And looking at Pac-8
Bence
is
winning
again
Steve Bence is back.
The Oregon sophomore has been having
his problems in the half-mile lately. But
after a win in the Oregon State dual meet
Saturday—his first win in a month—Bench
served notice to the rest of the con
ference’s 880 men.
“I’m back,” Bence smiled in the infield.
“I worked out differently this week and it
helped. I’ve been looking over my times
this year and they aren’t really that far off
last season (when he took second place at
the Pac-8 conference meet). I guess now I
know what race I’ll be running at the Pac-8
meet this year.”
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By ART BUSHNELL
Of the Emerald
That knowledge is important. For the
first time since his slump began—in a dual
meet loss to UCLA’s Anthony Veney—
Bence knows what race he’ll be running
two weeks from now in Eugene.
After his second dual loss there was
some talk of moving Steve up to the mile.
But then strong showings by Knut
Kvalheim, Mark Feig and Scott Daggatt in
the Twilight Mile didn’t leave much room
for the half-miler in the longer race.
Following the victory against the
Beavers, Steve’s thoughts swiftly left
those earlier troubles. His mind went
instead to the future—and that conference
880.
“There are so many different kinds of
runners in this conference. The 880 might
be the tightest race of the conference
meet. Some guys will be going out fast. All
I can do is worry about not getting boxed
in.”
If Steve follows the plans he set Satur
day, he shouldn’t have trouble with other
runners getting in his way. He said he’d
like to run a 53-second opening quarter.
That should get him out of the pack.
At Corvallis, his opening lap was a 55. He
finished in 1:50.5, a second slower than his
season’s best. But he wasn’t really pushed.
OSU’s Clay Lowry—who was expected to
give Steve a real test—dropped out of the
race early. So Bence was left to run pretty
much by himself.
While he was happy with the win, Steve
was a little disappointed in his time. He
would have liked the 53-second lap
Saturday.
“I wish the time were better,” he said
without his smile for a moment, “but it is
good to win races again—no matter what
the time is.”
He said he hadn’t been hurt by any
mental let-down against the Beavers.
“I had something to prove. After the
Twilight Mile it was apparent I’m not
going to be a miler. I had to show this week
mat l am a nait-muer.
“The tactics were what I wanted. But
that time’s still a little slow. I’m still
aiming for that 53-second opening lap.
When I hit that I’ll know I’m okay. I’ll be
trying for it in the Pac-8.”
He paused for a moment thinking again
about the stellar field of half-milers in the
conference meet. OSU’s Hailu Ebba, the
conference’s fastest half-miler this spring
and the owner of a sub-four minute mile
against the Ducks, might be there. So will
Washington freshman Greg Gibson, who
beat Bence early in the indoor season, and
Washington State’s Dale Scott. Steve will
get another shot at Veney..
And of course, there’ll be California’s
Rick Brown, one of the nation’s premier
half-milers.
Brown has won the Pac-8 half-mile
twice. In his only year of NCAA-meet
competition, he finished second. Since then
the Bears have been on probation and
Brown has had to miss the big meets. He’ll
be anxious to run a good one in Eugene.
His lifetime best 1:45.4 shows he’s able.
All these names flashed through Bence’s
mind as he stood on the infield of OSU’s
cinder track contemplating the coming
race.
“I’m sure somebody will be going out
early,” he said thinking about the con
ferences different styles of half-milers.
“I think somebody will be going out
really, really fast. I’ll have to hang on.”
Don’t be surprised if Steve does it. He’s a
half-miler again.
Women record personal bests
at Monmouth regional track meet
Nine teams competed in the one-day
meet, a prelude to next week’s Northwest
championships at Kalispell, Mont.
Among women with season bests was
Maryl Barker. Barker, a sophomore,
placed first in both the mile run and the 880
yard run. Her 5:05.0 time in the mile was a
season best.
Teammate Ona Dobratz was second to
Barker in the mile run.
Pam Rosevear earned the most points
for Oregon. She placed first in the 100 yard
dash and second in both the long jump and
the 220 yard dash. Rosevear was also a
member of Oregon’s third place 880 yard
relay team.
Carolyn Walker beat her competitors by
more than one minute in the 3000-meter
run. Her time, 10:04.0, was a season best.
Other Oregon women who finished in the
top six places were:
— Debra Runyan, fourth in the 200 meter
hurdles, sixth in the 100 yard dash and a
member of the third place 880 yard relay
team.
— Chiyo Uchida, third in the 3000 yard
run and fifth in the mile run,
— Diane Ventre, fourth in the 880 and
another member of the 880 yard relay
squad,
— Lynne Winbigler, third in the discus;
Karen Banks, fourth in the high jump;
Sally Mclnturff, fourth in the javelin; and
Donna Latterell, sixth in the javelin.
Ten Oregon women had their best season
performances Saturday in the Northwest
College Women’s Sports Association
Southern Area track and field meet at
Monmouth.
