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Alberto Salazar – Track & Field
(born Aug. 7, 1958) As a prep athlete, Alberto Salazar was ranked #1 in the nation in the 5000-meter by Track and Field News. In 1977, he captained the U.S.A. Junior Track and Field Team. While at the University of Oregon, Salazar was a member of the 1980 U.S Olympic Track and Filed Team and..Read More
Mac Wilkins – Track & Field
(born Nov. 15, 1950) Two-time Olympian Mac Wilkins captured a gold medal in the discus at the 1976 Montreal Olympic games and a silver medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He was the 1976 Hayward Award winner as Oregon’s top amateur athlete. Mac established a world discus record on four separate occasions. He won..Read More
Margaret Johnson-Bailes – Track & Field
(born Jan. 23, 1951) Margaret Johnson Bailes remains one of Oregon’s greatest prep sprinters and won a Gold Medal in the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympics as a member of the 4×100 relay team while still in high school. And then, she disappeared from the national and world scene. Bailes grew up in Eugene and..Read More
Joni Huntley – Track & Field
(born Aug. 4, 1956) Joni Huntley starred in the high jump in high school, college and won the bronze medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Summer Games. Born in 1956, Huntley grew up in Sheridan and was a standout in track and field, winning six state titles from 1972-74. In 1974, she won the..Read More
Steve Prefontaine – Track & Field
(Jan. 25, 1951 – May 30, 1975) Steve Prefontaine was the greatest distance runner in the history of Oregon track and field. A native of Coos Bay, “Pre” was the first collegian to capture four consecutive 3-mile/5000 meter gold medals at the NCAA championships (1970-73). He also earned three NCAA cross-country titles (1970,71,73). Prefontaine owned..Read More
George Varoff – Track & Field
(Mar. 25, 1914 – Jan. 10, 2002) George Varoff was a three-time national champion at Oregon, setting world pole vault records of 14-4 in 1937 and 14-7 5/8 in 1939. A three-time Olympic vaulter, he set a world mark of 14-6 ½ in 1936 – all in the days when vaulting was done with a..Read More
Jerry Tarr – Track & Field
(born Aug. 27, 1939) Gerald LaVern Tarr attended the University of Oregon, where he was a two-sport athlete in football and track. In track, Tarr was a member of Oregon’s 4 x 110 yard relay team with Mike Gaechter, Harry Jerome, and Mel Renfro, which set a world record in 1962. Tarr’s main event, however,..Read More
Martin Hawkins – Track & Field
Martin William Hawkins (February 20, 1888 – October 27, 1959) The 1912 120-yard hurdles bronze medalist at the Stockholm Olympics twice tied the world record of 15.2 in his specialty in addition to reigning as Oregon’s top point-scorer all three years. The former team captain attended law school at his alma mater and served as..Read More
Morgan Groth – Track & Field
(born Aug. 31, 1943) Morgan Groth is an American former middle distance runner who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics. While at Oregon State University he set the world record in the 2 mile relay with a time of 7:18.9 at the West Coast Relays in Fresno, California. He ran the anchor and NCAA half..Read More
Wade Bell – Track & Field
(born Jan. 3, 1945) Wade Bell helped run the University of Oregon into the record books during a short-but-stellar career that included a trip to the 1968 Mexico City Summer Olympic Games. Born in Odgen, Utah in 1945, Bell found his way to Eugene in 1965 and ran in the NCAA championships for three consecutive..Read More