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Webfoots set for Nor-Pac
By DOUG LEVY
Of the Emerald
Oregon’s men’s swimming team will be on its
home “turf” this week as the Webfoots compete
in the Nor-Pac Championships today through
Saturday at Leighton Pool.
The Ducks, who finished the season with an
8-2 dual-meet record, have performed well in
recent Nor-Pacs, taking first-place two years ago
and second last year. This year, Oregon “will be
fighting for fourth or fifth,” concedes Oregon
coach Rich Schleicher. “We just don’t have the
depth that some of the other teams do.”
The overwhelming favorite for the title is
defending champion University of Washington,
says Schleicher. “They have so much depth,
nobody can compare to them.”
The Huskies feature a quartet of nationally
ranked swimmers — Steve Doherty and Sandy
Blyth in freestyle events, Stan Vela in freestyle and
backstroke, and Scott Seelye in the butterfly and
backstroke.
Schleicher is pegging University of Puget
Sound for second and Simon Fraser University of
Canada for third. "We will be battling Simon
Fraser and Idaho for a third or fourth," says
Oregon’s fourth-year coach.
Individually, Oregon has a few swimmers who
could win their events. George Koch, Jeff Mor
gan, and Sam Glass.
Koch, Oregon’s nationally ranked breast
stroker, is the defending champ in both the 100
and 200-meter breaststroke. Morgan is back to
defend his title in the 200-meter butterfly, but
“Jeff will be competing against a lot of super
swimmers,” says Schleicher.
Glass could be a factor in middle distance
and sprint events, "although Sam has been sick
this week, and that might affect his performance,”
Schleicher says.
Others who should do well, Schleicher says,
are Dale Lagergren, Geoff Andrus, and Scott
Frury.
The Ducks will also be using the Nor-Pac
meet to prepare for the Pacific-10 Conference
championships March 12-14 in Los Angeles.
Schleicher calls the Pac-10 “the toughest league
in the nation. I would say that 80 to 85 percent of
the Olympic team is made up of swimmers from
the Pac-10.”
Time trials and qualifying start at noon each
day, while finals begin at 7:30 each night.
(gymnasts vault against PSU
Oregon’s fifth-ranked men’s
gymnastics team will try to im
prove its 5-2 record tonight as
the Ducks take on Portland
State University in Portland.
Portland State will not present
any problem for the Ducks, but
the meet is “still important to
keep up our scores and our
record for the NCAA selec
tions,” says Oregon coach Bill
Ballester. “I'm starting to feel
good about this team. We're
about to hit the 275.0 (team
score) mark.”
The Ducks returned from their
Ducks sign top recruits
during football letter’ day
Letter-of-intent day brought
many bright notes for the
Oregon football team as the
Ducks signed 19 players for the
incoming freshman class.
"This is as good a group as
any we've brought in in four
years," said Oregon coach Rich
Brooks. "I feel good about the
people we got.”
Brooks had every reason to
be pleased. On his list are a
number of highly recruited
players, including six Oregon
ians.
"We filled some holes class
wise," Brooks said. "Depth
wise, we re okay, but we needed
some young guys who can
come up to battle for the spots."
Topping the list of out-of-state
recruits are quarterback Mike
Owens, defensive tackle Karl
Volkle, defensive back Ron
Johnson, offensive lineman Jeff
Jaraczeski and linebacker Kurt
Wilchuck.
Owens, 6-1, 185, was the AAA
player of the year in Los
Angeles, throwing for 2,100
yards last season with a 58 per
cent completion rate.
Volkle, 6-4, 252, and John
son, 5-11, 172, finished their
high-school season on all-con
ference teams in Washington,
while Wilchuck, 6-6, 210, was
the player of the year in the
Province of Saskatchewan.
Jaraczeski, 6-4, 215, was an
all-state offensive tackle in
Montana.
The in-state recruiting list was
topped by Mike Jorgensen, 6-1,
185, who also was recruited by
Oregon State. Jorgensen, a
quarterback and punter, is ex
pected to be the only recruit
who will step immediately into a
starting position — as a punter
to replace graduating senior
Mike Babb.
Other top in-state recurits in
clude Ken Warner, 6-3, 230, OG;
Scott Holman, 6-2, 178, WR;
Drew Smetana, 6-7, 240, DOL;
Todd Bland,- 8-2, 205, FB; and
Lerry Wilson, 6-3, 225, LB
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Arizona road trip with a tough
loss to Arizona State, 272
.55—270.95. However Ore
on recoverered to defeat
22nd-ranked Arizona 272
20-263.05
“We just got beat. We didn't
compete well,” says Ballester of
the ASU meet. ‘‘In the past,
we’ve had the luxury of having a
bad meet and winning, but that
isn't true this year. Arizona State
has tremendous talent, but I still
think we can beat them.”
Improvement in the younger
gymnasts gives Oregon the
edge they need, Ballester says.
"(Johny) Moyal is coming on,
(Raul) Tello is coming on, and
Dean Mannus had a good meet
against Arizona. A lot of it has to
do with the fact that we’re get
ting over our injuries,” says
Ballester.
Following the Portland State
meet, Oregon will have three
meets against ranked teams —
ninth-ranked Cal-State Fuller
ton, 12th-ranked Brigham
Young and 13th-ranked New
Mexico. “I think the Arizona
State meet will be the last one
we'll lose. We’re ready to win
the rest of our meets and go
10-2," says Ballester.
Photo by Rosemary Daszkiewicz
Brian Smith, who finished fourth in the epee, lunges at an
opponent during last weekend's tournament in British
Columbia.
University fencing team
is always out to lunge
For most people, foil is what you wrap around roast beef.
But four University students are discovering a sharper
definition of the word.
As members of the University fencing team, they use the
foil, as well as the sabre and epee, to apply that special
‘ touch” to opponents.
"I liked the fact that it’s an intellectual sport," says club
member Jane Allen. “I’ve heard people refer to it as athletic
chess."
Allen, plus teammates Rosemary Dasziewicz, Brian
Smith and Dan Leach, are continuing a tradition that has been
passed on from Hamlet to Errol Flynn.
Fencing combines the ancient contact sport with modern
electronics. Each fencer, attired in a protective mask and
metallic suit, is wired to a buzzer. The buzzer sounds when a
touch is made. A touch is hitting the opponent with the
weapon on a valid target area.
Most bouts are decided when one fencer scores five
touches. However, if the bout extends beyond five minutes,
the first athlete to score after that time limit wins.
One can spend years learning all the moves, says Allen,
therefore it can be very frutstrating for the beginner. "Most
people drop out in the first year," she says.
Once some of those lunges and feints are learned, the
key to victory is how to use them, says Daszkiewicz. There are
second- and even third-intention moves, in which a fencer
uses one or two moves to draw away the opponent before
using another move for the touch Because of the sport's
intricacies, says Allen, it gets more enjoyable as time goes
on. “You rejoice in a well-planned attack,” she says.
Last weekend, club members competed in a tournament
at the University of British Columbia Smith placed eighth in
the epee.
Winter is the busy season for fencers, Allen says, with
tournaments every weekend.
The club, still in its growing stages, meets every Tuesday
and Thursday in Gerlinger Had to practice this ancient-gone
modern sport.
"There’s an aura about it," says Daszkiewicz.
Allen smiles and adds, "A swashbuckling air."
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