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XO Helps Rupp to a National Junior
Record
News Release
CONTACT:
Ross Krempley—Team XO Director
Tel: 541.579.8326
Email: ross@teamxo.com
Mail: P.O. Box 3915 Eugene, OR 97403
XO Helps Rupp to a National
Junior Record
XO Helps Rupp to a National Junior Record
Hayward Field – The night belonged
to distance runners on a day dominated by some of the top distance
performances Hayward Field has seen in some time including Olympian
Shayne Culpepper’s 22-year old meet record breaking 3000,
Dathan Ritzenhein’s 5000 meter meet record, and certainly
not the least of all, Oregon’s newest distance star Galen
Rupp’s U.S. Junior Record 10,000 meter run. Respect is given
here, as well as countless other columns across America no doubt,
to one of the greatest distance runners the University of Oregon
and the USA has ever witnessed in Rudy Chapa, who owned both records
that Ritzenhein and Rupp bettered on this special night.
The men of XO found a niche in the distance
spotlight as Max King paced the 10,000 meter field through 5k
in 14:17 before stepping off the track. “I was thinking
about dropping back and finishing with the field, but it stung
a little more than I thought it would,” said King. Hitting
68s and 69s for virtually every lap, King did his job well and
helped Rupp preserve precious energy for his record-breaking performance.
Training partners Ross Krempley and Kevin
Ullman took advantage of a loaded field and both ran to season
bests in the 800 meters. Krempley returned to his form of old
when, cheered on by the west grandstands, stepping out to lane
two, he obliterated challengers Mike McGrath of the Nike Oregon
Project and Lane CC’s A.J. Casteel putting a half second
on the two in the last fifty meters. “I started going a
little from 150 [meters] out,” said Krempley, “but
Smith just started pulling away and I just couldn’t go any
faster. When Mike passed me, I just hung on and hoped to get inspired
in the homestretch.”
Ullman knocked a second off his season best,
but still struggled to find the last 200 he knows is there. “I
just watched A.J. go, and then before I knew it, he caught Ross,
and I thought to myself, ‘I should be there too,’”
said a disappointed Ullman.
XO’s Brayce Forsha looked to be in
great position coming off the Bowerman turn heading into the final
100 meters. “It just kind of spooked me a little, but overall,
I’m happy,” said Forsha of Oregon’s Kyle Alcorn’s
big move to take the lead on the homestretch. To Forsha’s
credit, Alcorn’s move could not have been better timed and
made for quite the exciting finish. The order stayed the same
afterwards which gave Alcorn the win, Symmonds second, and Forsha
third in 4:05.35, a time 5.5 seconds better than what he ran in
the same race last year.
Another XO team member took advantage of
the strong distance fields. Lauren Weiner opened her track season
in the women’s 3000 with a strong seventh place finish that
earned her a new Team XO record at 9:58.06. The old record was
held by former Portland State Star, Jenny Rodgers at 9:58.59.
The lone XO sprinter of the day was 400 meter
hurdler Brandon Holliday who finished second to Oregon’s
Eric Mitchum after beating him in their previous meetings two
weeks ago. Holliday’s 51.47 of his Oregon Invite performance
is the current Team XO record.
A third XO record on the day came from former
NCAA national champion javelin thrower John Stiegeler who opened
his throwing season with a mark of 219-7 bettering his own XO
record of this meet last year by almost fifteen feet.
Kyley Johnson finally made his breakthrough
in the high jump leaping over 7-2.5 and barely brushing the bar
off at 7-3.25, the same height that sent fellow high jumper Jason
Boness to the Olympic Trials last year. “I’m really
happy,” said Johnson of his personal record, “and
I was so close to 7-3, I was just tired after the first two attempts,
but the third one was almost there.” The XO high jumping
core swept the day’s event placing Boness and XO newcomer
Chris Nelson second and third respectively at 6-10.75. The next
closest competitor to the jumping trio was four inches under.
The XO hammer specialists Adam Kriz and Cari
Soong each found success on the day. Kriz launched a rocket that
landed easily past the USA “A” Qualifier of 65.76
(215-9) with a remarkable 67.28 (220-09) that less than three
feet shy of his XO record.
