Eugene, Oregon (January 14, 2008) – By: Mark Rinker – OTCelite.com - The Oregon Track Club Elite will be opening the Olympic year with a select group of athletes competing at the University of Washington Indoor Preview Meet on January 19th. The Men’s team will be represented by Sean O’Brien and Will Leer in the mile run, with Dustin Emrani serving as the rabbit in both the mile and the 800 meter run. 2007 U.S. World Cross Country team member Cack Ferrell will represent the Women in both the mile and 3,000 meter events.

Following long lay-offs from racing, all four athletes are excited about getting back on the track in the Olympic year. Putting the excitement of the weekend into perspective, Sean O’Brien stated: “It’s only the first race, however being an Olympic year it is important to get off to a good start, using the UW Indoor Preview as a stepping stone to the more important USA Indoor Championships, and ultimately the Olympic Trials in June.”

Not only are O’Brien, Leer, Emrani and Ferrell excited about their season’s opening, they are excited about representing all their Oregon Track Club Elite teammates this weekend in Washington. O’Brien stated that, “Everyone has worked very hard all fall to prepare for this year, so it is important that we represent them and the Oregon Track Club well this weekend in Seattle.”

At the conclusion of the meet on Saturday results will be available on the University of Washington web site at: www.gohuskies.com. Results and race commentary will also be available at: www.OTCelite.com.

Contact:
Ross Krempley, OTC Elite Director/Assistant Coach
[email protected]

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The following is from this UW press release

Live Results!: Results of all UW home indoor track and field meets are posted live throughout the meet to the official site of UW athletics, www.GoHuskies.com. A link to a complete event schedule and live results will appear on the track and field sport page the morning of each meet, allowing fans the opportunity to follow along with the action as events conclude. Simply go to GoHuskies.com, and click on "track" from the "sports" pull-down menu to find the live results link on each meet day.

Event Schedule: Following is a time schedule for Saturday's UW Winter Preview. All times are Pacific and subject to change:

Track Events

9:30 a.m.: 60m Hurdles Prelim (W)
9:50 a.m.: 60m Hurdles Prelim (M)
10:10 a.m.: 60m Dash Prelim (W)
10:30 a.m.: 60m Dash Prelim (M)
10:50 a.m.: Mile Run (W)
11:05 a.m.: Mile Run (M)
11:20 a.m.: 60m Hurdles Final (W)
11:30 a.m.: 60m Hurdles HS (Boys)
11:35 a.m.: 60m Hurdles Final (M)
11:45 a.m.: 600m Run (W)
12:00 p.m.: 600m Run (M)
12:15 p.m.: 300m Run (W)
12:30 p.m.: 300m Run (M)
12:45 p.m.: 60m Dash Final (W)
12:55 p.m.: 60m Dash Final (M)
1:05 p.m.: 60m Dash (Masters)
1:15 p.m.: 400m Dash (W)
1:30 p.m.: 400m Dash (M)
1:45 p.m.: 800m Run (W)
2:00 p.m.: 800m Run (M)
2:15 p.m.: 200m Dash (W)
2:30 p.m.: 200m Dash (M)
2:45 p.m.: 3000m Run (W)
3:00 p.m.: 3000m Run (M)
3:15 p.m.: DMR (W)
3:30 p.m.: DMR (M)
3:45 p.m.: 4x400m Relay (W)
4:00 p.m.: 4x400m Relay (M)

Field Events

8:30 a.m.: Shot Put "B" (W)
8:30 a.m.: Long Jump "B" (W)
9:00 a.m.: Pole Vault "B" (W)*
9:00 a.m.: Pole Vault "B" (M)*
10:30 a.m.: Long Jump "B" (M)#
11:15 a.m.: Shot Put "B" (M)#
12:15 p.m.: Long Jump "A" (W)
12:15 p.m.: Weight Throw (W)
12:15 p.m.: High Jump (W)
1:00 p.m.: Pole Vault "A" (W)*
1:00 p.m.: Pole Vault "A" (M)*
1:15 p.m.: Long Jump "A" (M)#
1:30 p.m.: High Jump (M)#
1:30 p.m.: Weight Throw (M)#
2:45 p.m.: Shot Put "A" (W)
2:15 p.m.: Triple Jump (W)
3:45 p.m.: Shot Put "A" (M)#
4:00 p.m.: Triple Jump (M)#