Moen                      Arizona            10:34.26 
 12  Amanda Andrews                   Wash St.           10:35.28 
 13  Allison Linnell                  Washington         10:44.96 
 14  Kauren Tarver                    Ariz State         10:45.94 
 15  Brooke Giuffre                   Oregon             10:46.64 
 16  Emily Farrar                     Wash St.           10:47.27 
 17  Mo Huber                         Washington         11:02.90 
 18  Sadee Martinez                   UCLA               11:06.75 
 19  Katherine Ellis                  USC                11:07.25 
 20  Emma Miller-Bedell               Stanford                 NT 
 
Event 15  Women 4x100 Meter Relay Prelims
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     School                                                  Seed           
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  1  Arizona State  'A'                                     43.92 
  2  USC  'A'                                               44.39 
  3  California  'A'                                        44.56 
  4  Oregon  'A'                                            44.61 
  5  UCLA  'A'                                              45.00 
  6  Stanford  'A'                                          45.11 
  7  Washington  'A'                                        45.95 
  8  Arizona  'A'                                           46.12 
  9  Washington St.  'A'                                    46.60 
 
Event 17  Women 4x400 Meter Relay
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     School                                                  Seed           
===============================================================================
  1  Arizona State  'A'                                   3:34.30 
  2  UCLA  'A'                                            3:34.51 
  3  USC  'A'                                             3:35.06 
  4  Oregon  'A'                                          3:36.52 
  5  California  'A'                                      3:39.04 
  6  Washington St.  'A'                                  3:41.59 
  7  Stanford  'A'                                        3:43.07 
  8  Arizona  'A'                                         3:46.37 
  9  Washington  'A'                                      3:48.17 
 
Event 25  Women High Jump
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Elizabeth Patterson              Arizona             6-04.75 
  2  Inika McPherson                  California          6-00.00 
  3  Jasmin Day                       Arizona             5-11.50 
  4  Kelly McNamee                    Washington          5-11.50 
  5  Brianne Theisen                  Oregon              5-11.25 
  6  Rhonda Watkins                   UCLA                5-10.75 
  7  Nia Ali                          USC                 5-10.75 
  8  Jasmine Kelly                    Oregon              5-08.75 
  9  Tessa Flippin                    Stanford            5-08.50 
 10  Kara Bennett                     Stanford            5-07.75 
 11  Ekene Anene                      USC                 5-07.00 
 12  Maria Creech                     Wash St.            5-07.00 
 13  Tifani Grimes                    California          5-07.00 
 14  Dalilah Muhammad                 USC                 5-07.00 
 15  Marjorie Rima                    Ariz State          5-05.00 
 16  Liz Fuller                       Washington          5-04.50 
 
Event 27  Women Pole Vault
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Katy Viuf                        UCLA               14-01.25 
  2  Brysun Stately                   USC                13-11.25 
  3  Gabriella Duclos                 Arizona            13-11.25 
  4  Melissa Gergel                   Oregon             13-09.75 
  5  Allison Stokke                   California         13-09.75 
  6  Katie Morgan                     California         13-09.25 
  7  Katerina Stefanidi               Stanford           13-06.50 
  8  Lara Jones                       Washington         13-05.25 
  9  Andrea Peterson                  Washington         13-02.25 
 10  Megan Jamerson                   UCLA               13-01.75 
 11  Jacquelyn Perryman               Arizona            13-01.50 
 12  Cara Carpenter                   Ariz State         13-01.50 
 13  Jordan Roskelley                 Oregon             13-00.25 
 14  Cyrena Giordano                  California         12-11.75 
 15  Alexa Huestis                    Wash St.           12-09.50 
 16  Tori Anthony                     UCLA               12-07.50 
 17  Tori Pena                        UCLA               12-06.00 
 18  Hilary Moore                     Wash St.           12-02.00 
 19  Kenisha Strong                   USC                12-01.50 
 
Event 29  Women Long Jump
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Rhonda Watkins                   UCLA               21-03.25 
  2  Arantxa King                     Stanford           21-02.75 
  3  Jamesha Youngblood               Oregon             21-01.25 
  4  Stephanie Garnett                Ariz State         20-05.25 
  5  Shana Woods                      USC                20-05.00 
  6  Brianne Theisen                  Oregon             20-03.75 
  7  Sarah Matthew                    Stanford           20-02.50 
  8  Whitney Liehr                    Stanford           20-01.50 
  9  Brittni Dixon-Smith              Stanford           19-09.75 
 10  Charonda Williams                Ariz State         19-08.00 
 11  Jacklyn Lewis                    California         19-07.50 
 12  Shevell Quinley                  Arizona            19-07.00 
 13  Kristin Holmes                   California         19-07.00 
 14  Ke'Nyia Richardson               UCLA               19-03.50 
 15  Candace Missouri                 Wash St.           18-10.75 
 16  Kalindra McFadden                Oregon             18-10.75 
 17  Liz Fuller                       Washington         18-08.00 
 18  Jordan Merback                   Stanford           18-06.50 
 19  Taylor Nichols                   Washington         18-06.00 
 
Event 31  Women Triple Jump
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Arantxa King                     Stanford           42-04.00 
  2  Artensia Young                   California         41-07.25 
  3  Jordan Merback                   Stanford           41-01.75 
  4  Whitney Liehr                    Stanford           41-01.75 
  5  Ke'Nyia Richardson               UCLA               41-00.25 
  6  Jamesha Youngblood               Oregon             40-06.75 
  7  Tracey Stewart                   California         40-06.25 
  8  Mercedes Marchbanks              California         40-01.25 
  9  Taylor Nichols                   Washington         39-08.00 
 10  Ekene Anene                      USC                39-07.25 
 11  Candace Missouri                 Wash St.           39-05.00 
 12  Jessica Yates                    Wash St.           39-03.75 
 13  Brittni Dixon-Smith              Stanford           39-01.75 
 14  Nicole Vielma                    Washington         37-08.50 
 15  Liz Fuller                       Washington               ND 
 
