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Article: OVERCOMING ALL OBSTACLES.(Sports)(Freshman Eric Mitchum clears hurdles with ease, on and off the track)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2003
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Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard
The kid was the seventh-fastest high school high hurdler in the nation last year.
Eric Mitchum did his best Allen Johnson impression, gliding over the 10 barriers and racing down 110 meters of track in 13.82 seconds.
Despite all that speed and talent, the then-senior at Mount Carmel High in Chicago never won a state prep title.
There were reasons why. Mitchum took his first serious run at the event as a junior in high school. His high school had no track. It had just three hurdles. He practiced in a second-floor hallway of the school.
So how did Eric Mitchum become Oregon's fifth-fastest ...