Delaney had a birthday party to attend, but the rest of us went to the Oregon Twilight Track Meet at Hayward Field in Eugene Saturday night.
The highlight of the evening was the running of a rare 4x1 Mile Relay staged by some Duck distance running stars. The scene became festive when officials invited spectators to line the track to cheer on the attempt. If you look carefully you will find Therese, Tiernan and myself in the crowd. (Thanks to colleague Kevin Clark at the Register-Guard for passing on the photo.) The relay team missed their goal of clocking the distance in under 16 minutes, but they did manage to break the old meet record by by a few hundredths of a second running the 4 miles in 16 minutes, 3.24 seconds.
Tiernan also managed to get autographs from 5 recent and former Olympians who still live or workout in Eugene. Pretty neat night.
Chris
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