Event 39  Women Shot Put
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
===============================================================================
  1  Sarah Stevens                    Ariz State         59-00.75 
  2  Nicole Lloyd                     Arizona            53-06.50 
  3  Megan Howard                     Arizona            52-09.25 
  4  Michaela Wallerstedt             Stanford           52-08.00 
  5  Taylor Freeman                   Arizona            51-04.50 
  6  Rita Santibanez                  Oregon             48-10.75 
  7  Brittany Borman                  UCLA               47-07.25 
  8  Kelsey Jessup                    Arizona            46-11.50 
  9  Anna Albrecht                    Wash St.           44-09.50 
 10  Cj Navarro                       Ariz State         44-07.50 
 11  Linda Oseso                      California         44-06.75 
 12  Katalin Mate                     USC                44-01.25 
 
Event 33  Women Discus Throw
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Sarah Stevens                    Ariz State        181-05.75 
  2  Taylor Freeman                   Arizona           168-08.75 
  3  Cj Navarro                       Ariz State        166-10.25 
  4  Lucy Cridland                    Oregon            165-11.50 
  5  Nicole Lloyd                     Arizona           165-01.75 
  6  Michaela Wallerstedt             Stanford          164-02.25 
  7  Katalin Mate                     USC               160-10.25 
  8  Elisa Bryant                     Washington        158-06.25 
  9  Brittany Borman                  UCLA              157-08.50 
 10  Kendall Morris                   California           152-11 
 11  Ashley Pyka                      USC                  152-01 
 12  Molly Kinsella                   Stanford          150-05.75 
 13  Ashley Kenney                    Wash St.          148-06.50 
 14  Megan Howard                     Arizona           144-00.25 
 15  Korede Oyetuga                   Washington        141-02.25 
 
Event 35  Women Hammer Throw
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
===============================================================================
  1  Eva Orban                        USC               226-10.75 
  2  Sarah Stevens                    Ariz State        212-10.25 
  3  Jaynie Goodbody                  Stanford          192-10.50 
  4  Elisa Bryant                     Washington        190-06.50 
  5  Megan Howard                     Arizona           186-08.50 
  6  Megan Maloney                    Oregon               180-01 
  7  Marissa Minderler                USC                  178-11 
  8  Kendra Walworth                  Arizona           178-00.50 
  9  Kjirsten Jensen                  Wash St.             174-02 
 10  Jade Niemeyer                    UCLA                 172-10 
 11  Linda Oseso                      California        167-10.50 
 12  Kiely Smith                      California        163-01.75 
 13  Cj Navarro                       Ariz State        162-09.75 
 14  Cassie Whitfield                 Wash St.          161-01.75 
 15  Taylor Bush                      Arizona           161-01.75 
 16  Korede Oyetuga                   Washington        158-07.50 
 17  Taylor Freeman                   Arizona              157-08 
 18  Molly Kinsella                   Stanford             155-04 
 19  Ashley Lampley                   Ariz State        153-06.50 
 20  Ashley Pyka                      USC               152-10.50 
 
Event 37  Women Javelin Throw
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
===============================================================================
  1  Rachel Yurkovich                 Oregon            190-11.50 
  2  Marissa Tschida                  Wash St.          181-08.50 
  3  Kristine Busa                    USC               173-04.50 
  4  Ashley McCrea                    Oregon            172-02.75 
  5  Courtney Kirkwood                Wash St.             170-08 
  6  Brooke Pighin                    Washington           168-11 
  7  Jennifer Hamilton                Wash St.          157-00.25 
  8  Marissa Minderler                USC               153-00.50 
  9  Lissa Regets                     Ariz State        142-06.50 
 10  Erika Simington                  Ariz State        142-00.50 
 11  Shevell Quinley                  Arizona           134-10.75 
 12  Hillary Werth                    UCLA                 130-08 
 13  Stephanie Garnett                Ariz State           121-01 
 
Event 2  Men 100 Meter Dash Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Marcus Duncan                    Ariz State            10.41 
  2  Justin Woods                     Wash St.              10.42 
  3  Ahmad Rashad                     USC                   10.43 
  4  Kellan Patterson                 California            10.49 
  5  Matthew Palmer                   USC                   10.50 
  6  Calvin Abram                     Ariz State            10.53 
  7  Daniel Belch                     Stanford              10.56 
  8  Allante Battle                   Ariz State            10.57 
  9  Marlon Murray                    Wash St.              10.58 
 10  Jamal Alston                     UCLA                  10.58 
 11  Kyle Alston                      Arizona               10.65 
 12  Shane Vereen                     California            10.66 
 13  Joseph Turner                    Washington            10.66 
 14  Lawrence Trice                   Ariz State            10.68 
 15  Tyrone McGraw                    Stanford              10.71 
 16  Zach Chandy                      Stanford              10.72 
 17  Chris McSwain                    Arizona               10.73 
 18  Nick Porter                      California            10.74 
 19  Randy Bacon                      Washington            10.78 
 20  Ryan Fisicaro                    Stanford              10.79 
 21  Kenjamin Jackson                 Washington            10.79 
 22  Desmond Hamilton                 USC                   10.86 
 23  Aaron Seminski                   Arizona               10.89 
 24  Sean Jackson                     USC                   10.91 
 
