University of Oregon
Oregon Twilight
Duck Hurdlers Andrus & Holliday Lead Ducks in Oregon Twilight
05/02/04 | Track and Field
EUGENE - In their regular season finale, the Duck men and women's track and field teams combined for 24 Pac-10 marks (14 W / 10 M) and 18 regional marks (9 W / 9 M) in the Oregon Twilight, Saturday in front of a crowd of approximately 4,000 at Hayward Field.
Among the Duck women's nine event wins, redshirt senior Abby Andrus won the 100 hurdles (14.16w, w:2.03) and 400 hurdles (59.9-hand timed) in season bests. The Peoria, Ariz., native met the Regional and Pac-10 standards for the first time in the 400 hurdles, and also notched another Pac-10 qualifier in the 100 hurdles. Junior Sofie Abildtrup added wins in the 200 (24.01, w:1.9) - only .08 seconds off her personal best - and as an anchor on the 4x100 relay (47.97). In the middle distances, redshirt sophomore Sara Schaaf (first, 2:08.08) rode the coattails of former Duck Vicky Fleschner (second, 2:08.25) en route to a two-second personal best in the 800 for another Pac-10 and regional qualifier. In the 1,500, redshirt junior Taylor Bryant was barely a quarter-second shy of another Pac-10 qualifier (third, 4:40.48). Junior Clarice Hayward-Lee finally claimed her first outdoor, wind-legal 40-foot triple jump mark (first, 40-8 3/4), and junior Maegan Traver also notched a personal best by more than 8 1/2 inches (second, 38-10 1/2). In the throws, Oregon's #2 shot putter all-time and junior Bree Fuqua improved her personal best by one foot and 1 3/4 inches with Saturday's winning mark and regional and Pac-10 mark (52-5 1/4), and sophomore Whitney Gum also registered a personal best (second, 45-8). Junior transfer and redshirt Brittany Hinchcliffe unleashed her second-best mark ever in the hammer (first, 198-5) - less than two feet off her personal best from the Oregon Invite last week (200-5). Sophomore and Oregon's third-ranked hammer thrower Megan Kriz delivered an 11-inch personal best (second, 185-0) and closed with 1 1/2 feet of former Duck school record holder and now second-ranked Maureen Morrison. Junior transfer Katie Kersh (third, 174-0) was 11 inches shy of her personal best from last week, Gum betterd 170 feet again (fifth, 163-1), and senior Jill Hoxmeier (fifth, 163-0) moved back into the UO all-time list in the 10th position with her six-inch personal best. Other women's event winners included former Duck All-Americans Becky Holliday (pole vault, 14-1 1/4) and Mary Etter (173-11), and another post-collegian, Tara Crowley of Team XO won the 1,500 (4:32.79). The Duck men piiled up six wins among the 13 events - spread among the sprints (2), hurdles (2) and throws (2). Senior and returning Pac-10 champion Brandon Holliday made a bid for the conference lead in the 400 hurdles with his nearly half-second season best (first, 51.08). All-America sophomore Eric Mitchum broke 14.00 again in the 110 hurdles (13.76w, w:2.6), and sophomore AK Ikwuakor added a .02-second wind-aided season best (second, 14.28). Junior Kedar Inico won the 400 for the first time for the Ducks in a season best (46.92), just ahead of sophomore Matt Scherer who also logged a season best (second, 47.09). Freshman Ryan Gilliam won the 100 again at home with his second-fastest collegiate effort (10.70, w:1.2), and fellow first-year Duck Travis Ramme lowered his season best (second, 10.90). Freshman Brandon Tower won his first event at Hayward Field thanks to a 10-foot personal best in the discus (166-6), and