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LA GRANDE, Ore. -- The Eastern Oregon University track and field sends athletes to a trio of meets and will have representatives in three states this weekend.

MEET INFORMATION
The Mountaineers travel to Eugene Friday and Saturday. Live results can be found at http://www.goducks.com/fls/500/track/1011/relays/index.htm?SPSID=4364&SPID=243&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500 . Eastern will compete against NCAA Div. 1 competition along with several professionals. Another group of Mountaineers will be in at the NNU Invitational comepting on Saturday. The meet in Nampa begins at at 10 a.m. Mountain Time with field events and the track events will follow around noon.

QUICK HITS
* Eastern hit six NAIA auto marks last year at the Oregon Relays and three others at NNU.
* After four outdoor meets, Eastern Oregon has 11 NAIA auto-qualifying marks. The Mountaineers
landed a pair of marks last week at the Spokane CC Multis.
* EOU has had nine of its track and field athletes tabbed Athlete of the Week so far in 2011 in indoor and outdoor track and field in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
* The Mountaineers have had four national athletes of the week in 2011.
* Robbie Haynie recorded the top mark currently in the NAIA at the Willamette Invitational.
* Eastern Oregon owns seven top marks currently in the Cascade Collegiate Conference.
* The Mountaineers won five conference titles a year ago.

EASTERN SPREAD ACROSS A TRIO OF STATES SATURDAY
The Mountaineers will send athletes to Idaho and Arizona, along with a small group competing in Oregon Saturday. Eastern Oregon's Robbie Haynie and Dustin Cloud will represent EOU at the Sun Devil Open in Tempe, Arizona, a select group of Mountaineers will be at the University of Oregon Relays, and a large contingent will be at the NNU Invitational. With only one more meet before the postseason, Eastern will look to improve on its already large number of championship qualifying marks.

LAST TIME OUT
Despite soggy conditions throughout the meet, alternating sunny skies, rain, and wind, the Mountaineers were able to record a number of personal records, add another NAIA automatic qualifier, improve an auto qualifier and add a provisional qualifier. There were also several marks that made it onto the EOU top 10 all-time list and some additional conference qualifying marks. On the track, Christine Eckstein ran 2:14.54 to hit an NAIA auto mark, smash her season best by eight seconds and set a personal record. Alma Garcilazo broke her own school record in the same race and improved on her NAIA auto mark with a time of 2:09.55. Garcilazo's time is currently second in the NAIA. In the field events, Anne Barnett finished with an NAIA provisional qualifying mark in the shot put. Her mark of 43'6 1/2" is an NAIA provisional mark and also moves her to second on the EOU all time list. The senior already has an NAIA auto mark in the javelin and a Cascade Conference qualifying mark in the discus.

HOME MEET INFORMATION
There is no admission price for fans who attend a home meet for Eastern Oregon. But, fans are asked to not bring their pets to the meet. Pets are not allowed on any EOU athletic field.