ATHLETES
Interviews with outstanding Oregon athletes.
Stacy Allison: The First American Woman to Summit Everest
1/1/2013 Oregonian Stacy Allison summited Mt. Everest in 1988, becoming the first American woman on the summit. Read more>>
Kayaker Chris Korbulic
3/1/2013 Southern Oregon Kayaker Chris Korbulic talks about growing up on the Wild and Scenic Rogue River. Read more>>
Josh Dirksen: Professional Snowboarder
11/1/2012 Snowboard legend Josh Dirksen talks with 1859 about his career. Read more>>
Rich Fellers: Champion Show Jumper
9/1/2012 NAME: Rich Fellers HOMETOWN: Sherwood AGE: 52 SPORT: Horse Jumping HORSE’S NAME: Flexible ACCOLADES: FEI World Cup Champion 2012, U.S. Olympic Team member When did you start riding / competing? I ... Read more>>
Ian Boswell: Oregon Cycling Phenom
7/1/2012 1859 sat down with cycling's rising star Ian Boswell. Read more>>
Kevin Love on Olympic Basketball and Portland's Best Steakhouse
7/17/2012 For Oregon hoopheads the name Kevin Love is a familiar one. Kevin grew up playing basketball at Lake Oswego High School before playing in college at UCLA and eventually finding his way to the Minnesota ... Read more>>
Tommy Brewer
Bend high school swimmer Tommy Brewer is a rising star. Only 15, Brewer qualified for the 2012 Olympic Trials in swimming, his first major national meet experience. Brewer gained an enormous amount of ... Read more>>
Kevin Mansker
Track cyclist Kevin Mansker loves going fast, whether its on his bike or in his car. The up-and-coming Mansker did not qualify for the 2012 Olympic team in the match sprint (only one US athlete qualifies), ... Read more>>
Tyler Mulder
1859 interviewed Oregon Track Club Elite runner Tyler Mulder before the 2012 Olympic Trials (where he finished an agonizing fifth, missing the Olympic team by less than a second). He spoke about his injury ... Read more>>
Jordan Hasay
Duck standout and two-time NCAA champion Jordan Hasay ran in her second Olympic Trials last week. Though she did not make the team in the women's 1500m, the U of O junior gained valuable experience that ... Read more>>
