06/04/2026
Ella Thorsett, of the University of Oregon Track and Field team, runs in the women's 1500M (Section 2), at the Stanford International meet, in Palo Alto, Calif., on Friday, April 3, 2026.
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Personal note: was really exciting to see U of O runners at this event. I'd moved to Eugene following working for Runner's World, when I took a sales job with an Oregon bike company. It was before the '96 summer Olympics, and while I'd been a cyclist, and had velodrome friends competing, it was the running community in Eugene who really welcomed me in and I learned so much about the hearts of runners. I made life long friends from that experience, and every time I see the Green and Gold - I have to cheer (even though I bleed Blue and White). Now I'm up in Eugene often to visit our own little studying duck.