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Photo Gallery: Ducks dominate at the Oregon Preview to kick off track season

Photo Gallery: Ducks dominate at the Oregon Preview to kick off track season

The track and field season got under way over the weekend with the Oregon Preview taking place at Hayward Field in Eugene. The Oregon Ducks had a great showing, tallying eight wins and three top-10 program performances in the meet.

The Ducks saw wins in the pole vault (Hunter Angove), long jump (Hanna Ganashamoorthy), hammer throw (Shelby Moran and Mason Strunk), javelin (Kohana Nakato), 1,500m (Mia Moerck) and 200m (Colleen Uzoekwe).

The Ducks will continue their outdoor season next week with the SDSU Aztec invitational taking place down in San Diego.

Here are some of the best photos from the weekend at Hayward field, shot by Ethan Landa.

Two-sport star Isaiah Sategna to choose between Oregon and USC

Two-sport athlete Isaiah Sategna will choose between the Ducks and Trojans after decommitting from Texas A&M.

The United States Olympic trials at the new Hayward Field couldn’t have come at a better time for the Oregon Ducks football team.

After de-committing from Texas A&M, two-sport star Isaiah Sategna has made it clear that he will either become a Duck or Trojan soon enough.

At 5-foot 10 and 170 pounds, the Fayetteville, Ark. native is a four-star recruit in the Class of 2022 as a wide receiver and one of the best high school sprinters in the country.

Sategna’s father is an assistant coach for the Arkansas track team, so choosing Oregon wouldn’t be that big of a shock. Hayward Field has been the star of the Olympic trials this past week and running on that track would be any prep runner’s dream.

“The track stood out to me because I’m going to run track and football in college,” he said after a visit to Eugene. “I would say that’s probably the best track in the world right now.”

As a receiver, Sategna isn’t just receiving footballs, but college scholarship offers as well. He has nearly 30 offers including most of the SEC. But with his recent tweet, he’s headed out to the Pacific. Oregon can only hope it’s to the Pacific Northwest and not to Pacific Palisades.

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Oregon’s Jackson Mestler advances to final in 3,000m steeplechase

Oregon Ducks star and Eugene native, Jackson Mestler, took his Hayward Field experience and used it to help him advance to the 3000m steeplechase final.

Jackson Mestler knew what it was like to be at the Olympic Trials long before he ran in his first heat of the 3,000m steeplechase on Monday afternoon.

As a Eugene native, going to Sheldon High School, Mestler has attended the Trials for most of his life, and he volunteered in 2016 as a high school student.

On Monday afternoon, he finished fifth in his heat of the steeplechase, advancing to the final with a chance to make it to the Tokyo Olympics.

Mestler ran 8:33.09 in his heat, getting through to the final in an automatic qualifying bid. He will now run in the final on Friday afternoon with hopes of realizing a dream.

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Rob Mullens is hopeful Autzen Stadium will be full of Duck fans in 2021

Oregon’s athletic department lost millions due to empty venues in 2020. Winning in multiple sports will help make up the deficit soon.

It was difficult to watch the Oregon Ducks play in an empty Autzen Stadium in 2020 for everyone involved. It stunk for the players, coaches, fans, and even opponents.

But according to Athletic Director Rob Mullens, the Ducks’ pocketbook took a worse hit than another Pac-12 quarterback in the sights of Noah Sewell.

“I have been riding on the hope wave for quite a while, and I’m still on the hope wave,” Mullens told Ryan Thorburn of The Register-Guard. “I am hopeful that vaccination is in fact the path to a full Autzen.”

Oregon lost a total of about $60 million of revenue mostly by having no fans inside Autzen or Matthew Knight Arena for the 2020-21 sports calendar season. A lot of big games were scheduled for last fall, including Big Ten powerhouse Ohio State visiting Autzen for the very first time. Ohio State has said they’ll pay Oregon $3.5 million to help make up for the Buckeyes not being able to make the trip to Eugene last year.

The Ducks also missed out on having rival Washington come to Eugene, a game that could have meant the Pac-12 North title.

Mullens is hoping the department can quickly make up the lost revenue in the next couple of seasons. Having highly successful programs in the big sports such as football and both basketball teams will ease the burden for sure.

Also, the eagerness of fans just being able to watch their favorite teams in person is going to go a long way. Mullens is grateful for the unwavering support the Duck fans have shown in this unusually difficult time.

I really appreciate how our fan base stepped up. I think that we are off to a great start and I think our season-ticket renewal will be something that is very high. People are excited to get back into Autzen Stadium, wanting to support the Ducks and to see the new video board and so much more. I’m confident, and really pleased at the support that we’ve received from our season ticket base.

Fans will a lot to cheer for in the 2021-22 season and let’s all hope venues such as Autzen, Matthew Knight Arena, PK Park, Jane Sanders Stadium and Hayward Field are never, ever empty on gameday again.

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