Soong finished second as she continues to
trade wins with Britney Kay Henry who took the win by just one
meter in this competition. Having already qualified for the Outdoor
National Championships, Soong looks forward to next month’s
trip to Carson, CA to take on the nation’s best.
Kevin Ullman
800m specialist
XO PR Writer
Oregon
Twilight
Hayward Field - Univ. of Oregon - Eugene, Ore
Conditions: mid-50s, cloudy, little/no wind, some very light rain
at end of 10K and Twilight Mile
Attendance: 3,410
Saturday, 5/7/05
WOMEN’S RESULTS
100 - (w: 1.5) 1, Emily Dunn, Southern Oregon,
12.64. 2, Ashley Bridenbeck, Oregon, 12.70. 3, Ashley Black, Southern
Oregon, 12.81.
200 - (w: 1.8) 1, Julie Schmidt, Oregon,
25.67. 2, Emily Dunn, Southern Oregon, 25.77. 3, Irie Searcy,
Oregon, 25.86. 4, Brooke Barker, Pacific U., 26.03. 5, Janey Davis,
Lane CC, 26.37. 6, Ashley Black, Southern Oregon, 26.48. 7, Sharee
Beckham, UO Running Club, 27.84.
400 - 1, Brooke Barker, Pacific U., 58.53.
2, Andrea Nelson, Lane CC, 58.91. 3, Shannon McGrane, Willamette,
59.30. 4, Andrea May, Willamette, 1:00.35. 5, Kristina Ely-Gibson,
Lane CC, 1:01.08. 6, Rachel Hinze, Southern Oregon, 1:01.18. 7,
Sharee Beckham, UO Running Club, 1:01.62.
800 - 1, Emily McMahon, Eugene Health &,
2:07.84. 2, Sara Schaaf, Oregon, 2:08.55. 3, Beth Rainford, Greater
Boise Ru, 2:09.38. 4, Alicia Andrews, Willamette, 2:10.57. 5,
Kelsey Metcalfe, Unattached, 2:11.17. 6, Carly Killam, Willamette,
2:13.82. 7, Jordyn Smith, Willamette, 2:13.84. 8, Erin Crotty,
Portland, 2:14.31. 9, Stephanie Vandehey, Willamette, 2:22.57.
1500 - 1, Laura Harmon, Oregon, 4:35.78.
2, Sarah Pearson, Oregon, 4:37.36. 3, Jean-Marie Peterson, Oregon
State, 4:38.80. 4, Emily Mathis, Unattached, 4:39.98. 5, Caitlin
Chock, Nike Oregon Proj, 4:42.20. 6, Taylor Bryant, Oregon State,
4:45.95. 7, Kaitlin Poggi, Oregon State, 4:49.25. 8, Sarah Zerzan,
Willamette, 4:54.10.
3000 - 1, Shayne Culpepper, Nike, 8:54.84.
2, Lauren Fleshman, Nike, 9:00.80. 3, Jo Ankier, Great Britian,
9:29.71. 4, Kara Goucher, Nike Oregon Proj, 9:30.61. 5, Magdalena
Sandoval, Oregon, 9:46.87. 6, Caitlin Chock, Nike Oregon Proj,
9:56.45. 7, Lauren Weiner, Team XO, 9:58.06. 8, Tiffany Beechy,
UO Running Club, 10:06.77. 9, Ashley Francis, Oregon State, 10:18.23.
10, Ashley Younce, Oregon State, 10:20.97. 11, Nicole Crawford,
Oregon State, 10:32.14. 12, Katie Gilbert, Lane CC, 10:40.85.
13, Cynthia Atencio, Unattached, 10:44.73. 14, Neoma Palmer, Oregon
State, 10:44.79.
100 Hurdles - (w: 1.0) 1, Julie Elliott,
Portland, 14.45. 2, Shannon McGrane, Willamette, 15.00. 3, Tiffany
Campbell, Portland, 15.11. 4, Nicole Lucas, Willamette, 15.19.
5, Andrea May, Willamette, 15.19.
