Unbelievable, and the 34 National Championship for Our Beloved Ducks!

 

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Well, yet another Duck National Championship.  Not only did the men win, but they overperformed the projections by 8 points and scored the second most points ever in a men's indoor championship with a total of 79.  The stars were truly shining today.  Soph Cole Hocker won both the mile and 3000 (upsetting teammate Cooper Teare who finished second).  Remarkable performance considering he ran a mile semi, a mile final and the 3000 in a 25 hour span.  This is Edward Cheserek kind of talent! 

 

Perhaps the biggest surprise was Emmanuel Ihemeje in the men's triple jump.  Seeded a distant 5th, he won it all and got the additional gift of making the Olympic standard.  As an Italian citizen, he's one Duck we will definitely see in the Olympics and his leap was 3rd best IN THE WORLD this year and would have gotten him 6th place in the last World's Championships.  Did I mention that he's only a freshman?  This must have been especially rewarding for coach Robert Johnson who was a triple jumper in college and despite all of Johnson's successes, this was the first time one of his TJers won a national title.

 

Special mention to Reed Brown, who ran a mile semi yesterday, a gutty opening leg on yesterday's DMR and finished 5th in today's mile.  Again, that's a lot of work in 24 hours and while he won't get headlines in the paper tomorrow, he's the sort of hard worker that all championship teams need.

 

Meanwhile, another freshman, Micah Williams set a PB and won the 60 in 6.49, the third fastest time in the world this year and the kid is only 19!  Oh yeah, he also carries a 4.0 GPA and he's an Oregon kid as Charles mentioned.  Gaston Bouchereau, who wasn't projected to even make the final added another 4 points for the Ducks while finishing 5th.  The Aussie Charlie Hunter was also a National Champ in the 800, running a brilliantly thought out race and winning by only .02 seconds.

 

Huge props to Coach Johnson and distance coach Ben Thomas, who engineered the winning DMR race perfectly and juggled around his superstars to allow them to contribute the maximum points in the individual events.  I do not think they could have been coached any better and there's a reason he was named the national assistant Coach of the Year last year and should repeat this year.  If you're listening, Uncle Phil, we need to keep this guy around, much like Coach Johnson was kept in town during the Vin Lananna era.

Can you imagine how cool it would be on a National Championship team?  More tweets that are sweet!

 

So today the Duck men won more NCAA National Championship that uw in their entire history!!!

 

1 minute ago, Steven A said:

So today the Duck men won more NCAA National Championship that uw in their entire history!!!

 

 

Beat me to it! 

 

Which championship have the Huskies NEVER won?

 

No...it is not an Indoor Mens National Championship....it is the sport of any NCAA Mens Championship!

 

I guess they don't make men of championship quality at Washington?   (Whew!)

 

And while the women's team didn't have a great meet ... there was THIS!   A new  collegiate record and star for Oregon track and field

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 14, 20214 yr by ChileDuck