0-for-2 in Oregon

Most of the posts on this fancy blog have positive spins to them. No such luck today, as we did not have a successful stay at all out here at the USATF Junior Championships in Oregon. Both of our athletes failed to finish the 25-lap 10,000-meter race.

--Isaiah Miller did not start, and it was a smart move. His left foot is hurting badly, with the likely diagnosis of a stress fracture. Running on it would have set him back much further than it already will.
--Nick Hughes started the race but did not finish. The early pace was perfect, but a sudden gear shift left Nick feeling hung out to dry, and he was having trouble breathing in the highly pollinated air (last night, in the senior 10k final, winner Galen Rupp actually wore an anti-allergy mask for much of the race!).

So we were 0-for-2 in a big way out here. It is too bad, but such is life. It is still a good experience for our program to have a presence at such a high caliber meet.