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☆ TUNE-UPS ☆ BRAKES ☆ FUEL INJECTION mase certified general mechanic PHONE 485-8226 1917 FRANKLIN CLOSE TO CAMPUS r 1 By Mike Riplinger Of th* Emerald The year started so well for freshman Shari Collins — a school record in the high jump in her first meet as a Duck, and a ranking of sixth in the United States by Track and Field News, the gospel of the sport. Pretty heady stuff for someone coming from a tiny town like Chiloquin in southern Oregon. And the season had barely begun. But that record-setting meet has come back to haunt Collins and will probably lead to her sitting out this season as a redshirt. Collins injured her shin as a chain reaction resulting from trying to jump 6-3 in the Portland Indoor, following her record setting jump of 6-1. Collins bruised her heel, and in an effort to compensate for it, she later began landing on her toe instead of her heel when she jumped. The pressure on her toes caused painful shinsplints. “It’s bad,” Collins says of redshirting “I guess it’s better that I do it because I keep hur ting my leg, but I sure wish I didn't have to.” “Her leg isn't getting any better,” says Mark Stream, assistant track coach. “It’s mak ing the problem even worse by her continuing, so the smart thing to do is redshirt her — unfortunately.” There’s no doubt it's unfortunate. Collins will have to undergo the formality of seeing a doctor, something she's been doing a lot of lately, to certify the injury, but as far as Stream is concerned “we’re redshirting her.” “I really just want to jump,” says Collins. “I hate sitting out because I feel like I'm letting everyone down.” Collins doesn’t have any choice on the red shirting, but the one thing she doesn’t have to worry about is letting down others. Coming out of Chiloquin, where Collins was the valedictorian in a graduating class of 24, Collins emerged as one of the top jumpers in the nation. She won the junior national cham pionship last year, and was third at the Pan American Junior Games in Venezuela during the summer. Not bad considering she faced no com petition as a high schooler, and would usually pass until the bar reached 5-3, by which time everyone else had defaulted out of the competition. "It was weird jumping against other peo ple,” says Collins of coming to Oregon. "I was always used to jumping by myself. Now, the bar starts at 5-6 and there’s still other people around. It used to be so easy," she says with a laugh. AMMOUMCEMEMT Sociology Department Deadlines for Teaching SEARCH Courses are APRIL 26 for Summer Session MAY 31 for Fall Term 1983 ,W jiilk_ IlIAIC 446 E. 13th • 342-8339 REMEMBER MAMA MAY 8th Mom, remember all ol the aggravation l used to cause you? I NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITE PROFESSOR FOR THE DISTINGUISHED TEACHING AWARD The Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching is presented annually. It is awarded to relatively young members of the faculty who have demonstrated exceptional ability to induce students to reason rather than memorize. There will be two awards this year, each accompanied by a gift of $1000. The selection ommittee for the 1983 recipients is now seeking nominations from students, faculty, staff and alumni, and invites your nomination. It must be in writing and should indicate the reasons for nomination along with your signature. If you wish, you may nominate two persons. Presentation of the 1983 awards will be made at the June Commencement Exeercises. Send nominations to; Joanne M. Carlson. Associate Provost, 103 Johnson Hall. Please send no later than April 29, 1983. I NOMINATE for one of the 1983 Ersted Awards. The reasons for this nomination are as follows: fwiof Address Phone Sports Jump splinters Collins’ season Photo by Bob Baker Painful shinsplints have turned Shari Collins' high hopes for a big freshman season into another mark on Oregon's redshirt list But the lack of “real competition” has made Collins "more than a little intimidated — I was scared to death going against the good jumpers. I still am, but it's not quite so bad anymore," Collins says. Stream, too, is worried about the inex perienced Collins being a little too reverent of her competition. Despite the fact she has already proven she is in the same class with the top jumpers, he doesn’t want her jumping until she is ready. Collins will have plenty of company on that redshirted list with Lean Warren, Eryn Forbes, Sally Harmon, and Grace Bakari already there. “It should be the year we expected this year to be," says Stream. “But that doesn’t necessarily help us now." Collins, too, is looking forward to next year. "I can't wait to jump. I wish so much that I had only an average or below-average indoor season and was now jumping 6-1 instead of before.” Students with current fee card *3 75 for 9 holes , •7“ for 18 holes/ V weekdays ^ LaurelwoodX Golf Course '! 2700 1^.*™ Columbia 087-532 Rent an Electric Typewriter. Rent now! Availability limited. At your Bookstore.