Event 4  Men 200 Meter Dash Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Jordan Boase                     Washington            20.61 
  2  Ahmad Rashad                     USC                   20.74 
  3  Marcus Duncan                    Ariz State            20.80 
  4  Justin Woods                     Wash St.              21.01 
  5  Karlton Rolle                    UCLA                  21.10 
  6  Joey Hughes                      USC                   21.13 
  7  Allante Battle                   Ariz State            21.21 
  8  Marlon Murray                    Wash St.              21.23 
  9  Kyle Alston                      Arizona               21.24 
 10  Joseph Turner                    Washington            21.24 
 11  Brandon Smith                    UCLA                  21.27 
 12  Zach Chandy                      Stanford              21.34 
 13  Stan Griffin                     UCLA                  21.36 
 14  Chris McSwain                    Arizona               21.46 
 15  Lawrence Trice                   Ariz State            21.52 
 16  Daniel Belch                     Stanford              21.61 
 17  Calvin Abram                     Ariz State            21.65 
 18  Armand Rhone                     Arizona               21.77 
 19  Kenjamin Jackson                 Washington            21.78 
 20  Matt Butcher                     Oregon                21.82 
 21  Nick Porter                      California            21.92 
 22  Sean Jackson                     USC                   22.02 
 23  Keagan Wethington                California            22.22 
 
Event 6  Men 400 Meter Dash Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Jordan Boase                     Washington            45.67 
  2  Jeshua Anderson                  Wash St.              46.08 
  3  Chad Barlow                      Oregon                46.70 
  4  Joey Hughes                      USC                   46.83 
  5  Justin Kremer                    Ariz State            46.91 
  6  Ashton Eaton                     Oregon                47.12 
  7  Elijah Wells                     UCLA                  47.12 
  8  Jeff Gudaitis                    Washington            47.17 
  9  Nate Anderson                    USC                   47.31 
 10  Reny Follett                     Wash St.              47.48 
 11  Ray Miller                       Ariz State            47.72 
 12  Jason Price                      USC                   47.92 
 13  Keagan Wethington                California            47.98 
 14  Tojsh Kennedy                    California            48.31 
 15  Andrew Dargie                    Stanford              48.34 
 16  Scott DeYoung                    USC                   48.43 
 17  John Kline                       Ariz State            48.63 
 18  Armand Rhone                     Arizona               48.88 
 
Event 8  Men 800 Meter Run Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Andrew Wheating                  Oregon              1:47.03 
  2  Mason McHenry                    Ariz State          1:47.74 
  3  Irek Sekretarski                 USC                 1:48.68 
  4  Cory Primm                       UCLA                1:48.93 
  5  Travis Thompson                  Oregon              1:49.18 
  6  Luke Lemenager                   Wash St.            1:49.28 
  7  Nectaly Barbosa                  Ariz State          1:49.40 
  8  Sebastian Sam                    California          1:49.44 
  9  Sean Carey                       California          1:49.65 
 10  Francis Gadayan                  California          1:49.66 
 11  Blake Shaw                       USC                 1:49.96 
 12  Dylan Ferris                     Stanford            1:50.10 
 13  Joe Abbott                       Wash St.            1:50.10 
 14  Scott Crawford                   UCLA                1:50.16 
 15  James Eichberger                 Arizona             1:50.34 
 16  Jacob Evans                      Stanford            1:50.35 
 17  Brian Govier                     Washington          1:50.36 
 18  Ryan Soberanis                   Washington          1:50.52 
 19  Jordan Mara                      Arizona             1:50.60 
 20  Justin Reed                      Stanford            1:51.81 
 21  Andrew Gausepohl                 USC                 1:52.56 
 22  Faisal Abdulahi                  Washington          1:55.69 
 
Event 10  Men 1500 Meter Run Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Matthew Centrowitz               Oregon              3:36.92 
  2  Garrett Heath                    Stanford            3:37.57 
  3  Michael Coe                      California          3:37.98 
  4  Galen Rupp                       Oregon              3:39.66 
  5  Austin Abbott                    Washington          3:40.03 
  6  Andrew Wheating                  Oregon              3:40.91 
  7  Brandon Bethke                   Ariz State          3:42.82 
  8  Elliott Heath                    Stanford            3:43.10 
  9  Abdi Hassan                      Arizona             3:43.54 
 10  Eric Lee                         California          3:44.01 
 11  Jacob Evans                      Stanford            3:44.10 
 12  Marlon Patterson                 UCLA                3:44.13 
 13  James Withers                    Oregon              3:45.04 
 14  Joey Bywater                     Washington          3:45.43 
 15  Jordan McNamara                  Oregon              3:45.66 
 16  Dylan Fitzpatrick                Arizona             3:46.38 
 17  Dylan Hatcher                    Ariz State          3:48.70 
 18  Faisal Abdulahi                  Washington          3:50.67 
 19  Hakon DeVries                    Stanford            3:51.37 
 
Event 12  Men 5000 Meter Run
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Galen Rupp                       Oregon             13:18.12 
  2  Brandon Bethke                   Ariz State         13:27.79 
  3  Chris Derrick                    Stanford           13:29.98 
  4  Shadrack Biwott                  Oregon             13:36.25 
  5  Garrett Heath                    Stanford           13:42.27 
  6  Elliott Heath                    Stanford           13:42.59 
  7  Yosef Ghebray                    California         13:44.75 
  8  Luke Puskedra                    Oregon             13:46.52 
  9  Matthew Centrowitz               Oregon             13:49.15 
 10  Scott Wall                       Oregon             13:49.40 
 11  Jake Schmitt                     Washington         13:54.25 
 12  Diego Mercado                    Oregon             13:57.79 
 13  Jake Riley                       Stanford           14:01.91 
 14  Danny Mercado                    Oregon             14:03.27 
 15  Hakon DeVries                    Stanford           14:03.63 
 16  Patrick Milloy                   Ariz State         14:05.34 
 17  Jeff Helmer                      Ariz State         14:08.00 
 18  Kyle Shackleton                  UCLA               14:09.16 
 19  Drew Shackleton                  UCLA               14:10.40 
 20  Dominic Smargiassi               Wash St.           14:12.90 
 21  Kent Morikawa                    UCLA               14:13.89 
 22  Marlon Patterson                 UCLA               14:17.05 
 23  Drew Polley                      Wash St.           14:18.15 
 24  Colton Tully-Doyle               Washington         14:26.27 
 25  Benjamin Johnson                 Stanford           14:26.64 
 26  Victor Zazueta                   Arizona            14:27.69 
 27  Steve Sodaro                     California         14:28.72 
 28  Ben Engelhardt                   Ariz State         14:32.80 
 29  Chris Mocko                      Stanford           14:36.67 
 30  Marco Anzures                    UCLA               14:37.15 
 31  Joey Bywater                     Washington         14:38.80 
 32  Kelly Spady                      Washington         14:45.05 
 33  Cameron Quackenbush              Washington         15:02.22 
 34  Chris Winter                     Oregon                   NT 
 35  Michael Coe                      California               NT 
 36  David Mehlhorn                   Ariz State               NT 
 37  Dylan Hatcher                    Ariz State               NT 
 38  Sam Ahlbeck                      Wash St.                 NT 
 39  John Sullivan                    Stanford                 NT 
 40  David Hickerson                  Wash St.                 NT 
 
