Eugene Register-Guard Launches New Trials Website

Gaining speed on the Road to Eugene ’08

By Ron Bellamy The Register-Guard Coverage of the Olympic Trials in 1972 was a defining moment for The Register-Guard sports department. In retrospect, there was a lot on the line for the community, and for the newspaper. Los Angeles, a proven venue, had been the odds-on favorite to be awarded the 1972 men’s U.S. …

Heading up a new trail Marla Runyan faces not being able to participate in the sport she loves

Over the past eight years, Marla Runyan has become known as Eugene’s Olympic athlete. It was a role she embraced. Runyan earned international acclaim in 2000 when she became the first legally blind athlete to compete in the Summer Olympics. She overcame her visual impairment to place eighth in the 1,500 meters …

GOING LONG Quotable and flamboyant, Breaux Greer is America’s best hope for a javelin medal

Breaux Greer is the nation’s best javelin thrower. He set the American record at 299 feet, 6 inches last year, breaking his own record; it was the farthest throw in the world last year, first time an American has accomplished that since Tom Petranoff in 1983. Greer has won the past …