Oregon with 102 points, placed second as
a team behind Oregon State, with 131.
Oregon College of Education was third and
Portland State University was fourth.
Doubleheader here
today with Portland
Oregon’s baseball Ducks, coming off a
three game massacre at the hands of
Washington State, meet the University
of Portland today in a double-header
beginning at 1 p.m. at Howe Field.
In the depths of a slump that has
carried them to five straight losses, the
Ducks are in desperate need of a quick
turnaround.
This weeked Oregon meets Oregon
State in a battle for second place in the
Pacific-8 finals standings. Oregon is fr-9,
OSU 5-10 in Pac-8 play. Oregon has
stopped Portland twice this season by 8
4 and 7-3 scores.
Brad Richards won the IM 440 in 51.7.
Photo by Steve Twedt
Peterson in record IM mile win
By HUNTER KAPLAN
Of the Emerald
Independent Tim Peterson set a new All
University IM mile record of 4:20.8 in the
IM Track and Field Finals last Friday on
Hayward Field.
Heli Lanz, of the Badas, clocked 4:25 for
second followed by Wilcox Hall’s Quentin
Bruhn, 4:27.2, Sigma Chi’s Scott Dahlberg,
4:33.2and the Quimps’ Mark Seder, 4:33.9.
The All-University Open Mile was won
by Robert Gray who ran 4:38 to edge Doug
Stewart’s 4:40.
Theta Chi’s tracksters led by Ron Lee’s
41-4 triple jump, and Greg Lindsey’s 10.0 in
the 100-yard dash, whipped all teams to
capture the team title with 60 points.
Lee’s jump was just enough to hold off
ATO’s Jim Stevens, who jumped 41-3Ms for
second. Kevin Watts of Sigma Chi jumped
40-5 for third followed by ATO’s Glen
Smeed, 39-10, Quimps’ Dale Sunds, 39-5
and Sigma Nu’s John Stermer, 38-4.
The 100-yard dash turned out to be a
battle between two Oregon varsity football
split receivers, Lindsey and Bob Palm.
Palm’s 10.2 wasn’t enough to catch Lind
sey’s 10.0, but Theta Chi didn’t care, as
both speedsters are from Theta Chi.
Darril Morrison of Eugene Fish Co. ran
10.4 for third followed by Badas’ John
Mears, 10.5, Clark Hall’s Cam Burke, 10.5
and Badas’ Robie Johnson, 10.8.
Stevens soared 21-3 to grab the long
jump crown. Theta Chi’s John Williams
snatched second with a 20-10 effort
followed by Dave Morrison of Eugene Fish
Co., 20-0, ATO’s Smeed, 19-4, Quimps’ Hi
Richardson, 19-2 and Mears, 19-0.
Randy Brus uncorked a 50-5 heave to
edge Watts for the shot put title. Goran
Hall’s Dairy Solochek unleashed a 46-9 put
for third. Sigma Nu’s Jeff Saks, 44-3, Joel
Penoyar of the Legal Eagles, 41-9 and the
Quimps’ Bill McKee, 41-1 rounded out the
shot put finishers.
The tightest race of the day was the 70
yard hurdles which independent Scott
Couch won in 9.0. Clark Hall’s Cam Burke
was second, independent Randy Moore
third, and Watts, fourth, all in 9.1. Sigma
Chi’s Barry Bender hurdled S.3 for fifth
followed by Badas’ Marshall Ivori, 9.6 for
sixth.
Brad Richards of the Quimps coasted to
a 440 win in 51.7. Theta Chi’s John
Williamson ran a second place 52.1
followed by independent Mike Gregory,
52.5, Betas’ Gery VanderMeer, 53.2,
Badas’ DonLevine, 53.3 and Badas’ Wayne
Stoll, 54.6.
Girl’s crew team collects two victories
The women’s crew program, still
struggling in its first and initial year of
work, made a very respectable showing
last Saturday with two clear-cut victories
in two different Oregon crew heats.
In their first race, the girl’s novice
division, the Oregon contingent finished a
dominant length ahead of Pacific
Lutheran University to post their best time
of the season.
In the girl’s second race of the day, the
varsity division, they again came out on
top this time by a half a length over a
Greenlake team, which pushed them all of
the way. The races were definite team
efforts and success was due, primarily, to
an over-all team push.
The women’s crew season, their first,
started last m tneir auai meet competi
tion . . . then trailed off a bit and now,
again, they are doing well against all
competition thrown up against them.
The girl’s team is looking forward to the
Northwest Sprints in Seattle, at the
University of Washington this Saturday,
for probably their toughest races of the
year, to that date. Their prime com
petition there will be the University of
Washington girl’s team.
Also on the schedule for the Oregon girl’s
crew team will be the Western Cham
pionships in three weeks against a lot of
tough competition like Lake Merit. The
Merit squad is the defending champion but
the University of Washington has beaten
them, this year.