EUGENE -- After winning NCAA titles in cross country and indoor track, the University of Oregon women are getting most of the attention.

But don't go to sleep on the UO men in the coming outdoor season.

UO senior Edward Cheserek is a 17-time NCAA champion and the early favorite in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. A winning double would give the Ducks a 20-point start toward a men's outdoor championship.

The Ducks have other potential NCAA scorers scattered around the roster. Two of note are sprinter Kyree King and sprinter/jumper Damarucs Simpson.

King is a senior transfer from Western Kentucky who tied Samie Parker's 14-year-old, indoor school record in the 60 with a time of 6.62 seconds.

King, who went on to place sixth in the NCAA Indoor Championships, says he thinks he is better in the 100.

Simpson, a junior transfer from Chadron (Nebraska) State is a two-time NCAA Division II national champion and Olympic Trials finalist in the long jump. He has a wind-aided mark of 26 feet, 7 3/4 inches on his resume, and set the UO school indoor record in the winter with a jump 26-3 1/2.

UO coach Robert Johnson said on Friday the Ducks expect football players Tony Brooks-James and Charles Nelson to join the team at some point this spring, which would give the Ducks the makings of a pretty good 4x100.

Don't forget javelin throwers Cody Danielson and John Nizich.

If Cheserek can do his thing, and the Ducks can scrape up enough support elsewhere, they could make the battle for the men's team title very interesting for the Hayward Field crowd when the NCAA meet unfolds June 7-10.

The UO men were third at the NCAA Indoor Championships, and that was without the javelin throwers or a 4x100.

"We didn't do as well as we thought we would," King said. "We wanted to win, obviously. Coming into outdoors, we feel really strong and confident about our future."

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-- Ken Goe

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