Track and Field

Track and Field

2019
Sep 24

Kenny Moore – Track & Field

Kenny Moore – Track & Field

(December 1, 1943 – May 4, 2022) Kenny Moore has been one of the great story tellers of American sport for decades. As an athlete, he found himself right in the middle of some of those great stories while putting his own stamp on running and track and field greatness. He was known as ‘Ken’..Read More

2017
Sep 19

Brianne Theisen-Eaton – Track & Field

Brianne Theisen-Eaton

(Born December 18, 1988) A CANADIAN CHAMPION, A PROUD REPRESENTATIVE OF OREGON, BRIANNE THEISEN-EATON HAS LEFT THE DEMANDING CAREER OF MULTI-EVENT TRACK AND FIELD AT THE TOP OF HER GAME. A SMALL-TOWN KID FROM RURAL SASKATCHEWAN, THEISEN WON COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AT OREGON AND GOLD MEDALS IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION. SHE IS THE FIRST AND ONLY CANADIAN..Read More

Sep 19

Ashton Eaton – Track & Field

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(Born January 21, 1988) IT IS INDISPUTABLE THAT THE WORLD’S GREATEST ATHLETE AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT IS THE CURRENT WORLD RECORD HOLDER IN THE DECATHLON. OREGON’S VERY OWN ASHTON EATON HOLDS THAT TITLE, EVEN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF HIS RETIREMENT FOLLOWING AN AMAZING COMPEITIVE CAREER. EATON’S BODY OF WORK IS SPECTACULAR. FIVE-TIME NCAA CHAMPION..Read More

2015
Nov 19

Leann Warren – Track & Field

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Leann Warren (b. Mar 2, 1961) is a true daughter of Oregon and is a classic representative of the multi-talented female athletes that emerged in the wake of Title IX. It was the mid 70’s and the wiry, determined young woman emerged as a Freshman athlete at Crescent Valley High School in Corvallis. At 5..Read More

2011
Sep 28

Kelly Blair-LaBounty – Track & Field

Kelly Blair-Labounty

(Born November 24, 1970) Kelly Blair-LaBounty is widely regarded as being among the University of Oregon’s greatest student athletes having won the NCAA Heptathlon title as a junior and qualifying for two Olympic Games. Born in 1970, Kelly Blair grew up in central Washington and won two basketball state titles as well as 10 individual..Read More

2007
Sep 25

Lance Deal – Track & Field

Lance Deal

(Born August 21, 1961) Lance Deal’s earliest athletic achievements included All-State honors in football, wrestling and track at Natrona high School in Casper, Wyoming. He went on to graduate from Montana State university in Bozeman, Montana. He competed is the 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 summer Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in 1996 in..Read More

2005
Oct 11

Dave Johnson – Track & Field

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(Born April 7, 1963) Dave’s family moved to Corvallis and he began to take sports very seriously during his senior year at Crescent Valley High School. He attended Western Oregon and Linn-Benton Community College and then he moved on to Azusa Pacific. In 1986, this decathlete won his first of four U.S. Track and Field..Read More

Oct 11

Dan O’Brien – Track & Field

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(Born July 18, 1966) Born in Portland, Dan O’Brien attended Henley High School in Klamath Falls. In 1984, he was selected as a high school decathlon All-American. He then went on to attend the University of Idaho and in 1989 was named the Big Sky Track Athlete of the Year. In 1991, he won the..Read More

2004
Oct 14

Mary Slaney – Track & Field

Mary Slaney

(Born August 4, 1958) Mary Slaney moved to Eugene in 1979 and began training at South Eugene High School with Nike’s Athletics West track team. She went on to become the only athlete to hold U.S. track records from 800 to 10,000 meters. In 1982, she set world records in the mile (4:18.08), 2,000 meters..Read More

2001
Aug 11

Rudy Chapa – Track & Field

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(born Nov. 7, 1957) One of the University of Oregon’s greatest and most versatile distance runners and the only one other than Steve Prefontaine that is the top-10 ranked for the Ducks in the 1,500 meter, 5,000 and 10,000 meters. During his career, Rudy was an NCAA champion in the 5K in 1978, three-time track..Read More