Event 14  Men 10000 Meter Run
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Galen Rupp                       Oregon             28:28.68 
  2  Shadrack Biwott                  Oregon             28:28.82 
  3  Luke Puskedra                    Oregon             28:34.17 
  4  Jake Riley                       Stanford           28:46.83 
  5  Diego Mercado                    Oregon             28:48.54 
  6  Danny Mercado                    Oregon             28:53.02 
  7  Kyle Shackleton                  UCLA               29:02.57 
  8  Drew Shackleton                  UCLA               29:05.97 
  9  Drew Polley                      Wash St.           29:26.46 
 10  Victor Zazueta                   Arizona            29:55.91 
 11  Chris Derrick                    Stanford                 NT 
 12  Isaac Stoutenburgh               Oregon                   NT 
 13  Patrick Milloy                   Ariz State               NT 
 14  Kari Karlsson                    California               NT 
 15  Jeff Helmer                      Ariz State               NT 
 
Event 20  Men 110 Meter Hurdles Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Myles Bradley                    Stanford              13.55 
  2  Oscar Spurlock                   USC                   13.68 
  3  Jordan Paul                      California            13.79 
  4  Robert Williams                  Wash St.              13.81 
  5  Eric Hersey                      Oregon                14.28 
  6  Joseph Jackson                   Stanford              14.32 
  7  Chris Titsworth                  Arizona               14.34 
  8  DeLoyd Gray                      Arizona               14.50 
  9  Ryan Holmes                      California            14.61 
 10  Aaron Burney                     California            14.71 
 11  Andrew Ferleman                  Washington            15.37 
 
Event 22  Men 400 Meter Hurdles Prelims
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Jeshua Anderson                  Wash St.              49.44 
  2  Amaechi Morton                   Stanford              50.11 
  3  Jake Hanson                      California            50.60 
  4  David Klech                      Oregon                50.75 
  5  Barry Leavitt                    Wash St.              51.18 
  6  J Hopkins                        Wash St.              51.57 
  7  Chris Titsworth                  Arizona               51.68 
  8  Roberto Archibold                Ariz State            51.72 
  9  Trevor Habberstad                Wash St.              52.15 
 10  Duane Walker                     USC                   52.37 
 11  Durell Coleman                   Stanford              52.45 
 12  Ryan Holmes                      California            52.91 
 13  Marshall Ackley                  Oregon                52.92 
 14  Miles Timpe                      Washington            53.17 
 15  Ian Caracciolo                   Ariz State            53.22 
 16  Ty Cordova                       Arizona               53.35 
 17  Joseph Jackson                   Stanford              56.78 
 
Event 24  Men 3000 Meter Steeplechase
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     Name                        Year School                 Seed           
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  1  Chris Winter                     Oregon              8:42.03 
  2  Chris Mocko                      Stanford            8:50.30 
  3  John Sullivan                    Stanford            8:51.74 
  4  Sam Ahlbeck                      Wash St.            8:53.46 
  5  Dylan Knight                     UCLA                8:53.61 
  6  Steve Sodaro                     California          8:54.16 
  7  David Mehlhorn                   Ariz State          9:01.04 
  8  Ben Engelhardt                   Ariz State          9:03.51 
  9  Marco Anzures                    UCLA                9:04.82 
 10  Brian MacArthur                  Arizona             9:06.79 
 11  Benjamin Johnson                 Stanford            9:10.05 
 12  Reed Blochberger                 Arizona             9:16.45 
 13  David McCary                     Washington          9:17.74 
 14  David Hickerson                  Wash St.            9:19.83 
 15  Isaac Stoutenburgh               Oregon              9:23.58 
 
Event 16  Men 4x100 Meter Relay Prelims
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     School                                                  Seed           
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  1  USC  'A'                                               39.59 
  2  UCLA  'A'                                              39.71 
  3  Arizona State  'A'                                     39.79 
  4  Washington St.  'A'                                    40.07 
  5  Washington  'A'                                        40.24 
  6  Arizona  'A'                                           40.56 
  7  California  'A'                                        40.63 
  8  Oregon  'A'                                            40.73 
  9  Stanford  'A'                                          41.25 
 
Event 18  Men 4x400 Meter Relay
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     School                                                  Seed           
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  1  Washington St.  'A'                                  3:06.74 
  2  USC  'A'                                             3:07.56 
  3  Arizona State  'A'                                   3:08.52 
  4  Oregon  'A'                                          3:09.33 
  5  Washington  'A'                                      3:11.11 
  6  California  'A'                                      3:11.56 
  7  UCLA  'A'                                            3:11.72 
  8  Arizona  'A'                                         3:12.91 
  9  Stanford  'A'                                        3:12.99 
 
