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Article: ONE-TRACK MIND.(Sports)(Oregon hurdler Eric Mitchum is training and thinking like the next NCAA champion)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 6, 2005
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Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard
Crashing parties is not an activity that rates high on Oregon junior Eric Mitchum's list of priorities.
The school record-holder in the 110-meter high hurdles will make an exception this week, however, as he prepares to compete in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, which open Wednesday in Sacramento.
The three fastest collegiate hurdlers in the nation - and four of the top five - all hail from the Southeastern Conference.
Florida senior Josh Walker is the defending NCAA champion, Tennessee sophomore Aries Merritt has the season's best time at 13.38 seconds, Ole Miss senior Antwon ...