Duck Men and Women lead NCAA Track and Field Championships heading into the final day

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 9:04 AM PDT in Track & Field Comment 19 comments

Heading into the final day, both the Oregon men and the Oregon women are leading the track and field championships, and the possibility for a sweep still exists.

Friday saw Galen Rupp won the 5000m race, after stopping mid-race to fix his shoe. Rupp took 10 points in the event while Shadrack Biwott finished eighth for one point. Cyrus Hosetler came in 4th in the javelin, picking up 5 points for the team, leaving the Oregon men at 36 points on the meet, 20 of which were won by Rupp and Ashton Eaton.

On the women's side, Rachel Yurkovich won her second consecutive NCAA javelin, while Brianne Theisen won the heptathlon, breaking the school record in the process. With a second place finish from Nicole Blood in the 5,000, and a sixth place finish by Kalindra McFadden in the heptathalon, the Oregon women have 39 points overall.

Going into the final day, things are going to get very exciting. On the men's side, Oregon only has two more competitorsm, Andrew Wheating in the 800 and Jordan McNamara in the 1,500. While Wheating should win, McNamara will do well to simply win points. The only Oregon woman left is Keshia Baker, who will compete in the 400.

Unfortunately, Oregon's main competition is Texas A&M, which still has a multitude of competitors. While the Aggie men only have 13 points, they have 4 competitors in the triple jump with 3 likely to score. They also have competitors in the 200, 400, and 4x400. Texas A&M has faltered in the competition, like Oregon, but the Ducks could not capitalize. The final day is sure to be action packed, as track and field news projects Ducks to win 46 to 44.

The Oregon women do not have quite the lead that the men do, as they are up only 20 points over A&M, do not figure to put many points on the board today. The meet's is Texas A&M's to lose, and they are projected to take the title, 50 to 44.

Today's meet should be on CBS (or can be seen online here), with the main track events set to be starting at 12:05 CST. GO DUCKS! Bring home the championships!

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Keshia Baker took 5th place in the 400m, taking 4 points (less than the 5 that was projected) for the team. However, Jessica Beard from Texas A&M only took 2nd, though she was the favorite to win, and took 8 points, less than the 10 expected.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 10:11 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Justin Oliver from Texas A&M took 1 point in the 400m dash. He wasn’t expected to have any. The Ducks have little room for error.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 10:21 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Andrew Wheating wins the 800!!!

It wasn’t easy, and he said that he strained his hamstring during the first lap, but he pushed to the end, and overtook Tevan Everett of Texas in the last 5 meters.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 10:32 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Nice — that’s good news.

by ntrebon on Jun 13, 2009 10:39 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Florida State’s doing well, with a win in the 200m and 15 points in the 400m, while Texas A&M is underperforming a bit, with only 8 points in the 200m.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 10:49 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

just caught the end of the replay

How many points were they projected to get in the 200?

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on Jun 13, 2009 10:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I guess it depends on where you look.

I think they were supposed to have 8, but the announcers sure were saying how they were disappointing.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 10:55 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

yeah thats what i caught. Damn you Ian Eagle

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on Jun 13, 2009 10:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right now...

Oregon women up 43-42. Looks like the Oregon women will not win it.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 10:58 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

This is way to tense

It moves a long just a tad to slowly for me to be able to stand it. Come on Ducks.

Sleeping under an avalanche with Cartman, wake me Sept 3.

by trumpetduck on Jun 13, 2009 11:02 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Track and Field News is now projecting a tie between FSU and Oregon for the national title…. unless we can get a point or two in the 1500m, in 15 or so minutes.

--AddictedToQuack, SBNation's Oregon Ducks blog

by jtlight on Jun 13, 2009 11:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs