It happens every week
This time (yawn) Pre sets 5,000 mark
Really now, do the rest of America’s distance
runners need to show up in June for the Olympic Trials?
Heck, give him days off for rest between events and
Oregon’s Steve Prefontaine would be all Bill Bowerman
needed at Munich.
Saturday the incomparable Pre clicked off a 13:29.8
in the 5,000 meters—a new American and national
collegiate record. It came a week after that 3:56.7 mile
in the Twilight Meet—and brought the junior running
star’s list of fastest national times to four.
He owns the best time in the nation in the 5,000, six
mile, three-mile, and mile.
And while he coasted along (62-65-64-65-67-66-65-66
66-67-67-64) he bettered the national best in the three
mile with 13:04.0.
That 62-flat opening quarter left Phil Burkwist and
Mark Hiefield of Washington State (oh yeah, the Ducks
won a dual meet from the Cougars 99-63, too) way out of
sight.
And Kenny Moore of marathon fame, running for the
workout, waved goodbye shortly thereafter.
“I thought about just going out there and going
through the motions to qualify,” said Pre, “but after a
4:16 mile I hated to slow down too much. ”
Nobody would have blamed him if he had stepped off
the gas just a bit—Hayward Field was cold and windy
Saturday.
But it didn’t mean much to Prefontaine, or weight
men Mac Wilkins and Pete Shmock, either.
Mac bettered his school record in the discus with a
190-10 toss and Shmock, who was named the Emerald
Senior athlete of the year earlier in the day, heaved a
lifetime best 65-1'^.
The Emerald award goes each year to the Duck who
shows academic, civic and athletic excellence
throughout the school year.
Shmock had thrown 64-llVfe in last week’s Twilight
Meet. "This one was much better,” he said. “Last week
it was all psych.”
Also:
• In the hurdles, Ivory Harris came up with 13.8 and
easy victory. It tied his lifetime best and equalled the
school record, which was set in 1960 by Dave Edstrom.
•Dave Rorem of WSU nipped Ai Hearvey by an
eyelash in the 100 meters—Rorem getting the win aftei
both were timed in wind-aided 10.3s, The Cougar sprim
ace had an easier time in the 200 meters, beating Al b\
three-tenths of a second, with a 21.1.
• Little Vince Buford knocked off Weldon Vance in
the 400 meters, Buford clocking 47.7.
• With Steve Bence taking a week off, Wes Smylie
had the 800 meters all to himself. Smylie won with 1:51.3
to beat WSU’s Mike Reed.
• The Ducks went 1-2 in the 1,500 meters, Mike
McClendon won it in 3:46.5, and Mark Feig chased him
home with a 3:48.9.
• Marty Hill and Bouncy Moore were two notables
who missed the meet with injuries, but Ross Blackman
won the long jump with a 24-8% wind-aided leap.
Without Hill in the high jump, the Ducks got a third
from Phil Singleton, who went 6-6.
WSU’s Bob Niehl won with a jump of 6-8, and
teammate John Liddle got second. It was the only event
of the day where the Cougars went 1-2.
'MU r*“ right- that’s AAU marathon champion Kenny Moore
chasing Steve I’retontaine around Stevenson track. Moore (with
the heard and dark jersey) got dizzy last week tailing little Gerry
l.indgren in the Twilight Meet; Saturday he stayed with Pre
through a sizzling 62-flat first quarter in the 5,(HM) meters before
falling off. Oh \es, Pre roared off to a 13:29.8. a new American and
national collegiate record.
Photo by Jame* Link
rrosh wrestler
has near-upset
Unheralded Oregon freshman Wes Hines nearly pulled off a
stunner in the U S Wrestling Federation Greco Roman Cham
pionships at Mac Court Saturday.
Hines had two time national champion Willie Williams of the
c hicago-based Mayor Daley team fighting for his life in the 198 pound
consolation match before losing 4-1.