400 Hurdles - 1, Liz Thompson, Bruin TC,
1:03.59. 2, Roseann Kassebaum, Willamette, 1:04.35. 3, Megan Confer,
Southern Oregon, 1:06.77.
Steeplechase- 1, Mandi Fitz-Gustafson, Oregon,
11:18.28. 2, Katie Pierce, Willamette, 11:23.73. 3, Lauren Denfeld,
Oregon State, 11:28.38.
High Jump - 1, Michelle Forbes, George Fox,
1.70m, (5-07). 2, Julie Elliott, Portland, 1.70m, (5-07). 3, Kristin
Brogdon, Lane CC, 1.65m, (5-05). 4, Melissa Marek-Farris, George
Fox, 1.55m, (5-01). 5, Katie Alaimo, George Fox, 1.50m, (4-11).
--, Rachael Kriz Wallace, Oregon, NH.
Pole Vault - 1, Becky Holliday, New Balance,
4.30m, (14-01.25). 2, Lori Jackson, Lane CC, 3.00m, (9-10). --,
Hannah Moore, Oregon, NH. --, Emily Enders, Oregon, NH.
Triple Jump - 1, Clarice Hayward-Lee, Oregon,
12.20m, w:2.5 (40-00.50). 2, Maegan Traver, Oregon, 11.45m, w:1.3
(37-06.75). 3, Jessica Morrison, Unattached, 10.85m, w:1.0 (35-07.25).
4, Whitney Kolb, George Fox, 10.73m, w:2.8 (35-02.50).
Hammer - 1, Britney Kay Henry, Unattached,
66.41m, (217-10). 2, Cari Soong, Team XO, 65.41m, (214-07). 3,
Katie Kersh, Oregon, 51.71m, (169-08). 4, Emily Brown, Lane CC,
50.90m, (167-00). 5, Lindsey Blankenship, George Fox, 46.11m,
(151-03).
MEN’S RESULTS
100 - (w: 2.3) 1, Jeremy Senn, Unattached,
10.55. 2, Phil Alexander, Lane CC, 10.60. 3, Kirk Tyner, Unattached,
10.86. 4, Bart Maney, Lane CC, 10.97. 5, Jasen Hartford, Southern
Oregon, 11.04. 6, Paris Ramsey, Lane CC, 11.04. 7, Caleb Rexius,
Oregon, 11.19. 8, Kalin Kelly, Lane CC, 11.47.
200 - (w: 1.4) 1, Phil Alexander, Lane CC,
21.00. 2, Kirk Tyner, Unattached, 21.77. 3, Jasen Hartford, Southern
Oregon, 21.86. 4, Paris Ramsey, Lane CC, 22.03. 5, Bart Maney,
Lane CC, 22.46. 6, Jason McGhee, Lane CC, 22.74. 7, Kalin Kelly,
Lane CC, 23.18.
400 - 1, Travis Anderson, Oregon, 48.67.
2, Jason McGhee, Lane CC, 49.38. 3, Brad Bates, George Fox, 50.44.
Bill McChesney Jr. Memorial Twilight Mile
- 1, Kyle Alcorn, Oregon, 4:03.98. 2, Nick Symmonds, Willamette,
4:04.58. 3, Brayce Forsha, Team XO, 4:05.35. 4, Brendan Robinson,
Portland, 4:06.63. 5, Trevor Palmer, Southern Oregon, 4:07.20.
6, JK Withers, Unattached, 4:11.41. 7, Chris Winter, Unattached,
4:14.15. 8, Steve Laurie, Team Eugene, 4:15.30. 9, Julio Vieyra,
Willamette, 4:19.44. 10, Brad Taylor, Unattached, 4:22.89. 11,
Nick Dalton, Oregon, 4:23.51. --, Travis Floeck, Southern Oregon,
DNF. --, Aaron Heidt, Kajaks track and, DNF.
800 - 1, Richard Smith, Nike Oregon Proj,
1:47.91. 2, Ross Krempley, Team XO, 1:50.97. 3, Mike McGrath,
Nike Oregon Proj, 1:51.44. 4, A.J. Casteel, Lane CC, 1:51.75.
