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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.
"I figure six teams have a chance for
the third spot The last thing we want to
do is be surprised and be on the outside
looking in. There are no absolutes in
cross country," Heinonen said
Heinonen said the top runners for the
individual crown are Washington’s
Regina Joyce, Stanford’s Ceci Hopp,
Alison Wiley, Kim Schnurpfeil and
UCLA’s freshman Polly Plumer. Heinon
en’s darkhorse candidates are Oregon’s
Rosa Gutierrez, Forbes and Hayes, "who
would have been a solid threat,” without
the injury.
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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