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Dick Harmon: Track athletes have a chance to bolster BYU athletics to a strong finish in strange year

No pressure, Ed Eyestone.

Even if you’re used to it, sprinting down the stretch so many times with lungs burning and legs aching.

The two-time Olympic marathoner, 10-time NCAA All-American and current BYU track coach has a last-ditch chance to give his athletic department a huge boost in a year of many disappointments when the Cougars take off for Eugene and the NCAA Outdoor Championships next weekend.

It is unlikely BYU can win a national championship in track because it lacks the depth in the sprints, but as a distance run brand, the Cougars are loaded and qualified 15 athletes overall.