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eightmen vie for notice in runners’ paradise
By KIM SPIR
Of the Emerald
Think ol Oregon track and dis
Knco running immediately comes
K mind Ask the head coach what
he thinks ol the season and he
might tell you his distance
Plrengths or how much he'll de
pend on the spnnters in a tight
squeeze against Washington
State University or Anzona State
But what about the weightman?
“We re kind ol the determining
factoi in dual meets against teams
like Arizona State or UCLA, but
sometimes people really take us
lor granted," said Ray Burton,
shot putter and the Ducks' top dis
cus thrower
• Sometimes they really only
notice us when we screw up and
they say well, we lost the meet in
the field events It’s kind ol sad.
blit we ve learned to put up with
it,' he continued "We all knew
vfhen we came here that Oregon
vjtas known for its distance run
"I wouldn't be here if it weren't
r Frank Moms, Oregon coach "
Morris is the driving force beh
d the Duck s weight program A
ull-time assistant coach lor
regon since 1974. Morris is one
I the finest weight and field
aches in the world according to
is squad
i^^te s wntten quite a lot of arti
jB on track technique and of
course he s known the world over
as Mac Wilkins' coach, said
Howard Banich, Oregon s top
shot putter. Wilkins, a 1973
Oregon graduate, holds the world
discus record at 232-6 and won
the 1976 Olympic gold in that
event
Frank knows all the physical
body laws." noted Banich. "and
his technique reasoning is based
on those laws He s got a justifica
tion for every move and it's kind of
hard to argue with him from that
standpoint But he's gotten more
recognition in Europe than he has
over here
The throwing events em
phasize weight lifting and throw
«technique, with more techm
dunng the competitive sea
"Ray sleeps discus techni
que. quipped harr. ner thrower
John McArdle He spins all night,
yeah, they call him Pinwheel
Ray They've even added three
stripes to Ray's PJ's."
Physically we train for two to
four hours a day. but mentally, we
go all day long, said Banich "In
the shower, on the floor, walking
down the street
Throwing events are more men
tal than physical according to the
weightmen They describe it as
controlled intensity.
In the classic distance race
you can see the battle head to
head but in throwing it’s mental."
said Banich."
"Vou ve got to stay relaxed but
you ve got to be intense. And in 12
throws in two events the intensity
is so great it just drains you,”
noted Burton
The competition is tough, too.
Placing in the top three or four in
the Pac-8 means a probable
tntnes wanted tor 1 wilignt track meet
A limited number of events in next month's Oregon Twilight meet
will be open to women in high school, college and open divisions who
can meet the qualifying standards, according to Janet Heinonen, assis
tant sports information director
Women will be able to compete in the 200 meters, 1500 meters,
3,000 meters or high jump if they meet the qualifying standards.
The standards for the May 7 meet are 25.9 for 200 meters (or 26.0
tor 220), 4 53 for 1500 (5:15 for the mile), 10:45 for 3,000 meters (11 30
for two miles) and 5-4 for the high jump Standards must have been met
this year.
For further information contact Tom Heinonen, womens track
coach.
chance ol placing in the top four or
live nationally, according to
Banich
"Size has an advantage, too, at
least In the javelin, and I'm at a
constant disadvantage because
I'm littler than everyone," said Jim
Smith, decathelete and javelin
thrower, Jim's slingshot throw
ranks him third in the Pac-8 this
season with a personal best
235-8.
But sometimes personal bests
go unheralded in the wake of dis
tance mania. Freshman Jeff
Stover broke the eight-year-old
freshman record in the shop put
with a 59-4 put, a record previ
Photo by Perry Ga skill
Hammer throwers are people, too" says Oregon hammer thrower
John McArdle McArdle will throw in a hammer exhibition beginning at
12:30 p m. Saturday against Anzona State
Burkey blazes to second
in Glendale Invitational
BELLEVUE, Wash. —
Oregon s Ginny Burkey led the
field here Wednesday with a
four-over-par 77 to edge team
mate Kathy Young and capture
second place in the Glendale Invi
tational
Burkey s Wednesday score,
coupled with her opening rounds
of 87 and 80. gave her a 244 total
in the three day event. Burkey
finished seven shots behind Patti
Marquis of Washington, who
carded a 78 Wednesday and won
the tournament with a 237.
Burkey's 77 was the second
lowest round scored in the tour
namend Only Marquis, with her
76 Tuesday, shot a better round
here
Burkey's Oregon teammate
Young finished in a tie for third
place with Washington's Mary
Mulflur at 249 Young stroked an
82.
Aside from Young and Burkey,
no other University golfer finished
in the top 10 in the tournament.
Liz Cooper closed with a 83 for a
269 and 11th place, while Karen
Henry shot a 97 for 281 to finish in
a tie for 13th with the Ducks
Cheryl Wrede Wrede shot a 94
Wednesday
Washington won the team
competition by more than 40
strokes, finishing at 991 with six
golfers ending up in the first 10
places Oregon closed at 1033
while Oregon State trailed badly at
1060
The three northwest schools
meet next week for a three day
tourney over three different
courses. Sunday, the golfers will
tee off at Royal Oaks Golf Course
in Vancouver, Wash., while on
Monday the teams will play at
Portland's Riverside course
Tuesday s final round is at Col
ewood in Portland.
Soccer tourney
opens Saturday
The Oregon soccer team will
tuneup for this weekend's Cas
cade Invitational tournament
today with a 4 p.m date against
Lane Community College at Lane.
Saturday, the Ducks take part in
an eight team tournament at Au
tzen Stadium which will include
teams from Oregon State,
Washington State, Western
Washington, Vancouver Com
munity College, and private
teams. St. Patricks, Lake Oswego
United and Nike (Eugene).
Games begin Saturday at 1
p.m. but Oregon plays its first
game Saturday at 7 p.m. against
St. Patricks.
Tickets for the entire tourna
ment are priced at $2 for adults, $1
for students
ously held by 1976 U.S. Olympian
Pete Schmock at 57-9.
"That really indicates poten
tial," noted Burton.
Howard Banich's 6O-6V2 put
against the University of Washing
ton “was probably the most awe
some thing that happened in that
meet,1 said Burton "When he'd
been trying for three years to
break 60 feet and it went virtually
unnoticed until a couple days
later . It's times like that when a
guy spends so much time at
something and doesn t get any
recognition for it that it kind of eats
you up.
"It's also very upsetting to have
an event that only gets three
scored duals this year, even
though it's a recognized NCAA
and Pac-8 event," said McArdle of
his event, the hammer
"We usually end up throwing
exhibition and giving up nine
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points in each meet because other
schools like ASU or UCLA don't
throw it."
“It also kills me when they ad
vertise that the trackmeet always
starts at 1 p.m. with the first run
ning event," commented Burton.
"The hammer starts at 12:30 and
by the time people start coming
around 1 or 1:30 we re almost
done ." Still, the weightmen are
proud of what they do. McArdle
wears a tee-shirt emblazoned with
"Hammer throwers are people,
too' at every track meet while
Banich says, “I want people to
know we re not the grunts
everyone thinks we are.
"Just because we scream our
heads off before every throw, well,
it's just the way weightmen do
things."
Banich laughed. “We re kinda
like distance runners when they
froth at the mouth
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