Event 26  Men High Jump
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Trent Arrivey                    Wash St.            7-04.50 
  2  Manjula Kumara Wijesekara        USC                 7-01.75 
  3  Taylor Hobson                    UCLA                7-01.00 
  4  Shawn Swartz                     Wash St.            7-00.50 
  5  Ryan Deese                       Wash St.            7-00.25 
  6  Vernell Warren                   Oregon              6-10.75 
  7  Ashton Eaton                     Oregon              6-10.25 
  8  Jonathan Clark                   UCLA                6-09.50 
  9  Aaron McVein                     Oregon              6-08.75 
 10  Brian Carmichael                 California          6-08.75 
 11  Jordan Powell                    Arizona             6-08.75 
 12  Donovan Lim                      USC                 6-08.75 
 13  Nelson Rosario                   UCLA                6-06.75 
 14  Oluwadare Kolawole               Stanford            6-04.75 
 
Event 28  Men Pole Vault
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Scott Roth                       Washington         18-01.00 
  2  Nick Mossberg                    Arizona            17-09.00 
  3  Johnny Quinn                     UCLA               17-08.50 
  4  Ryan Vu                          Washington         17-06.50 
  5  Jared O'Connor                   Washington         17-06.50 
  6  Dustin DeLeo                     UCLA               17-05.00 
  7  Greg Woepse                      UCLA               17-05.00 
  8  Brandon Estrada                  USC                17-04.50 
  9  Derek Scott                      USC                17-02.75 
 10  Ryan Shuler                      California         17-02.75 
 11  Casey Roche                      Stanford           17-01.00 
 12  Casey DiCesare                   UCLA               17-01.00 
 13  Dutch Perryman                   Arizona            17-00.75 
 14  Bobby Talley                     UCLA               17-00.75 
 15  Colin Witter-Tilton              Oregon             16-11.50 
 16  Corey Dysick                     Stanford           16-11.50 
 17  Corey Phallen                    Ariz State         16-10.75 
 18  James Coffin                     Arizona            16-06.75 
 19  Joe Fazio                        Ariz State         16-06.75 
 20  Brendan Corrigan                 Arizona            16-03.25 
 21  Charles Fasi                     USC                16-00.75 
 22  Andrew Stevens                   California         16-00.75 
 23  Beau Carrillo                    Wash St.           16-00.75 
 24  Trent Perez                      UCLA               15-11.00 
 
Event 30  Men Long Jump
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Ashton Eaton                     Oregon             25-08.00 
  2  Luis Rivera-Morales              Arizona            25-06.25 
  3  Taylor Hobson                    UCLA               25-02.50 
  4  Myles Bradley                    Stanford           24-09.75 
  5  Jordan Powell                    Arizona            24-09.00 
  6  Vernell Warren                   Oregon             24-07.25 
  7  Desmond Hamilton                 USC                24-06.50 
  8  Nelson Rosario                   UCLA               24-02.50 
  9  Christian Crain                  Wash St.           24-01.00 
 10  Jeremy Taiwo                     Washington         23-03.50 
 11  Kyle Mills-Bunje                 California         23-02.50 
 12  Michael Stokes                   Ariz State         23-02.00 
 13  Stefanos Michael                 Arizona            22-10.50 
 14  Elliot Ferrara                   USC                22-10.50 
 15  Andrew Ferleman                  Washington         21-08.75 
 
Event 32  Men Triple Jump
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Luis Rivera-Morales              Arizona            52-04.75 
  2  Aven Wright                      USC                52-02.00 
  3  Jonathan Clark                   UCLA               51-05.75 
  4  Manjula Kumara Wijesekara        USC                51-01.75 
  5  Moreno Zapata                    Wash St.           50-02.50 
  6  Steven Taylor                    UCLA               49-07.75 
  7  Myles Bradley                    Stanford           49-07.00 
  8  Jeremy Taiwo                     Washington         49-04.25 
  9  Jeremy Egboro                    Ariz State         48-06.00 
 10  Brian Schaudt                    Oregon             48-02.50 
 11  Sean Wilson                      Wash St.           47-03.75 
 12  Stefanos Michael                 Arizona            47-03.00 
 13  Nelson Rosario                   UCLA               47-01.50 
 14  Devin Timpson                    Wash St.           46-04.75 
 15  Oluwadare Kolawole               Stanford           44-05.25 
 16  Corey Dysick                     Stanford           42-03.50 
 17  Casey Roche                      Stanford                 ND 
 
Event 40  Men Shot Put
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Zack Lloyd                       Arizona            68-01.75 
  2  Ryan Whiting                     Ariz State         66-11.50 
  3  Jason Lewis                      Ariz State         63-04.00 
  4  Bo Taylor                        UCLA               61-03.50 
  5  Korion Morris                    Arizona            58-04.00 
  6  Patrick Kowalsky                 California         56-08.00 
  7  Geoffrey Tabor                   Stanford           55-03.00 
  8  Mark Weber                       UCLA               55-01.00 
  9  Joe Bartlett                     Wash St.           54-09.50 
 10  Aaron Dan                        USC                54-02.00 
 11  Daniel Te'o-Nesheim              Washington               ND 
 
Event 34  Men Discus Throw
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Daniel Schaerer                  Stanford             199-04 
  2  Ryan Whiting                     Ariz State        199-03.25 
  3  Martin Maric                     California           198-07 
  4  Jason Lewis                      Ariz State        192-04.25 
  5  Colin Campbell                   USC               188-05.75 
  6  Aaron Dan                        USC               187-10.25 
  7  Zack Lloyd                       Arizona              187-06 
  8  Matt Lamb                        Wash St.          185-10.25 
  9  Geoffrey Tabor                   Stanford             184-03 
 10  Korion Morris                    Arizona           177-08.25 
 11  Tom Nagengast                    UCLA              172-07.25 
 12  Bo Taylor                        UCLA              171-11.25 
 13  Zack Midles                      Washington           167-05 
 14  Peter Follmer                    Washington        165-07.75 
 15  Joe Bartlett                     Wash St.          160-03.50 
 16  Kyle Davis-Hammerquist           Stanford             159-10 
 17  Patrick Kowalsky                 California           158-00 
 18  Tyler Johnson                    Arizona           156-05.50 
 19  Carter Wells                     Stanford          156-04.75 
 
