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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1981)
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"The top five teams in the nation should be scoring in the 140s to 143s consistently.” The Ducks last season averaged 137.50 points a meet — a score that would have earned them seventh place at nationals. Heiny thinks this year’s Ducks should do even better. Returnees from last year’ squad include sophomores Jeanette Stewart and Chris Krueger, along with junior Teri Larsen and senior Ramona Shine. The newcomers for Oregon include freshmen Maureen Nolan, Holly Holmes, Lori Cauthorn, Lynn Fenton, Wendy Pucker and Nancy Krogseng. Add sophomores Susan Baxter and Cindi Benson, a transfer from Oregon College of Educa tion, and the Ducks have a young, talented, but untested team. Heiny dopes the Ducks lin eup for upcoming dual meets as follows: Vault — “We are a little behind. We have vaulters who will score well, but we are look ing to add much more difficult moves into our vaults and that takes time. Balance beam — "I think we have the strongest team we've ever had on the balance beam. We are eight people strong, not considering Dawn, who we al ways consider to be the stron gest in all events. Floor exercise — “Maureen will be very strong, as will Holly and Sara. We should be talking nines by the end of the season.” Uneven parallel bars — “The event where we can be very strong. We have very hard tricks, like in Sara's routine, which will definitely earn her nines. Holly will be in the high eights, and Maureen in the fu ture will be in the nines.” All-around — "Sara will be one of the leading scorers. Maureen is very complete. Hol ly’s past says she is very com plete, but her ankle injury has slowed her down. “The main improvement of this team is simple,” says Heiny. "We’ve added more gymnasts of the same caliber as Dawn and Sara. We’re just starting to get the depth we need to complete a difficult schedule like we have.” Now, adds Heiny, if they can just complete it with a trip to the nationals. Continued from Page 5 Men But it is on the parallel bars and the side horse where the Ducks will have to utilize their depth rather than count on a couple of performers. Darling points out that, “on the side horse, we'll have everybody scoring 9s, and that's better than having one guy get a 9.6 and having everybody else get an 8.” Stll, it is impossible to replace gymnasts like Beard, an All American on the high bars, Miki Moyal, the school record-holder in all-around, and Christensen, who Ballester calls “the most consistent performer we’ve ever had here." Two other factors hinder Oregon's program. One is last year’s threat of dropping the gymnastics pro gram No gymnast wants to make a commitment to a school that is considering axing its program. “The threat ot dropping gym nastics hurt our recruiting dras tically,’’ says Ballester. To illus trate, Oregon’s prize freshmen are from outside the United States — Tello from Colombia and Moyal from Israel. The second factor was a decision by Scott Wilbanks, 1980 NCAA finalist in the floor exercise and vault as a fresh man, to quit the team over Christmas break for personal reasons. Wilbanks had been fighting injuries all year and was considering redshirting, but his quitting deals a big blow to Oregon’s future. “I think Scott was bummed out about being Injured,” Leverance says, “and he might’ve wanted a little more freedom than coach Ballester gave him.” Looming ahead is the confer ence season and UCLA. The Ducks will get a severe test when they face the Bruins on January 17. UCLA was sixth na tionally last year, and they fea ture one of the premiere high bar men in the country in Mitch Gaylord The sophomore sensation posted a 9.9 mark earlier this season, and he nosed out Beard for the Pac-10 high bar title last year as a freshman. Ballester has noted that, on the national level, the Bruins, along with defending champ Nebraska, Iowa State and Ok lahoma “are in a class by them selves.” This year’s Oregon edition might not be as successful as past teams but Ballester puts things in perspective. “I say it will be a down year because I don’t think we’ll finish in the top five. “The football team’s goal is to reach the top 20 — ours is to be in the top three or four.” 20% OFF SALE ALL CLOTHING 20% OFF THIS WEEK Runner’s Rainwear • X-C Ski Wear Shorts • Singlets • Sweatshirts Warm Ups • Polypro Underwear SUGAR PINE RIDGE THE ON CAMPUS SPORT SHOP 877 E. 13th next to the U of O Bookstore 345-5584