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Haley Crouser is Looking Forward to Restarting her CareerPublished by
Haley Crouser is Looking Forward to Restart Her Career Published By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor on April 9, 2015
Haley Crouser, who broke the national high school record in the javelin in 2012, has formally parted ways with the University of Oregon and the track team in order to hit the "refresh" button on her athletic career.
Crouser, a sophomore, was released this week by Oregon and is free to pursue another college opportunity. She will have three more years of eligibility.
In the meantime, Crouser has moved back home to Gresham and will continue to train with her father, Dean Crouser, a former NCAA champion at Oregon. Her brother, Sam, an Oregon senior, is the current NCAA javelin champion. Her cousin, Ryan Crouser of Texas, is the NCAA title-holder in the shot put.
"I'll be working with my dad and going back to basics, and do the things that worked before in high school," Crouser said Thursday. "What we know works will in the long run pay off and get (me) back on track."
Crouser said she doesn't leave Oregon with an animosity and that "the coaches tried to do the best they could for me."
The former Gresham High School standout broke the national record with a throw of 181 feet, 2 inches at the Aloha Invitational early in her junior season. She went on to place seventh at the Olympic Trials that year.
As a senior, Crouser developed a bone spur on her toe that required surgery and for the first time in her career went through a season without a new personal best. Lingering ailments and the transition to a new coach prevented her from improving in 2014. She had as season's best of 164-5, was fourth at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, and did not qualify for the NCAA Championships, which were held in Eugene.
Crouser opened the 2015 season with a winning mark of 158-10 at the USC Invitational.
"I had to make a tough decision," Crouser said. "I couldn't see staying (at Oregon) and reaching the goals that I had."
One of those goals is to compete at the U.S. Championships this June and contend for a berth in the World Championships.
And for the next two months, Crouser will devote herself to that mission full-time. She said she would probably enter summer school somewhere to gain some more credits before she chooses where to transfer.
Despite some frustration over not seeing better results, Crouser said she is committed to going after her competitive goals.
"I never got to a point where I thought I'd quit the event altogether," she said. "I've put too much time into this and I don't want to erase that. I have goals and I won't be satisfied until I reach those goals."
Crouser said the differences between her 2012 record and her recent 158-10 throw are subtle.
"To the naked eye it doesn't look that much different at all," she explained. "I'm not getting as much separation, or "pull" on the javelin. It's small adjustments, to things that I was doing better then than now. We're talking milliseconds. I don't have as good a feel for (the javelin) as I did in high school. But I think it's all starting to come back now."
Crouser said she hoped to be actively competing in the next month but is not sure where. She needs to gain a qualifying mark of 177-2 in order to reach the U.S. Championships. HashtagsNone
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Haley Crouser is Looking Forward to Restarting her CareerPublished by
Haley Crouser is Looking Forward to Restart Her Career Published By Doug Binder, DyeStat Editor on April 9, 2015
Haley Crouser, who broke the national high school record in the javelin in 2012, has formally parted ways with the University of Oregon and the track team in order to hit the "refresh" button on her athletic career.
Crouser, a sophomore, was released this week by Oregon and is free to pursue another college opportunity. She will have three more years of eligibility.
In the meantime, Crouser has moved back home to Gresham and will continue to train with her father, Dean Crouser, a former NCAA champion at Oregon. Her brother, Sam, an Oregon senior, is the current NCAA javelin champion. Her cousin, Ryan Crouser of Texas, is the NCAA title-holder in the shot put.
"I'll be working with my dad and going back to basics, and do the things that worked before in high school," Crouser said Thursday. "What we know works will in the long run pay off and get (me) back on track."
Crouser said she doesn't leave Oregon with an animosity and that "the coaches tried to do the best they could for me."
The former Gresham High School standout broke the national record with a throw of 181 feet, 2 inches at the Aloha Invitational early in her junior season. She went on to place seventh at the Olympic Trials that year.
As a senior, Crouser developed a bone spur on her toe that required surgery and for the first time in her career went through a season without a new personal best. Lingering ailments and the transition to a new coach prevented her from improving in 2014. She had as season's best of 164-5, was fourth at the Pac-12 Conference Championships, and did not qualify for the NCAA Championships, which were held in Eugene.
Crouser opened the 2015 season with a winning mark of 158-10 at the USC Invitational.
"I had to make a tough decision," Crouser said. "I couldn't see staying (at Oregon) and reaching the goals that I had."
One of those goals is to compete at the U.S. Championships this June and contend for a berth in the World Championships.
And for the next two months, Crouser will devote herself to that mission full-time. She said she would probably enter summer school somewhere to gain some more credits before she chooses where to transfer.
Despite some frustration over not seeing better results, Crouser said she is committed to going after her competitive goals.
"I never got to a point where I thought I'd quit the event altogether," she said. "I've put too much time into this and I don't want to erase that. I have goals and I won't be satisfied until I reach those goals."
Crouser said the differences between her 2012 record and her recent 158-10 throw are subtle.
"To the naked eye it doesn't look that much different at all," she explained. "I'm not getting as much separation, or "pull" on the javelin. It's small adjustments, to things that I was doing better then than now. We're talking milliseconds. I don't have as good a feel for (the javelin) as I did in high school. But I think it's all starting to come back now."
Crouser said she hoped to be actively competing in the next month but is not sure where. She needs to gain a qualifying mark of 177-2 in order to reach the U.S. Championships. More news |