Event 36  Men Hammer Throw
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Jason Lewis                      Ariz State        223-07.25 
  2  Boldizsar Kocsor                 UCLA              218-09.75 
  3  Zack Midles                      Washington        211-06.75 
  4  Trey Henderson                   USC               210-04.75 
  5  Tomaz Bogovic                    Arizona           206-03.50 
  6  Kyle Davis-Hammerquist           Stanford          203-00.50 
  7  Phil MacArthur                   Wash St.             201-06 
  8  Jordan Stray                     Oregon            201-01.75 
  9  Brian Wilhelm                    USC               198-11.75 
 10  Steven Johnson                   Oregon            197-04.75 
 11  Angus Taylor                     Washington        195-04.75 
 12  Jeff Helwig                      Ariz State           194-01 
 13  Mike Curiel                      USC               193-10.25 
 14  Tyler Johnson                    Arizona           189-07.75 
 15  Carter Wells                     Stanford             188-04 
 16  Cody Cox                         Stanford          170-03.50 
 
Event 38  Men Javelin Throw
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     Name                        Year School            Seed Mark           
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  1  Cyrus Hostetler                  Oregon            272-10.25 
  2  Corey White                      USC               272-02.75 
  3  Ryan Young                       California           250-10 
  4  Kyle Nielsen                     Washington        239-02.25 
  5  Alex Wolff                       Oregon               234-04 
  6  Martin Maric                     California        218-00.75 
  7  Britton Nelson                   Oregon            214-06.75 
  8  Marc Peck                        Ariz State        208-00.25 
  9  Mark Presby                      Wash St.          203-09.25 
 10  David Nyland                     Washington        202-00.75 
 11  Zach Woods                       Washington        196-04.50 
 12  Jacob Aronson                    USC               189-07.75 
 13  Stenn Parton                     USC               171-11.25 

100 - Marcus Duncan of Arizona State is the top returner and Ahmad Rashad of USC was the 2007 Pac-10 champion so this could be a great battle if Rashad is back to form.  Senior Justin Woods of Washington State is a consistently high performer at this level and has plenty of experience at the NCAA level.  This event is wide open

200 - This year senior Jordan Boase of Washington is doubling along with his specialty, the 400 meters.  He will be challenged by double 2007 Pac-10 champion Ahmad Rashad of USC but is likely to get a double of his own.

400 - Senior Jordan Boase should get his first two individual titles after dealing with '07 World Championship competitor Lionel Larry of USC year.  2008 World junior and NCAA 400 hurdle champion Joshua Anderson of Washington State will attempt to defeat the Washington school record holder.  Duck juniors Chad Barlow and Ashton Eaton will likely lead the rest of the competitors on their home turf. 

800 - Olympian Andrew Wheating of Oregon will likely hold off top collegiate freshman Mason McHenry of Arizona State and NCAA veterans Cory Primm of UCLA and Nectaly Barbosa of Arizona State.

1500 - This could be an incredible race if the competitors push the pace.  Five of the top nine NCAA outdoor marks are represented by the top seeds in this competition.  19 year old top seed Matthew Centrowitz jr will attempt to follow his NCAA leading win from the Payton Jordan Invite with a PAc-10 championship.  Teammate and Olympian Andrew Wheating and NCAA veterans Garret Heath of Stanford, Michael Coe of Cal, Austin Abbott of Washington, and Brandon Bethke of Arizona State will challenge for what should be spectacular.  10,000 meter Olympian and Oregon indoor school record holder in the mile Galen Rupp is entered but he is likely to run the 5k and 10k. 

Steeplechase - Oregon senior Chris Winter is a strong favorite to get his first Pac-10 championship after finishing behind ASU NCAA champions Aaron Aguayo and Kyle Alcorn.  Last year he made his first NCAA championships and reached the final.  Now is his chance to get a win.  Stanford's Chris Mocko and John Sullivan are closest on the list. 

5,000 - Senior Olympian Galen Rupp will attempt to repeat his 2007 double with tougher competition.  Good thing his speed has improved and he has four NCAA titles already from this year.  Transfer Brandon Bethke of Arizona State crushed the old school record by 10 seconds and freshman Chris Derrick of Stanford broke Rupp's American junior record.   All three runners are at least expected to double.  Depending on how tired Rupp and his competitors are this could be a great race. 

10,000 - To end the first night Oregon will attempt to accrue a large number of points in this race.  This mass of points have led to two consecutive Pac-10 team championships.  Five of the top six seeds are Ducks and led by Rupp.  To derail the Ducks chances teams will have to try to break this up but Rupp, senior Shadrack Biwott, and Luke Puskedra are the only NCAA automatic qualifiers, so it will be difficult.

100 hurdles - Stanford senior and 2008 NCAA semifinalist Myles Bradley is almost a lock but anything can happen when barriers are in front of you.  Sophomore Oscar Spurlock of USC has made a big step up this year but will have to take another one to beat Bradley.

400 hurdles - Sophomore world junior and NCAA champ Jeshua Anderson of Washington State is back and everyone will be fighting for second.  Teammate Barry Leavitt and  Cal's Jake Hanson have NCAA experience and will face super-frosh Amaechi Morton of Stanford and finally healthy sophomore super-prep David Klech of Oregon in the fight for second.

4x100 relay - USC has a number of very good runners, UCLA has some good runners and ASU is trying to pass well enough to win here.  We will see after the stick makes it around the track. 

4x400 relay - Every year teams come into the conference meet and obliterate their season bests.  USC and Arizona State always have great runners.  ASU and USC have won the last ten Pac-10 championships and ASU won last year.  It is likely not to change.

HJ - Ed Wright of Cal had won two in-a-row but now that he has graduated he will likely be succeeded by the emergence of Trent Arrivey of Washington State who is the collegiate leader.  Manjula Wijesekara of USC and Taylor Hobson of UCLA are a step ahead of the rest of the competition for second.

