Oregon alumni

Steve Prefontaine

Got to see Galen Rupp finish 7th in the 10,000 meters at the world track and field championships -- and let me tell you, this brought out my rah-rah Oregon self more than anything the Nike football team can do! Distance runners are incredible, a very different class of athlete than football players obviously. Rupp is the most exciting Oregon distance runner since Steve Prefontaine (who was at U of O when I was in grad school there).