WEBVTT 00:00:01.159 --> 00:00:04.820 Strap in and be prepared. Room for error is much 00:00:04.820 --> 00:00:06.580 slimmer in basketball. You lose one player and 00:00:06.580 --> 00:00:08.660 it changes your entire team. It's not like that 00:00:08.660 --> 00:00:10.919 in football. It's just not. It's not. Interesting 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:13.820 guests. Kelly Graves, Mike Parker, Coach Mark 00:00:13.820 --> 00:00:16.679 Waszkowski, Noah Eagle, Melissa Lombardi, Kenyon 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:19.399 Barnard, Jonathan Stewart. Sharp opinions. Dana 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:24.079 Altman probably earned a pass for a down year 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:28.440 after almost 20 years. of what he's done for 00:00:28.440 --> 00:00:31.500 Oregon basketball. And some smiles. Guys, I was 00:00:31.500 --> 00:00:32.960 stuck in a car wash. Sounds like an R. Kelly 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.820 song. It's not an R. Kelly song. It's Danny Havel. 00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:40.859 I can't remember, and I've been doing this for 00:00:40.859 --> 00:00:43.359 longer than you've been alive, which is really 00:00:43.359 --> 00:00:45.539 horrible that I have to say that, but it's the 00:00:45.539 --> 00:00:48.079 truth. Justin Grossweiner. It's like the saying 00:00:48.079 --> 00:00:50.259 in Alaska, that you don't have to be faster than 00:00:50.259 --> 00:00:51.780 the bear. The bears have to be faster than your 00:00:51.780 --> 00:00:55.390 friend. Danny and Justin starts now on Fox Sports 00:00:55.390 --> 00:00:58.789 Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Sitting in for 00:00:58.789 --> 00:01:05.390 Danny today, it's Goose, Steve Mims. Welcome 00:01:05.390 --> 00:01:08.969 into the Danny and Justin show. Yes, it is another 00:01:08.969 --> 00:01:13.469 Danny free day as Danny is in Pendleton today. 00:01:14.290 --> 00:01:16.349 Pendleton High School, to be exact, covering 00:01:16.349 --> 00:01:20.879 the 2A. boys and girls basketball tournaments 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:23.959 and he is currently on the air on the OSA radio 00:01:23.959 --> 00:01:27.260 network with Oakland and Stanfield one of four 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:31.180 games going today so we hope Danny's voice survives. 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:34.159 to get back for next week. But as for now, Justin, 00:01:34.700 --> 00:01:37.099 day two of a three day run of the Steve and Justin 00:01:37.099 --> 00:01:38.920 show. So thanks for having me in. Yeah, we're 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.579 not doing anything straight because we're going 00:01:41.579 --> 00:01:43.459 to get a little bit next week as well. Correct. 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:45.439 We got a little Danny back Monday and Tuesday. 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:47.359 You're going to be back Wednesday. But yeah, 00:01:47.459 --> 00:01:49.239 day two of three. We're out here at the track 00:01:49.239 --> 00:01:51.599 town offices and yeah. It's a little bit of a 00:01:51.599 --> 00:01:53.340 red carpet rolled out for us, and they did a 00:01:53.340 --> 00:01:55.540 great job making us feel really welcome. I feel 00:01:55.540 --> 00:01:58.099 very at home here, very comfortable, so a lot 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:00.620 going into the show. I was doing it not from 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:02.060 the studios. You've been here all day. Yeah, 00:02:02.180 --> 00:02:02.780 I've been here since 10 o 'clock. I just pop 00:02:02.780 --> 00:02:05.140 in. You've been here all day. So yeah, but I'm 00:02:05.140 --> 00:02:07.019 excited, and we've got a ton to talk about, a 00:02:07.019 --> 00:02:09.879 ton of fun guests. Yeah, so we are live, as Justin 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:12.419 mentioned, from the Track 10 USA Media Day. We 00:02:12.419 --> 00:02:14.360 are here at the Track 10 offices at Oakway Center, 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:16.639 a beautiful office, the first time I've been 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:19.780 in here. And right across the street. It's a 00:02:19.780 --> 00:02:21.319 beautiful day out We got a nice window looking 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:23.500 out and look right across the street is my friend 00:02:23.500 --> 00:02:26.780 Jeff careers State Farm Office So if you're listening, 00:02:26.780 --> 00:02:29.879 give us a thumbs up and let us know how it sounds. 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:35.060 So yeah, we have a chock full of Interviews today 00:02:35.060 --> 00:02:38.979 with some of the local track and field greats 00:02:38.979 --> 00:02:41.659 Coming up in our next segment the 220 segment 00:02:42.030 --> 00:02:44.530 Aliyah McCormick, who just won the Big Ten title 00:02:44.530 --> 00:02:48.490 indoor in the women's 60 meter hurdles, and is 00:02:48.490 --> 00:02:50.849 last year's NCAA outdoor champion in the 100 00:02:50.849 --> 00:02:53.169 meter hurdles. She's going to join us along with 00:02:53.169 --> 00:02:55.930 Luke Tewall, and Luke is a distance events runner. 00:02:56.590 --> 00:02:58.550 He just transferred to Oregon from Wake Forest. 00:02:58.650 --> 00:03:03.810 He ran the 1500 at the World U20s in 2022. So 00:03:03.810 --> 00:03:06.650 we're going to chat with Aliyah and Luke at 220. 00:03:07.090 --> 00:03:10.389 And then in the final segment of the show, we 00:03:10.389 --> 00:03:12.550 are going to have with us Karen Ramming who's 00:03:12.550 --> 00:03:14.590 the chief marketing officer here at Track 10 00:03:14.590 --> 00:03:17.289 USA and Jody Smith who's the chief operating 00:03:17.289 --> 00:03:20.569 officer of Track 10 USA. Happy to be out here 00:03:20.569 --> 00:03:23.370 today. We really appreciate all the staff here 00:03:23.370 --> 00:03:25.789 at Track Town USA for welcoming us out here. 00:03:25.969 --> 00:03:27.650 They've given us a beautiful room. I mean, I 00:03:27.650 --> 00:03:28.949 thought sometimes, you know, people give you 00:03:28.949 --> 00:03:31.830 like a hall closet or something, but we've got 00:03:31.830 --> 00:03:33.729 room more than more than enough room for two 00:03:33.729 --> 00:03:35.449 guests to come in. And like I say, a beautiful 00:03:35.449 --> 00:03:38.210 sun out there. So it's a it's a it's a beautiful 00:03:38.210 --> 00:03:40.490 setup for today's show. Yeah, we got food. We've 00:03:40.490 --> 00:03:43.169 got drinks. We got the banner up. You're on the 00:03:43.169 --> 00:03:45.889 wall over there. I'm on the wall. Danny's got 00:03:45.889 --> 00:03:48.389 two pictures on the wall. Yes. Yes. And if you 00:03:48.389 --> 00:03:50.909 want to see us. The Danny and Justin YouTube 00:03:50.909 --> 00:03:53.030 show right is where we're at Danny and Justin 00:03:53.030 --> 00:03:56.590 YouTube and the and the Fox Sports Eugene YouTube 00:03:56.590 --> 00:03:59.270 correct and Twitter was you the Danny and Justin 00:03:59.270 --> 00:04:02.050 Twitter and YouTube and you can also listen to 00:04:02.050 --> 00:04:04.689 us of course on Fox Sports Eugene calm and Fox 00:04:04.689 --> 00:04:07.469 Sports Newport calm Alright, so if you want to 00:04:07.469 --> 00:04:09.330 see what it looks like here go ahead and tune 00:04:09.330 --> 00:04:12.650 into the Danny and Justin on YouTube And again 00:04:12.650 --> 00:04:14.490 our guests will be coming up in both the final 00:04:14.490 --> 00:04:17.009 two segments today as we do a lot of track conversations 00:04:17.009 --> 00:04:20.120 out here Before we get into track though, we 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:22.699 do need to follow up on, we were chatting yesterday 00:04:22.699 --> 00:04:25.620 about Oregon -Purdue and talking about how it 00:04:25.620 --> 00:04:27.519 was a really important game for Oregon, which 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:29.720 was the 11th seed in the Big Ten tournament. 00:04:30.339 --> 00:04:33.240 The Oregon women opened up against Purdue, which 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:35.399 was the 14th seed. We had said, hey, we think 00:04:35.399 --> 00:04:38.680 Oregon's in, but a loss to Purdue to wrap up 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.660 the season heading into selection Sunday could 00:04:41.660 --> 00:04:44.579 be a mar on the record. Well, Oregon didn't worry 00:04:44.579 --> 00:04:46.560 about that. They go out and beat Purdue, 82 to 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:51.100 64 for Oregon, led as often by Katie Fiso with 00:04:51.100 --> 00:04:55.319 20 points. Eusey Tutte has 16 and 12 and then 00:04:55.319 --> 00:04:59.939 14 for Mia Jacobs. So 82, 64. That gives Oregon 00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:04.720 up to 21 and 11 overall. And they get 10th seeded 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:06.699 Maryland tonight at six o 'clock on the Big Ten 00:05:06.699 --> 00:05:09.120 Network. As far as I'm concerned, Oregon is now 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:10.879 in the NCAA tournament. You feel good about them 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.920 now? Yeah, they got to be in. I was feeling that 00:05:13.920 --> 00:05:15.779 same way ahead of yesterday's game, but I know 00:05:15.779 --> 00:05:17.879 you had a little bit of consternation, so I think 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.100 it's fair. I thought it was 92 % yesterday. Now 00:05:20.100 --> 00:05:22.279 it's 99, because you never know with those bracketologists. 00:05:22.579 --> 00:05:25.300 They can do some weird things when they get in 00:05:25.300 --> 00:05:27.019 those meeting rooms. So I would never say 100 00:05:27.019 --> 00:05:29.839 % for a team that's an 11 seed in their conference 00:05:29.839 --> 00:05:32.740 tournament. But I think with 21 wins, and even 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:34.519 if they lose at this point, they would be losing 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:37.050 to a team. That's in the tournament because everybody 00:05:37.050 --> 00:05:38.689 else, you know, they're going to have Maryland 00:05:38.689 --> 00:05:41.089 tonight. They win that they get Michigan. Then 00:05:41.089 --> 00:05:43.110 they'd get into the semifinals. Any team that 00:05:43.110 --> 00:05:44.470 they would face the rest of the way would just 00:05:44.470 --> 00:05:47.490 be lost to a team in the NCAA tournament. So 00:05:47.490 --> 00:05:49.209 tonight will be an interesting one. Maryland 00:05:49.209 --> 00:05:51.329 and Oregon had a good game in the regular season 00:05:51.329 --> 00:05:53.810 where Oregon went out there and won. So I think 00:05:53.810 --> 00:05:55.860 they have a chance. I. You know, there's a lot 00:05:55.860 --> 00:05:57.660 of times you look at it and think, oh, the, you 00:05:57.660 --> 00:05:59.240 know, we, I know we've gone through a hundred 00:05:59.240 --> 00:06:01.319 times in the college football playoff is to buy 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:03.360 the advantage or not. Yeah. I often think that 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:06.300 in this, the buy pays off, you know, like for 00:06:06.300 --> 00:06:08.120 Maryland, if you get to the semis and you're 00:06:08.120 --> 00:06:09.699 facing a team that's played one more game than 00:06:09.699 --> 00:06:11.779 you. But I know coaches and Dana Altman said 00:06:11.779 --> 00:06:14.160 this a lot. Sometimes when you have that first 00:06:14.160 --> 00:06:15.779 buy in the other team and won a game the night 00:06:15.779 --> 00:06:18.120 before, they've gotten used to the rims. They've 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:19.800 gotten used to the court. They've gotten warmed 00:06:19.800 --> 00:06:22.019 up. They've gotten used to the hoops. Sometimes 00:06:22.019 --> 00:06:23.819 the team like Maryland that hasn't yet comes 00:06:23.819 --> 00:06:26.160 