Bruins schedule long-overdue track & field dual with Oregon in Eugene

The only form of collegiate track that has any meaning for spectators is the dual or triangular meet with team scoring. After skipping scoring in meets other than the one-on-one dual with USC for four years, UCLA’s men’s team will participate in a scoring meet with Oregon in Eugene on April 19, 2008.

UCLA hasn’t met another school in a dual or triangular scoring competition since 2004, when both the men’s and women’s teams were 4-0 in duals, defeating Cal Poly SLO, Cal State Fullerton and Cal State Los Angeles on March 6 and USC on May 1.

The Bruin men lead the all-time series with Oregon at 5-4. UCLA won the first four meets in 1973-75-76-77 and then lost four in a row in 1978-79-83-84 before winning in a rout in 1985, 100-63. The meet will be the first event at the refurbished Hayward Field, which will be the site of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.

UCLA Coach Art Venegas has a 23-4 dual meet record in his eight seasons as Bruin men’s head coach, with an 18-2 record at Drake Stadium and a 5-2 record in road meets. Both losses were against USC.