The Oregon Ducks have won six of the last seven NCAA women’s indoor championships, and indications are they are in line to bring home another national title in March from College Station, Texas.
It’s early, and injuries always could become a factor.
But as of this writing, UO athletes have the college lead in the 60 meters (Hannah Cunliffe), the 200 (Deajah Stevens), the 800 (Raevyn Rogers), the 60 hurdles (Sasha Wallace) and the distance medley relay, in which time of Lilli Burdon, Ashante Horsley, Rogers and Katie Rainsberger took down the collegiate record last week.
Rogers is a three-time NCAA champion. Stevens is a 2016 U.S. Olympian. Alaysha Johnson, No. 5 on the 60-hurdle list, provides some serious depth.
Not included in the rankings is 2016 Olympian Ariana Washington.
The Ducks are ranked No. 1, and yesterday put five athletes on the 10-woman February watch list for The Bowerman.
http://www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index.ssf/2017/02/five_oregon_ducks_make_the_feb.html#incart_river_index
It’s overwhelming on paper.
Here are the college lists to date.
Oregon is next in action on Feb. 10-11 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational in Albuquerque and the Husky Classic in Seattle.
OK, more links:
The U.S. Army’s Paul Chelimo is thankful, hungry and ambitious.
RunBlogRun’s Larry Eder lauds Vin Lananna’s approach to the USATF presidency in this video.
Lananna takes his meet-and-greet tour to New York.
The FloTrack experts predict Bowerman Track Club runners predict many runners with local connections — Chris Derrick, Shadrack Kipchirchir, Scott Fauble, Ryan Vail, Courtney Frerichs among them — to do well at the USATF Cross Country Championships.
Derrick has put an injury-marred year behind him.
Frerichs covers lots of ground and many subjects in this FloTrack podcast.
Wings of America Program wants to soar at the USATF Cross Country Championships.
Ex-Bowerman Track Club runner German Fernandez joins the Oklahoma State coaching staff. He starred for the Cowboys in college.
Ten things to know about the Wanamaker Mile.
El Paso names a street in honor of UTEP alum and Canadian Olympian Charmaine Crooks.
Runner’s Tribe Q-and-A with distance star Molly Huddle.
Texas A&M gets the men’s collegiate indoor 4×400 record.
Mike Rowbottom for the Inside The Games: Is the Nitro Series the answer for a sport in desperate need of innovation?
Usain Bolt is set to ignite the Nitro Series.
Kenenisa Bekele after the fall.
The front page for LetsRun.com.
The links package from Track & Field News.
The links from Duck Sports Now.
The links from Beaver Sports Now.
— Ken Goe
kgoe@oregonian.com | @KenGoe
Our editors found this article on this site using Google and regenerated it for our readers.
