« on: July 07, 2008, 09:26:20 AM »
Kelly Blair LaBounty, a two-time Olympian and two-time World Championships qualifier in the heptathlon, has been fired from her position as assistant coach with the University of Oregon women’s track and field program.
Blair LaBounty, a 1994 UO graduate, and one of the greatest athletes to compete for the Ducks, said she was told last Wednesday that her contract, which expired June 30, would not be renewed.
“They told me they were going in a different direction,” said Blair LaBounty, a member of the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame. “They showed me the new reorganization chart for coaches.
“They’re going to hire another distance coach.”
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