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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1982)
UV »\o+ Atf&r.ent t" Wet e# i%tsc peopi-c “Wv» m *fVic o»*nfrH. Continued from Page 6B |o train for the 1(JK4 Canadian Olympic team. But even that .rmist wait for this season to play itself out. Despite the recent losses to l'SC and UCLA, Smith’s most iurgent goal is to help the Ducks reach the NCAA playoffs in March This will be the final chance for Hciny to bring perhaps •the most potent weapon in women's collegiate basketball to bear for a team that will certainly miss her next season. “It’s hard to express in words what Bev has meant to me and the program. You |ust end up talking about the kind of person she is, and you say "I’ll take 12 of them. She will be hard to forget. She has done more than anyone for this program.” “I have really good thoughts about what could happen here after I’ve left,” Smith says. “Especially if the coaches are successful in recruiting the high school class that’s coming out of Oregon this year. “I think the kind of leadership that’s starting to emerge in people like Mary Ann Stoican and Alison Lang will keep Oregon in the running. I think they w ill have a problem if they worry about me not being there. “If they just go on, and if people in the media and the community don’t reflect on the past and look ahead to the future and see how strong a program we can have here, then I think we’ll be all right.” Yes, life without Bev at Oregon will go on. Oregon will continue to participate in women’s basketball next year, and with some help from recruiting, should be rather competitive again. But the saga of Bev Smith will have come to a close and the empty Mac Court stands will only ring with the memory of Smith's voice echoing encouragement to the team. “I would like people at Oregon to remember that I was a competitor,” she says. She doesn’t care if you think she’s really good enough to he all-world. She just wants to he known for giving it her all. Story by JEFF DICKERSON Photos by BOB BAKER and STEVE DYKES Cover photos by BOB BAKER RUN-AM - A new group is forming, join them on Mondays, Wednesdays starting February 8 at 7:15 am at the Esslinger main entrance on University Street Stretch out in the lobby then match up with others running your distance Lori will be there to help you open your eyes and get you started Open to all students, faculty and staff Choose your distance Start your day right FUN RUN - February 15 at 3:45 pm at the Intramural Track. This will be our 2nd annual Valentine Partner Run Teams are made up of a guy and gal running alternate laps Winner is the team covering the greatest distance in one hour. Century Club for beginner, intermediate and advanced joggers. Interested participants pick up regis tration form and set your own dis tance goal RIM will log and chart your progress Share A Course - Do you have a favorite run around town? If you do and would like to share it with others draw up a map and turn it in to the RIM ofice, we will post it for all to use Thanks. NEW EVENT - Footbag Tourney will be held February 7 from 1.00 pm-6:00 pm in Gerlinger Annex, B-54. Come and play or watch Over The Net Footbag, novice and advanced foot baggers welcome. Also see during the afternoon world record attempts at consecutive kicking, juggling, master sack makers, footbag collections and more FOR ALL THAT YOU DO THIS RIM NEWS RECREATION & IS FOR YOU INTRAMURALS Event Racquetbalt Mixed Doubles Footbag Tourney Inner Tube Race Free Throw Contest Billiards - 8 ball Fun Run Scotch Doubles - Bowling Badminton Tourney Sport Photography Contest COMING EVENTS Entry Deadline Event Date February 5 no entry, show up no entry, show up no entry show up no entry, show up no entry, show up February 19 February 19 March 5 ceb 6. 10 am Feb 7, 1 pm Feb 8, 4 30 pm-7 45 pm Feb 11,3 30-6 00 pm Feb 11.3:15 Feb 15. 3 45 Feb 20 Feb 20 Judging, March 9 Location Outdoor oourts Ger X B-54 Gerlinger Pool Ger X B-54 EMU IM Track EMU Lances Ger X B-54 Ger 103 - GET EXCITED AND DO THESE THINGS JUST FOR FUN Inner Tube Race - February 8 at Ger linger Pool A race will be run every 45 minutes starting at 4:30 pm and end ing at 7:45 pm. How fast can you make 2 lengths of the pool in a tube? Tubes are provided Drop in no formal entry needed Free Throw Contest - February 11 at Gerlinger Annex B-54, between 3:30 pm and 6:00 pm. Men and Women’s Divisions Best of 25 Show the varsity how it’s done. Budwelser presents Bits page as a service to students Interested In recreation and intramur als. Publication ol RIM Nows should not be Interpreted In any way an endorsement of the sponsor's product by the University of Oregon.
