Article: Time to get started.(Track-Field)(Pre Classic is Nick Symmonds' first meet in what he hopes to be a busy summer)

Byline: Curtis Anderson The Register-Guard

In the fall of 2006, a relatively unknown Division III middle distance runner from Willamette University moved to Eugene to join Oregon Track Club Elite, a fledgling group of post-collegiate runners.

At the time, Nick Symmonds chuckled about the Nike contract that obligated him to run in the Prefontaine Classic, a task he said he would gladly fulfill after previously begging officials to let him into the meet.

Symmonds even quietly mused that he would love to become the "hometown hero" that Pre Classic meet director Tom Jordan has always dreamed about: a local athlete to promote among the usual cadre ...

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