pulled within two feet of the Pac-10 qualifying mark. Senior Adam Jenkins won the javelin (205-3) by six inches over former Duck NCAA champ John Stiegeler (second, 204-9). In the hammer, junior Paul Etter (fifth, 198-9) was only three inches from his season best and six inches from his personal best last season for Clackamas, and Tower turned in a six-foot best (eighth, 151-5). The pole vault stood as the Ducks' deepest event Saturday as freshman Tommy Skipper upped his outdoor season best by 3/4 inches (second, 17-9 1/4), and senior Trevor Woods (third, 17-1 1/2) and redshirt freshman David Moore (fourth, 16-5 1/2) added a half-inch and 3/4 inches, respectively, to their season bests. In distance action, freshman Mike McGrath posted a .10-second personal best in the 800 (second, 1:50.24). Redshirt senior Ryan Andrus added eighth in the Bill McChesney Memorial Twilight Mile (4:13.25). Three more wins came from All-America Duck alumni - Simon Kimata of Nike (800, 1:48.33), Jason Boness of Team XO (high jump, 6-11 1/2), and Piotr Buciarski (pole vault, 18-1 1/4). Other winners without Duck ties included Tom Brooks of Eugene Health & Performance in the Bill Mcchesney Jr. Memorial Twilight Mile (4:07.17), James Parker of the U.S. Air Force (hammer, 253-9), Letwon Canton of Willamette (triple jump, 46-5 1/4w, w:2.2) and Nick Shannon of Lane CC (shot put, 48-0) . Complete Oregon Twilight results are available at the
Looking ahead, the Duck decathlon and heptathlon corps travel next week to the Pacific-10 Conference Championships Heptathlon/Decathlon, Fri., May 7-8 in Tucson, Ariz. The rest of the men's and women's teams have a week off from competition before heading to Tucson themselves for the meet's remainder, Fri.-Sat., May 14-15. Last year the Duck men won the the team title, and the UO women placed seventh.
FULL RESULTS
Oregon Twilight
Hayward Field - Univ. of Oregon - Eugene, Ore
Saturday, May 1, 2004
Attendance: Approx. 4,000 (2,664 Oregon Twilight ticket were sold, and 2,713 tickets were sold for the morning Team XO meet which carried over into the Oregon Twilight schedule (thus estimating nearly +1300 stayed for the evening meet)).Conditions: During day - 74 degrees, sunny, some wind 3-7 mph. In evening mid to lower 60s, slight breeze occasionally (all wind readings 2.0 or less).
WOMEN'S RESULTS
200 - (w: 1.9) 1, Sofie Abildtrup, Oregon, 24.01. 2, Mariah Hanson, Willamette, 25.90. 3, Lindsey Patterson, Willamette, 26.36. 4, Jazzmin Reece, Willamette, 26.69.
800 - 1, Sara Schaaf, Oregon, 2:08.08. 2, Vicky Fleschner, Eugene H&P,2:08.25. 3, Eri Macdonald, Team XO, 2:09.55. 4, Kelsey Metcalfe, Portland,2:12.77. 5, Tara Crowley, Team XO, 2:20.01. --, Emily McMahon, Eugene H&P,DNF.
1500 - 1, Tara Crowley, Team XO, 4:32.79. 2, Meghan Armstrong, Unat.,4:37.27. 3, Taylor Bryant, Oregon, 4:40.48. 4, Sopagna Eap, UO Running Club,4:41.14. 5, Shelley Lorek, Unat.-W. State, 4:46.04. 6, Stephanie Carter, LaneCC, 4:57.25.
100 Hurdles - (w: 2.3) 1, Abby Andrus, Oregon, 14.16. 2, Jazzmin Reece, Willamette, 15.00. 3, Shannon McGrane, Willamette, 15.31. 4, Nicole Lucas, Willamette, 15.98. 5, Roseann Kassebaum, Willamette, 16.47.
400 Hurdles (**NOTE: Event hand-timed**) - 1, Abby Andrus, Oregon, 59.9-h. 2, Kayla Mellott, Oregon, 1:00.8-h.3, Amanda Santana, Oregon, 1:01.3-h. 4, Shannon McGrane, Willamette, 1:02.1-h. 5, C'Rel McAllister, Oregon, 1:03.0-h. 6, Cameo Davis, Team XO, 1:04.7-h. 7,Roseann Kassebaum, Willamette, 1:08.0-h. 8, Megan Confer, Lane CC, 1:08.7-h.
