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contents erald sports Scott Bliss. At this point Bliss is five wins away from By Nick Dawson breaking the school record held by Kevin p. 3B Kramer, and he's only in his second year. Vickie Hunt. There were times when Hunt considered By Mark Stewart quitting, but she’s still with Oregon bas p. 4B ketball, and in a new role, too. Olympic Film . Featuring the great highlights of the By Brian Chapman Montreal Olympics, a film will be shown p. 5B on campus by Phi Epsilon Kappa, Oregon’s athletic fraternity. Ray "Duck Head” Byers By Neil Gruenfelder p. 6B He’s had a lot of fun in his year as a Duck, and for Ray Byers that’s the only reason for doing what he does. Fencing. By Nick Dawson p. 5B Fencing is a club sport that is not recog nized, but they’ve been very successful and face a tough tournament next weekend. The Emerald Sports Weekly supplement is published every Wednesday and is designed to cover the University’s athletic programs. Sports Editor — Mike Marino Contributing writers — Brian Chapman. Nick Daw Asst Sports Editor — Nick Dawson son, Neil Gruenfelder, Mark Stewart. Cover photo by Mike Baer Complete Ice Cream Party Items for All Occasions BASKIN ROBBINS ICE CREAM Milk Shakes Special Sundaes 1365 Villard St. 495 Coburg Rd. 4S4I0:™., n 442 1462 31 Delirious Flavors EMU Breezeway For information come to 342 Gilbert, February 1 at 8:30 p.m. U of O Sailing Club Spring Break Cruise Look Interesting? Page 2 Section B Japanese meet Friday Christensen named to U.S. gym team Gene Christensen, the Oregon gymnastics team’s number two all-around man, has been named to the United States national team that will face the Japanese this Friday. Christensen, a sophomore from Elk Grove, III., was named to the team as an alternate by coach Bill Bal tester. “With the weather back east and so much flu going around I don't know what will happen," said Ballester, the Oregon coach named to lead the U.S. team. "Jim Kelch, (Oregon’s other gymnast on the team) has had the flu prob lems, and Gene will be used in the event someone else can’t go.” Christensen’s highest score of 1977 came, ironically enough, against the Japanese Nippon University team that came to Mac Court last year. Christensen broke that total 11 days ago with a 53.70 total score in the all-around for the Arizona State meet. “Gene is capable of competing in all five events with anybody,” Ballester said. “His only weakness is on the (pommel) horse.” Christensen’s top score from last season was a 9.4 in the vault, his strongest event. This year he was awarded a 9.5 on the vault in the UCLA invitational, tieing de fending Pac-8 champion Steve Wejmar in the process. “I’m just a little nervous," Chris tensen said Tuesday in practice, “it’s gonna be hard. Ski team faces action The Club Sports skiing team will head to the mountains again this upcoming weekend for tourna ment action, following losses this past weekend. The women's and men’s alpine and nordic squads will race at Hoodoo Ski Bowl in a race featur ing the University of Alaska, Puget Sound and six other Southern di vision schools. Ski coach Randy Rogers mentioned the University of British Columbia might also enter a team. Both the men’s and women's teams were defeated by Central Oregon Community College (COCC) last weekend, the men losing for the first time this season. COCC defeated the Oregon men 69-80, in the low score com petition. Oregon led by nine points going into the final event, the cross country race, but COCC’s strong contingent thwarted Oregon's hopes of victory. The men got strong performances from Rick Murray who finished ninth, Kirk Neilson who finished tenth, and Randy Rogers, eleventh, to re cord their best team finish of the year. Depth was important for the giant slalom victory by the men. Oregon placed four people in the top ten to win the event. Scott Kime led the Ducks with a sixth place finish, followed by Charlie Skinner, seventh, Dan Kidd, ninth and Randy Rogers in tentn. In the men's slalom, Charlie Gould came back from a disas trous performance in the giant slalom to finish third. Oregon’s women finished in third place in the competition, with COCC getting 50 points, Eastern Oregon 72 and Oregon 73. Val Sloan was the top racer for the women, finishing second in the giant slalom, less than a sec ond slower than the winner. Sloan also finished third in the slalom, rounding out an impressive weekend for her. Gina Green was especially im pressive in the cross-country competition, according to Rogers. Green, the number three com petitor for the team, garnered a fifth place finish. Her performance was especially helpful because the two top racers stayed in Eugene to concentrate on their studies. Other top finishers for the women in the cross-country race were Elaine Powers and Cheryl Hukari. Hukari also finished ninth in the giant slalom event to key the women. Other top performances by the women included Christi Mathis’ ninth place finish in the slalom, and Christa Danielson’s eleventh place finish in the same event. w Gene Christensen “Seeing some of these guys last year in the NCAAs (like Curt Thomas, the captain of the U.S. team) was really different, and it’ll be a strange feeling competing with them.'' The teams are due to arrive in Eugene on Thursday, with the meet getting underway Friday night at 7:30 in Mac Court. Award given to Fought PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Bill Hayward Amateur Athlete of the Year Award has been given to John Fought of Portland, a Tuala tin Country Club golfer who won three national tournaments in 1977. The honor was conferred Mon day at the 30th annual Bill Hay ward Banquet of Champions sponsored by the Oregon Sports Writers and Sportscasters As sociation. The Pro Athlete of the Year award went to Bill Walton, center for the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Associa tion. The Slats Gill Coach of the Year award went to Jack Ramsay, coach of the NBA champions. The Trail Blazers also won a special team award. Chosen as Johnny Carpenter high school athlete of the year was Dan Ainge, who helped North Eugene High School to state Class AAA basketball champion ships last year and in 1976. He now attends Brigham Young Uni versity at Provo, Utah. SAVE NOW . . . ENJOY THE SNOW!! TOMIC SKI POLES SAVE 33%!! with strapless gripS Reg. $15.00 ur] ALPINE SKI PACKAGE #1 SAVE *59“ Krystal Sundance Ski. . $90.00 Look G.T. Binding $59.50 Mounting.$10.00 neg. *169* SPECIAL s99 95 ALPINE SKI PACKAGE #2 SAVE *64“ Kastle K-11 or K-12 Ski. $125.00 Look G.T. Binding "'*p 559 50 Mounting . $10.00 —Hog. 95 SPECIAL *129 Salomon 222 bindings may be substituted on either ol the above ski packages at no extra cost. 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