Pole Vault - Sophomore Scott Roth redshirted last year and recovered his freshman form by almost (short .02m) equaling his 2007 pr that he set indoors.  In the difficult wind conditions of Hayward Field there is never a solid favorite and he will be joined by fellow Huskies Ryan Vu and Jared O'Conner.  Nick Mossberg of Arizona and any one of the five quality UCLA vaulters could also win this. 

Long Jump - Two NCAA scoring seniors left and it has left a void at the top of the conference.  Junior Ashton Eaton jumped into it during the dual with UCLA and beat Taylor Hobson's personal best in the process.  Senior Luis Rivera-Morales of Arizona was third at this meet last year behind those two aforementioned seniors and consistently jumps well so this should be a great competition. 

Triple Jump - If Rivera-Morales doesn't get his first PAc-10 title in Saturday's long jump he will likely get it here and possibly get a school record in the process but he will be strongly challenged by the rapidly developing senior Aven Wright of USC and NCAA competitor Jonathan Clark of UCLA.

Shot Put - Junior Ryan Whiting and Senior Zach Lloyd are former high school leaders and have prs over 69 feet.  Lloyd won the Pac-10 last year but Whiting finished 2nd ahead of Lloyd's fourth at the NCAA championships.  Indoors Whiting won his second straight title and Whiting was third.  They are two of the top talents at the meet and may be future Olympians. 

Discus Throw - Before the season five of the top nine returning collegians were from the Pac-10.  Due to injuries that has been reduced to four of the top seven throwers this year but it should still be great competition.  Daniel Shaerer of Stanford (199-3) leads the group and is second nationally, just 3/4 of an inch further than Whiting and nine inches ahead of Cal senior Martin Maric.  Junior Jason Lewis of Arizona State has joined this elite group this year and is less than 7 feet behind.  It should be a tough competition.

Hammer Throw - Junior Jason Lewis of Arizona State has improved 27 feet this year (223-7) and is now one of the top collegiate hammer throwers.  He will have to beat 2008 NCAA fourth place finisher Boldizsar Kocsor of UCLA.  Junior Zack Midles has improved significantly this year and will have to some more to contend for a title.

Javelin Throw - Former world leader but still collegiate and US leader Cyrus Hostetler of Oregon (272-10) will have a tough competition with NCAA runner-up and defending champ Corey White of USC who has also pr'd this year (272-2)

There will be many interesting battles among top level competition including the 400, 1500, 5,000, 10,000, pole vault, shot put, hammer throw and javelin throw.  Competitors in each of these events are among just a few NCAA favorites. 

Predictions - Oregon 153, USC 104, ASU 103, Stanford 100

400 - Nicole Leach of UCLA will move from the 400 hurdles for this meet to go against defending champion Keshia Baker of Oregon.  Olear of USC, Lacy of UCLA and Benjamin of ASU have NCAA relay experience and are close challengers.

800 - Zoe Buckman of Oregon was fourth at last year's NCAA meet but has not shown the form yet that she exhibited last year although she does lead the conference this year.  Anna Layman of Washington State was eighth in that race last year but also has not shown the form.  Curry of UCLA and Pierce of Cal are consistent challengers and may get their shot to win the title this year. 

1500 - Lauren Centrowitz of Stanford has looked very good this year and after two year's of being runner-up has her best shot to win in her senior year.  Defending champ Follett of Washington and teammate Campbell will challenge along with Ducks Blood and Kosinski

Steeple - Freshman Husky sensation Marie Lawrence will try to get her first conference title against '08 NCAA 9th place finisher and USC sophomore Zsofia Erdelyi, Stanford's Emilie Amaro and two-time defending champ Sara Trane of WSU

5,000 - Nicole Blood of Oregon will try to defend her title against freshman sensation Laurynne Chatelat of Stanford as both times are so close and done in different races that who knows who can go how much faster. Three Huskies Follett, Campbell and Lawrence are close behind with senior transfer Scherf of the Ducks in there but with an up-and-down season.   Of major note is the fact that Chetelat is the only one not expected to double 

10,000 - Junior MAttie Bridgmon of Oregon has had an incredible season and has had prs throughout the season, indoors and outdoors.  She has shown a great amount of fight and competitiveness and maybe will get credit for the first time with a Pac-10 title.  She faces tough, veteran competitors in Anita Campbell of Washington and Ali Kielty of ASU.  She also faces 2008 NCAA third place finisher Alex Gits of Stanford who just ran her first race since last year by running a 5k at the PAyton Jordan Invite so she is a dangerous wild card. 

100 hur - Kimyon Broom of Cal is the defending champion and top seed but did not make the NCAA meet last year but USC teammates Shalina Clarke (8th) and Nia Ali (semis) did.  This shoud be fun to watch as fortunes always change rapidly during a 100 meter hurdles race.     

400 hurdles - 2007 NCAA champ and '08 runner-up Nicole Leach of UCLA must have thought she needed more competition in the 400 after only one Pac-10 competitor even made it into the NCAA heats last year.  Freshman sensation Dalilah Muhammad of USC should make a run at the NCAA meet and is far ahead of the competition. 

HJ - Defending NCAA and Pac-10 champion Elizabeth Patterson of Arizona had had a 3 1/2" pr and should dominate here.  NCAA veterans and teammate Jasmin Day and California's Inika McPherson will head the rest unless talented Rhonda Watkins of UCLA overcomes her regular injuries. 

PV - No one of this highly successful group has dominated or regularly succeeded.  This is the most unpredictable of any of the events anyway and more so with the changing and sometimes heavy winds of Hayward Field who knows.  Katie Morgan of Cal won the NCAA champ with the lowest height since 2002, Gabriela Duclos of Arizona was the 2007 Pac-10 champ, and they along with Melissa Gergel of Oregon, Katy Viuf, Tori Pena and Tori Anthony of UCLA have been NCAA all-Americans or competitors.  Gergel does have more experience with these conditions and that will help. 