4x100 Relay - 1, Oregon (C'Rel McAllister , Michelle Donovan , Amanda Santana ,Sofie Abildtrup ), 47.97. 2, Lane CC (Janey Davis , Jamie Baynes , MonicaTeeple , Mackenzie Winkle ), 49.71.
Pole Vault - 1, Becky Holliday, New Balance, 4.30m, (14-01.25). 2, Emily Enders, Oregon, 3.92m, (12-10.25). 2, Kirsten Larwin, Oregon, 3.92m,(12-10.25). 4, Hannah Moore, Unat., 3.77m, (12-04.50). 5, Chelsea Sherier,Unat., 3.47m, (11-04.50). 6, Renee Miller, Lane CC, 3.02m, (9-10.75). 7,Kelsey Pollard, Lane CC, 2.87m, (9-05). --, Emily Roberts, Will. Striders, NH.--, Niki McEwen, Team XO, NH.
Triple Jump - 1, Clarice Hayward-Lee, Oregon, 12.41m, w:1.0 (40-08.75). 2,Maegan Traver, Oregon, 11.85m, w:0.6 (38-10.50).
Shot Put - 1, Bree Fuqua, Oregon, 15.98m, (52-05.25). 2, Whitney Gum, Oregon,13.92m, (45-08). 3, Emilee Strot, Super Thrower TC, 13.64m, (44-09). 4, Judith Burnett, Lane CC, 11.79m, (38-08.25).
Discus - 1, Mary Etter, Team XO, 53.00m, (173-11). 2, Bree Fuqua, Oregon,48.18m, (158-01). 3, Jill Hoxmeier, Oregon, 45.52m, (149-04). 4, Emilee Strot, Super Thrower Tr, 43.40m, (142-05). 5, Judith Burnett, Lane CC, 39.26m,(128-10). 6, Megan Merz, Pacific, 35.82m, (117-06).
Hammer - 1, Brittany Hinchcliffe, Unat., 60.49m, (198-05). 2, Megan Kriz, Oregon, 56.38m, (185-00). 3, Katie Kersh, Oregon, 53.04m, (174-00). 4, Whitney Gum, Oregon, 51.86m, (170-02). 5, Jill Hoxmeier, Oregon, 49.70m, (163-01). 6,Judith Burnett, Lane CC, 42.77m, (140-04). 7, Allison Ingram, Pacific, 41.91m,(137-06).
Javelin - 1, Rachael Kriz, Oregon, 42.31m, (138-10). 2, Dee Dee Arnall, Pacific, 42.17m, (138-04). 3, Jaala Osban, Lane CC, 39.18m, (128-06). 4,Katrina Conrad, Unat., 36.62m, (120-02).
GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL MILE
Girls Middle School Mile Run - 1, Kelsey Klettke, Lauren MS, 5:25.98. 2, Hayley Ney, CaitlinGabel MS, 5:40.63. 3, Jessica Dowdy, Madison MS, 5:59.07. 4, Amy Holcombe,Sunset MS, 6:00.47. 5, Heather Thomson, Cal Young MS, 6:10.30. 6, KenzieStuart, Monroe MS, 6:12.50. 7, Kartar Khalsa, SpencerButte MS, 6:13.83. 8,Lauren Graebner, Roosevelt MS, 6:14.35. 9, Cat Wright, Springfield MS,6:16.14. 10, Katie Castro, Springfield MS, 6:19.26. 11, Kelsey Drechsler, Cal Young MS, 6:21.61. 12, Donna Nunez, Springfield MS, 6:32.97. 13, KaitlinNelson, McKenzie MS, 6:35.16. 14, Esther Shapland, Cal Young MS, 6:35.52. 15,Cara Rothans, Springfield MS, 6:36.54. 16, Molly Thompson, SpencerButte MS,6:37.14. 17, Jillian Moehle, McKenzie MS, 7:12.54. 18, Marley Cox, McKenzieMS, 7:13.32. 19, Michaela Shannon, McKenzie MS, 8:19.69. 20, Jessica Hiddleston, McKenzie MS, 8:38.85.
