NCAA Cross-country
Ducks third
HOUSTON—Bill Dellinger’s surprising Oregon cross-country
team finished third in the NCAA championships at Houston Monday.
The Ducks, who went into the meet without defending individual
winner Steve Prefontaine, were third with 159 points.
Tennessee, a team that just managed to survive its district
competition, ended up winning the team title behind Doug Brown’s
second place-finish. The Vols had 135 points while East Tennessee was
second with 149.
If Pre would have run, and taken first place, Oregon would have
taken a second straight NCAA title by over 20 points.
As it was, Randy James was the top Duck finisher on the damp
Glenbrook Golf Course layout as he came in 9th. James ran a 29:09
over the six-mile course. Rick Ritchie was 22nd with a 29:37, Pat
Tyson was 32nd with 29:49, and freshman Gary Barger was 41st with a
time of 29:55.
Washington State, the Pac-8 champion, finished behind Oregon
with 167 points. In fifth place was Miami (Ohio) with 174 and Bowling
Green was sixth with 175. Oklahoma St. was seventh with 226 points.
Neil Cusack, the ace runner on East Tennessee’s all-Irish team,
took the individual title after leading most of the way. He ran a 28:32
to edge Tennessee’s Brown, a steeplechaser in the Olympic Games,
who ran 28:44.
Women take one game
in hockey tournament
The University women’s field hockey team won one game, tied
another and lost two during their play in the Northwest College
Women’s Sports Association tournament in British Columbia Friday
and Saturday.
The Oregon team defeated the University of Idaho 4-1 in the
second game of the two-day tourney in Vancouver. Freshman
Monique Trainor scored two goals in that game. Diane Smith and Geri
Lagusis made one point each.
The University of Washington and the Oregon teams tied 0-0;
Central Washington State College defeated the University 0-1. The
University of British Columbia topped the UO 8-0.
The tournament concluded this year’s field hockey play for the UO
women. The team finished with 11 wins, two losses and three draws
for the the year. That record which includes practice, official and
tournament games.
Freshmen Lois Mellem and Trainor led the team in scoring
throughout the season. They were both named to the Willamette
Valley Field Hockey All-Association team named earlier this month.
In addition teammates Mary Blenkensop, Smith and Lagusis were
also chosen to the all-association squad.
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Gymnastics to
begin Saturday
The Oregon Open dawns the opening of the
gymnastics season on the west coast this
Saturday at Mac Court.
The open meet also kicks off Oregon’s
promising “Flying Duck” season that
culminates with the NCAA Championships in
Eugene in April.
Oregon coach Bill Ballester expects 100 en
trants when action opens beginning at 2:30
Saturday afternoon. As of Monday 50 entries
were already received, including four full teams.
Ballester stressed, however, that the com
petition was totally individual. No team scores,
or team awards will be presented.
Prospects for an outstanding year for
Ballester’s Ducks is already quite evident.
Despite the number of entries in each event
reaching 25-30, Oregon stands a chance of nearly
sweeping the meet.
BILL BALLESTER
“We could sweep every event,” Ballester said.
“Our only weak event is the parallel bars. We
have two returning champions and solid con
tenders in every other event.”
The Oregon Open will also serve Ballester s
freshmen standouts into public view for the first
time this season.
The returning champions are Greg Maxwell,
Oregon co-captain for this season, on the high
bar and Kevin Cornelius on the rings. Both will
be favorites to defend their crowns.
Joe Percival is returning to top shape on the
pommel horse. He was a state champion at
South Eugene before serving in Viet Nam. Hell
be a favorite in that event.
Making his debut with a good shot at the free
exercise title is freshman Steve Roskam. He
was the Illinois state all-around champion last
year, and is rated with a good chance in vaulting
also.
John Lehmann, an NCAA finalist last year who
owns the Oregon record in vaulting, will also
compete in the meet. Maxwell will add to the
Ducks strength in vaulting.
Warren Weiseth, the other co-captain of the
“Flying Ducks” will challenge Maxwell mi the
high bar.
The Ducks are very strong this year, and are
blessed with tremendous depth, as a result of
Ballester’s recruiting success last spring.
The Oregon Open, although possibly
dominated by the Ducks, certainly won’t be an
a 11-Oregon affair. Full teams have been entered
from Washington State, San Jose State, and
Portland State. Other entries have been
received from Washington, the Pacific-8
champions, and other universities on the west
coast, including the University of British
Columbia in Vancouver, B.C.
The coach of the U of BC team, Arno Lascari,
has even entered himself, calling it in his words,
“a mini-comeback” into active competition.
Other entries may crane from Chico State,
Stanford, and perennial power California.
The Washington State team boasts two out
standing competitors in Jim Holt and Dubi Lufi.
Lufi will easily be installed as the favorite to
win the all-around title. He placed in the top ten
in the NCAA meet last year. He took third in the
Pac-8s. He came to Washington State two years
ago after competing on the Israeli team in the
world championships.
Holt is expected to give Oregon’s Cornelius a
stiff challenge on the rings. He placed fourth in
the national AAU meet last year. Holt
specializes in a double flyaway dismount, which
is basically a double-somersault leaving the
rings. Particularly outstanding about the feat is
that Holt does the landing despite his handicap of
just one leg.
The preliminaries start at 2:30 with the finals
Saturday night at 8.
JVs beat OSU too
• • •
By STEVE HENDRICKS
Of the Emerald
The Oregon JV football team won the mini-civil
war and gained revenge for an earlier loss by
trouncing the OSU Rooks 20-7 Friday. An inspired
defense that caused six turnovers fired the
Ducklings to their second consecutive win, giving
them a season record of 2-3.
Oregon and Oregon State played a battle of field
position for most of the first half. With 2:06
remaining in the second stanza, quarterback John
Nehl found Kevin Culligan in the endzone with a 28
yard strike.
The extra point gave the Ducklings a 7-0 bulge,
then Gary Taylor picked off a Tom Hickey pass to
set up another touchdown with only 53 seconds left
in the half. John Nehl’s one yard plunge and Mike
Holme’s second extra pant extended the lead to 14.
Both defenses played well in the third quarter,
and it wasn’t until there was 9:49 left in the game
that Nehl spotted his favorite receiver, Greg Bauer,
about five yards ahead of his defender and con
nected on a 52-yard scoring bomb. The kick was
blocked.
Oregon State avoided being shutout when Hickey
hit Mark Whitney on a 24 yard aerial.
What was the difference between this game and
another three weeks prior? “We won,” responded
Coach Rich Schwab. He later elaborated, “I think
we as coaches were better prepared. I think the kids
just got into the spirit of this game. They really
wanted it.”
Schwab figured the season was, “Pretty good. By
winning the last two games I’m inclined to overlook
the losses, but I’d rather win the last two than win
the first two and lose the rest.”