Junior Ducks Head to USA Championships
Junior Ducks Head to USA Championships
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June 14, 2012
Junior Ducks Head to USA Championships
Nine will compete in Bloomington, Ind.
EUGENE, Ore. -- The Oregon track and field teams will send nine competitors to the USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships this Friday through
Sunday in Bloomington, Ind.
The Ducks’ men’s entries include NCAA qualifier Arthur Delaney in the men’s 100 and 200 meters, Pac-12 scorer Alec Fellows in the decathlon, Chad Noelle
in the 800 and 1,500 meters, Chris Brewer in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, and Ryan Pickering and Matthew Melancon in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. Delaney, Fellows and Noelle were all Pac-12 scores for the Ducks this season, while Brewer, Melancon and Pickering
all redshirted.
The women will have NCAA scorer Allie Woodward in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters, Pac-12 scorer Claudia Francis in the 800 meters and Pac-12 scorer Chancey
Summers in the high jump. All three are freshmen. Woodward finished fifth in the 10,000 meters at the 2012 NCAA Championships.
The USA Junior Championships will serve as a qualifier for the IAAF World Junior Championships. Top performers will be part of Team USA that will compete
in Barcelona, Spain, from July 10-15.
Additionally, sophomore Jillian Weir will be competing in the throws at the Canadian Junior Track and Field Championships July 27-29 in Winnipeg.
Friday, June 15 (all times Pacific)
10:30 a.m. Alec Fellows Decathlon
12:40 p.m. Arthur Delaney M100m 1st Round
1:30 p.m. Chad Noelle M800m 1st Round
1:55 p.m. Claudia Francis W800m 1st Round
3:00 p.m. Chris Brewer M1,500m 1st Round
Chad Noelle
3:50 p.m. Arthur Delaney M100m 1st Final
4:50 p.m. Chris Brewer M5,000m Final
Matthew Melancon
Ryan Pickering
Saturday, June 16
11:30 a.m. Alec Fellows Decathlon
3:20 p.m. Chancey Summers W High Jump
3:20 p.m. Chad Noelle M800m Final
3:30 p.m. Claudia Francis W800m Final
4:05 p.m. Arthur Delaney M200m 1st Round
5:00 p.m. Allie Woodward W5,000m Final
5:30 p.m. Ryan Pickering M10,000m Final
Matthew Melancon
Sunday, June 17
12:45 p.m. Chris Brewer M1,500m Final
Chad Noelle
1:05 p.m. Arthur Delaney M200m Final
1:45 p.m. Allie Woodward W3,000m Final
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Greg Walker
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University of Oregon
Track & Field and Cross Country Contact
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