MEN'S RESULTS
400 - 1, Kedar Inico, Oregon, 46.92. 2, Matt Scherer, Oregon, 47.09. 3,Travis Anderson, Oregon, 47.66. 4, Ryan Chaney, Team XO, 48.12. 5, Scott Lamb,Oregon, 49.04. 6, Ryan Sprunger, George Fox, 49.39. 7, Nathan Jones, Willamette, 51.44.
100 - (w: 1.2) 1, Ryan Gilliam, Oregon, 10.70. 2, Travis Ramme, Oregon,10.90. 3, Paris Ramsey, Lane CC, 11.07. 4, Brian Paysinger, Oregon, 11.10. 5,Eric Dahl, Lane CC, 11.10. 6, Kalin Kelly, Lane CC, 11.26.
800 - 1, Simon Kimata, Nike, 1:48.33. 2, Mike McGrath, Oregon, 1:50.24.3, Everett Thomas, Willamette, 1:53.00. 4, Brendan Robinson, Portland,1:53.17. 5, Jeff DeWolf, Oregon, 1:53.55. 6, Tyler Gimenez, Willamette,1:53.98. 7, Ben Decherd, Willamette, 1:58.57. --, Santiago Lorenzo, Nike, DNF.
Bill McChesney Jr. Memorial Twilight Mile - 1, Tom Brooks, Eugene H&P, 4:07.17. 2, Ray Hughes, Nike, 4:08.53.3, Paul Kezes, Team XO, 4:09.20. 4, Chris Schaefer, Team Eugene, 4:10.34. 5,Jed Chappell, Team Eugene, 4:10.55. 6, Phillimon Hanneck, Nike Oregon Proj,4:10.63. 7, Brayce Forsha, Team XO, 4:10.81. 8, Ryan Andrus, Oregon, 4:13.25.9, Michael Kasahun, Sporthill, 4:17.71. --, Will Viviani, Team Eugene, DNF.
110 Hurdles - (w: 2.6) 1, Eric Mitchum, Oregon, 13.76. 2, AK Ikwuakor, Oregon,14.28. 3, Billy Pappas, Team XO, 14.61. 4, Tyler May, Willamette, 14.94. 5,Brennan Garrelts, Willamette, 15.04. 6, Yves McDavid, BC Thunderbirds, 15.36.7, Eric Griffith, Lane CC, 15.56. 8, Scott Sierra, Willamette, 16.23.
400 Hurdles - 1, Brandon Holliday, Oregon, 51.08. 2, AK Ikwuakor, Oregon, 52.70.3, Seth Harris, George Fox, 53.28. 4, Lucas Setere, Pacific, 53.35. 5, Brennan Garrelts, Willamette, 55.09.
High Jump - 1, Jason Boness, Team XO, 2.12m, (6-11.50). 2, Kyley Johnson, Team XO, 2.10m, (6-10.75). 2, Jeff Lindsey, Oregon, 2.10m, (6-10.75). 4, Zach Larsen, Willamette, 2.00m, (6-06.75). 5, Joe DeRieux, Team XO, 1.95m,(6-04.75). --, Teddy Davis, Oregon, NH.
Pole Vault - 1, Piotr Buciarski, Nike Denmark, 5.52m, (18-01.25). 2, Tommy Skipper, Oregon, 5.42m, (17-09.25). 3, Trevor Woods, Oregon, 5.22m, (17-01.50). 4, David Moore, Oregon, 5.02m, (16-05.50). 5, Jon Derby, Oregon, 4.87m, (15-11.75). 6, Brett McNeil, Willamette, 4.72m, (15-05.75). 7, Keegan Burnett, Lane CC, 4.57m, (15-00). --, Matt Phillips, Will. Striders, NH. --, Jordan Trump, Mt. Hood CC, NH. --, Steve Hammond, Lane CC, NH.