out and takes a while to get get going so I'm 00:06:26.160 --> 00:06:28.079 not sure that the buy is not an advantage for 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:30.300 Oregon tonight again if they were to get on do 00:06:30.300 --> 00:06:32.740 you know to share four games the wear and tear 00:06:32.740 --> 00:06:34.540 might but I think for tonight it might be an 00:06:34.540 --> 00:06:36.079 advantage for me because Maryland no that's totally 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:37.819 fair and there's something to be said about momentum 00:06:37.819 --> 00:06:41.350 yeah just Athletic momentum as well. And so, 00:06:41.350 --> 00:06:43.029 you know, they're coming off of a win Obviously, 00:06:43.029 --> 00:06:44.490 it was a fairly comfortable one. They didn't 00:06:44.490 --> 00:06:46.649 have to stretch too much I think at times you 00:06:46.649 --> 00:06:48.750 see I mean this is more in like the baseball 00:06:48.750 --> 00:06:50.589 MLB playoffs where you'll see a team That's a 00:06:50.589 --> 00:06:52.449 wild -card team and whoever wins that wild -card 00:06:52.449 --> 00:06:55.149 game is gonna be like riding high off of that 00:06:55.149 --> 00:06:56.750 And then there's a team that's been sitting with 00:06:56.750 --> 00:06:59.069 the by that hasn't had a game and they don't 00:06:59.069 --> 00:07:00.870 have any momentum and maybe they haven't played 00:07:00.870 --> 00:07:04.529 a big game in a few weeks at times so Maryland 00:07:04.529 --> 00:07:08.029 obviously is a big ten You know as a NCAA tournament 00:07:08.029 --> 00:07:10.629 team the Ducks had an opportunity earlier in 00:07:10.629 --> 00:07:12.870 the season to take them on and they had a big 00:07:12.870 --> 00:07:15.470 comeback win against them. They had a big fourth 00:07:15.470 --> 00:07:19.189 quarter. So I think that in a way this has played 00:07:19.189 --> 00:07:21.329 out really well for them because you could make 00:07:21.329 --> 00:07:22.550 the argument. Okay. Yeah, they have a little 00:07:22.550 --> 00:07:24.850 bit of an advantage maybe tonight maybe overall 00:07:24.850 --> 00:07:26.790 later down the road of the tournament. But any 00:07:26.790 --> 00:07:28.970 win they get right now is going to only add to 00:07:28.970 --> 00:07:31.149 the resume. Like we said they're in the tournament. 00:07:31.149 --> 00:07:34.519 Yep. Most likely we think. Yes. But. Don't want 00:07:34.519 --> 00:07:36.399 to wear some wood that I can knock on there you 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:39.620 go But any wind is gonna help them out and it's 00:07:39.620 --> 00:07:41.480 all about that eight nine line, right? We don't 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:43.680 want to see them in a nine seed. Yeah No, like 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:46.120 you say, I think they're at that eight nine and 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:47.920 you beat Maryland Maybe you can get off that 00:07:47.920 --> 00:07:50.439 and get to the seven And then you'd be Michigan 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:52.240 maybe you can get to that six or something suddenly 00:07:52.240 --> 00:07:54.800 you're completely out of that and as you mentioned 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:57.420 It's a good point by you as well, you know, Oregon 00:07:57.420 --> 00:07:59.620 last night was able to play 11 people So if you're 00:07:59.620 --> 00:08:01.879 in a tournament where you know, everything goes 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:03.939 well, you're playing five games in five nights 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:06.680 But even for tonight playing, you know the second 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:08.600 game in two nights you want to have a little 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.620 bit of rest So they were able to play 11 players 00:08:10.620 --> 00:08:13.680 last night Uh, now Sophia Bell played 33 and 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:16.379 Katie Fiso played 20 minutes, but the Chute played 00:08:16.379 --> 00:08:20.379 only 20. Um, you know, Tahina played 21, Muhammad 00:08:20.379 --> 00:08:23.459 Rambis, Kane Williams, Tillendeere off the bench 00:08:23.459 --> 00:08:25.860 didn't play a whole lot. So I think if they need 00:08:25.860 --> 00:08:27.699 to go to use their depth, they're going to have 00:08:27.699 --> 00:08:29.560 some people who are ready to go tonight. And 00:08:29.560 --> 00:08:31.199 that could be an advantage again against the 00:08:31.199 --> 00:08:33.580 team in Maryland that, uh, is, uh, you know, 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:35.220 again, it's not exactly a home court for them. 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:37.820 It's, it's in Indianapolis. So it's a court. 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.340 They probably haven't played on the game bridge 00:08:39.340 --> 00:08:40.879 field house the first time they would have played 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:43.210 there. this year and Oregon now has again seen 00:08:43.210 --> 00:08:44.769 the hoops bent the rims a little bit and shot 00:08:44.769 --> 00:08:47.350 them up so it'll be a fascinating one at six 00:08:47.350 --> 00:08:49.870 o 'clock and tonight is Big Ten Network so for 00:08:49.870 --> 00:08:51.570 the people like me who were complaining last 00:08:51.570 --> 00:08:53.289 night that you couldn't watch that I don't have 00:08:53.289 --> 00:08:55.830 peacock we're on Big Ten Network tonight so we 00:08:55.830 --> 00:08:57.529 should get a chance to settle down and watch 00:08:57.529 --> 00:09:01.429 it yeah no I'm excited I think that This team, 00:09:02.210 --> 00:09:04.350 they can be streaky. And you know what I think 00:09:04.350 --> 00:09:06.169 it is? I think it's all about that first quarter. 00:09:06.490 --> 00:09:08.789 We've seen them come out flat at times, and they 00:09:08.789 --> 00:09:10.710 always seem to come back. They always seem to 00:09:10.710 --> 00:09:13.509 have the momentum to get the game tied. But a 00:09:13.509 --> 00:09:15.149 lot of times, you see a team do that, they're 00:09:15.149 --> 00:09:17.090 going to waste a lot of energy getting to that 00:09:17.090 --> 00:09:19.129 point. So I want to see them have a strong start. 00:09:19.450 --> 00:09:22.190 And I think that if they can do that, then they 00:09:22.190 --> 00:09:25.090 certainly have a shot at Maryland. I do think 00:09:25.090 --> 00:09:27.730 this team, it still feels like it's a year away 00:09:27.730 --> 00:09:31.649 from really being a real contender or being one 00:09:31.649 --> 00:09:34.409 of those teams that can make a run. But I do 00:09:34.409 --> 00:09:36.009 think they have a lot to like, and it does seem 00:09:36.009 --> 00:09:38.049 like it's a team, you have a young team, you 00:09:38.049 --> 00:09:40.580 know, Katie Fiso, like... There was times when 00:09:40.580 --> 00:09:42.440 I was watching her against Washington in that 00:09:42.440 --> 00:09:44.720 game where it was just like man like she's special 00:09:44.720 --> 00:09:47.840 Yeah, she can find a way to just turn it on at 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:49.940 the right time and a team You know if they don't 00:09:49.940 --> 00:09:52.279 have that into your defense against her like 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.200 she can finish like and she could just decide 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:57.580 to go so it'll be interesting to see how Marilyn 00:09:57.580 --> 00:09:59.960 decides to play her. Yeah, and it'll be interesting 00:09:59.960 --> 00:10:02.500 to see how the young team and you know there's 00:10:02.500 --> 00:10:04.039 some seniors as well but how they'll handle the 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:06.259 emotions of playing in bigger and bigger games 00:10:06.259 --> 00:10:09.480 as the tournament goes along. We do have the 00:10:09.480 --> 00:10:12.080 first final from today there was an upset nine 00:10:12.080 --> 00:10:14.720 over eight so not a huge upset but Washington 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:16.820 knocks off USC today so a lot of people thought 00:10:16.820 --> 00:10:19.360 that the first game tomorrow in the quarters 00:10:19.360 --> 00:10:23.139 would be USC UCLA in a rematch from the other 00:10:23.139 --> 00:10:25.700 day but Washington which obviously ended the 00:10:25.700 --> 00:10:28.779 regular season defeating Oregon in a last second 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:34.429 victory It was brutal. They now rode the momentum 00:10:34.429 --> 00:10:36.269 of that. It wasn't brutal for them. They felt 00:10:36.269 --> 00:10:38.590 some good things about it apparently. They're 00:10:38.590 --> 00:10:40.450 a good team. Yeah, they are a good team. And 00:10:40.450 --> 00:10:43.600 they knock off USC. And so they will be the ones 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:45.940 to face UCLA in the first quarterfinal tomorrow 00:10:45.940 --> 00:10:48.919 and actually the worst news out of that was Jazzy 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:51.879 Davidson the freshman from Clackamas apparently 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:54.580 had a Injury scare and is going in for an MRI. 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:57.399 I saw after the game So we just hope I mean kind 00:10:57.399 --> 00:11:00.299 of team that last year has Juju Watkins and loses 00:11:00.299 --> 00:11:02.259 her for the year and now you have the freshman 00:11:02.259 --> 00:11:04.440 of the year in the conference Hopefully everything 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:06.840 comes back well there and we get to see Juju 00:11:06.840 --> 00:11:10.220 and Jazzy Which by the way is just built for 00:11:10.220 --> 00:11:12.659 an LA marketing campaign when they're both two 00:11:12.659 --> 00:11:14.679 of the best players in the country and they got 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:17.000 names like Juju and Jazzy that's hopefully we'll 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:19.759 get to see them both out there next year so that's 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:21.580 your Oregon women's update as they will be going 00:11:21.580 --> 00:11:24.559 tonight at six on the men's side the men we know 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:28.029 wrap up the regular season on Saturday, they 00:11:28.029 --> 00:11:31.049 host the Huskies at eight o 'clock at night. 00:11:31.309 --> 00:11:33.549 I saw, as I talked about yesterday, it might 00:11:33.549 --> 00:11:35.230 be hard to get fans out at eight o 'clock tonight. 00:11:35.789 --> 00:11:37.669 I saw today, Oregon came up with a solution, 00:11:37.850 --> 00:11:39.529 and they're just making beer and hot dogs cheap. 