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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1973)
set school record Stanford squad stunned By JAMES RUSSELL Of the Emerald When Oregon’s senior co-captain Greg Maxwell talks about improvement he knows what he’s talking about. On Friday night, Oregon’s Flying Duck gymnasts upset the previously undefeated Stanford Cardinals in a Pac-8 dual meet with a school record 158.65 to 158.35. Reflecting back on four years of Oregon gymnastics competition Maxwell said that, “this has to be my best meet ever, by far. We’ve improved a loto-er 'he past few years and tonight we just put ft all together. Joe Percival’s side horse routine, Warren’s high bar set (senior co-captain Warren Weiseth) with Bob Rikli’s floor exercise really made the difference and helped the team to victory quite a bit.” Highlighting the meet, along with many other outstanding Oregon performers, Maxwell set two all-time school event records with scores of 9.30 on the long horse vault and 9.25 on the high bar. In the meet’s last performance of the night Maxwell needed at least a 9.00 to win for Oregon but scored the record 9.25 instead. Also scoring an all-time Oregon event record, freshman Bob Rikli tied his own existing standard to win the flow exercise competition with a 9.30 score. Oregon all-around star Steve Roskam set a personal best on the rings at 8.85 and freshman Brian Lea also did the same with an 8.65. Sophomore Joe Ptrcival won the side horse, after both Stanford’s Steve Hug and Ted Marcy broke on the event, scoring a 9.15 and Maxwell won both the vaulting and high bar events. Augmenting the Oregon depth, freshman Steve Roskam captured third on the floor exercise at 8.85, junior Kevin Cornelius took second on the rings with a 9.05, freshman Jim Lester won a second place on the side horse at 9.00 and freshman Roskam wound up third on the parallel bars at 8.80. Two time Olympian Stanford’s Steve Hug won the all-around competition with a 53.10 score, in cluding a disastrous cripple on the side horse at 7.55, and Oregon’s Roskam scared 50.10, all-around to lead the Flying Duck contingent to victory. Oregon coach Bill Ballester said that, “the most important thing about the meet was winning. This was the most significant gymnastics win in Oregon’s history and to say the least we did par ticularly well.” “This was Stanford’s best score of the season," Ballester said, “but it was also our best too. We did real well and I am pleased, but we did have some breaks that we still could improve on. Our parallel bars and side horse need a little bit of improvement but our floor exercise and vaulting are also not up to their full potential yet either.” Reflecting back on the Stanford meet, Ballester said that “the Stanford team maybe just wasn’t ready. Marcy and Hug are in preparation for national competition and it was just up to the Stanford individuals whether they would win the meet or not. Our side horse squad did a good job against Stanford but so did all three floor exercise performers and the ring team also. The most significant event had to be the high bar, it was outstanding, and was the biggest difference bet ween this week and the last.” “Despite a few injuries,” BaUester said, ‘‘we are doing the best that we can do and as I said, I am very pleased. To continue our success we’ll just have to do what we’re doing now. Whoever wins the Pac-8 will definitely be among the top five teams in the nation, and just because we-beat Stanford now doesn’t mean we’ll beat them at the Pac-8 meet.” Bu* stressing optimism BaUester projects that, nobody reaUy knows exactly how good we really are or how good we can be but we’re going to go into the Pac-8 meet to win and I hope we can. We do have the potential.” After uosetting Stanford and setting ’...■.. —■1 _ Photo by Peter Grant PEROVAL STARTS ROUTINE a team record 158.65 pants, the Oregon Flying Ducks now prepare to meet Pac-8 powerhouse Cal Berkeley this Friday night at 8:00 in Mac Court. Freshman Steve Roskam had only one com ment after the Stanford competition, in preparation for California, “tremendous.” If Maxwell’s prophesy of improvement continues to be a reality Oregon might be able to beat California too. Only time will be able to tell and the young Flying Ducks -have plenty of time. Oregon women hold off Huskies to capture NCWSA swim title a tirst place finish m the final event, the 200 yard freestyle relay, put Oregon into the cham pionship spot for the fourth time in six years in the Northwest College Women’s Sports Association swimming and diving championships this weekend. Among records which fell at the two day meet at Leighton Pool was the freestyle relay record— Oregon bettered its own time by almost a second. Defending champion Washington led following Friday’s events by 15 points but Oregon came up with some good positions in the consolation and championship finals Saturday to win the meet 289 to 281 for UW. Portland State was third with 230, Oregon State fourth with 186. Twelve schools par ticipated. Several Oregon women turned in outstanding performances: — Cindy Marks easily won the one-meter diving competition and bettered the meet record which teammate Betsy Beckett set in 1971. — Sophomore Sally Landia swam a 25.6 split (leg) in the freestyle relay to give Oregon’s final swimmer a body length lead. Earlier in the day Landis placed first in the 50 yard backstroke, second in the 100 yard IM and third in the 100 yard butterfly. — Ellen Schrier, a freshman, placed in the top six in three events and was the anchorwoman for the winning freestyle relay team. She was second in both the 100 and 50 yard backstroke events. — Another freshman Marion Buvick, topped competition in the 100 yard individual medley and was second in the 200 yard equivalent. She out shined her older sister Monica who competes for Washington. — Stella Voreas earned a second and a third place in her speciality, the butterfly. 