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Oregon runner Leann Warren led her Duck teammates to a
second-place finish at the NCAA women's national cross
country meet by finishing second to North Carolina State's Betty
Jo Springs
Oregon women 2nd
Runner-up Warren paces Ducks at NCAA meet
WICHITA, Kan. - Leann Warren’s second
place finish spurred the University of Oregon
women s cross country to a second-place showing
at the NCAA national cross country championships
Monday morning
The women’s race was run in conjunction
with the men's race for the first time in history
Even though the Ducks failed to send a men’s
team to the national meet, they sent an individual -
Bill McChesney McChesney, one of the prerace
favorites, finished a disappointing 44th among the
men collegians
But the Duck women were definately a bright
spot yesterday morning in the heartland of the
midwest
Number one-ranked Virginia lived up to its
reputation and captured first place with 36 points,
well ahead of Oegon, which had 83. But that was
to be expected, because Virginia had easily run
away from the field in its district meet while the
Ducks did not have such an easy time winning their
district
Warren, who earlier this year was undefeated
before being beaten at the District 8 meet, went out
early and hung in the leader pack for the entire
race
With about % of a mile to go, North Carolina
State’s Betty Jo Springs took command of the race
and left the leading pack behind Warren stayed in
the pack and relied on her patented kick to enable
her to snare second place
By finishing in the top 25, four Ducks earned
the distinction of being named to the All-American
squad
Eryn Forbes came through with an excellent
performance to finish 13th, right on her trail was
freshman Kathy Hayes in 16th and rounding out
the Duck All-Americans was Lisa Martin who
finished in 22nd Other Oregon finishers were
Rosa Gutierrez in 58th, Claudette Groenendaal in
67th, and Ranza Clark in 88th
"Leann ran a terriffic race,” said Oregon
coach Tom Heinonen. "The race broke perfectly
tor her because the lead pack stayed together
through the first two miles Springs broke that
group with 'V* of a mile to go and got away ”
The lead pack was timed in 5:00 flat for the
first miles The pack broke up some but the leaders
remained bunched together for throughout the rest
of the race
Warren was the lone Duck in the lead pack but
close behind were Forbes, Hayes and Martin
"Eryn ran the best cross country race since
she made the international team in 1975,” Hein
onen said. ‘ She hung in there through a really fast
first mile (5:10).”
The second-place showing by the Ducks
equalled Oregon's previous best performance
when they finished second in nationals in 1978
Warren's second-place is the highest finish ever for
an Oregon woman
McChesney, however, was not as fortunate
as the women
He went out with the leaders in a blazing 2:01
for the first half mile but experienced stomach
cramps and faded in the last half of the race
In the team competition, Stanford finished
third behind Virginia and Oregon with 105 points,
followed by Michigan State (122) and North Ca
rolina State (123).
The University of Texas at El Paso, led by
Matthews Motshwarateu, first, Michael Musyocki,
second and Gabriel Kamau. third, easily won the
team title with 17 points—an NCAA all-time best.
Providence finished in second with 109
points, Arkansas wound up third with 175 and
Wisconsin took fourth with 179 points.
Cubans drop cagers 78-73
By MIKE RIPLINGER
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It will go down in the scorebook
as a loss, but the Oregon
Women's Basketball team was a
victory of sorts for the Ducks
Oregon played well enough to
beat the Cubans, who are ranked
third in the world, but their last
minute rally fell just short The
Ducks came back from a 76-67
deficit to 76-73 with only 42
seconds left in the game But
Oregon couldn't force a Cuban
error and ended up committing
one of their own. allowing the
Cubans to make a lay-in for the
final score
"We could and should have
won tonight," said Oregon coach
Elwin Heiny "but for the first
game of the season, I am very
happy with the way we played It
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Cuba just completed their
American tour with a 4-4 record
They played up and down
throughout the tour, and against
the Ducks they were mediocre
But Oregon played well, even
in defeat
After coming off two lackluster
intrasquad games, the Ducks did
surprisingly well They stayed with
the Cubans the entire first half,
down only 43-41 at the end of the
half
Foul trouble to center Alison
Lang deprived Oregon of 70-59
lead, before the Ducks whittled it
down at the end with good play at
both ends of the court
Bev Smith played outstanding
for the Ducks, with a game-high
30 points With Lang on the
bench, Smith stopped the Cubans
from blowing out the Ducks com
pletely in the second half
Smith, who has played the
Cubans five times while on the
Canadian national team, felt good
about the Ducks effort
"It was a real thrill to play that
well against them ” Beside the
one time she beat them "this was
the best Ive ever done against
them They just wanted to get out
with a win, but they didn't expect
us to be so tough "
Heiny was also excited with the
Duck's performance
"We showed ourselves we can
play with the top teams like the
Cubans We had too much re
spect for them at the beginning,
but we realized they weren't
superhuman and ended up play
ing very well "
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