00:11:39.610 --> 00:11:42.509 There's gonna be some cheap meal deals. So three 00:11:42.509 --> 00:11:44.850 dollar hot dogs, three dollar cokes, six dollar 00:11:44.850 --> 00:11:46.350 beers. So if you were thinking about getting 00:11:46.350 --> 00:11:48.590 out there for that one, that's it. But I wanted 00:11:48.590 --> 00:11:52.279 to bring up... This we chat I'm not convinced 00:11:52.279 --> 00:11:54.820 that Dana Altman or somebody on his staff wasn't 00:11:54.820 --> 00:11:57.779 listening to our show yesterday because We discussed 00:11:57.779 --> 00:12:01.059 Illinois and you were talking about their uh... 00:12:01.059 --> 00:12:03.080 recruiting strategy which is they've gone out 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:06.279 and brought in quite a few uh... europeans eastern 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:08.919 europeans and they've kind of done uh... get 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:12.100 some international players brought in kylan boswell 00:12:12.100 --> 00:12:14.580 and some transfers from you know you know you 00:12:14.580 --> 00:12:16.659 had stojkovic some transfers from u .s. schools 00:12:16.659 --> 00:12:19.440 and then filled in with some freshmen uh... with 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:21.340 wagler who's a potential lottery and they have 00:12:21.340 --> 00:12:23.480 some local guys too and some local guys so you 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:24.980 were saying hey maybe that's the oregon plan 00:12:24.980 --> 00:12:28.179 go do that and today i see that oregon has gotten 00:12:28.179 --> 00:12:33.740 a uh... a visit that is coming from a four star 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:37.159 and I was look it's we on saying and I was looking 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.259 him up and when I googled him the first thing 00:12:39.259 --> 00:12:41.960 that came up was the headline. Illinois twenty 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:44.360 twenty six target we on saying skyrockets up 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:46.200 recruiting ranking so it's almost like they've 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:48.240 decided the same thing you said hey let's do 00:12:48.240 --> 00:12:53.299 that Illinois. Yeah and saying is a really is 00:12:53.299 --> 00:12:56.269 a six seven. forward plays down in California 00:12:56.269 --> 00:13:00.330 right now and he is a 2026 so this is his senior 00:13:00.330 --> 00:13:04.590 year and with Zhang is going to be he's six seven 00:13:04.590 --> 00:13:06.549 two hundred pounds plays down in Garden Grove 00:13:06.549 --> 00:13:08.950 California small forward and looks like Oregon 00:13:08.950 --> 00:13:10.929 is locked in official visit for him this week 00:13:10.929 --> 00:13:13.679 so we had talked about Mean, we've got a Reza 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:17.320 is coming in as the five -star The Kendra Harrison 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:19.259 who I've said I wouldn't count on right because 00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:20.700 I think the football team's made a pretty good 00:13:20.700 --> 00:13:23.519 point and he'll do both But now if you could 00:13:23.519 --> 00:13:25.779 bring in a buoyant Zang who's a six seven score 00:13:25.779 --> 00:13:28.120 pair him with the Reza Boy, if you bring back 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:30.620 a shell stad, maybe an Evans and kind of fill 00:13:30.620 --> 00:13:32.899 it around Maybe we can start to see something 00:13:32.899 --> 00:13:35.350 interesting, but I'm glad to see because Oregon's 00:13:35.350 --> 00:13:37.070 really strong. The last two years, you know, 00:13:37.149 --> 00:13:39.049 Jamari Phillips was the kind of the one recruit 00:13:39.049 --> 00:13:42.330 two years ago. This year, the only recruit they 00:13:42.330 --> 00:13:43.889 had, he hasn't even played. He's red shirted. 00:13:44.090 --> 00:13:45.789 So they've kind of missed out the last few years 00:13:45.789 --> 00:13:48.049 on having kind of an impact freshman. And if 00:13:48.049 --> 00:13:50.529 they can get Zang and put him with a Riza, you 00:13:50.529 --> 00:13:52.169 have the potential now to kind of get back to 00:13:52.169 --> 00:13:53.730 the Oregon way, which is having at least a couple 00:13:53.730 --> 00:13:56.009 of real contenders out of a freshman class. Yeah. 00:13:56.190 --> 00:13:59.110 Well, the question is, I guess, is. The oregon 00:13:59.110 --> 00:14:01.129 way as you call it the right way at this point. 00:14:01.149 --> 00:14:02.610 Yeah, you look at illinois I mean illinois is 00:14:02.610 --> 00:14:04.029 not doing that I mean they got a couple they 00:14:04.029 --> 00:14:06.090 got you know wagler like he's he's a kind of 00:14:06.090 --> 00:14:08.549 guy like that but a lot of these teams are just 00:14:08.549 --> 00:14:10.909 going to Europe or going to players that have 00:14:10.909 --> 00:14:14.029 been playing professionally since 2019 2020 2021 00:14:14.029 --> 00:14:16.309 I mean that's like a long time at this point. 00:14:16.309 --> 00:14:19.370 Those are true professionals playing in those 00:14:19.370 --> 00:14:22.370 are grown men. Yeah, no actually So, you know, 00:14:22.370 --> 00:14:25.070 it's it's interesting how the lines of amateurism 00:14:25.070 --> 00:14:27.649 and professionalism has blurred and in college 00:14:27.649 --> 00:14:31.450 now these top programs and especially in the 00:14:31.450 --> 00:14:34.309 Big 10 and the SEC and you know top conferences 00:14:34.309 --> 00:14:37.529 they're gonna be really viewing every single 00:14:37.529 --> 00:14:39.429 option they have but you have to get the freshman 00:14:39.429 --> 00:14:41.669 class like it is important that they do that 00:14:41.669 --> 00:14:43.970 because you have to have some sort of long -term 00:14:43.970 --> 00:14:47.090 hopefully if players don't transfer yeah stability 00:14:47.090 --> 00:14:49.470 of your roster and they haven't had that it's 00:14:49.470 --> 00:14:51.860 been a lot of bringing in new guys every year 00:14:51.860 --> 00:14:53.759 and obviously Jackson's been around and KJ's 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.500 been around and Nate's been around but you can't 00:14:56.500 --> 00:14:59.200 just have like two guys. It just feels like this 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:01.919 is a team that needs to have a foundation led. 00:15:02.190 --> 00:15:06.250 for the next few years. Yep. And Zang is a top 00:15:06.250 --> 00:15:10.309 25 recruit in some of the spots. ESPN has him 00:15:10.309 --> 00:15:12.610 right now at number 48. And again, he is going 00:15:12.610 --> 00:15:14.570 to be visiting this weekend. So he will be at 00:15:14.570 --> 00:15:18.389 the game when Oregon takes on Washington on Saturday 00:15:18.389 --> 00:15:21.529 night. And that's Boo Yeon Zang. So a big visit 00:15:21.529 --> 00:15:23.110 for Oregon. And we'll see if they can get a commitment 00:15:23.110 --> 00:15:25.409 out of it there. A couple other things before 00:15:25.409 --> 00:15:27.409 we head into our break and bring in some of our 00:15:27.409 --> 00:15:29.919 athletes. First off. Congratulations in order 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:33.419 to Bo Nix and we saw Bo and his wife had a baby 00:15:33.419 --> 00:15:38.460 Riley Bell Nix Riley Bell Bo Chapman Nix I guess 00:15:38.460 --> 00:15:42.379 is the full name and so congratulations to Bo 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:45.320 and Izzy Bo Nix is has is now a father for the 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:47.759 first time and there was a big softball win last 00:15:47.759 --> 00:15:49.740 night for Oregon. Oregon Gates we had talked 00:15:49.740 --> 00:15:53.080 yesterday taking on Oregon State 11 to 3 Stephanie 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:54.879 Mackey who you've been talking about had been 00:15:54.879 --> 00:15:57.139 one that they were trying to get going homers 00:15:57.139 --> 00:16:00.360 twice last night. And it's 11 -3 Oregon beats 00:16:00.360 --> 00:16:03.159 Oregon State that was at Oregon State. So a good 00:16:03.159 --> 00:16:05.980 road win for Oregon They'll beat them again here 00:16:05.980 --> 00:16:07.740 this week as part of the Jane Sanders classic 00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:10.779 But a nice win for Oregon and nice to see Maki 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:13.340 get kind of going on that one there Yeah, and 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:16.299 Maki as much as anything. I definitely think 00:16:16.299 --> 00:16:20.470 that it's she's the most fun player In if you're 00:16:20.470 --> 00:16:22.629 at the Jane and she comes up like there's the 00:16:22.629 --> 00:16:24.789 most energy at least last year I can't speak 00:16:24.789 --> 00:16:26.889 on yeah much this year, but last year was like 00:16:26.889 --> 00:16:28.710 whenever she came up. It was like oh Yeah, like 00:16:28.710 --> 00:16:31.370 you have energies here. Here's a bomb right and 00:16:31.370 --> 00:16:33.990 so she's been struggling quite frankly and so 00:16:33.990 --> 00:16:36.690 it has Riley McCoy who did go for four in this 00:16:36.690 --> 00:16:39.070 game after kind of a breakout yeah in that last 00:16:39.070 --> 00:16:41.970 series, but no, I mean it was a good win obviously 00:16:41.970 --> 00:16:45.429 for the Ducks and Mackey is a player that they 00:16:45.429 --> 00:16:47.029 need to get going she has started to get going 00:16:47.029 --> 00:16:49.570 Elon Butler has Just been going the entire year. 00:16:49.570 --> 00:16:52.129 Yeah, so that was good to see from her at the 00:16:52.129 --> 00:16:53.750 top of the lineup going three for four and then 00:16:53.750 --> 00:16:56.529 I on a shot for four as well Yeah, and then as 00:16:56.529 --> 00:16:58.409 we said yesterday was going to be on the Oregon 00:16:58.409 --> 00:17:00.009 State side all about Jay Butler She did have 00:17:00.009 --> 00:17:03.409 two hits in this game But ultimately not enough 00:17:03.409 --> 00:17:06.089 on the the run side for the Oregon State Beavers 00:17:06.089 --> 00:17:08.329 and coming as a rematch Saturday Oregon State 00:17:08.329 --> 00:17:10.289 comes in here as part of the James Sanders tournament 00:17:10.289 --> 00:17:13.750 So we'll get to see Oregon and Oregon State again 00:17:13.750 --> 00:17:16.750 this year on Saturday Okay well we are going 00:17:16.750 --> 00:17:18.930 to head into our first break and again if you've 00:17:18.930 --> 00:17:22.569 just joined us we are out at Tracktown USA offices 00:17:22.569 --> 00:17:26.170 here at Oakway Center it is part of the Tracktown 00:17:26.170 --> 00:17:29.109 USA media day as we're previewing a lot of their 00:17:29.109 --> 00:17:30.890 events they've got coming up here during the 00:17:30.890 --> 00:17:32.809 summer and when we come back we're going to chat 00:17:32.809 --> 00:17:35.730 with Oregon's Aaliyah McCormick and Luke Kiewalk 00:17:35.730 --> 00:17:37.829 we'll chat with them about their upcoming summer 00:17:37.829 --> 00:17:39.990 plans some of their past successes and what it's 00:17:39.990 --> 00:17:42.099 like to compete at the new Hayward Field. This 00:17:42.099 --> 00:17:44.180 is Steve Mims. I'm filling in for Danny. You're 00:17:44.180 --> 00:17:45.880 listening to The Danny and Justin Show on Fox 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:50.480 Sports Eugene and Fox Sports Newport. Welcome 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.000 back into The Danny and Justin Show. This is 00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:55.460 Steve Mims filling in for Danny who is off on 00:17:55.460 --> 00:17:58.799 assignment for the USA covering the class 2A 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:01.259 Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament. We are 00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:04.420 here at TrackTown USA's offices at Hayward Field. 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:08.059 Track 10 USA media day as we preview all the 00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:09.880 events that will be coming up here during the 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:12.599 summer and we have two esteemed guests who are 00:18:12.599 --> 00:18:16.019 joining us now. We have Aliyah McCormick just 00:18:16.019 --> 00:18:19.480 won the Big Ten championship in the women's 60 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:21.519 meter hurdles in the indoor and of course last 00:18:21.519 --> 00:18:24.799 year when the NCAA in the 100 meter hurdles and 00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:28.269 we have Luke Tewalt and Luke is a recent transplant 00:18:28.269 --> 00:18:31.470 here to Eugene and played at ran for Wake Forest 00:18:31.470 --> 00:18:35.630 and ran for and ran at Hayward Field passed in 00:18:35.630 --> 00:18:41.279 a U 20 and he qualified for Team USA. for finishing 00:18:41.279 --> 00:18:43.920 second in a qualifying event headed at Hayward 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:46.299 Field. That was in 2022. So thank the both of 00:18:46.299 --> 00:18:48.200 you for coming in. We appreciate it. Of course. 