Rupp wows Hayward in finale as a Duck
Distance runner Galen Rupp waves to the crowd after winning the men's 10,000 meter race during the first day of the U.S. Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore., Thursday, June 25, 2009. Rupp won with a time of 27:52.53. (AP Photo/Don Ryan)
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Reigning World 100m and 200m champion Tyson Gay had a solid start in first round competition in the men's 100 meters and convincingly won heat one in the sixth-fastest time in history under all conditions with a wind-aided 9.75 seconds (+3.4 mps). Gay announced on Wednesday that this would be his only race at the USA Championships, with his Team USA 100m and 200m roster spots for the 2009 World Outdoor Championships already secure. 2008 Olympic Trials runner-up and 2005 NCAA champion Trey Hardee has the lead after the first day of competition in the men's decathlon. Hardee tallied 4,337 points through the first five events and holds a slight four-point lead over the University of Oregon's 2009 NCAA champion Ashton Eaton. Desi Burt sits in third place with 4,046 points, with Joe Detmer fourth with 4,044 points. The final five events will be contested tomorrow beginning at 11:45 a.m. Oregon Track Club member Any Yoder Begley thrilled the Hayward Field crowd in finishing third at the Olympic Trials last year, bettering the Olympic Games women's "A" qualifying standard in the process, and she brought an even bigger roar tonight as she won her first national championship and set a Hayward Field record. Yoder Begley and 2008 Olympic 10,000m bronze medalist Shalane Flanagan traded the lead twice in the final lap, with Yoder Begley emerging as the victor in 31 minutes, 22.69 seconds, which is the #9 U.S. women's 10,000m time in history. Flanagan was the runner-up in 31:23.43. Both times shattered Flanagan's previous Hayward Field record time of 31:34.81, set in winning the 2008 Olympic Trials. 2008 Olympic Trials fourth-place finisher Katie McGregor punched her ticket for her third U.S. World Championships team with her third-place finish in 32:08.04. |
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In his last ever race in a University of Oregon singlet, 2008 NCAA Cross Country champ, and 2009 5,000m and 10,000m winner Galen Rupp battled two-time Olympian Dathan Ritzenhein most of the way in the 10,000m final, until Rupp broke away with 150 meters to go before winning the race in 27:52.53. 
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