Seattle Pacific Alum Randolph 10th in Olympic Trials

Former Seattle Pacific All-American Chris Randolph had three Top 8 finishes Monday and finished 10th overall in the decathlon at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials at Eugene, Ore.

Randolph finished the competition with 7,660 points. Bryan Clay won the decathlon with 8,832 points.

Randolph had the second best javelin mark (191-2) and the fourth best pole vault (14-9) on Monday. He also recorded the seventh best 1500 meter time (4:35.28).

In the 110 hurdles (14.81) and discus (138-4) he recorded the 13th best marks.

On Sunday, he had marks of 11.38 in the 100 meters, 21-9 in the long jump, 45-0 1/4 in the shot put, 6-7 1/2 in the high jump and 49.08 in the 400. He tied for sixth in the high jump and finished 10th in the 400 meters.

Western Oregon Sweeps GNAC Track and Field Titles

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Western Oregon swept the team titles in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference track and field championships Saturday at Tomlinson Stadium in Ellensburg. (HTML / WORD)

The Wolves outpointed Alaska Anchorage 166 1/2 to 157 to win the men's title. The top four teams were separated just 15 points as Central Washington edged Western Washington 151 1/2 to 151 for third-place.

Western Oregon nipped defending champion Seattle Pacific 162-158 to win the women's title. The Wolves had only a two-point leading going into the 4x400 and clinched the team title by finishing third as Seattle Pacific placed fifth in the relay.

Michael Madrid of Alaska Anchorage won the 100 and 200 titles and also ran on UAA's winning 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams to earn Outstanding Male Performer honors. (more)

Wall Street Journal: Questions for Bill Roe

Bill Roe is the only person to be elected to 20 years as an officer with USA Track and Field, the national governing body for the sport. He's been on the group's board since 1986 and won his second term as president in 2004. Mr. Roe was named its acting chief executive when Craig Masback said in January he would leave for Nike.

Track, like many Olympic sports, makes its return to the American consciousness with next month's Beijing Olympics. The sport has been in the news over the last few years with fallout over the use of performance-enhancing drugs and other crimes.

Although he predicts Americans will win 22 track and field medals in Beijing, Mr. Roe, 57, says he's more interested in the grass roots of track. He's run a series of meets open to all runners around Seattle every summer since 1969 and has coached cross-country and distance teams at Western Washington University for 20 years.

In a telephone interview from Bellingham, Wash., Mr. Roe discussed the sport's presence in non-Olympic years, the qualifying process for the Games and the fight against performance-enhancing drugs.

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