00:18:48.299 --> 00:18:49.839 Thank you guys for having us. Thanks for having 00:18:49.839 --> 00:18:52.180 us. Yeah, you bet. Starting with you, Aliyah, 00:18:52.299 --> 00:18:54.960 tell me what it's like. You've won a few championships, 00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:57.160 but now coming off of the Big Ten, one in the 00:18:57.160 --> 00:18:59.779 indoor. What's the indoor season for you? Is 00:18:59.779 --> 00:19:02.059 that as important as outdoor? Does it build up 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:03.559 the outdoor? What do you try to use the indoor 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:07.400 season for? Absolutely. It's so important. I'm 00:19:07.400 --> 00:19:10.640 just so excited to just have been having a really 00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:12.839 full season. And I think for the indoor season, 00:19:13.500 --> 00:19:15.500 it just kind of, like you said, it pushes me 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:17.660 into outdoor. It just lets me know where I am 00:19:17.660 --> 00:19:19.880 and where I will be when it comes time to outdoor. 00:19:20.400 --> 00:19:22.880 Yeah. And Luke, you were saying you're not doing 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.900 indoor, so you're waiting to put the Oregon uniform 00:19:25.900 --> 00:19:27.779 on for the first time coming out of Wake Forest. 00:19:28.180 --> 00:19:30.559 What brought you out here from Wake Forest? I 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:33.220 mean, the opportunity to run for the Ducks, you 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:35.400 just can't deny it when you have that opportunity. 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:40.220 So Jerry built up an excellent program here, 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:44.559 and the legacy of being able to be one of the 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:47.359 Oregon Ducks and men of Oregon is just something 00:19:47.359 --> 00:19:50.099 that I've always wanted and always dreamed of. 00:19:50.480 --> 00:19:53.019 And when that opportunity came, Jerry gave me 00:19:53.019 --> 00:19:55.660 that call, and I jumped at that opportunity for 00:19:55.660 --> 00:19:57.829 sure. And you said you were here, so that would 00:19:57.829 --> 00:20:00.910 have been with the 2022 U -20s. Yep. And then 00:20:00.910 --> 00:20:03.230 you finished second to qualify for the event. 00:20:03.250 --> 00:20:06.470 What was Hayward Field like for you as a visitor? 00:20:06.930 --> 00:20:09.329 I mean, it's such an incredible spaceship type 00:20:09.329 --> 00:20:11.210 place. You could run around the world and not 00:20:11.210 --> 00:20:12.750 see anything like that. What was it like when 00:20:12.750 --> 00:20:14.890 you came into Hayward Field, not even being a 00:20:14.890 --> 00:20:16.170 member of the team, but just seeing what it was 00:20:16.170 --> 00:20:19.630 like? I mean, that feeling, that first time feeling 00:20:19.630 --> 00:20:24.990 of seeing the arena, seeing Hayward, seeing the 00:20:24.990 --> 00:20:29.769 just... dedication and love that you know obviously 00:20:29.769 --> 00:20:32.710 Phil Knight and everyone else who supported the 00:20:32.710 --> 00:20:35.170 project of building this place like that feeling 00:20:35.170 --> 00:20:37.269 I still have that feeling every day when now 00:20:37.269 --> 00:20:40.170 that I'm on the team it's awe it's just straight 00:20:40.170 --> 00:20:42.289 awe when I see this building and I can't believe 00:20:42.289 --> 00:20:46.440 that I get to be a duck and get to call this 00:20:46.440 --> 00:20:49.140 place home. And when I first walked into the 00:20:49.140 --> 00:20:53.140 arena, I mean, I was overwhelmed. And now it's 00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:56.000 a little bit more calming when I walk in now 00:20:56.000 --> 00:21:00.400 that I call it home. But it's still just gratitude 00:21:00.400 --> 00:21:02.500 is the first thing that comes to my mind when 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:05.880 I see it, because it means I've had a great season. 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:11.549 I've put in the hard work. I get to show off 00:21:11.549 --> 00:21:14.109 everything that I've put into a season to be 00:21:14.109 --> 00:21:35.480 able to race at Hayward. It's my favorite place 00:21:35.480 --> 00:21:38.940 to run at, and I love our fans. Our fans are 00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:42.200 what pushed me to the finish line. And like Luke 00:21:42.200 --> 00:21:44.799 said, all I think is gratitude. There has been 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:47.180 so many championships on this track, so many 00:21:47.180 --> 00:21:50.680 world records on Hayward Field broken. And it's 00:21:50.680 --> 00:21:53.140 a privilege to wear the O across my chest and 00:21:53.140 --> 00:21:55.539 even win at Hayward Field with the O across my 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:58.660 chest. So it's amazing, and I just love Hayward 00:21:58.660 --> 00:22:09.630 Magic and the fans. Oh my goodness that was unreal 00:22:09.630 --> 00:22:13.609 I had never seen Hayward that full like every 00:22:13.609 --> 00:22:15.809 seat was full and you know how it's like treated 00:22:15.809 --> 00:22:18.569 like the Hayward seats are green and like green 00:22:18.569 --> 00:22:21.289 there I didn't see that at all I saw everyone's 00:22:21.289 --> 00:22:24.910 faces the crowd was just Roar and then being 00:22:24.910 --> 00:22:27.410 amongst those amazing ladies that are at the 00:22:27.410 --> 00:22:29.710 top of their game that are elite I was just like 00:22:29.710 --> 00:22:32.049 a little baby duck just sitting there like I'm 00:22:32.049 --> 00:22:35.549 gonna do the best that I can but That atmosphere 00:22:35.549 --> 00:22:38.509 was just insane and I can't wait to you know 00:22:38.509 --> 00:22:40.990 be a part of that meet again How much is that 00:22:40.990 --> 00:22:42.970 gonna help you do you think just experiencing 00:22:42.970 --> 00:22:45.730 it that first time? Getting another experience 00:22:45.730 --> 00:22:47.730 out of you kind of already felt at once like 00:22:47.730 --> 00:22:48.930 how much do you think that's gonna help you going 00:22:48.930 --> 00:22:51.269 forward? It's gonna it helped me a lot because 00:22:51.269 --> 00:22:54.329 that experience was very humbling. It made me 00:22:54.329 --> 00:22:57.170 Realize that I really wanted to do this for life 00:22:57.170 --> 00:23:00.849 that this is something that I want to be my job. 00:23:01.430 --> 00:23:03.829 And I know that these ladies that were on that 00:23:03.829 --> 00:23:06.069 line, they accumulate that like that is their 00:23:06.069 --> 00:23:09.190 life. They literally live, eat, breathe hurdling. 00:23:09.250 --> 00:23:11.609 And that's something that I want to do. So I 00:23:11.609 --> 00:23:14.769 know that in order to be at that level, I need 00:23:14.769 --> 00:23:16.890 to just, you know, fix some sort of things and 00:23:16.890 --> 00:23:19.930 acquire that in order to, you know, even be amongst 00:23:19.930 --> 00:23:22.450 those group of ladies and, you know, become one 00:23:22.450 --> 00:23:27.109 through one through third. outdoor. I mean obviously 00:23:27.109 --> 00:23:28.990 in indoor you've got the 60 meter and then the 00:23:28.990 --> 00:23:30.910 outdoor you're doing the 100. Is it different 00:23:30.910 --> 00:23:33.849 training for those? Does the 60 you know does 00:23:33.849 --> 00:23:35.509 it put you on a pace coming in or do you have 00:23:35.509 --> 00:23:37.289 to kind of change some workout things going into 00:23:37.289 --> 00:23:40.549 the spring in the outdoor? Absolutely. It's completely 00:23:40.549 --> 00:23:42.950 different races. 60 is over in seven seconds 00:23:42.950 --> 00:23:46.450 so you don't really have that much time. It wouldn't 00:23:46.450 --> 00:23:51.650 be over in seven seconds for me by the way. Yes 00:23:51.650 --> 00:23:55.259 it's really quick and then 100 meter is longer 00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:58.039 and so you have a lot more time to just fix a 00:23:58.039 --> 00:24:00.400 little bit of things but not that much time because 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.000 it's either you got it or you don't so especially 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.980 in spring break it's kind of like fall training 00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:07.539 all over again we literally go back to lifting 00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:10.740 heavy we go back to starting now doing more hurdles 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:13.700 like sometimes I do 13 hurdles and does it hurt 00:24:13.700 --> 00:24:18.950 yes but will it help Absolutely, from seeing 00:24:18.950 --> 00:24:22.170 my results from not even competing my freshman 00:24:22.170 --> 00:24:24.230 or sophomore year and being able to win nationals 00:24:24.230 --> 00:24:27.589 was just such a blessing. So I just know that 00:24:27.589 --> 00:24:30.009 my training will be definitely different because 00:24:30.009 --> 00:24:31.970 five more hurdles are being added to the race. 00:24:32.349 --> 00:24:34.250 But it's only going to get easier because now 00:24:34.250 --> 00:24:38.329 I've definitely just fixed and needed to figure 00:24:38.329 --> 00:24:40.750 out what I needed to fix for the first five hurdles. 00:24:40.849 --> 00:24:42.829 And now adding five more is just going to get 00:24:42.829 --> 00:24:45.750 better. You are listening to the Danny and Justin 00:24:45.750 --> 00:24:48.309 Show. We are out here for Track 10 USA's Media 00:24:48.309 --> 00:24:51.269 Day, joined by Aliyah McCormick of U of O and 00:24:51.269 --> 00:24:53.329 Luke Tewalt. Luke, how about you? When you're 00:24:53.329 --> 00:24:55.369 not running in the indoor, what's kind of your 00:24:55.369 --> 00:24:58.430 fall and winter like as you gear up for your 00:24:58.430 --> 00:25:00.880 outdoor season? Yeah, so it's a lot of mileage, 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.579 you know in the outdoor season I'll be running 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:06.900 the 5k and the 10k So that means we're putting 00:25:06.900 --> 00:25:11.119 in 90 100 mile weeks And so I just get that time 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:13.579 to explore a lot of Eugene, you know running 00:25:13.579 --> 00:25:16.720 around Pree's Trail Going out to Dexter going 00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:20.319 out to Darina Cottage Grove and really just getting 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:25.259 to really enjoy the beauty of Oregon While also 00:25:25.259 --> 00:25:28.619 putting in those hard miles We do lots of intense 00:25:28.619 --> 00:25:31.650 training in Hayward, you know, and then we get 00:25:31.650 --> 00:25:35.690 on the bike path near Priest Trail, lots of lifting 00:25:35.690 --> 00:25:38.970 as well, core work, and yeah, just lots of miles. 00:25:39.490 --> 00:25:42.170 For each of you, what's something that you didn't 00:25:42.170 --> 00:25:45.690 expect about Oregon or Eugene that now that you're 00:25:45.690 --> 00:25:48.369 here you've gotten a little bit of a taste, obviously, 00:25:48.769 --> 00:25:55.109 that you didn't see coming into it? I will say... 00:25:55.750 --> 00:25:58.509 I what I wasn't expecting was the family aspects. 