Nine Central Oregon athletes are qualified for this month’s national championships Five months ago, Bend’s Alicia Welker was a track and field novice who came to a Pilot Butte Middle School track practice mostly because she had always shown a lot of speed on the soccer pitch. Now, the 12-year-old…
SUNRIVER (AP) — Ashton Eaton is not the only Central Oregon athlete to win a gold medal this summer in the decathlon. Meet Denny Sullivan, who, when not designing and maintaining the popular trails at Pilot Butte State Park in Bend, competes in track and field. All at 86 years…
