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Sports_ Harriers gear up for district 8 meet Men healthy, women hurting, as Ducks head for Fresno By Marcus Prater Of the Emerald A healthy men's team and an ailing women's squad each decide their na tional cross country fates in the NCAA District 8 Championship Saturday in Fresno, Calif. Both teams must finish in the top three to earn the right to advance to the NCAA Championship in Bloomington, Ind., Nov. 22., but neither coach is worrying about having to cancel flight plans "I think UCLA is the favorite, but us and Washington State have a chance of winning It's not going to be a walkaway for anybody," men's coach Bill Dellinger said "Everybody is saying we re a shoo-in (to go to nationals)," said women's mentor Tom Heinonen, "But we ob viously have to prove ourselves The men will be running against 22 teams, including all of the Pac-10 Con ference and the Pacific Coast Athletic Association teams. However, Dellinger said the strongest competitors include UCLA, Arizona, Wa shington State, Oregon State, California and the Ducks. The Ducks are healthy, Dellinger said, and training is going well But he still doesn't know how much progress has been made since Oregon's 10-point vic tory over host team Washington State in the Northern Division championship Oct 29 Washington State's Peter Koech has been tabbed the favorite for the in dividual title, but he is expected to battle with teammate Richard Tuwei, who won last year's individual title, Cal’s Tom Downs and Oregon junior Jim Hill. Koech defeated Hill by 1 7 seconds in the Northern Division meet in Pullman, Wash Hill will have support from teammates Greg Irwin, John Zishka, Mike Black more and surprise standout Vance Blow The Ducks are trying to return to na tionals after being absent last year for the first time since they began participating in the annual event in 1963, and Dellinger doesn't want to be missing from this year's field The women have an enigma that has been all to familiar this season — health problems Kathy Hayes, Oregon's number one runner, is still nursing a ligament sprain in her left foot suffered during training The sophomore from Newberg might not even make the trip. Even if she does, it’s probable she won't run, Heinonen said Senior Eryn Forbes has been battling a bacterial infection and heavy cold and will not be at full strength for the 5,000-meter race Even with the health problems, Oregon and Stanford should battle, as they did last year, for the team crown. 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Mead& Shoulder CtwDttnna Volleyballers to end season with homestand It was a gloomy Chris Voelz who sat in the offices of the athletic department and pon dered the last two games of the season for the Oregon volleyball team Ten minutes earlier, the injury bugaboo had hit the Ducks again in the form of a sprained ankle to senior team leader An netta Ensworth Ensworth joins Barb Lutz, also suffering from a sprained ankle, on the disabled list as Oregon prepares to end its season with home matches against Idaho tonight and Oregon State Saturday Both matches start at 7:30 p m in McArthur Court “It's just a real depressing thing," said Voelz of Ensworth s injury. “I have a whole lot of respect for Annetta, not only as a player but for the great person she is She provided us with a lot of leadership this year “ The Ducks will face an Idaho team tonight that has won three games in the last week and sports a 17-8 season record "They're an up and down team, and that's because they're a young team,” said Voelz. “At full force I'd say we could beat them, and If we rise to the oc casion, we should still beat them ' Saturday, Oregon State comes to Eugene having al ready sewed up a berth in the NorPac Conference playoffs Voelz Is not in awe of the Beavers “The last time we played, there were two close games, and even though we lost in three games, it could've been anybody's match " Oregon must counter Oregon State s front line of Sandy Sex ton, Julie Steding and Julie Wil liams Williams had 13 kills in the last meeting To combat the loss of Ens worth. Voelz plans to insert Liz Eakin into the front line and use Sandi Adams in the backcourt With the season nearly over, Voelz said she plans to play everyone "It has been a growing sea son,' said Voelz “We're young and we had some sporadic play We re just going to play with pride and never give up until the season is over, and hopefully we can win these games. '' Friday, November 12,1982
