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Ducks' battallion ready for NCAA battle after solid regional showing.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 31-MAY-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Ducks' battallion ready for NCAA battle after solid regional showing.(Track-Field Oregon)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Chris Hansen The Register-Guard

Dan Steele said he wanted to bring an "army" to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

The top-ranked Oregon women spent the past two days answering his call.

When the NCAA West Region meet concluded Saturday in front of 7,096 at Hayward Field, the Ducks had qualified nine athletes in 11 events for the national meet, which will be held June 10-13 in Fayetteville, Ark.

"We had a really great regional meet," said Steele, Oregon's associate director of track and field.

Add to that total previously qualified heptathletes Brianne Theisen and Kalindra McFadden, and 10,000-meter runner Mattie Bridgmon, and the Ducks seem ready to contend for their first trophy at the NCAA meet since finishing fourth in 1993.

"We're just all trying to go there and compete well," said Keshia Baker, who won the 400 final on Saturday to...

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