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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 29, 1981)
MT. ST. HELENS: KEEPER OF THE FIRE THE FILM SHOT ON THE MOUNTAIN Friday, May 29 — 8 p.m. Saturday, May 30 and June 6 — 2 p.m. Sunday, May 31 and June 7 — 2 p.m. $1 or 50c plus Science Center Admission WISTEC — Next to Autzen Stadium 484-9027 ■COUPON' p-COUPOrt ■COUPON—| sy’s NEW YORK piZ^Q Serving Pizza by the Slice or by the Whole Pizza Pie Located near U of O, across from Sacred Heart Hospital . { 1211 Alder Open 7 days a week til 8:00 686-9598 fc——.—————coupon————————— —COUPON SUMMER JOB OPPORTUNITIES U of O is hiring students for work in the following positions: 1 Telefund Program Coordinator Will be responsible for planning and coordination of the UO Telefund Program for Summer 1981 (potential for Fall continuation). Supervision and training of six student Telefund Assistants. Keeping of Telefund records and statistics as well as necessary follow-up to specific questions and problems. The Coordinator will work 14 hours a week between 6:00 and 9:30 p.m. Strong organizational skills, ability to supervise others, understanding of the University are desirable skills. Program begins June 15 and finishes approximately August 20. 6 Telefund Assistants To call UO Alumni seeking their financial support for the 1981 Annual Fund. Some data recording involved. Assistants will work 10.5 hours a week between 6:00 and 9:30 p.m. Good communicative skills, pleasant telephone manners, knowledge of University, and fund-raising interest preferred. Program begins June 15 and finishes approximately August 20. Applications and job descriptions available in UO Foundation Office, 14H Susan Campbell Hall. Completed applications due no later than Friday, June 5. For further information, call 686-3016. Attention Graduates! Remember the deadline for ordering caps and gowns is Friday, May 29 Be sure and order yours now. Custom Engraved Announcements are available! 13th & Kincaid Mon-Fri 8:15-5:30 Sat 10:00-2:00 Textbooks 686-3520 • General Books 686-3510 • Supplies 686-4331 UO BOOKSTORE sports_ Bill, Bill highlightTwilight McChesneys romp; Byers takes mile By JODY MURRAY Ol the Emerald Bill McChesney — both of them — were the toast of the track at the Twilight Meet Thursday night at Hayward Field. First, 53-year-old Dr. McChesney obliterated1 his na tional age group record in the master’s mile. His son followed half an hour later with a second-place finish in a blister ing Twilight Mile in which five runners broke the four-minute barrier. Tom Byers of Athletics West broke the tape in the Twilight Mile in 3:55.73, which broke the meet record of 3:56.3 set by Roscoe Divine in 1979. McChesney's time was 3:56.36, followed by Oregon’s Rudy Chapa (3:57.04), Ed Spinney of Athletics West (3:57.34) and Oregon Track Club's Ken Martin (3:57.84). Jim Hill of Oregon just missed making it under four minutes with a sixth-place time of 4:00 40. Byers set a torrid pace for the first two laps, taking the quarter in 57.2 and the half in 1:55.8. He slowed to 2:56.4 at the three quarter mark as McChesney whipped past him at the finish line. A sparse (3,940) but vocal crowd stood and cheered as McChesney held off Byers until the last 100 meters Byers’ time also shaved .26 of a second from his personal best. "I decided to just let him go and then try to catch him at 200,” Byers said. "He's a strength runner while I’m more of a speed runner. I’m thankful he took the lead when he did. He pulled us through that last lap.” McChesney, wearing a pink singlet emblazoned with the Pink Panther and Kermit the Frog, defended his last-lap tac tic. “I don't know where this rumor started that I have no raw speed. I’m no slowpoke. I was hoping to get about a 58 or 59.” The man who finished third also had a story to tell. Chapa was scheduled to run the two mile, the race just before the mile. At the last minute, he told Oregon coach Bill Dellinger he was dropping the two to con centrate on the mile. “I'm a bit of a sentimentalist,” Chapa said, “and I wanted to continue tradition at the Univer sity. While I was warming up (for &rnmmu**.-. Photo by Steve Dykes Bill McChesney, Sr., (left) upstaged his son by setting a national record for his age group in the mile. the two mile) I thought, 'I’ve never broken four minutes.' “I wanted to be one of those sub-four milers, so I got out of the two mile.” In doing so, Chapa became the 19th Duck to break the four minute barrier. His time puts him fourth on the all-time list, in front of Dyrol Burleson, who won the first Twilight Mile in 1966. ‘‘This year has been a failure,” said Chapa, referring to his injury-filled season. “Know ing I could do it tonight makes me feel a lot better." McChesney’s father, Dr. Bill, was feeling pretty good himself after finishing the master's mile in 4:51.5. His time roasted the national record of 5:00.7 for 53-year-olds and was possibly a world best. WHO’S BOSS IN YOUR LIFE? COULD YOU DO BETTER? come and hear Sunday 9:00 a.m. Room 323 First Baptist Church jT broadway & high 345-0341 worship: 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m. Dwight Ware 484-6938 McChesney was egged on throughout the race by his son, who volleyed from back straight to main straight, yelling, “Go, dad! Go!” "It was really fun, breaking new ground,” said the elder McChesney. “Son of a gun! Fif ty-three years old and I can still run a mile.” Dr. Bill was just joshing, as he’s an accomplished runner who competed this year in the Boston Marathon. “I came through the first lap in 65 and that scared me. I’ve never done that in practice.” In other highlights, Oregon’s Jeanne Borchardt set a school record of 5-8Vi in the high jump; Bruce Bickford of Athletics West ran a meet-record 8:35.90 in the steeplechase; Lynda Hughes, competing unattached, won a spirited javelin duel with OTC’s Patty Kearney, 172-11 to 171-3; and Debbie Eide of OTC set a meet record in the 3,000 meters of 9:25.90 Stilt gotta type the paper you wrote last night? Check ODE Classifieds
