NCAA Championships: With Team Title Out Of Reach, Oregon Men Shift Focus
The Men of Oregon took the lesson learned from Wednesday and should look to play the spoiler on Friday at the NCAA Track and Field Championships.
Individual team titles could help the Oregon Ducks work their way up the standings in the Team count, but don’t expect Texas A&M to let up. A&M leads the pack with 31.5 points over Virginia(20) and Florida(18) entering the Finals on Friday night.
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The Men of Oregon will end in a respectable position but will begin the evening in 27th place in the overall Team scores One Duck who can make an impact will be Kyrie King.
King will be on the track for three events on Friday including the 100 Meter, 200 Meter and 4×100 Meter races. For Oregon to make up some points, he will have to place in the top three. Kyree King could finish the day with several Championships for the Oregon Ducks.
Blake Haney in the 1500 Meters is also one to watch for the Oregon Men and Marcus Chambers has the experience to make a move in the 800 Meters and finish his Oregon Career with a Championship.
The opportunity for the Women of Oregon is better on Saturday. The Ducks pushed 14 athletes through on Thursday and it could pay big Team Dividends by the end of the night. Deajah Stevens and Arianna Washington will look to make the most of both the 100 Meter and 200 Meter Finals with Raevyn Rogers in competition for the 800 Meter Championship.
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The NCAA Championships are being broadcast on the ESPN Family of Networks with Friday’s Evening Session with the Men starting at 5:30pm Pacific Time on ESPN.