00:25:58.730 --> 00:26:02.000 I it's just being a senior I think about all 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:05.380 the years that I've spent here and I just am 00:26:05.380 --> 00:26:07.579 so sad that it's coming to an end because I don't 00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:10.140 want to leave you know like I have literally 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:13.440 enjoyed learning every aspect of myself of Eugene 00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:16.599 of the people around me like even the people 00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:18.799 in the town everyone's just so nice and everyone 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:22.059 loves Oregon loves the sports in the sport yeah 00:26:22.059 --> 00:26:25.140 yes so it just it that's one thing that I wasn't 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:27.680 expecting coming into school I mean I I knew 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:29.329 about the weather and stuff like that the weather 00:26:29.329 --> 00:26:32.049 isn't always the best, but Eugene's summer is 00:26:32.049 --> 00:26:36.589 insane, so. Yeah, and I would pretty much the 00:26:36.589 --> 00:26:41.170 same. It's the instant. love and being a part 00:26:41.170 --> 00:26:43.349 of the community just by putting the O on my 00:26:43.349 --> 00:26:46.190 chest. When I'm running around, I hear, go ducks. 00:26:46.690 --> 00:26:48.650 When I'm in the grocery store and I have my organ 00:26:48.650 --> 00:26:52.430 gear, go ducks. People ask me, oh, when are you 00:26:52.430 --> 00:26:55.089 racing? When's the next meet? Can we come out? 00:26:55.869 --> 00:26:59.650 When I'm in classes, my fellow students are like, 00:27:00.289 --> 00:27:02.829 oh, they're even like guys on the football team. 00:27:02.950 --> 00:27:04.569 They're like, oh, you're on the track team. Like, 00:27:04.609 --> 00:27:08.089 wow. That was the most surprising aspect is that 00:27:08.089 --> 00:27:11.289 I would be embraced immediately and put on a 00:27:11.289 --> 00:27:13.589 pedestal because I'm on the track team. So it's 00:27:13.589 --> 00:27:15.109 amazing to be a part of that. How does that help 00:27:15.109 --> 00:27:17.470 cultivate you like as an athlete when you have 00:27:17.470 --> 00:27:19.529 that sort of like excitement like around you? 00:27:19.630 --> 00:27:21.490 It's not just like, you know, you know, obviously 00:27:21.490 --> 00:27:23.690 everybody is there's a lot of own live is very 00:27:23.690 --> 00:27:25.630 important for themselves. But, you know, you 00:27:25.630 --> 00:27:27.250 have other people that are obviously very excited 00:27:27.250 --> 00:27:28.970 about what you're doing. Like how is that an 00:27:28.970 --> 00:27:30.650 athlete? Do you channel that into what you're 00:27:30.650 --> 00:27:34.859 doing? Mean I definitely it lights a fire under 00:27:34.859 --> 00:27:37.720 me because once again, I'm not just doing it 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:40.460 for myself But I'm doing it for the crowd. I'm 00:27:40.460 --> 00:27:43.000 doing it for my team. I'm doing it for the fans. 00:27:43.140 --> 00:27:46.180 I'm doing it for Eugene So it's just once again. 00:27:46.200 --> 00:27:48.359 It's a privilege and it definitely just ignites 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:54.720 me to want to win Yeah, I mean to have More than 00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:56.940 just yourself or your family to have an entire 00:27:56.940 --> 00:28:01.519 community behind you really pushes you to uh... 00:28:01.519 --> 00:28:05.240 represent more than push yourself a little bit 00:28:05.240 --> 00:28:07.779 extra get find that extra one percent uh... to 00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:11.859 do well for eugene for oregon so what's next 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:14.359 for you guys right now what's you know the the 00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:16.140 training like right now what's routine like right 00:28:16.140 --> 00:28:17.680 now as you get ready for what's going forward 00:28:18.170 --> 00:28:20.950 Well, for me, I'm still in indoor season. I'm 00:28:20.950 --> 00:28:24.630 going over to nationals next Monday. So I'm just 00:28:24.630 --> 00:28:27.130 still in my training cycle, just trying to get 00:28:27.130 --> 00:28:29.690 the little cues, stay technical, stay fast so 00:28:29.690 --> 00:28:32.970 that I can come home a national champion again. 00:28:34.769 --> 00:28:38.190 Yeah. And we, on the long distance side, we're 00:28:38.190 --> 00:28:41.589 putting in a big block right now in March. We're 00:28:41.589 --> 00:28:45.269 going to open up our season early in April down 00:28:45.269 --> 00:28:49.990 in Stanford. and Right now we're putting in huge 00:28:49.990 --> 00:28:53.769 huge blocks of tempo work like yesterday on Tuesday 00:28:53.769 --> 00:28:57.029 We put in a 12 mile workout, which was insane 00:28:57.029 --> 00:29:01.490 18 mile day. So just lots of mileage Just getting 00:29:01.490 --> 00:29:03.589 the aerobic system primed and then and then we'll 00:29:03.589 --> 00:29:06.259 get the legs turning as the season goes on Aliyah, 00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:08.660 for you, I mean, the hurdles is such a discipline. 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.799 I assume as a kid, were you a sprinter and did 00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:13.160 kind of everything? How did you come into it? 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:16.619 And then it's one to where, again, if you're 00:29:16.619 --> 00:29:18.019 sprinting, hey, we're just running, but you've 00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:19.319 got so much more you've got to worry about now. 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.220 What attracted you to hurdles as opposed to all 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:24.200 the other events I'm sure you did as a kid running? 00:29:24.569 --> 00:29:26.950 Well, I started track when I was nine and I was 00:29:26.950 --> 00:29:28.690 just kind of running at that point You know being 00:29:28.690 --> 00:29:31.009 a kid just wanting to make friends and stuff 00:29:31.009 --> 00:29:33.809 But I remember originally when I was around 13 00:29:33.809 --> 00:29:36.049 years old I was trying to get out of a hard workout 00:29:36.049 --> 00:29:38.130 and the hurdlers were just over there just going 00:29:38.130 --> 00:29:40.509 over hurdles And I thought that looked a little 00:29:40.509 --> 00:29:44.750 bit easier. So I just decided To go over and 00:29:44.750 --> 00:29:47.069 ever since then I've just fallen in love with 00:29:47.069 --> 00:29:48.990 something that's been so difficult but helped 00:29:48.990 --> 00:29:52.410 me become so disciplined and fast and technical 00:29:52.410 --> 00:29:56.099 and I find it amazing that so many people are 00:29:56.099 --> 00:29:57.640 just like how do you do hurdling like it's so 00:29:57.640 --> 00:30:02.200 hard but it's like it's not it's so easy. It's 00:30:02.200 --> 00:30:03.359 the same thing for you I mean again I'm sure 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:04.839 you did everything when did you realize hey these 00:30:04.839 --> 00:30:06.759 distance ones maybe I'm a little bit better at 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:08.640 than everybody can kind of run the hundred and 00:30:08.640 --> 00:30:10.579 two hundred but getting this going to the fifteen 00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:12.279 hundred the five thousand what when'd you realize 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:14.180 the kind of distance was your was your specialty? 00:30:14.420 --> 00:30:17.500 Yeah so growing up I was a lacrosse player and 00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:21.380 so once I got up to the high school ranks you 00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:24.599 know And I'm a distance runner, 5 '8", 130 pounds. 00:30:25.079 --> 00:30:27.680 And once I started getting beat up by these 6 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:29.819 '2", like 180 guys, I was just like, you know 00:30:29.819 --> 00:30:32.900 what? Maybe lacrosse isn't for me. So I went 00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:35.220 out for a cross -country race, and I won it. 00:30:35.240 --> 00:30:37.720 And I was like, well, it's always been my dream 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:40.619 to be a professional athlete, to compete in college. 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:43.980 And this seems to be that ticket. So once I went 00:30:43.980 --> 00:30:45.440 out for that cross -country race, I knew that 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:47.259 the distance events would be the ones I would 00:30:47.259 --> 00:30:50.279 excel in. OK. Now, Leah, you won the NCAAs outdoor 00:30:50.279 --> 00:30:52.230 last year. How much confidence? is that you go 00:30:52.230 --> 00:30:54.529 into an indoor nationals knowing, hey, I've been 00:30:54.529 --> 00:30:56.869 at the top this before. And I assume you sit 00:30:56.869 --> 00:30:58.289 there and break down the field. These are probably 00:30:58.289 --> 00:31:00.329 people you've competed against indoors, outdoors 00:31:00.329 --> 00:31:02.710 before. What's your confidence level heading 00:31:02.710 --> 00:31:05.309 into nationals this time around? I'm very confident. 00:31:05.569 --> 00:31:10.160 It's not even just about. my national title because 00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:12.420 once you enter into a new year that no longer 00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:14.279 matters because now it's you know a new field 00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:18.460 of ladies and a new new races so it definitely 00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:21.140 builds my self -esteem and lets me and reassures 00:31:21.140 --> 00:31:24.500 me that I am capable of being a champion but 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:26.140 I know that it's not gonna be easy because now 00:31:26.140 --> 00:31:28.079 I have a target on my back now that people now 00:31:28.079 --> 00:31:30.559 that people know what I have done they are going 00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:34.269 to even try harder to become a champion, and 00:31:34.269 --> 00:31:36.289 that's why I need to make sure that I'm even 00:31:36.289 --> 00:31:38.569 more technical. I mean, I'm even more faster. 00:31:38.609 --> 00:31:41.369 I'm even more on my game. I'm even more mentally 00:31:41.369 --> 00:31:44.630 prepared. So I'm genuinely very excited to go 00:31:44.630 --> 00:31:48.589 out to NCAAs with the Ducks and just do what 00:31:48.589 --> 00:31:51.329 I do best. You just swept the men's and women's 00:31:51.329 --> 00:31:54.269 there. Maybe take a chance to see if you guys 00:31:54.269 --> 00:31:56.410 can bring home a team title here, too. Yes, that 00:31:56.410 --> 00:31:59.170 is what the plan is. Coach Jerry is just very 00:31:59.170 --> 00:32:01.630 excited, and that's what he was telling the national 00:32:01.630 --> 00:32:04.769 squad in our meeting yesterday, just how important 00:32:04.769 --> 00:32:07.130 that is and how we all just need to be on our 00:32:07.130 --> 00:32:10.650 toes and cues and just make sure that we're keeping 00:32:10.650 --> 00:32:12.630 our bodies safe and going there with the right 00:32:12.630 --> 00:32:15.009 mindset. So I'm definitely really excited, especially 00:32:15.009 --> 00:32:18.029 coming from a sweep again. That is insane, but 00:32:18.029 --> 00:32:20.930 I am so excited. Luke, she talks about the target 00:32:20.930 --> 00:32:22.750 on her back. You realize that that O is a bigger 00:32:22.750 --> 00:32:25.289 target than the WF from Wake Forest. Oh, I absolutely 00:32:25.289 --> 00:32:26.829 do. You show up at a meet, that's going to be 00:32:26.829 --> 00:32:28.750 a target on your back now every time you go in 00:32:28.750 --> 00:32:31.420 there. Yep, yeah, and I got the opportunity to 00:32:31.420 --> 00:32:33.519 go up to an indoor race at the University of 00:32:33.519 --> 00:32:37.400 Washington. And I had an O on my cap and an O 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:41.079 on my chest as I was warming up. And I got a 00:32:41.079 --> 00:32:43.180 little flack from the officials, man. And I was 00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:45.279 like, hey, I guess this is what it's all about. 