FOR IMMEDIATE USE
November 20, 2009
Public
Invited to NCAA Cross Country Watch Party
Races will be shown in the Casanova Center’s Pittman
Room.
EUGENE, Ore. – Members
of the public are invited to join University Athletic Department staff and the
Oregon track and field teams in watching the 2009 NCAA Cross Country
championships live Monday morning in the Casanova Center’s Pittman Room.
GoDucks.TV’s daily
program “GoDucks Live with Jerry Allen” will also be broadcasting
live from 8-10 a.m. and originate in the Pittman Room on Monday.
The room, located at the rear
of the second floor, will open at 8:30 a.m., with the national championships
beginning at 9 a.m. The men’s race opens the show, followed by the women
at approximately 9:45 a.m. Fans are asked to park in the Moshofsky Center lot.
The Championships are being
broadcast live on the Versus Network (locally Comcast Cable channel 32/732 HD)
from the LaVern Gibson Championship Course in Terre Haute, Ind.
The eighth-ranked Oregon men
are the two-time defending national champions, and are making their fourth
straight NCAA appearance.
The Duck women, No. 4
nationally, have been the NCAA runner-up each of the last two seasons and are
making their third straight appearance.
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