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Ducks in easy gymnastic win
By KEN MAYS
Of the Emerald
No contest.
That is the best way to describe
the lopsided weekend meet in
Seattle that made Oregon the
first Northwest team ever to beat
Washington in gymnastics. The
Huskies were never really in it.
The Flying Ducks had it in the
bag by halftime.
“Halftime” in this case refers
to the conclusion of the com
pulsory competition Friday
night. It had been Washington
Coach Eric Hughes’ idea to get
the teams ready for the Pac-8
meet by splitting the Oregon
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Washington meet into a Friday
night compulsory meet, where
the gymnasts would perform
specific required routines as they
must in the Pac-8; and a
Saturday night optionals meet,
which would be just like any dual
meet, with the gymnasts per
forming their own routines. The
scores for the two meets would be
added together to decide the meet
winner.
Friday night Hughes must have
been wondering why he ever
opened his mouth. At that point
the Ducks were ahead 148.10
139.80.
Be advised that an eight-point
lead in gymnastics is like a
thirty-point lead in basketball.
And in gymnastics, you don’t
even have to worry about
defense.
So while the uninformed crowd
at Hec Edmundson Pavillion
Saturday night may have never
realized it, the optional meet was
just for show. Oregon coach Bill
Ballester was justifiably worried
about the effect the big lead
would have on his squad, so he
tried to key them on hitting the
160 mark as a team, a motivation
the Ducks successfully responded
to against lowly Wisconsin last
week, when they broke the team
record.
This time the Ducks could
manage only 156.75, a mark that
Ballester claims must be im
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proved upon if the Ducks are to
beat California and Stanford next
weekend. That meet, against the
conference’s toughest two teams,
will also feature the com
pulsory-optional combo, but
oniy the optionals will be counted.
Ballester obviously didn’t like the
effect the big “halftime” lead
had on his squad in Seattle. He
immediately scheduled a
practice for Sunday afternoon.
While Ballester has reason to
hope the Ducks can improve for
the Bay Area meet, the average
fan should not be disappointed in
the squad’s Washington per
formance. The Ducks do have one
of the best trio of side-horse
specialists in the country in Joe
Percival, Curt Rodgers and Don
Lester. And they have one of the
best floor exercise men in the
country in Bob Rikli, who was
little short of spectacular in his
9.4 optional routine Saturday
night.
Ballester has called rings his
squad’s weakest event, but fresh
man specialist Jeff Schwartz was
consistent enough to gain first
place in rings in Seattle, and
earning Ballester’s “super-duck”
award. Two Duck high-bar men,
Mark Stone and Randy Lary,
were good enough to tie for first
in the optional meet with an 8.95
score, beating Washington’s Bill
Carpenter, last year’s Pac-8
champion in the event. John Leh
mann and Steve Roskam give the
Ducks two near-50-point all
around men. Some of their best
competition this year will come
from each other. Lehmann won
the latest round, besting
Roskam’s optional total of 49.15
with a 49.45.
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Oregon dominates
own invitational
By MIKE LANE
Of the Emerald
Oregon wrapped up its complete domination of the Oregon
Invitational Swimming Championships at Leighton Pool, by
winning all seven events on the final day as they breezed to the
team championship over Utah.
The Ducks finished with 841 points to Utah’s 361, Brigham
Young’s 297 and Oregon State’s 195.
“I would say that this was an outstanding team effort, the
best by any group that I have coached here,” said Don Van
Rossen, the Oregon coach.
The outstanding performances turned in by Oregon
swimmers were as numerous as the records that were shattered
by the Duck swimmers in the three-day event.
Perhaps the best indicator of Oregon domination was the
fact that 16 Oregon swimmers scored points and two divers also
garnered scoring points. This tremendous show of depth was
pointed to by Van Rossen. ‘"nits team has a unique spirit all its
own which provides it with an overall team momentum which is
hard to stop once it gets going.”
Three Oregon swimmers qualified for the NCAA meet in
March.
John McConnochie and Gary Hidle qualified in the 400-yard
Individual Medley with times of 4:14.28 and 4:14.45 respectively.
The NCAA standard is 4:15.0. Roy Clark set a meet record in the
100 Breaststroke with a time of 1:00.55,which also qualified him
for the national meet.
Oregon shattered three standing varsity records during the
meet with McConnochie, a Washington State transfer, breaking
two of these marks himself.
McConnochie swam the 1000 Freestyle in 9:46.77 breaking
the previous school record by 16 seconds. In the 500 Freestyle, he
shattered the school’s longest standing school record,
established in 1965, with a clocking of 4:43.34.
In the 800 Freestyle relay the Oregon team of Alan Card
well, John Heilman, Rich Kent and Griff Thompson set a school
varsity mark of 7:09.90 despite finishing second in the event.
Utah’s entry set a meet record of 7:09.40 in winning that event.
Oregon also shattered seven meet records en route to their
victory. McConnochie set two marks in the 500 and 100
Freestyle.
Tony Ciochetti set a meet record in the 200 Freestyle with a
clocking of 1:45.79, but did this in the consolation final, taking
seventh place in the event.
Oregon’s team in the 400 Freestyle Relay of Paul White,
Richard Kent, Rick Abbot, and John Heilman turned in a meet
record with a clocking of 3:13.74.
In the 400 Medley Relay the Oregon quartet of Rick Basford,
Gary Hidle, Greg Smith and Abbot, shattered the existing meet
standard with a time of 3:36.59. John Topar’s 1:56.16
clocking also established a new meet standard in the 200 But
terfly.
Not to be overlooked was the major upset in the three-meter
diving where Oregon’s John Dufficy bested BYU’s Stan Camow
442.35 to 438.60.
Oregon has little time to savor its biggest win of the season
because Friday, Jan. 25 at Leighton Pool, the Ducks face what
Don Van Rossen calls “our biggest test of the season,” in a tough
University of Texas team.
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