00:32:45.380 --> 00:32:48.380 So I'm just super excited to put on and have 00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:50.099 that target. It makes me want to work a little 00:32:50.099 --> 00:32:52.339 harder. Awesome. Well, thank you guys both so 00:32:52.339 --> 00:32:54.440 much for coming down here. Congratulations on 00:32:54.440 --> 00:32:56.779 all the success. Aliyah, obviously, we wish you 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:59.559 the best here next week here at Nationals. And 00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:01.299 we'll look forward to seeing both you guys here 00:33:01.299 --> 00:33:03.720 through NC2A's, some of the events here. But 00:33:03.720 --> 00:33:05.539 thanks so much for taking the time to come down 00:33:05.539 --> 00:33:07.500 here and let people hear a little bit about your 00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:10.099 guys' stories. Thank you guys. Go Ducks. That 00:33:10.099 --> 00:33:13.160 is Aliyah McCormick and Luke Tewalt of your University 00:33:13.160 --> 00:33:15.279 of Oregon track and field teams. You can catch 00:33:15.279 --> 00:33:17.960 them at Hayward Field all spring and all summer 00:33:17.960 --> 00:33:20.279 long. All right, when we come back, we are going 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:23.140 to have... Lauren Ramming, the Chief Marketing 00:33:23.140 --> 00:33:24.940 Officer, Karen Ramming, excuse me, the Chief 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:27.519 Marketing Officer from TrackTown USA, and Jody 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:30.680 Smith, the COO of TrackTown USA. We will be back 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:33.160 and continue our track and field chat here on 00:33:33.160 --> 00:33:35.900 The Danny and Justin Show on Fox Sports Eugene 00:33:35.900 --> 00:33:39.640 and Fox Sports Newport. Welcome back into The 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:42.119 Danny and Justin Show. This is Steve Dems doing 00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:45.079 it for Danny and we are live at the glorious 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:47.839 TrackTown USA offices here at Oakway Center. 00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:52.000 It's a beautiful day. If I ran real far, it would 00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:53.900 be a great day to run real far, but I'm going 00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:56.519 to sit in here and host a radio show and talk 00:33:56.519 --> 00:33:58.619 about the great athletes that we have here. We 00:33:58.619 --> 00:34:01.000 really appreciate Aaliyah McCormick and Luke 00:34:01.000 --> 00:34:02.460 Tewalt for coming on. That was great to hear 00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:04.819 from them. And now we are going to talk to some 00:34:04.819 --> 00:34:07.599 of the brains behind Track Town USA. We have 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:09.760 Jody Smith, who is the chief operating officer 00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:12.380 for Track Town USA and the co -director of the 00:34:12.380 --> 00:34:15.280 pre -fontaine classic. And we have Karen Ramming, 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.179 not Lauren, Karen Ramming. She's chief marketing 00:34:18.179 --> 00:34:20.699 officer for Track Town USA. Thank you two for 00:34:20.699 --> 00:34:22.530 coming on. We really appreciate it. Thanks for 00:34:22.530 --> 00:34:24.449 having us, sir. Thanks for being here in our 00:34:24.449 --> 00:34:26.289 offices. Make it easy. Yeah, you guys have made 00:34:26.289 --> 00:34:28.489 it great. This is a quite a quite a show you 00:34:28.489 --> 00:34:30.909 got when the generals running it and getting 00:34:30.909 --> 00:34:33.250 us all set up here. So we're all all set to go 00:34:33.250 --> 00:34:35.909 and good. Well, hey, tell us we've got a busy 00:34:35.909 --> 00:34:38.550 season coming up here. Tickets have gone on sale. 00:34:38.610 --> 00:34:40.590 Give us kind of an overview for either view and 00:34:40.590 --> 00:34:43.289 update on kind of what tickets are on sale for 00:34:43.289 --> 00:34:45.269 the headlines. We know we got the 20s. We know 00:34:45.269 --> 00:34:47.230 we got the pre classic. What are kind of the 00:34:47.230 --> 00:34:49.849 big events this summer and what's where can people 00:34:49.849 --> 00:34:52.530 go to get more info and find tickets? Yeah, so 00:34:52.530 --> 00:34:54.889 our two temple events this summer are the pre 00:34:54.889 --> 00:34:58.389 -fontaine classic and the world under 20 Championships 00:34:58.389 --> 00:35:00.989 pre -fontaine classic is 4th of July week and 00:35:00.989 --> 00:35:03.110 the world under 20s is August 5th through 9th 00:35:03.110 --> 00:35:06.130 at Hayward field and tickets are on sale Thank 00:35:06.130 --> 00:35:08.309 you for that. We've got them at track town tickets 00:35:08.309 --> 00:35:11.309 calm all session packages for both of those events 00:35:11.309 --> 00:35:13.489 are on sale right now We've also got volunteer 00:35:13.489 --> 00:35:16.170 registration openings So if folks would prefer 00:35:16.170 --> 00:35:18.909 to work for me and get a very much a front -row 00:35:18.909 --> 00:35:22.179 seat with the experience of Tracton USA is, we 00:35:22.179 --> 00:35:24.320 very much encourage them to register to volunteer 00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:27.320 at GoTractonUSA .com slash volunteer. And Pre 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:28.940 Classic in particular, get your tickets now, 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:31.559 right? Oh, yeah. Yeah, they're selling faster 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:34.519 than they ever have in all the years of the meat. 00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.500 So if you're even on the fence, if you're thinking 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:39.260 maybe I want to go to Pre this year. Get a ticket. 00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:41.820 Get one now. Jody, you're the co -director of 00:35:41.820 --> 00:35:43.780 this. You're the one who helps put this on and 00:35:43.780 --> 00:35:45.559 bring in the athletes. I know we've announced 00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:47.820 some of the headliners, not all the fields yet. 00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:49.980 But where are we at in terms of putting it together? 00:35:50.139 --> 00:35:51.719 And can you give us kind of an overview? Or how 00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:54.940 does that work? Do you work through the events? 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:56.679 Do you figure out which events you want, which 00:35:56.679 --> 00:35:58.500 athletes start reaching around, or figure out 00:35:58.500 --> 00:36:00.360 which athletes you can get? How do you put together 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:02.929 this world -class field every year? It's a little 00:36:02.929 --> 00:36:05.210 bit chicken the egg, but it's mostly we pick 00:36:05.210 --> 00:36:07.429 the events really far out. So about a year out 00:36:07.429 --> 00:36:09.289 We have our diamond league meetings where we 00:36:09.289 --> 00:36:11.170 get to negotiate for the events. We want to have 00:36:11.170 --> 00:36:14.090 it Hey work field Part of that negotiation is 00:36:14.090 --> 00:36:15.510 we look at what events we think are gonna be 00:36:15.510 --> 00:36:18.789 the best ones for the upcoming year So back in 00:36:18.789 --> 00:36:20.789 25, we were predicting what would be great in 00:36:20.789 --> 00:36:23.650 26 and you're always gonna have the barman mile 00:36:23.650 --> 00:36:25.269 We're always gonna have the Mattole hundred, 00:36:25.530 --> 00:36:28.130 but then once we have those events It's really 00:36:28.130 --> 00:36:30.309 about getting the best athletes here and it's 00:36:30.309 --> 00:36:32.739 going out there whether it's past Olympic champions, 00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:35.820 world record holders. We look a lot at who are 00:36:35.820 --> 00:36:38.000 the current top five in the world. We look at 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:41.820 who's up and coming. So it's a really a mix of 00:36:41.820 --> 00:36:44.880 trying to make sure what shows up at July 4th 00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.820 is a really great competition with the best athletes. 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.860 You probably have a few agents calling you too 00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:50.480 saying, hey, I'd like to get my guy into this. 00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:52.480 I'd like to get my lady into this. For sure. 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:55.800 Yeah. And I know you guys keep some of those 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:58.099 spots open later to see if somebody comes out 00:36:58.099 --> 00:37:00.699 of nowhere and has a big spring or kind of an 00:37:00.699 --> 00:37:02.190 early spring. summer and then you can look and 00:37:02.190 --> 00:37:04.510 say, hey, this person might be running as well 00:37:04.510 --> 00:37:05.809 as anybody in the country. Let's leave a lane 00:37:05.809 --> 00:37:07.909 open in case we want to add somebody who maybe 00:37:07.909 --> 00:37:11.170 wasn't expected a year or so ago. 100%. And I 00:37:11.170 --> 00:37:12.789 get to give that credit to my co -meeting director. 00:37:13.309 --> 00:37:15.409 He does most of the work with the agent calls. 00:37:15.789 --> 00:37:18.630 He is currently out of the country. But he, absolutely, 00:37:18.849 --> 00:37:21.630 he is very judicious at getting the best ones 00:37:21.630 --> 00:37:23.369 there but leaving some spots because somebody 00:37:23.369 --> 00:37:25.309 is always going to be hot in May, June, or July. 00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:27.880 Two world records last year, right? Correct. 00:37:28.900 --> 00:37:30.460 That's just kind of, I mean, there'd be an event 00:37:30.460 --> 00:37:32.300 where that would be the highlight for all time, 00:37:32.420 --> 00:37:34.039 but this is just kind of every year you expect 00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:36.300 to have something to come in and to kind of rock 00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:39.780 the track and field world. 100%. We had two the 00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:41.920 year before, too, so we've been very fortunate, 00:37:41.920 --> 00:37:45.159 and that's exactly it. We also had a lot of world 00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:47.159 bests. We had a lot of incredible performances. 00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:49.480 And so not only are the world records amazing, 00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:51.380 it's the rest of the competition. It's just two 00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:54.500 hours of sheer excitement and great, great results. 