The
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Classic:
in memory of
Oregon’s finest
' distance man
Photo by Beto Van Deusen
It's been called many things for
many years, but Saturday’s
second-annual Steve Prefontaine
Classic is still one of the top track
spectacles of the year.
Saturday's meet will begin at
1:15 p m. with the women's jave
lin, and will feature many events
worthy of attention. Some of the
big ones will be:
•The discus, where world
record-holder Mac Wilkins (232-6)
will return to Hayward Field after a
tour of Europe.
•The men's 1,500 as former
Oregon runner Scott Daggatt will
attempt to qualify for the Olympic
Trials. Daggatt needs a time of
3:40.6, and has a best of 3:43.8.
•The men's 400 meters, where
AAU champion David Jenkins of
Great Britain will face former
UCLA runners Maxie Parks (45.4)
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and Benny Brown (45.5).
Oregon's Dave Hagmeier (48.4)
will also be competing.
Other top performers who wifl
be competing are Jim Judd
(278-2) and Fred Luke (273-6) of
Club Northwest in the javefen, AI
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Feuerback (71-6) in the shot put,
AAU champion Mark Enyeart
(1:48.8) in the men's 800 and
former Oregon State star Tom
Woods (7-4V4) in the men's high
jump.
Starting times
1:15 — mnm javattn
mana jcvalln (to follow Ionian)
1:40 —poto vault
1:45 — atoaplachaaa
2:00 — mana 100 malata
2:10 — mana 110 matai hurdtaa
2:20 — women* 1,500 malar run
2:25 — mana ahot put
2:25 — mana long |ump
2:30 — mana 1,500 malar run
2:35 — aromana high fump
mana high jump (follow* woman)
2:35 — woman* dlacua
mana (Hacua (loHoara woman)
2:40 — aromana 400 malar daah
2:50 — mana 400 malar daah
3:00 — mana 500 motor run
305 — aromana 800 malar run
3:10 — aromana 200 malar daah
3:15 — mana 200 malar daah
3 :20 — mana 400 malar into run rttol* hurdtoa
3:30 — mana 5,000 malar run
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Outstanding women will be
France Lameu Lutz in the 1.500,
Oregon Track Qubs Joni Huntley
(6-2) in the high jump and national
high school record holder Eryn
Forbes (2:14.0) from Sunset High
of Beaverton in the women's 800.
The talent will be plentiful, and if
history repeats itself, there could
be some real top marks set. Last
year, Don Quame and Steve Wil
liams blitzed to a world record
19.9 in the 200 meters.
In 1974, when the meet was
billed the Hayward Field Restora
tion Meet, Prefontaine docked a
12:51.4 for an American three
mile record. The 880 world record
was also broken as Rick Wohlhli
ter won in 1:44.1.
Hurdler Rod Milbum was the
star of the 1973 meet when it was
first organized to raise funds for
Hayward Field. The Olympic gold
medalist tied Ns world record in
the high hurdles and Dave Wottle
ran the third fastest mile ever.
This year s meet will have the
same amount of quality, and the
name wil stick. Last year’s meet
was billed the Bill Bowerman
Classic after the former Oregon
coach. Three days before the
meet began, however, Prefon
taine was'kiMed in an auto acci
dent near Hendricks Park.
Pretontaine was a home-grown
product from Coos Bay, and stilt
holds American records at 2,000,
3,000, 5,000 and 10,000 meters
and at three and six miles.
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