5, Julius Achon, Nike Oregon Proj, 1:52.54. 6, Andrew Perri, Unattached,
1:53.09. 7, Ben Decherd, Willamette, 1:53.26. 8, Robert Gillespie,
Oregon, 1:54.18. 9, Everett Thomas, Willamette, 1:54.36. 10, Kevin
Ullman, Team XO, 1:55.95. 11, Jeff Erb, Unattached, 1:56.17.
1,500 - 1, Nate Appel, Portland, 3:57.89.
2, Carlos Trujillo, UO Running Club, 3:58.12. 3, Scott Knackstedt,
Portland, 4:00.52. 4, Josh Edson, Willamette, 4:00.99. 5, Doug
Neill, Willamette, 4:02.89. 6, Carlos Ruiz, Willamette, 4:05.71.
7, Lucas Nebert, Willamette, 4:05.79. 8, Steve Trujillo, UO Running
Club, 4:06.23. 9, Justin Samudio, UO Running Club, 4:07.79. 10,
Doug McCallum, Lane CC, 4:08.37. 11, John Barreto, Lane CC, 4:09.80.
12, Jeff Drouet, Lane CC, 4:12.51. 13, Luke Martindale, Lane CC,
4:14.10.
5,000 - 1, Dathan Ritzenhein, Nike, 13:22.23.
2, Jorge Torres, Unattached, 13:30.77. 3, Steve Osaduik, Adidas,
14:25.42. 4, Aaron Hollingshead, Willamette, 14:28.30. 5, Pat
Werhane, Oregon, 14:50.46. 6, Scott Wall, Oregon, 14:53.58. 7,
Steven Murenbeeld, Canada, 14:57.01. 8, Patrick Swick, Unattached,
15:04.45. 9, Dan McLean, Road Runner Spor, 15:13.87. 10, James
Longoria, Team Eugene, 15:16.25. 11, Zach Done, Lane CC, 15:21.81.
12, Matt Barnhart, Lane CC, 15:30.45. 13, Wyatt Boyd, Willamette,
15:54.54. 14, Dan Yaeger, Willamette, 16:03.03. 15, Hipolitio
Gonzales, Willamette, 16:42.86. --, Julius Kibet, Emsi, DNF. --,
Joseph Mwai, Emsi, DNF.
10,000 - 1, Galen Rupp, Oregon, 28:15.52.
2, Isaac Arusei, Unattached, 28:54.03. 3, Mike Donnelly, Nike
Oregon Proj, 29:03.25. 4, Pete Julian, Unattached, 29:20.22. --,
Max King, Team XO, DNF. --, Adam Goucher, Nike Oregon Proj, DNF.
110 Hurdles - (w: 2.1) 1, Sol Rexius, Oregon,
14.79. 2, Brennan Garrelts, Willamette, 15.16. 3, Bryan Quinn,
Unattached, 16.41.
400 Hurdles - 1, Eric Mitchum, Oregon, 52.17.
2, Brandon Holliday, Team XO, 52.62. 3, Seth Harris, George Fox,
53.27. 4, Jeremiah Lewman, Southern Oregon, 54.50. 5, Brennan
Garrelts, Willamette, 55.53. 6, Kento Kawamura, Southern Oregon,
55.91.
High Jump - 1, Kyley Johnson, Team XO, 2.19m,
(7-02.25). 2, Jason Boness, Team XO, 2.10m, (6-10.75). 3, Chris
Nelson, Team XO, 2.10m, (6-10.75). 4, Jeff Lindsey, Oregon, 2.00m,
(6-06.75). 5, Robert Owen, Oregon, 1.95m, (6-04.75).
Pole Vault - 1, Robbie Johnston, Southern
Oregon, 5.30m, (17-04.50). 2, Piotr Buciaski, Nike, 5.20m, (17-00.75).
3, Tommy Skipper, Oregon, 5.20m, (17-00.75). 4, Jon Derby, Oregon,
5.05m, (16-06.75). 5, Bryan Quinn, Unattached, 4.90m, (16-00.75).
