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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1981)
Heat, humidity spoil Duck chances NCAA points evade Oregon Louisiana wasn't kind to the Ducks Oregon's attempts to score and to claim a few elusive na tional titles at the NCAA track and field championships were thwarted as expected scorers failed to place and expected titles slipped away from them Baton Rouge's high humidity combined with the heat knocked the Ducks out of the races Friday. Alberto Salazar fin ished fourth in the 10,000 meters to a University of Texas El Paso trio, running 28:53 5 Salazar had to be doused with ice after the race to lower his body temperature Greg Erwin finished far back in the 10,000 The one-two-three finish by the UTEP athletes — Suleiman Nyambui, Michael Musyoki and Matthews Motshwarateu — in dicated things to come UTEP claimed its third NCAA straight outdoor championship with 70 points, followed by Southern Methodist with 57 and Tennes see with 50. Oregon ended the three days with only 16 points, leaving them out in a four-way tie for 11th with about a third of the points the Ducks expected to compile Trouble started early for the beleagured Ducks David Mack failed to qualify for the finals in the 800 meters A fast heat put him out of contention as Mack finished fifth in 1 47 62 Oregon's 400-meter relay team was also knocked out of the finals as it finished fourth in 40 86 Saturday began, and ended, just as dismally Jim Hill, Rudy Chapa and Mike Friton all failed to place in their events Off the track, though, the Ducks did get a few points But the points weren’t always as many as Oregon expected Reidar Lorentzen came through with an excellent series of javelin throws that was topped by a toss of 269-5 But LQQKING FOR A PLACE TO RENT7 • There is no need to come back early or to pay rent all summer to be sure ot having a place • We can guarantee that a place near campus will be ready and waiting for you when you arrive next fall • We have hundreds to choose from and will work to meet your requirements exactly • Fre‘- Roommate Finding Service • Try us We really want to heip' Valley Rental Service 1000 Willagillespte Rd Eugene Oregon 97401 343-0358 despited recording five of the top six throws of the day he finished second when Mike JuskuS' of Glassboro State threw a personal best of 273-2 on his final attempt Oregon's other points, be sides Salazar’s fourth, came in the discus as Dean Crouser fin ished fourth with a toss of 200-5. Although it was Crouser's first toss over 200 since the Ducks faced Cal-Berkeley a month ago, it was less than expected Crouser threw 213-0 earlier this season But the toss, the last in his series, did propel Crouser from sixth to fourth place The discus was won by Scott Crowell of Iowa State with a toss of 206-3 The heat and humidity proved to be the bane of Oregon’s dis tance crew again Saturday Friton was out of contention in the steeplechase, running 10th in 8:58 71 after qualifying in 8:35 86, far behind the leader Solomon Chebor of Farleigh Dickinson, who finished in 8:23 34 The 5,000 was equally disap pointing as Hill and Chapa fin ished seventh and ninth, re spectively Hill took the lead on the third lap and ran 63, 66, 66 Emerald pholo Reidar Lorentzen captured second with a 269-5 throw, but had five of the top six marks in the /avelm and 67 seconds before surren dering the lead and fading into the pack A fast finishing kick was needed for him to claim seventh in 13.56 4 Chapa finished ninth in 14 03 2 UTEP's Nyambui ran away from the field to finish in 13 38 8 to claim his fifth NCAA outdoor title Overall, it just wasn’t Oregon's weekend But it was UTEP’s Borg wins French Open PARIS (AP) - Swedish superstar Bjorn Borg toiled for nearly 3'/« hours Sunday before outlasting a tenacious Ivan Lendl of Czechoslovakia 6-1. 4-6. 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 for a record sixth French Open tennis title and his fourth in a row It was the closest the 25-year-old Borg has come to being toppled since he first won this prestigious clay court tour nament in 1974 The title was disputed in long close rallies on the slow surface of the center court at Roland Garros Stadium before 16,000 fans Lendl, 21, held his own in one rally after another until Borg finally had the last word in a rally of 34 strokes Borg won a first prize of $49,000 and went into the record books as the first to win the French title six times Doug & Sylvia Hickman Eugene’s NEWEST Complete Kitchen and Tableware Shop Featuring pottery by B Welch from Gresham, Oregon 207 East Fifth Avenue Eugene, Oregon 343-4170 Hours: Mon-Sat., 10:30 to 5:30 Emerald classifieds bring results
