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Flying Ducks shot down
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win streak
halted at 26
By JIM VITTI
Of the Emerald
Ten UCLA Bruins and seven
Japanese all-stars did Friday
what 73 teams couldn’t do for
five years as both squads beat
the Oregon men’s gymnastics
team to snap the Flying Ducks’
dual meet winning streak at 26.
Oregon, 2-2, was ranked third
nationally going into the meet.
The Japanese team, which
consisted of three of the na
tion’s top collegiate performers
and four of the top preps,
chalked up 277.70 points.
UCLA, 1-0, tallied 276.45 and
the Flying Ducks scored 271.30.
“I’m proud of how we did,”
said Oregon coach Bill Balles
ter. “We didn’t really expect to
win, this being a rebuilding year
for us and UCLA being as strong
as they are.”
UCLA is the odds-on favorite
to take the Pacific-10 title away
from Oregon, a position the Fly
ing Ducks have held four years
in a row, Ballester said.
“They (the Bruins) are load
ed," he said. "If anybody can
challenge Nebraska for the na
tional title, they can. They have
five super all-arounders and
plenty of super specialists.”
Japan’s Shinji Kanda took
first in the all-around with a
57.10 total. He placed first on
floor exercise (9.70), vault (9.80)
and parallel bars (9.80), tied for
second on pommel horse (9.35),
took fourth on high bar (9.50)
and tied for sixth on rings (9.35).
Mitch Gaylord (56.60) and
Peter Vidmar (55.40) took
second and fourth, respectively,
for UCLA, while Kelly Crumley
(55.20) placed fifth to pace the
Flying Ducks.
The only individual winner for
Oregon, sophomore Alex
Schwartz, set a University
record with a 9.75 performance
on the rings.
“Alex proved he’s one of the
best in the world,’’ Ballester
said. “Some world class rings
men were here for the judges to
compare him to, and he beat
them all."
Schwartz shared the old
record, 9.70, with 1978 all
American Scott McEldowney.
UCLA’s Gaylord was close on
Kanda’s heels throughout the
meet. His 9.80 took first on high
bar, while Vidmar won the pom
mel horse with a 9.40.
Crumley tied for sixth on floor
Photo by Steve Dykes
Johny Moyal
eAeioise ious sixm on
pommel horse (9.20) and paral
lel bars (9.10), and tied for fifth
on high bar (9.45).
Other individuals who placed
for Oregon were All-American
James Yuhashi (third, 9.55) on
floor exercise, Bob Leverence
(tie for fourth, 9.25) on pommel
horse, and Randy Jepson
(second, 9.55) on rings.
Japan's Satoshi Tada took
third in the all-around with a
55.95.
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