6, David Moore, Oregon, 4.90m, (16-00.75). 7, Ryan Musselman,
Southern Oregon, 4.75m, (15-07). 8, Santiago Lorenzo, Unattached,
4.75m, (15-07). --, Tim Morse, Willamette Strid, NH. --, Keegan
Burnett, Lane CC, NH.
Hammer - 1, Adam Kriz, Team XO, 67.28m, (220-09).
2, Nick Welihozkig, P Bay TC, 64.56m, (211-10). 3, Mike Hill,
Unattached, 50.24m, (164-10). 4, Scott Hartmann, Southern Oregon,
48.59m, (159-05).
Javelin - 1, John Stiegeler, Team XO, 66.93m,
(219-07). 2, Corey Swim, Unattached, 64.80m, (212-07). 3, Brian
Wuethrich, Oregon, 60.52m, (198-07). 4, Matt Gassaway, George
Fox, 59.19m, (194-02). 5, Tyler Richardson, Lane CC, 58.11m, (190-08).
6, Derek Davidson, Southern Oregon, 46.06m, (151-01).
Girls Middle School Mile - 1, Calli Dowdy,
Madison MS, 6:04.76. 2, Michelle Nyman, Stoller MS, 6:05.35. 3,
Kenzie Stuart, Monroe MS, 6:05.73. 4, Lauren Graebner, Roosevelt
MS, 6:06.52. 5, Becca Eddy, Monroe MS, 6:09.56. 6, Devin Stuart,
Monroe MS, 6:21.95. 7, Kate Arobgast, Roosevelt MS, 6:24.84. 8,
Rachel Parker, Roosevelt MS, 6:28.28. 9, Amelia Helmick, Spencer
Butte MS, 6:36.80. 10, Maddi Lewis, Spencer Butte MS, 6:36.83.
11, Cara Rauhut, Springfield MS, 6:41.19. 12, Colleen Walsh, O'Hara
MS, 6:44.48. 13, Jillian Moehle, McKenzie MS, 6:50.82. 14, Alex
Adams, Stoller MS, 6:53.58.
Boys Middle School Mile - 1, Eamonn Kerr-Daly,
Roosevelt MS, 5:05.21. 2, Sammy Kirtner, Roosevelt MS, 5:12.95.
3, Chris Solares, Springfield MS, 5:13.65. 4, Michael Sherman,
McKenzie MS, 5:14.38. 5, Ashlin Aronin, Spencer Butte MS, 5:23.66.
6, Brant Holaday, O'Hara MS, 5:37.38. 7, Christopher Coke, Monroe
MS, 5:38.50. 8, Dusty Jarvis, Springfield MS, 5:46.66. 9, Cory
Flemming, McKenzie MS, 5:46.97. 10, Mario Gaddini, Spencer Butte
MS, 5:48.76. 11, Danny Bellissimo, Roosevelt MS, 5:56.71. 12,
Carter Thallon, Roosevelt MS, 5:59.31. 13, Mark Whittier, Kennedy
MS, 5:59.36. 14, Mark Sheridan, Kennedy MS, 5:59.61. 15, Shane
Patton, McKenzie MS, 6:10.00. 16, Christopher Maske, Jefferson
MS, 6:15.09. 17, Bayunt Ollek, Spencer Butte MS, 6:17.24. 18,
Ken Schindler, Spencer Butte MS, 6:21.59. 19, A.J. Huskey, Springfield
MS, 6:24.38. 20, Taylor Haynes, Briggs Elem, 6:34.54.
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Team XO Track & Field Club was founded and created in 2002
by former University of Oregon track athletes. We are located
in Eugene, Oregon, home of historic Hayward field and known internationally
as Track Town, USA. Our team is comprised of primarily post-collegiate
athletes that train in the state of Oregon or have graduated from
universities in Oregon. Team XO has been created for elite post
collegiate track & field athletes looking to continue their
athletic career, while competing at the highest possible level.
We look to provide a home and unified team atmosphere where driven,
focused athletes can work together to achieve success both individually
and as a team. Our Web site is located at www.teamxo.com.
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