MITCHUM FACES NEXT HURDLE.(Sports)(Oregon's sophomore hurdler is already No. 2 in school history over 110 meters, and he wants the record for himself)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | April 6, 2004 | Copyright

Byline: Bob Rodman The Register-Guard

He was 18, a freshman at Oregon, greener than the green color of his UO uniform and 1,500 miles from his home in a suburb of Chicago.

A year ago, Eric Mitchum shrugged it all off.

He became the second-fastest 110-meter high hurdler in UO history, finished second in the Pac-10 Conference track and field championships, qualified for the NCAA meet and competed in the Pre Classic.

How do you follow that act?

"Just keep working, just keep trying to be the best in the sport," said Mitchum, a ...

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