Oregon wins NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship

Runfast already beat me to it in a fanshot here but congratulations to the Oregon Ducks Men's Track Team who won the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship this weekend. There were lots of interesting happenings that you can read about in the article above but one particular stat stuck out to me. Galen Rupp was the first person in NCAA history to win the 5,000 meters, 3,000 meters and the distance medley in the same championship. Truly amazing.

The women's team also finished tied for 9th, the best ever showing by the Lady Ducks at the indoor championships. Go Ducks!

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Seriously.

What has Galen Rupp not done? Truly a track wunderkind.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; "In other news, Ropert was mauled by a velociraptor yesterday and sustained a life-threatening ACL injury and a pulled hamstring."

by qrsouther on Mar 15, 2009 9:54 AM PDT reply actions

Please don't take this as pissy, but this is something I learned

Calling the women’s teams at a college the “Lady ____” is a trend that purely exists east of the Rockies. Pretty much every team in the west, of course, uses the same moniker, with a few exceptions (USC: men are Trojans, women are Women of Troy).

That said, spectacular performance, and I look forward to seeing what they could do outdoors. Who knows…perhaps the men will be in position for a grand slam (XC, indoor, outdoor).

by Freeing Ray Schafer on Mar 16, 2009 1:22 AM PDT reply actions

technically the women's teams should be the ducks

and the men’s teams should be the drakes. just gettin’ scientific up in herre.

It's spelled "M-A-R-C-H-I-N-G-B-A-N-D."

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by Takimoto on Mar 16, 2009 1:35 AM PDT up reply actions

The Drakes would be awesome.

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; It would've been, could've been, worse than you would ever know. Oh the Ropert melted, but we still have the Masoli.

by qrsouther on Mar 16, 2009 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Please don’t take this as pissy, but this is something I learned
Calling the women’s teams at a college the "Lady ____" is a trend that purely exists east of the Rockies. Pretty much every team in the west, of course, uses the same moniker, with a few exceptions (USC: men are Trojans, wom

no pissiness taken. Of course, since you said its used east of the rockies…then say every team in the west uses the same thing, I’m not sure what is pissy about saying it is used “everywhere”. If I use it incorrectly, I would love to know what is proper. I know Jerry Allen uses it but I’m not sure I can use that as a good source.

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Mar 16, 2009 2:12 AM PDT up reply actions

I've always called the basketball team the Lady Ducks...

Addicted To Quack [dot] com; It would've been, could've been, worse than you would ever know. Oh the Ropert melted, but we still have the Masoli.

by qrsouther on Mar 16, 2009 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions

Is butthol officially dead?

by ntrebon on Mar 16, 2009 8:58 AM PDT up reply actions

lady lame

I have always thought it was weird to call a team the Lady Mascots. Why does their need to be a distinction. Are we not pushing for equality? I have always be personally against it.

On the other hand I am personally for winning NC’s. Go Ducks!

Ducks Go!
Already miss you MB

by trumpetduck on Mar 16, 2009 10:48 AM PDT up reply actions

we may push equality but in this era of sports, most people assume “Men’s” first when referring to coed style teams. For instance, if I said “Ducks Basketball Beats Stanford”, most would immediately assume men’s basketball (or maybe not given their record) even though it COULD be women’s. I think its better just to call it out on both sides and call it good

--Dominic

Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die." - J. Brady McCullough, The Michigan Daily.

by dvieira on Mar 16, 2009 11:29 AM PDT up reply actions