Triple Jump - 1, Letwon Canton, Willamette, 14.15m, w:2.2 (46-05.25). 2, Steve Green, Unat., 13.68m, w:1.2 (44-10.75).
Shot Put - 1, Nick Shannon, Lane CC, 14.63m, (48-00). 2, Doug Sells, Team XO,14.49m, (47-06.50).
Discus - 1, Brandon Tower, Oregon, 50.76m, (166-06). 2, Brian Crawford, Unat., 43.71m, (143-05). 3, Isaiah Haines, W. Oregon, 42.45m, (139-03). 4,Nate Matlock, Willamette, 41.51m, (136-02). 5, Doug Sells, Team XO, 40.92m,(134-03). 6, Billy Pappas, Team XO, 40.64m, (133-04). 7, Seth Henson, Unat. Throwers, 37.01m, (121-05).
Hammer - 1, James Parker, US Air Force, 77.34m, (253-09). 2, Adam Kriz,Team XO, 66.55m, (218-04). 3, Justin Carvalho, Team XO, 63.45m, (208-02). 4,Ryan Dirks, Club NW, 61.26m, (201-00). 5, Paul Etter, Oregon, 60.58m,(198-09). 6, Kyle Daley, Unat., 57.41m, (188-04). 7, Greg Gottfried, George Fox, 49.69m, (163-00). 8, Brandon Tower, Oregon, 46.15m, (151-05). --, Nate Matlock, Willamette, FOUL.
Javelin - 1, Adam Jenkins, Oregon, 62.56m, (205-03). 2, John Stiegeler, Team XO, 62.42m, (204-09). 3, Matt Gassaway, George Fox, 58.00m, (190-03). 4, Jason Keeler, Pacific, 57.08m, (187-03). 5, Mike Blay, Lane CC, 51.92m, (170-04). 6,Tyler Richardson, Lane CC, 51.23m, (168-01).
BOYS MIDDLE SCHOOL MILE
Boys Middle School Mile - 1, Shane Geiger, Skyridge MS, 5:02.85. 2, Ray Heymann, CreswellMS, 5:13.67. 3, Jordan Fleming, McKenzie MS, 5:15.35. 4, Michael Bellamy,Monroe MS, 5:19.23. 5, John Stahmer, O'Hara MS, 5:22.88. 6, Billy Stetson,SpencerButte MS, 5:23.63. 7, Eamonn Kerr-Daly, Roosevelt MS, 5:24.36. 8,Russell Drummond, Jefferson MS, 5:35.73. 9, Walker Augustiniak, Roosevelt MS,5:36.58. 10, Hayden Waggoner, Springfield MS, 5:48.08. 11, Sammy Kirtner,Roosevelt MS, 5:48.23. 12, Vince Andrews, Springfield MS, 5:48.23. 13, RyanGraebner, Roosevelt MS, 5:57.68. 14, Matthew Lay, Fern Ridge MS, 6:02.62. 15,Junior Stubbs, Shasta MS, 6:03.45. 16, Drew Erickson, Pleasant Hill MS,6:03.81. 17, Michael Sherman, McKenzie MS, 6:04.21. 18, Victor Ness, McKenzieMS, 6:08.71. 19, Dusty Jarvis, Springfield MS, 6:10.41. 20, Justin Wright,Springfield MS, 6:12.48. 21, Scott McCann, SpencerButte MS, 6:13.12. 22, AdamSprague, Pleasant Hill MS, 6:16.15. 23, Curtis Cline, McKenzie MS, 6:23.20.24, Daylan Arana, Springfield MS, 6:33.50. 25, Justin Sawyer, Monroe MS,6:36.21. 26, Kyle Harbick, McKenzie MS, 6:37.59. 27, Corey Randall, Shasta MS,6:39.72. 28, Tyrell Jagelski, Monroe MS, 6:40.60. 29, Trey Harbick, McKenzieMS, 6:40.76. 30, Taylor Smith, Shasta MS, 6:41.76. 31, Ben Straka, Kennedy MS,7:01.56.
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