Oregon State experimenting with men’s track this weekend; 6 football players heading to Seattle

by DOUG BINDER on February 10, 2010

Sentiment for restoring men’s track at Oregon State has been building for a couple of years, and that process will take a symbolic step on Saturday at the Husky Classic indoor meet in Seattle.

Six members of the Oregon State football team – including All-American James Rodgers – will compete in the meet, representing the Beavers. The men’s track and field program at Oregon State was killed in 1988.

School officials caution this is not the beginning of men’s track at OSU and that once spring football drills start in March all of these players will be fully engaged with the sport that brought them to Corvallis in the first place.