50 Yard Butterfly: 1. Irene Arden, UW, 28.05 (Bettered 1968 meet record in preliminaries with a 27.86). 2. Belinda Brimhall, OSU, 28.79. 3. Stella Voreas, UO, 29.65.4. Carolyn Merterns, PSU, 29.74. 5. Ellen Schrier, UO, 29.94. 6. Corrine Biamont, PSU, 30.83. 200 Yard Freestyle Relay: 1. Oregon (Marion Buvick, Debbie Lee, Sally Landis, Ellen Schrier), l:48.38(Bettersownmeetrecordsetinl972).2. UW, 1:49.80. 3. SOC, 1:50.26. 4. Idaho, 1:55.41. 5. WSU, 1:58.17. 6. PSU, 2:00.52. Team scores: Oregon 289, Washington 281, Portland State 230, Oregon State 186, Southern Oregon College 186, Oregon College of Education 112, University of Idaho 89, Washington State University 79, Western Washington State Collefe 19, Pacific Lutheran University 16, Gonzaga University 14, Pacific University 12. Matmen finish third Stutzman nets tide at 167-pounds By MERLINMANN Of the Emerald Corvallis — No one was more surprised than Duane Stutz man himself Saturday afternoon when the sophomore Oregon wrestler took the Pacific-8 wrestling title at 167 pounds with a pin in the final. “I still can’t believe it,” exulted Stutzman minutes after he claimed the title by pinning Washington’s first seeded Mel Renfro. Stutzman was moved up a weight to 167 from his normal 158 in hopes of improving the Ducks chances at taking third place in the conference, a feat easily accomplished as three freshmen won third placings. ' . _. . _ Had he gone at 158 Stutzman would have done battle with tournament Outstanding Wrestler Award winner Mike R. Jones of Oregon State, and Washington’s Hajime Shinjo, loser to Jones in the final by a split referees’ decision after tying through regular and overtime sessions. In that weight, Stutzman could hope for no better than a third, thus prompting the move to 167 where he killed Washington’s chances of catching the run away Beavers for the team title by pinning the favored Husky ace in 2:55. Par ticularly surprising was the feat considering Stutzman weighed in some 5 pounds under the 167 pound limit. The Stutzman move to 167 turned into a strategem by Oregon Coach Ron Finley as Dennis Jossi, a freshman who saw very little action through the regular season, turned in a brilliant performance, capturing the third placing at 158 behind Shinjo and Jones. The Stutzman and Jossi surprises were big factors in Oregon’s easy conquer of third place in the team standings. Tlie Ducks wound up with 59 points, trailing OSU at 98% and Washington’s 84. Easily outdistanced in fourth was California, 34% points. Holding the last three spots were UCLA 31%, Washington State 21%, and Stanford 11. Southern California doesn’t have a wrestling program. Oregon’s third placing was Finley’s best in three years at Oregon. He took fourth his last two times out, and before the tournament opened it looked like he might meet the same fate. Many Duck starters were sidelined with injuries including 1972 champion Mark Purkey. PAC-8 CHAMP STUTZMAN But Oregon’s surprising freshmen weren’t letting that happen. Shuichi Shoji earned a third at 142 pounds and Steve Hart added a third at 118. Sophomore Dean Dixon added a fourth at 150. Add second places by Dave Luke and Wes Hines, and Oregon sends seven to the NCAA tournament March 8-10 in Seattle. The only disappointment for the Ducks was the failure of Mike Oilar to qualify for the nationals. Out of condition from ; sitting out the last three weeks with a knee injury, Oilar just ran out of gas. Selected as a mid-season All-American by Amateur Wrestling News, Oilar was seeded first in the competition and pinned his first opponent in 4:10. In the semi-final match Oilar met Washington’s Brad Jacot, whom he had already beaten earlier in the season. Oilar jumped to a 4-0 lead early, but the effects from the loss of conditioning started taking their toll. Oilar still led after two completed rounds by 5-4, but as the junior sputtered down the stretch Jacot overcame the lead and moved into the finals. Oilar then lost in consolation later in the same afternoon. Dave Luke threw WSU’s Paul Danelo all over the mat in the first round of his title fight, but couldn’t score a point. Luke’s over-aggressiveness may have cost him the match as a tired Luke gave up four points in the final 21 seconds to lose 8-4. Wes Hines was forced to forfeit in his title bout at 190 pounds after suffering a pulled tendon in the back of his ri^ht hand in his semi-final match. The injury is not believed serious and Hines is expected to be ready for the NCAA tournament. I ? k- - -