Friday the Duck wrestler lost a close 3-1 match to eventual
champion Wayne Baughman, of the Air Force
A heavy weight who sat out this past collegiate season. Bob Strobe!
won the unlimited title in the open division Strobel may come back to
wrestle for the Ducks next year
Ron Finley’s Ducks ended up third in the twodav tournament.
Mayor Daley youth Foundation won its second straight title with 83
piants. Armed Forces combined was second with 53. and Oregon had
Weir sets record
Oregon s Mark Weir broke a school record Saturday when he won
his 15lh singit^ match of the season for Buzz Summer's tennis team
Weir ran his victory total to 15 eclipsing by one the previous mark
of 14 held by l^rry Brooks and Chuck Deardorff Brooks set his record
in 1962. Deardorff had 14 wins in 1966
Meanwhile, the Ducks lost their own Oregon Team Tennis
Championships to Oregon State over the weekend
The Beavers beat the Ducks 6 3 to clinch the title OSU had 21
points to 16 for the Ducks, nine for Seattle University and eight for
Washington St.
Ducks sweep Huskies
Look out, Cougars
Surging Oregon pounded out 19
hits to blitz Washington 17-6 and
5-0 Saturday and complete a
three-game sweep—something
the Ducks had to have to stay in
Pac-8 contention.
Friday AI Hardin did his usual
thing—got Mel Krause’s charges
off to a winging start with a 4-0
shutout.
The three victories left Oregon
one game off the Northern
Division pace, behind
Washington State. The Ducks are
9-3, WSU is 10-2—and this
weekend they’ll settle things
when the Cougars come to Howe
Field.
Meanwhile Oregon travels to
Portland State today, then hosts
the Vikings at 3 Tuesday before
playing an exhibition game with
the triple-A Emeralds in Civic
Stadium Wednesday night at
7:30. On the season, the Ducks
are 16-11.
“I thought this was our best
series of the year,” said Krause
after Saturday’s doubleheader.
And he was right.
Ciaydon gets shutout
The pitching was excellent—
Bob Ciaydon got the 5-0 shutout
on a nifty six-hitter and Mike
Shoup cruised in behind a 10-hit
Oregon attack in the first game.
The Roberts boys, Dean and
Dave, continued their torrid
hitting, with Dave smacking his
ninth homer of the year and
chasing home six runs to set a
new school record for RBIs in a
season with 40. Dean committed
three errors Saturday, but the
way he’s hitting, who’s
worrying?
The fledgling third baseman—
and erstwhile outfielder—had
three hits and four runs batted-in
in the three games.
While Hardin had trouble for a
time picking up his fourth
straight Pac-8 triumph (he was
locked in a (M) duel until the sixth
Friday), Shoup had things easy.
Shoup hangs on
The Ducks lefthander was
bopped around for 10 hits—but
with Oregon wielding sizzle sticks
on a cold. damp. Seattle day, it
didn’t matter.
It was 1-1 for awhile -until the
second inning when the Ducks
exploded. Dean Roberts tripled
and Shoup—who has an
astronomical batting average for
a pitcher—singled for two runs.
Then Dave Roberts singled
home Shoup and Greg
Brosterhous socked a two-run
double to put it away.
Dave ended up with four hits in
five trips in the opener, including
a 450-foot shot in the sixth.
The second game was Duck
soup with Claydon in top form.
The senior from Costa Mesa,
Cal., allowed just one Husky
runner as far as second base in
scattering Washington’s six hits.
Ducks ready for WSU
Oregon got all the runs it
needed in the first inning. Guy
Krause and Brosterhous knocked
in runs and two walks forced
home Dean Roberts to set up
Claydon with a 3-0 lead.
In surveying the damage done
to the home-standing Huskies,
Krause indicated the Ducks
appear prepared for the
Cougars’ invasion—a series that
will decide who gets the trip south
to play USC.
“We’re as ready as we’ll ever
be for a big series,” he admitted.
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