LJ - 2x 2007 NCAA champ Rhonda Watkins of UCLA is hoping to get back to that form.  Anything close and she is a cinch to win this meet.  Stanford's Arantxa King and Oregon's Jameesha Youngblood should lead the rest. 

TJ - Arantxa King of Stanford will take of the mantle given to her by former teammate and four-time PAc-10 champion Erica McClain.   She is joined by teammates Jordan Merback and Whitney Liehr who will challenge her as will Cal's Artensia Young and former high school sensation Ke'Nyia Richardson of UCLA. 

SP and Discus - Sarah Stevens of ASU has been one of the top collegian and American shot putters since her freshman year and will attempt to win her third title.  She will be a heavy favoritein both throws

Hammer Throw - Defending NCAA champion senior Eva Orban has not finished lower than third at the NCAA meet but will be looking for just her second NCAA title.  Sarah Stevens of Arizona State upset her last year and will attempt to again in a tough women's team overall race. 

Javelin Throw - Senior Rachel Yurkovich will try to be the second javelin thrower to win four consecutive Pac-10 titles (joining Inga Stasiulionyte of USC '01-'04) but more interestingly will try to be one of four in any event joining legendary athletes Amy Acuff of UCLA in the high jump ('94-'97) and Sheena Johnson of UCLA in the 400 hurdles ('01-'04).  Young star sophomore Marissa Tschida and freshman Courtney Kirkwood of Washington State will try to derail Yurkovich's plans.

Oregon 137, USC 126, ASU 115, Stanford 114

Ken Goe, of the Oregonian, overall meet story

Great account here of the Twilight, with a lead on the 4xMile, by the R-G's Chris Hansen.

UO coach Vin Lananna says the 4xMile will be a lasting memory for those who saw it.

RunnerSpace video of the 4xMile race.

RunnerSpace video of the Jesse Williams high jumping Saturday.

100+ Photos from the Oregon Twilight and Pac-10s Hep/Dec day 1

Complete results for the Oregon Twilight meet.

This is the R-G's account of the Pac-10 multi-event competition.

It was a very big first day for Oregon's multi-eventers.

First-day results for the Pac-10 decathlon and heptathlon at Hayward Field.

Photo collages by the RegisterGuard.com 4xMile | Hep/Dec | Twilight

Freshman Kendra Schaaf of Washington proved to be the top female collegiate cross country runner outside of two time defending champ Sally Kipyego of Texas Tech.  She ran away from the competition and broke the course record by 30 seconds.  At pre-Nationals, where she finished third,  it seems clearly that she was doing pack running with her teammates that finished fourth and fifth, freshman Christine Babcock and Sophomore Marie Lawrence.  She has a pop to her stride and cadence that makes her look similar to international championship competitors.  She has a tremendous future if she stays healthy.  Top Ducks Nicole Blood and Alex Kosinski had to let Schaaf go as she passed one mile in an incredible 5:07. 

The Washington runners moved up and dropped Zoe Buckman.  The pace seemed too hard for the top Ducks and it seems they were shocked by Schaaf's ability.  Both Ducks severely dropped off the pace and Graduate senior Lindsey Scherf passed Blood and Kosinski to finish behind the top six performance by the first six Husky runners.  Blood and Kosinski were at a loss after the meet.  The top five Huskies averaged a faster time than the previous meet record.  For the first time ever in Pac-10 history a team took the top five spots at the championship meet.  Washington scored 15 points to 55 for Oregon.  Trackshark made this historic performance the top story of the weekend.   

The Oregon men had not competed much this year.  Earlier in the year they had defeated fourth ranked Portland and fifth ranked Alabama.  Now they would face second ranked Stanford.  Redshirt Senior Galen Rupp took off early and ran impressively.  Samuel Chelanga of Liberty had been the prohibitive favorite for the NCAA championship but Rupp was impressive enough to excite track experts into thinking Galen may win his first NCAA championship.  Duck Freshman Luke Puskedra and Senior Shadrack Kiptoo-Biwott tried to stay close but eventually fell off Rupp's high pace.  Graduate senior Curtis Suver, Sophomore Andrew Wheating and Sophomore Matt Centrowitz stayed in a pack of close to ten runners for half of a race. 

At halfway Kiptoo-Biwott and Puskedra were 16 seconds behind Rupp and the Ducks in the pack were in 4-6 for a Duck sweep (50 seconds behind the pair) similar to the Husky women.  At that point the top Stanford runners, freshman Chris Derrick and senior Garret Heath, pushed the pace and broke up the pack a bit.  Rupp continued to push the pace and Puskedra stayed ahead of Kiptoo-Biwott.  Shadrack seemed to be hurting and Derrick and NCAA miler Heath moved past him.  Olympian Wheating led the packed Ducks with a ninth place finish while Centrowitz was 11th and Suver 12th.  Oregon scored 28 points to Stanford's 47.  Washington and Cal tied for third with 104.   

Notes:  Diego Mercado did not run because he had an off week of training but he is ready to run well at regionals.  Junior Kenny Klotz threw off his redshirt but had an off meet and will hopefully be ready for regionals.  Danny Mercado fought well and steadily moved up to     

Come cheer on the Beavers, who'll toe the line to race at 2:25pm on Friday, Oct. 31st. (HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! ...but who needs another reason to wear black and orange?!)

Directions to    90333 Sunderman Road, Springfield, Oregon 97478

·         Take Exit 105E/126E off of I-5 and stay on 126E for 7 miles.

·         Take the 42^nd Street/Marcola exit and make a left on 42^nd street for 0.4 miles

·         Take a RIGHT on Marcola for 4.4 miles until you reach the intersection of Marcola and Sunderman Road – there maybe parking available at Golf Course if you get there early enough