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An Oregon track meet is becoming an event
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This may sound like homer-ism but every meet on the Duck schedule is starting to be a spectacle. The Oregon Preview has been given more attention by the coaches and athletes. 7/19 regularly completed men's events have had new records in the last 5 years. The same is true about the women's events but in just the last 3 years. The Pepsi Team Invitational always seems to come to the last event. In two of the previous four years the final women's team winner was decided within 1 point. The men's team has had some spectacular talent recently. On the men's side Skipper had five NCAA pole vault championships, Rupp has four and counting, and Eaton has two and counting. The only other multiple titlists among the men include Prefontaine with 7, Joaquim Cruz, Jerry Tarr, Dyrol Burleson, and Dean Crouser with three, and Brian Crouser, Bill Dellinger, Harry Jerome and George Rasmussen with 2. The Oregon Relays will have teams going for a world record in the 4xmile in addition to Rupp, Eaton, Hostetler, Purvis and other Ducks probably giving us some spectacular performances. All we miss from the old days is the dual meet and we should get a doozy in the UCLA dual next week. Oregon is trying for the ninth ever triple crown in track and field (XC, indoor, and outdoor). Arkansas has done it 5 times and UTEP has done it 3 times. ORegon has a good shot to do it this year. Stay tuned to this track season because we may never see something this special again.
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