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:57.179 Yeah. And Karen, with the, with the world U -20s, 00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:58.679 we've obviously, we had it here a couple of years 00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:01.820 ago. What does it take to put together an event 00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:04.300 that obviously brings in the world? But these 00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:06.880 are the top, you know, late high school, early 00:38:06.880 --> 00:38:08.800 college type folks. What's it take to put that 00:38:08.800 --> 00:38:11.199 on and... to give us the logistics of it, days, 00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:13.440 what days are it, how many days is of it, and 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:15.340 what's it look like for that? Yeah, for sure. 00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:17.860 I mean, the headline is it takes a whole bunch, 00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:20.000 and not just from us here in this office, but 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:22.599 all of our community members, our community partners, 00:38:22.739 --> 00:38:25.659 the City of Eugene, City of Springfield, working 00:38:25.659 --> 00:38:27.320 with University of Oregon to make sure that we 00:38:27.320 --> 00:38:29.159 have a great athlete village set up on campus, 00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:32.960 transportation. There's so much that goes into 00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:35.480 hosting an event like the World Under 20 Championships, 00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:37.900 especially because it is international, and we 00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:40.579 are truly welcoming the world to Eugene. And 00:38:40.579 --> 00:38:42.800 something that I think is really interesting 00:38:42.800 --> 00:38:44.699 about this event, especially, I mean, you mentioned 00:38:44.699 --> 00:38:46.840 this is a lot of like late high school, early 00:38:46.840 --> 00:38:48.900 university, they're young kids. And for a lot 00:38:48.900 --> 00:38:51.280 of them, this is going to be their first time 00:38:51.280 --> 00:38:53.239 representing their country on a global stage. 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.719 And this will be their first time going to Hayward 00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:58.719 Field. And so for us at Tracton USA, we're putting 00:38:58.719 --> 00:39:01.320 a lot of pressure on ourselves to make sure that 00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.900 the meet and the experience that we're giving 00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:05.420 them from the second they touch down at PDX or 00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:07.989 EUG. through when they're done competing on August 00:39:07.989 --> 00:39:10.010 9th, that that is the best athlete experience 00:39:10.010 --> 00:39:12.730 and the best exposure to global competition in 00:39:12.730 --> 00:39:16.329 Hayward Field that they could possibly get. Competition 00:39:16.329 --> 00:39:18.690 days are August 5th through 9th, 2026 at Hayward 00:39:18.690 --> 00:39:20.530 Field. We'll have some morning sessions, some 00:39:20.530 --> 00:39:22.650 evening sessions, a whole lot of medal ceremonies 00:39:22.650 --> 00:39:25.789 available at in our fan festival, and it's gonna 00:39:25.789 --> 00:39:28.210 be a lot of fun. When you see some of these kids 00:39:28.210 --> 00:39:31.070 come from other places, other countries where... 00:39:30.909 --> 00:39:32.889 maybe they don't have a place in their whole 00:39:32.889 --> 00:39:34.730 country that looks like Hayward Field, and they 00:39:34.730 --> 00:39:38.050 walk in and look around. What's some of the initial 00:39:38.050 --> 00:39:42.500 reactions you get from those people? Wow. A lot 00:39:42.500 --> 00:39:47.239 of oohs and ahs. And the pre is two days again, 00:39:47.380 --> 00:39:49.659 so it's Friday night again and Saturday. Is Friday 00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:52.079 the distance still and then Saturday is kind 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:54.980 of the two and a half hour we go quick or is 00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:56.460 there a different switch up to the schedule this 00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:58.199 year? We will have some distance on Friday night 00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:00.039 but we will also have some field events and some 00:40:00.039 --> 00:40:02.659 sprints so it is going to be a good return to 00:40:02.659 --> 00:40:05.519 bringing back the Friday night events. We love 00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.079 being under the lights and we wanted to have 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:08.840 both the chance for our distance athletes as 00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:11.070 well as some of the other folks to get that experience. 00:40:11.349 --> 00:40:14.909 Okay. And Diamond League? Yes. So just take us 00:40:14.909 --> 00:40:16.909 through kind of where it falls in the Diamond 00:40:16.909 --> 00:40:19.480 League schedule this year. As far as the pre 00:40:19.480 --> 00:40:21.219 on the counter, you know, we're kind of in the 00:40:21.219 --> 00:40:23.599 middle this year And you know, we've moved to 00:40:23.599 --> 00:40:26.079 this July 4th weekend date, which has been actually 00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:28.139 really phenomenal It's allowed people to come 00:40:28.139 --> 00:40:30.480 to town and be part of I think you've heard a 00:40:30.480 --> 00:40:32.880 lot about how it's standing outstanding the fans 00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:35.500 and the spectators are so we've had as we mentioned 00:40:35.500 --> 00:40:37.739 earlier sold out crowds the last couple two years, 00:40:38.239 --> 00:40:43.039 but Friday nights as far as the league goes We're 00:40:43.039 --> 00:40:45.820 kind of in the sweet spot. If you ask me We're 00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:47.679 gonna get a chance to see how people are performing 00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:49.349 in the in the season, like you said, bringing 00:40:49.349 --> 00:40:52.050 those ones that are hot as they come in. And 00:40:52.050 --> 00:40:54.329 it's a good time of year for the athletes that 00:40:54.329 --> 00:40:56.190 we want to bring in to fit that into their calendar. 00:40:56.730 --> 00:40:59.150 When I was in media and covering that pre -event, 00:40:59.369 --> 00:41:00.829 that was the best track meet. Because so many 00:41:00.829 --> 00:41:01.929 of those, especially like the high school ones, 00:41:01.929 --> 00:41:03.730 you can be where you're there. Eight in the morning, 00:41:03.809 --> 00:41:06.090 the first discus is thrown. And 11 at night, 00:41:06.250 --> 00:41:09.050 the 5 ,000 meters is finishing. That pre is. 00:41:09.309 --> 00:41:12.590 is on time and it is you know two two and a half 00:41:12.590 --> 00:41:15.210 hours fits that TV window it is probably what 00:41:15.210 --> 00:41:16.570 most people think track and field around the 00:41:16.570 --> 00:41:18.570 world should be instead of having to have you 00:41:18.570 --> 00:41:20.630 know all these you know qualifiers and events 00:41:20.630 --> 00:41:22.210 and things that just take so much time let's 00:41:22.210 --> 00:41:24.230 just give the fans what they want and that's 00:41:24.230 --> 00:41:25.809 sort of one of those don't get up and go get 00:41:25.809 --> 00:41:27.590 a drink of anything because there's there's no 00:41:27.590 --> 00:41:29.719 there's no downtime in the pre -classic I would 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:31.599 agree. I'm actually shocked that anybody stands 00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:33.500 at the Concedency of Life at all, because you 00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:35.199 never know what you're going to miss, to be honest. 00:41:35.500 --> 00:41:39.780 Yeah, and so when will we get into sort of the 00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:42.099 events being announced? What's sort of the rollout 00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:44.400 to that look like in terms of when we find out 00:41:44.400 --> 00:41:45.900 kind of what the headliners and what the fields 00:41:45.900 --> 00:41:48.260 look like? Yeah, so we've actually already started 00:41:48.260 --> 00:41:50.019 announcing some of our headliners for the event 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:53.079 And we have I think five groups of headliners 00:41:53.079 --> 00:41:55.380 five events that have been announced so far pre 00:41:55.380 --> 00:41:57.659 classic comm if anybody's missed them we have 00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:59.380 Olympic medalists we have world record holders 00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:02.519 and We're aiming to announce some headliners 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.679 throughout the entire spring leading up to the 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:08.059 final field getting finalized in a few weeks 00:42:08.059 --> 00:42:11.320 before pre classic So if you or anybody else 00:42:11.320 --> 00:42:13.159 isn't already signed up for email updates, that's 00:42:13.159 --> 00:42:15.159 gonna be that's the first group of people that 00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:17.949 know who the head designers are for the pre -classic. 00:42:19.170 --> 00:42:20.570 And yeah, I think like Jody mentioned, Friday 00:42:20.570 --> 00:42:22.010 night was going to be a mix of distance and other 00:42:22.010 --> 00:42:24.630 events. So we can expect to see Katie Moon there 00:42:24.630 --> 00:42:26.590 for pole vaults. We can expect to see Cooper 00:42:26.590 --> 00:42:29.389 Luckenhouse, the U -20 rising star there for 00:42:29.389 --> 00:42:32.099 the men's 800, Grant Fisher. world record holder 00:42:32.099 --> 00:42:34.679 he'll be there for the men's two mile and then 00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:36.320 got a whole bunch of events announced for saturday 00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:38.480 too yeah and then just keep kind of rolling them 00:42:38.480 --> 00:42:40.440 out here as the weeks kind of lead up to it here 00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:42.019 i think it's great that it's the fourth of july 00:42:42.019 --> 00:42:43.679 week i think that's kind of cool to get that 00:42:43.679 --> 00:42:45.460 i mean obviously it doesn't always fall on a 00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:47.280 saturday and that but to be able to do that and 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:49.940 to have kind of this celebration weekend anyway 00:42:49.940 --> 00:42:51.400 to be able to throw that in i think it's really 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:53.280 cool that it's worked out well to be able to 00:42:53.280 --> 00:42:56.099 be on that with it Yeah, and it's the entire 00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:58.599 week of pre really, like 4th of July is on Saturday 00:42:58.599 --> 00:43:01.079 and it is a holiday weekend and it's fun and 00:43:01.079 --> 00:43:02.639 it's great for those two days of competition, 00:43:02.800 --> 00:43:04.639 but we're really kicking things off with our 00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:07.360 entire community the Wednesday. before July 1st 00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:09.500 and we're working with Oregon Track Club to host 00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:12.380 the second, third annual Oregon Track Club all 00:43:12.380 --> 00:43:14.599 comers meet at the pre -fontaine classic. So 00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:16.780 kids 12 and under can come out and run jump throw 00:43:16.780 --> 00:43:18.519 on the same track where world records are going 00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:21.219 to maybe get broken a couple of days later. And 00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:23.460 then on Thursday, we have our annual night of 00:43:23.460 --> 00:43:25.880 miles, which is the community mile event. So 00:43:25.880 --> 00:43:28.360 anybody in the community can run or walk a mile 00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:30.300 under the lights at Hayward Field on Thursday 00:43:30.300 --> 00:43:32.849 evening, July 2nd. And then last year, I think 00:43:32.849 --> 00:43:36.110 that the pre was on the fifth, I think, of July 00:43:36.110 --> 00:43:38.889 and this year, third and fourth. So was the way 00:43:38.889 --> 00:43:40.429 that it went last year part of the reasoning 00:43:40.429 --> 00:43:42.429 of why it's going to be in that same weekend 00:43:42.429 --> 00:43:47.280 this year? Absolutely. We've hosted championships 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:49.980 on this weekend before, but it was incredibly 00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:52.340 successful in that first year. And it just ratified 00:43:52.340 --> 00:43:54.039 that this is a good date for the pre -fontaine 00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:57.420 classic to be. And we really are excited to make 00:43:57.420 --> 00:43:59.599 it a community event. So kind of being the home 00:43:59.599 --> 00:44:03.019 of our 4th of July weekend here in Eugene, Springfield, 00:44:03.199 --> 00:44:05.179 and Lane County. So we want everybody to come 00:44:05.179 --> 00:44:06.559 out because you can come out for great track 00:44:06.559 --> 00:44:08.639 and field, but we'll also have what I would call 00:44:08.639 --> 00:44:11.079 a block party. So bring your, you know, if you 00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:13.019 love the sport, if your family just wants to 00:44:13.019 --> 00:44:14.760 have a good time, it's a good weekend to come 00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:16.429 out to the Hayward. field at the pre -fontaine 00:44:16.429 --> 00:44:19.110 classic. And both with that and the U -20 are 00:44:19.110 --> 00:44:22.920 huge economic Indicators for for Eugene to be 00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:24.800 able to get people going across the world for 00:44:24.800 --> 00:44:26.800 one Probably people coming across world for the 00:44:26.800 --> 00:44:28.519 pre to but certainly from around the country 00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:30.760 It's really something that can inject some life 00:44:30.760 --> 00:44:33.639 in every summer into this town as well and businesses. 