Pepsi Team Invite Televised Twice In Upcoming Days

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Pepsi Team Invite Televised Twice In Upcoming Days
04/19/2007 - GoDucks.com Print Email E-News RSS

EUGENE – A two-hour rebroadcast of the University of Oregon track and field teams’ recent wins in the Pepsi Team Invitational will be televised twice in upcoming days.

The two-hour broadcast by Chambers Communications will be shown on Sunday from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Channel 14 on the Eugene area Comcast cable network, and again on Tuesday from 8:00-10:00 p.m. Pacific Time on the same station.

Joe Giansante of the Oregon Sports Network will handle the play-by-play duties, and will be joined by color anyalyst and former University of Oregon track and field assistant coach John Gillespie.

To double-check your local TV listings, go to the www.TVguide.com/listings website.

In the meet, the Ducks piled up nine wins (four women, five men) and 19 regional qualifying marks (10 women, nine men) en route to team victories in the 18th edition of the UO-hosted event which also welcomed its second-largest crowd ever.

The Oregon men won their 11th team title with 211 points, and bested Washington (second, 164), Kansas State (third, 133) and USC (fourth, 118). The Duck women also scored a comfortable win with 183 1/2 points for their 13th victory in the meet, and outdistanced Kansas State (second, 165), Washington (third, 151 1/2) and USC (fourth, 121).

The Duck women opened the afternoon with a javelin meet record and win by collegiate leader Rachel Yurkovich (174-4), and Britney Henry soon added a 10-foot, 2-inch hammer inch then-season best (216-6). On the track, the 4x400m relay jumped to third all-time in school history (3:36.07) thanks to the school’s fastest time since 1996. In the 1,500m, sophomore Rebekah Noble led a 1-2 finish (4:22.25) with her second-fastest time ever and was trailed by freshman Nicole Blood (4:29.05) who doubled back at meet’s end with a win in the 5,000m (16:39.89). Other notable women’s season bests and regional qualifiers came from sophomore Megan Maloney (hammer, 179-6) and redshirt senior Emily Enders (pole vault, 12-9 1/2).

On the men’s side, junior Phillip Alexander was tapped as Pac-10 Men’s Field Athlete of the Week afterwards for his part in wins in the 100m (10.40W, w:4.7) and 4x100m relay (40.47), and runner-up 200m clocking (21.07) that moved him to ninth all-time for UO. Other noteworthy wins and regional marks came from freshman Ashton Eaton (long jump, 24-5 1/2w), junior Galen Rupp (5,000m, 14:00.27), Brandel (javelin, 218-9) and Richotte (hammer, 212-10).

This weekend, the Duck men and women remain at home to compete in its biggest home event of the regular season, the Oregon Invitational, Friday-Saturday, April 20-21 at Hayward Field in Eugene. Events start tentatively at 5:20 p.m. Friday night, and Saturday's elite sections will be held from approximately 1:55 - 5:00 pm in the afternoon. An Oregon Invitational meet schedule and tentative meet entries are available in the links box to the right.