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Relay times drop, but Cougars win
By JOHN HEALY
Of Wm Emerald
The 400- and 1,600-meter
relays haven’t been a top priori
ty for the Oregon men's track
program the last few springs.
Fast times were a rarity, and
the prospect of either relay team
scoring at the Pacific-10 cham
pionships was negligible.
Until now.
Saturday in Pullman, in a dual
meet against Washington State,
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record of 39.84 in winning the
400 relay and 3:07.66 in the
1,600 relay.
Ironically, the Ducks’ 86-77
loss to the Cougars could have
been averted if their 1,600-relay
team had been able to pull out a
win. But David Mack’s 45.0 final
leg wasn’t enough to catch the
Cougars' Chris Whitlock (WSU
posted a 3:07.47), and Oregon
fell three yards shy of claiming
their third dual meet win of the
year.
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wins from Dean Crouser in the
discus (192-1) and shot put
(6I-IOV2); Dwight Robinson in
the 110hurdles(14.15)and Don
Ward (51.72) in the 400 hurdles;
Richard Kermode in the 1,500
(3:44.80); and Alberto Salazar in
the 5,000(14:05.64).
But it was Oregon’s relay
teams which produced the sur
prises.
“There is a lot of pride run
ning on the 1,600-meter relay
team,” says Oregon assistant
coach Dennis Whitby, who
coaches the 400 relay team and
assists head coach Bill Del
linger with the 1,600 squad.
“We have six guys who want
to run on the that relay team, so
there is a lot of competition.”
The three mainstays in the
long relay this spring have been
Miller dips below 14-seconds;
Ducks set top marks in Pullman
Despite a lack of consistent
competition from the
Washington State Cougars,
Oregon's women’s track team
posted some impressive marks
Saturday in Pullman en route to
a 89-37 win.
The high point of the meet
was Lexie Miller’s win in the
100-meter hurdles. Her 13.67
clocking was a personal, meet
and Oregon record, and it
marked the first time an Oregon
athlete dipped below the
14-second mark.
The old record of 14.04 was
set by Miller two weeks ago ver
sus UCLA.
Miller’s new mark ranks
among the top collegiate times
this season.
Oregon, which had already
qualified six athletes in nine
i events for nationals, added two
more Saturday.
Quenna Beasley took a rest
1 from the shot put to concentrate
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leadoff man Parrish Nixon, an
chorman Mack and Don Ward,
who runs the third leg. The
fourth spot has been bouncing
between Nate Harrison and
Larry Bradley.
The lineup on the short relay
has remained consistent all
year, with Nixon, Bradley, Mark
James and Jerome Walker do
ing almost all of the stick-han
dling.
“In previous years the short
relay has never had the feeling
of closeness that it has right
now,” Whitby says. "This is the
first year we have had a consis
tent 400-meter relay team.”
Much of the consistency can
be attributed to the Ducks’ suc
cess at passing the baton.
“Our handoffs are probably
as good as anyone in the
Pac-10,” says Whitby. “We’ve
been working since February
for one or two hours a week on
the relay. We worked on the
mechanics of giving the baton
for the first six weeks, and since
then we’ve concentrated on
passing in the zone."
But baton-work hasn’t been
the only key, says Whitby.
“We probably have as good a
depth in the sprints as anyone in
the Pac-10.”
Whitby believes the Ducks
could have dipped down to 39.5
in the short relay against the
Cougars, but problems on the
first and second handoffs lost
Oregon “at least three yards,
and that’s .3 seconds.”
There is even more room for
improvement in the 1,600 relay.
Against the Cougars, Nixon and
Harrison contributed 47.4 legs
while Ward timed a 47.2 effort.
on the discus, resulting in a
event-winning 158-2 toss. Her
effort was almost five feet
further than her previous best.
Sally Harmon uncorked a
161-3 throw in the javelin to
surpass the AlAW-qualifying
mark of 156-0. Harmon’s
previous best this season had
been 153-10.
The javelin, however, was one
of only four events in which the
Cougars scored a victory. Jack
ie Henry defeated Harmon with
a 165-8 throw. In addition,
Laurie Bush led a WSU sweep in
the shot put with a 43-5 toss;
Cheryl Byers beat Oregon’s
Sally Hamilton in the 400,
57.44-57.60; and Lisa Wood
cock took the 1,500 with a
4:37.52 clocking.
Oregon scorers were led by
Miller, who also won the long
jump with a 18-7% effort. Team
mate Kris Costello won the 200
(25.41) and took second in the
100 hurdles (14.10) and 100
(12.50).
Lisa Nicholson also tallied
several Oregon points by win
ning the 400 hurdles in a per
sonal-record 1:01.99 and par
ticipating in both winning relays.
The Ducks will return to
Hayward Field Saturday to face
the California Bears, who fin
ished second behind Oregon in
last year’s dual meet rankings.
Warren nabs 800 win,
McDonald claims discus
Oregon sent only a two-per
son team to the Kansas Relays
last weekend, but that was all
that was necessary as each
recorded a win in her specialty.
Freshman Karen McDonald
unleashed a 167-10 throw to win
the discus competition Friday.
Then on Saturday, sophomore
Leann Warren clocked a
2:01.30 to beat four-time Olym
pian Madeline Manning Mims in
the 800.
Both marks were Oregon
records. In addition, Warren’s
time is the best outdoor mark in
the nation this season.
McDonald’s effort marked the
third time she has broken the
Oregon record. Her previous
best was 164-6.
The old Oregon record in the
800, held by Warren, was
2:02.58. Warren passed Mims
coming into the main straight on
the first lap. She went through
the first quarter in 57 seconds.
Manning never threatened
Warren and finished a distant
second in 2:04.576. Manning set
the American record of 1:57.9 in
1976.
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