00:44:33.960 --> 00:44:36.940 Yeah Yeah, exactly and we work really closely 00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:39.019 with traveling County Eugene Cascades Coast to 00:44:39.019 --> 00:44:41.500 measure that economic impact and it's in the 00:44:41.500 --> 00:44:44.039 millions in terms of just welcoming folks from 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:46.280 around the world a fun fact for you since you 00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:48.840 mentioned pre -classic and global we had our 00:44:48.840 --> 00:44:51.460 two furthest ticket purchasers from the 2025 00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:54.500 pre -funting classic. One was in, oh my gosh 00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:55.760 Kennedy's gonna get mad if I get this wrong, 00:44:56.039 --> 00:44:58.260 one was in the Netherlands and one was in Japan. 00:44:58.420 --> 00:45:01.840 So we really do have fans flying in from across 00:45:01.840 --> 00:45:03.920 the world to come to the pre -classic and that's 00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:06.019 just, it's so cool. And then two months later, 00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:07.699 you're going to have people coming from literally 00:45:07.699 --> 00:45:10.179 everywhere and bringing their children. Because 00:45:10.179 --> 00:45:12.119 I assume if you're, I've got an 18 -year -old, 00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:14.380 if I'm sending him across the country, I'm jumping 00:45:14.380 --> 00:45:15.960 on that plane, too, to go watch him out there. 00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:17.460 So that's going to bring a ton of people in here 00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:21.000 for the world U20s. Yeah, exactly. And I would 00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:23.599 do the exact same. And we just are excited for 00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:26.039 our community to welcome everybody and for us 00:45:26.039 --> 00:45:28.280 to showcase what a great region it is that we 00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:30.139 live. Jody, this is a pretty cool time for you, 00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:31.739 as you're putting together these fields and starting 00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:34.239 to imagine, holy cow, if I can get this person. 00:45:34.250 --> 00:45:36.469 and this person starting to put these dream matchups 00:45:36.469 --> 00:45:38.030 together, this has got to be a really exciting 00:45:38.030 --> 00:45:40.650 time. It is, you know, it really kicks off. The 00:45:40.650 --> 00:45:42.610 outdoor season is just about to start at Hayward 00:45:42.610 --> 00:45:45.150 and you just start to feel the build. I was listening 00:45:45.150 --> 00:45:47.610 to your earlier segment and Elias talking about, 00:45:47.690 --> 00:45:49.909 you know, the crowd and the excitement. That's 00:45:49.909 --> 00:45:51.610 what we live for. I mean, we're working hard. 00:45:51.730 --> 00:45:53.429 We're in the middle of spreadsheets right now 00:45:53.429 --> 00:45:56.210 and planning, and it's not the most, you know, 00:45:56.269 --> 00:45:59.670 exciting time. But but we all know what's coming. 00:45:59.670 --> 00:46:02.909 And it's also we can deliver what we want to 00:46:02.909 --> 00:46:04.650 consider the best. You know, we want this to 00:46:04.650 --> 00:46:07.070 be the best athletic experience the best spectator 00:46:07.070 --> 00:46:08.949 experience the best community experience We're 00:46:08.949 --> 00:46:11.110 all in yeah, and you've got a community that's 00:46:11.110 --> 00:46:13.409 done it year after year So in in terms of kind 00:46:13.409 --> 00:46:15.289 of putting in and promoting these things It's 00:46:15.289 --> 00:46:17.429 great to know that people have been coming out 00:46:17.429 --> 00:46:19.250 and these people have been going to the pre for 00:46:19.559 --> 00:46:22.360 Forty -plus years people have seen the the world 00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:24.400 you 20s a couple years ago obviously been to 00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:26.880 trials and other things But just to have a community 00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:28.940 that's always supporting this unlike really any 00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:31.480 other place in the in the country is unbelievable 00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:34.059 It really is and I mean our company's name is 00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:36.280 tracked on USA But obviously for decades before 00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:39.079 that and it's still the region is tracked on 00:46:39.079 --> 00:46:41.239 USA and the community here and that happened 00:46:41.239 --> 00:46:44.360 organically because of the spirit and the support 00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:46.360 that all of the community members bring to Hayward 00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:48.760 field for the sport of track and field and you 00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:50.980 don't find a fan base that's more knowledgeable 00:46:50.980 --> 00:46:52.800 and more passionate about the sport than you 00:46:52.800 --> 00:46:55.599 do here in Eugene and Springfield. Well, thank 00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:57.079 you guys so much for coming on. Thanks for letting 00:46:57.079 --> 00:46:58.780 us come down and check out your office. This 00:46:58.780 --> 00:47:06.599 is great down here. Jody Smith, she's the chief 00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:08.760 operating officer for Track 10 USA and the co 00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:10.880 -director of the Pre -Fontaine Classic. And Karen 00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:12.599 Ramming, who's the chief marketing officer for 00:47:12.599 --> 00:47:14.500 Track 10 USA. Thanks so much to both of you. 00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:16.679 And I'm sure we'll be chatting even more as we 00:47:16.679 --> 00:47:19.099 get closer to these events. And I know we were 00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:20.820 talking to Jeff about maybe doing some on -site 00:47:20.820 --> 00:47:23.820 stuff during there. So we'd love to continue 00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:25.940 to be part of the big event. So thank you to 00:47:25.940 --> 00:47:28.880 both for setting up Aliyah and Luke and for coming 00:47:28.880 --> 00:47:30.719 on and joining us as well. Yeah, thanks to you 00:47:30.719 --> 00:47:33.000 guys. All right, you bet. All right, Justin, 00:47:33.039 --> 00:47:36.440 it's been a good day. here at Tractown USA. We 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:39.420 appreciate the hospitality. The general took 00:47:39.420 --> 00:47:41.059 us out and we had a little bit of lunch and got 00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:43.659 to catch up with him and it's just been a great 00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:46.019 day down here. It certainly has. No, we've had 00:47:46.019 --> 00:47:48.519 a good time and always good to get fed. As I 00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:50.980 said, they rolled out the red carpet for us with 00:47:50.980 --> 00:47:53.820 the food and drink and then just everybody's 00:47:53.820 --> 00:47:56.400 been really really nice. So I promise I'm gonna 00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:58.000 make it out to the pre -classic this year guys. 00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:59.500 I know I talked to you guys about this earlier. 00:47:59.519 --> 00:48:02.000 I wasn't able to make it last year. I wasn't 00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:04.360 visiting my grandma but now it's a It's a bucket 00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:06.480 list ring your thing for me to go out there and 00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:08.340 make it this year So I'm excited about it. Thank 00:48:08.340 --> 00:48:10.639 you so much for having us here and we really 00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:13.900 appreciate it See you at the pre we'll see you 00:48:13.900 --> 00:48:16.119 there Awesome. All right. Well, we appreciate 00:48:16.119 --> 00:48:18.199 everybody for tuning in and again a reminder 00:48:18.199 --> 00:48:20.539 tomorrow. We'll be back with the Danny and Justin 00:48:20.539 --> 00:48:22.699 tomorrow We'll be back in studio tomorrow. We'll 00:48:22.699 --> 00:48:25.880 have big bets We will recap how last week went, 00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:28.900 and we will be making our predictions on the 00:48:28.900 --> 00:48:30.440 games for this week. I think Danny's putting 00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:31.920 together the games for this week. Danny, it's 00:48:31.920 --> 00:48:34.239 me. Oh, it's you. Yeah. Have you picked them 00:48:34.239 --> 00:48:36.980 out yet? So I'm going to do after this. OK. Excellent, 00:48:37.380 --> 00:48:39.699 excellent. So tune in tomorrow, and we will invite 00:48:39.699 --> 00:48:42.340 you all to call in and be part of the show tomorrow, 00:48:42.699 --> 00:48:44.940 as we hope you come on and make some of your 00:48:44.940 --> 00:48:47.059 picks for our Big Bet segment. And we're back 00:48:47.059 --> 00:48:49.179 in the studio tomorrow. And I look forward to 00:48:49.179 --> 00:48:50.679 being back with you tomorrow. Danny will be back 00:48:50.679 --> 00:48:52.940 in Pendleton tomorrow. So I'll be back in studio 00:48:52.940 --> 00:48:55.150 tomorrow. and I don't think we're having a guest. 00:48:55.269 --> 00:48:56.630 I think we're just gonna do big bets and catch 00:48:56.630 --> 00:48:59.210 up on the Oregon women's game from tonight and 00:48:59.210 --> 00:49:01.389 we'll preview the Oregon men's game on Saturday. 00:49:01.869 --> 00:49:03.570 All right, this is Steve Mems filling in for 00:49:03.570 --> 00:49:05.489 Danny. You've been listening to the Danny and 00:49:05.489 --> 00:49:08.750 Justin show live from Track 10 USA on Fox Sports 00:49:08.750 --> 00:49:10.829 Eugene and Fox Sports Newport.