Hill, men run to top;
women number two
By Marcus Prater
0< the Emerald
The Oregon men's cross
country team, propelled by Jim
Hill's unexpected victory,
pushed past favorite UCLA to
capture the team title at the
District 8 championship meet
Saturday in Fresno, Calif
The women couldn't get past
Stanford, but their runner-up
finish secured a spot in the
NCAA championships next
Saturday in Bloomington, Ind
Although the Cardinals out
scored the Ducks 33-55 overall,
Oregon's finish was enough to
capture the first-ever NorPac
title, since Stanford is not a
conference member
The men's total of 53 points
just edged the Bruins' total of
58 The victory gives Oregon the
Pac-10 crown along with a trip
to Indiana Saturday
The men were expected to
finish in the top three, but
Washington State's Peter
Koech was supposedly un
beatable for the individual
crown However, Hill started to
pull away from the field at the
2'/j-mile mark, and no one kept
pace
"I thought Koech was the one
to beat. I started to pull away
and no one went with me," Hill
said "I thought it was going to
be the other way around — with
me chasing Koech "
Hill finished in 28:50, 35
seconds faster than runner-up
Tom Downs of Cal, 39 seconds
better than the old record of
29:29 set by Washington State's
Henry Rono in 1978, and 76
seconds quicker than
11th-place finisher Koech
The junior got good support
from fourth-place finisher John
Zishka, while Greg Irwin fin
ished ninth, Vance Blow 18th
and Harold Kuphaldt 21st to
round out the Ducks scoring
"I'm really pleased with the
way the team did." Hill said
"Going in, we thought we could
win it We went in with a winning
attitude and I think we have a
very good chance to do very
good at nationals ”
The Stanford women placed
four runners in the top 10 in
cluding winner Ceci Hopp, who
broke her old course record by
finishing in 16:03, and second
place finisher Kim Schnurpfeil
"Stanford wasn't at full
strength,” Oregon coach Tom
Heinonen said of the Cardinal
"They were running without one
of their big three Alison Wiley
didn't run, and they took a
chance by running Patty Sue
Plumer, who hasn't run since
September They might not be
at full strength, but they're
strong."
Oregon ace Kathy Hayes ran
to a fourth-place finish despite a
nagging injury in her left foot
and limited pre-race training
"She ran a terrific race,"
Heinonen said of the soph
omore, "We expect Kathy,
with nine days of training, will be
even more competitive at
nationals "
However, Hayes didn't get
through the 5,000-meter race
without discomfort
"She had extreme muscle
soreness after the race She
went from the bike and pool,
where she had been training, to
running again and her foot was
not used to that,” Heinonen
said
Heinonen was especially
pleased with Kim Roth's
seventh place finish and called
the freshman "unflappable "
Heinonen said one outstand
ing factor that worked against
the Ducks was Rosa Gutierrez
getting tripped about a mile into
the race
"She got up and sprinted to
catch up, but that is one pro
blem I hope we won't have at
nationals," he said
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