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May 19, 2011

USA Championships Single Day Tickets on Sale Friday

Stars will compete to become a member of the World’s finest track and field team.

        EUGENE, Ore. -- Single day tickets for the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships will go on sale Friday at 9 a.m. The University of Oregon will host the 2011 World Championships Trials June 23-26 at Historic Hayward Field.

        Fans interested in purchasing tickets are encouraged to do so on line at www.goducks.com. Tickets may also be purchased by calling 541-346-4461 or in person at the Athletic Ticket Office in the Casanova Center.

        To avoid long lines at the tickets, fans are strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets on line.

        Single day ticket prices are $25, $20 and $15 for day one and $30, $25 and $20 for days two through four.

        The top track and field athletes will be competing for a spot on the World’s finest track and field team. The 2011 USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships will select the members of Team USA who will compete in the IAAF World Championships Aug. 27-Sept. 4 in Daegu, South Korea.

        Past, present and future Olympic and World Champions converging on Hayward Field include men’s stars Tyson Gay (100 meters), Nick Symmonds (800 meters), Bryan Clay and Trey Hardee (decathlon), David Oliver (110 hurdles) and Jesse Williams (high jump), as well as women’s standouts Allyson Felix (100 meters), Lolo Jones  (100 meter hurdles), Lauren Fleshman (5,000 meters) and Shalane Flanagan (10,000 meters), among dozens of other track and field luminaries.

        Some of the loudest applause emanating from the grandstands will be for recent Oregon graduates like Ashton Eaton (ranked No. 2 in the World in the decathlon), Andrew Wheating (World No. 9 at 1,500 meters; No. 10 at 800), Galen Rupp (ran the fifth-fastest 10,000 meters in the World in 2010) and Rachel Yurkovich (ranked second in the U.S. in the javelin), who will join fellow alumni like Keshia Baker (400 meters) and Nicole Blood (5,000/10,000 meters) looking to earn a spot on Team USA.

        All session passes for $100, $80 and $65 are also still on sale.

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