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makes it to nationals (their last
trip was in 1976) is whether the
Ducks can break the magical
collegiate barrier of 140 team
points.
"We came really close last
year,” says Heiny of Oregon’s
139.85 points in a dual meet loss
to OSU. "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.”
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