Seven Hayward records set in drizzly Pre Classic
By KIM CONNER
Of the Emerald
Saturday's gray, overcast skies
didn't exactly make it a perfect day
for world records
But you won't hear many com
plaints about the second-annual
Prefontaine Classic. In the clas
siest meet this side o! the Olympic
Trials, there were more personal
bests set than you can count on a
handful of fingers, not to mention
seven new Hayward Field rec
ords.
And that s the best way to
characterize the meet com
memorating America's greatest
distance runner.
Probably the most memorable
performance was Mark Feig s
1,500 win. Feig ran a 3:38.1. a
personal best by almost two and a
half seconds, in breaking away
from a field that included 1975
NCAA mile champion Paul Cum
mings and ex-Duck Scott Daggatt
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Having already met the Olympic
trials standard, Feig smiled, This
time I just let them take the pace,
because all the pressure was off
me. With a quarter to go I said to
j myself well, this was where Steve
would have taken off had he been
here, with 330 to go I totd myself
that nobody would beat me so I
took off...I looked behind me but
nobody was there.”
Feig wasn't the only relieved
ex-Duck, however. Paul Geis
took the initiative' with a mile to go
and won the 5,000 in 13:30.8, the
fastest time in the nation this year.
And the top six runners in that race
finished under the Olympic qual
ifying standard of 13:40.0.
Mac Wilkns. former Duck and
current world record holder in the
discus at 232-6, threw 220-11 on
his first attempt, setting a new
Hayward Field record. But most
surprising was his third place m
the shot at 67-8%.
•‘It's nice to get a good throw in
the shot," he said. “I threw it today
just for fun but it really surprised
me . .1 didn't think I'd throw it so far.
Last time I had a shot in my
hand was April 10th." Wilkins,
who says he “slid through" with
his discus victory, will consider the
possibility of throwing the shot in
the trials, "now that I've qualified."
Pete Schmock, who won the
shot put with a lifetime best of
69-9, was pleased with his win
Mac Wilkins' 22011 dtacu* toss was good enough for both a first place and a new Hayward Fiekl record.
Photo by John Johns
over former world record holder Al
Feuerbach.
"This was just another meet,
though," he commented. “My
technique is new and I'm not really
aware of myself, of my body in
relation to the technique. Today
my throw was the most
correct. but I haven't quite tapped
my potential
Other performances made the
Pre Classic an exciting afternoon.
For openers, UBC's Laurie Kem,
with four throws over 160 feet,
shattered the Hayward Field re
cord of 156-11 in the women’s
javefin at 171-11. OCE's Marsha
Melvin, the former record holder,
also bested the mar* with a 162-6
toss.
Mike Roche of the New York
Athletic Club met the Olympic
standard with an 8:31.1 in winning
the steeplechase
Carolyn Dig by, the Centennial
high school freshman who set the
state 440-record last week at
56.1, improved to a 54.9 in win
ning tie 400.
Deanna Coleman, a
14-year-old from Seattle, blazed
to a 208.6 victory in the women s
800 over a field featuring Debbie
Roth, former Hayward record hoi
der in the 800, state AAA 880
champion Ellen Schmidt and na
tional high school mile record hol
der Eryn Forbes.
Frande Larrieu Lutz, American
record holder in the 1,500, won
that event in 4:14.4, fending off a
last lap kick by Canada's Peggy
Werthener, who was second in
4:15.1.
Other memorable events in
cluded Robin Roeder's hammer
win at 218-2, the third best per
formance by an American this
year; Ralph Mann’s (U.S. record
holder in the 400-meter hurdles)
slim victory over Jim Bolding in
that event and Maxie Park’s 45.1
400-meter run.
And Oregon's Dave Hagmeier
finished fourth in the 400 in 46.4,
quaifying him for the upcoming
Olympic trials.
There were disappointments,
too, as Dave Roberts failed to
dear the world record height of
18-8 in the pole vault, setting in
stead for an 18-Vfe win.
Joni Huntley tried three times
and failed to dear six feet in the
high jump, winning that event in
5-10.
And Canada s Thelma Wright,
third in the world last year in the
1,500, voiced her dissatisfaction
with her fourth place finish. “This
is my second race since Feb
ruary," she said. “I broke my toe in
March, and it's been giving me a
lot erf pain ever since. I haven’t
done any training for six weeks as
a result and I feel realy unfit"
But nothing could bring Mark
Feig out of the clouds of vic
tory. Grinning, he sat on a trainer's
table only to get up again in ex
citement “Aww," he laughed ec
statically, “I’m not even tired...”
And that would have made Pre
pretty happy.
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Injured Ducks 12th at NCAA’s
Matt Centrowitz
regon Daily Emerald
PHILADELPHIA — Southern
California ran off with the team title
and Oregon finished in a tie for
twelfth in the NCAA Track & Field
Championships at Franklin Field
this weekend.
Junior Matt Centrowitz was the
brightest spot for the Ducks as he
set a school record by placing
third in the 1,500. His 3:37.29
broke the late Steve Prefontaine’s
1973 record of 3:38.1.
Centrowitz took the lead in the
race with a lap to go but was
nipped in the last stretch by winner
Eamonn Coghlan of Villanova and
runner-up Wilson Waigwa of
Texas-EI Paso.
Centrowitz also won his qualify
ing heat in 3:40.02.
Rich Perkins contributed six
more points for Oregon with a third
place finish in the hammer throw.
The senior from Eugene threw the
ball and chain 205-5, eight feet
under his personal best.
Jeff Carter was the Ducks other
place finisher as he finished fifth in
the javelin with a toss of 253-3,
after standing fourth after the qual
ifying round.
Oregon Coach Bill Dellinger,
however, came to Philadelphia
with a squad that was less than full
strength. Probable point getters
for the Ducks who stayed home
were decathlete and three-time
champion Craig Brigham, who
was out with monocucleosis,
steeplechaser Gary Barger, out
with a stress fracture and
weightman Dave Voorhees whc
had knee problems and also didn’1
compete.
Oregon finished with 16 points
and tied for twelfth with California
UCLA, Villanova and Penn State
USC racked up 64 points for its
26th national title, 21 more thar
any other team. Texas-El Pasc
was second to the Trojans with 44
points.