BTC Submits Seven Names For Men's 5,000; Christina Aragon, Kaylee Mitchell Raise The Level Of Women's 1,500

By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor

Becky Holbrook photo

Both of coach Jerry Schumacher's teams, Oregon and the Bowerman Track Club, will get a chance to race at Hayward Field on Friday at the Oregon Twilight. 

Entries for the men's 5,000 meters include Moh Ahmed, Duncan Hamilton, Charles Hicks, Evan Jager, Sean McGorty, Thomas Ratcliffe and Kieran Tuntivate. 

It's not clear whether one or more of them might be pacing, but some, if not all, will be looking to run fast on Friday. 

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Matt Strangio of Portland and Devin Hart of Oregon are the top collegians entered in the men's 5,000. 

A high quality men's 1,500 field includes McGorty and Hamilton, Oregon's Elliott Cook and Rheinhardt Harrison, and Crater OR junior Josiah Tostenson. 

Matthew Erickson, Cook and Harrison also appear on the list for the 800. 

The women's 1,500 meters figures to be one of the highlights of the meet, with Canadian Gabriela DeBues-Stafford competing in a field with Bowerman Track Club teammates Christina Aragon and Kaylee Mitchell; and Laura Pellicoro and Michaela Meyer, both competing unattached. 

High school standout Braelyn Baker of Bear Creek WA, who ran US#2 57.98 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays, will return to that event and look to go even faster against college competition. 

Oregon's Jaida Ross, who matched her own collegiate record in the shot put last weekend, is entered Friday in the discus.

Oregon's Maddy Elmore, Dalia Frias and Melissa Berry are entered in the women's 5,000. 

Canadian Julianne Labach leads the entries in the women's 800, along with Pellicoro, Oregon's Ella Nelson, and Aragon.