There are only a few runners that match A Duck's events and times during his stated time frame at Oregon. If you scan the Oregon roster, none of those potential member's fit A Duck's self description (i.e. competed internationally, doesn't work for Nike, involved in track at international level, only lived in Eugene for 4 years, maintains close contacts with Oregon alumni, involved in TV production, no children, 600m PR of 1:16x, mile in the low 4s). There isn't anyone that fits all the data points. This would suggest there has been either some misrepresentation or misinterpretation on the board.
dkny64 wrote:
It is, of course, possible that A Duck has been flat-out lying about his background.
It is also possible, however, that A Duck has been telling the truth about himself - 2nd tier guy on the Oregon track team who overlapped with Salazar, has stayed in touch with Salazar over the years - but that Salazar has no idea this guy he knows a little bit posts on this message board as "A Duck".