It's funny how things work out sometimes.
After heat and dehydration blindsided her Thursday in the NCAA West Regional and Oregon's Jordan Hasay failed to qualify in the 10,000 meters, she came back with a vengeance in Saturday's 5,000.
In this video, she talks to Flotrack
that earned her the chance to close her college career in front of the home crowd at Hayward Field in the NCAA Championships.
The meet is June 5-8, and Hasay will help wrap up competition on Friday, June 7 in the 5,000 final. Here is
for the meet.
The 5k race will set up the meet's concluding day as the Ducks attempt to win their first national, outdoor track & field title since 1985, and complete the first women's triple crown in NCAA Division I history. The triple crown, of course, consists of NCAA titles in cross country, indoor and outdoor track in the same academic year.
The Ducks are two-thirds of the way there. Hasay was a major factor in both the cross country and indoor championships.
After a highly-decorated career in Eugene, it would have been a shame if Hasay had not had the opportunity to be a big part of this.
Now she will.
OK, more links:
Hasay and the relays
and onto the NCAA Championships.
Hasay
finishes first in the West Regional 5k.
Flotrack's
at the regional meets; he notes that Hasay wan't the only casualty. The University of Portland's David Perry fell victim to the heat and humidity too.
The University of Portland's
to the NCAA Championships.
Two Oregon State athletes
in Austin.
Vikings
in the West Regional.
Injured-dogged
soldiers on.
Coming out of the regional meets,
for the NCAA Championships, June 5-8 at Hayward Field.
The Pac-12
from the conference's perspective.
Sam Humphreys'
paces Texas A&M.
Florida will
for the NCAA Championships.
Olympian
in Beijing.
Blustery day in New York
at the Adidas Track Classic; RunBlogRun's recap.
The weather was
; OTC Elite's Bridget Franek didn't feel properly warmed up, but posted a World Championships "A" qualifier anyway.
Analyst
from the Adidas Track Classic.
Healthy and comfortable,
in the 100 at the Adidas Grand Prix.
Olympian
about what he needs to do to get ready the Prefontaine Classic.
Two-time world champ
in New York.
David Rudisha
at the Adidas Grand Prix.
The
in New York.
Unlikely
for Rudisha.
LetsRun.com's
at the Adidas Grand Prix, including a video interview with Franek.
U.S. athletes
at the Adidas Grand Prix.
Damian Winter and ex-Duck Brianne Theisen
of Hypo Meet.
Here are
; Theisen posts a big win.
More than a race,
a tradition.
Stephanie Rothstein-Bruce
, her first competition since Boston.
The
in 2014 and 2015.
Oscar Pistorius
unpaid taxes.
Oregon's
, results, stories and videos.
RunnerSpace.com's
from the Oregon state high school championships.
The
at the NAIA Championships; Willy Irwin and Gabby Dixson each win two individual titles.
Western Oregon javelin thrower
at the NCAA Division II Championships.
Paul Merca includes a
in this blog post; Worthen won the NCAA Division II heptathlon.
George Fox star
title.
Willamette's
in the NCAA Division III steeplechase.
The
from LetsRun.com.
The
roundup.
The
from Track & Field News.
The
Duck Sports Now.
-- Ken Goe