Women harriers should flex muscles in '83
By Todd Fletcher
Of (he EnwriM
Senior Lisa Martin set a
5,000-meter course record of
16:57.7, and the Oregon women's
cross country team captured six of
the top 10 spots in the Carrie
Franklin Memorial Classic at Lane
Community College Saturday. The
non-scoring meet was Oregon's
first of the season.
The Australian native bettered
last year's course record 17:02.5
set by Oregon junior Rosa
Gutierrez.
Capitalizing on a good summer
of training, including several road
races and 75 to 80 miles a week,
Martin kicked away from Kathy
Hayes in the last 400 meters."
Hayes clocked in with a time of
16:55.3.
"The front runners (Martin,
Hayes) did fine," said Oregon
coach Tom Heinonen. "Kathy set
the pace and Lisa went for it at the
end They both looked tough and
are going to beat a lot of people
this year."
Hemonen also was pleased with
the performance of sophomore
Kim Roth, who placed third
among Oregon women, fourth
overall in 17:31.6. Claudette
Croenendaal was the fourth Duck
across the finish line in 18:16.4
Freshmen rounded out the
Ducks' top seven. Deanna
Schiedler of Mount Angel placed
seventh, Lisa Johnson "surprised"
Heinonen with her ninth place
finish and highly touted Kim Ryan
placed 13th.
Saturday's meet gave Oregon
cross country foes a good preview
of what to expect from a team that
finished third at last year's NCAA
meet and enters this season rank
ed third nationally behind Stan
ford and Virginia.
According to Fleinonen, the
Ducks must stay healthy to im
prove on last year's third place
finish. And right now the medical
report is not all that good.
Gutierrez, who placed 12th in
the NCAA 10,000 at Houston last
June, did not run Saturday
because of leg problems. Ranza
Clark was also a spectator.
But the biggest injury is to
senior Leann Warren. Warren
missed last year's cross country
and track seasons after knee
surgery and went under the knife
for similar surgery earlier this
month.
Both Heinonen and Warren
have doubts about her status this
season.
"I don't want to push it too hard
and blow it (her chances in the
1984 Olympics)." said Warren. "If
I run at all, it will be much later in
the season. Right now I'm not
even running."
"Without Leann we are a solid
team; with Leann we are an
awesome team," said Heinonen.
With or without Warren,
Oregon will still field a strong
team, as witnesed by Saturday's
Skins sneak
past Seattle
in Kingdome
SEATTLE (AP) — Joe Theismann
fired three touchdown passes, in
cluding bombs of 64 yards to
Charlie Brown and 47 to Alvin Gar
rett in the second quarter, as
defending Super Bowl champion
Washington scored a 27-17 Na
tional Football League victory Sun
day over the Seattle Seahawks.
It was Washington's ninth con
secutive road win in its first-ever
Kingdome appearance.
Theismann's other TD was a
4-yarder to Rick Walker with 5:07
to go. Theismann, receiving ex
cellent protection from his offen
sive line, completed nine of 16
passes for 162 yards. He was not
intercepted and also was not
sacked.
meet.
The Ducks return five of seven
runners who ran at the 1982
NCAA, and Heinonen recruited a
talented freshmen class,
Hayes holds the collegiate
record for 3,000 meters (8:50.79)
and finished second in the 5,000 in
June's NCAA track championships
after leading most of the way.
Coming off a fourth in the
NCAA 5,000, Martin won several
10,000 meter races over the sum
mer and admits she is in the best
shape ever.
Roth had an excellent freshman
season, placing 41st at cross coun
try nationals. She was the fifth
freshman finisher.
"I'm a lot stronger this year and
I'm more knowledgeable about
racing." she said.
The sophomore is penciled in as
Oregons's number three runner.
Besides Hayes, Martin and Roth,
Heinonen has high hopes for
Ryan, who he feels is handling the
change from high school to col
lege competition as well as any
freshmen he has coached. Ryan
turned down top-ranked Virginia
to run for Oregon.
The New Yorker had the na
tion's top high school 3,000 meter
time (9:39.82) during the indoor
season.
Two other freshmen, Schiedler
and Johnson, have Heinonen
optimistic.
"It's great having them stepping
in right away and contributing.
They have both been pleasant sur
prises," he said.
Heinonen was also counting on
freshmen Patty Ley of Gig Harbor,
Wash., to help right away, but she
will be sidelined until track season
with a foot injury.
Heinonen agrees with pre
season polls ranking Stanford and
Virginia ahead of Oregon.
"Stanford has five national class
runners but they are really
shallow after that," said
Heinonen.
Virginia features 1982 champ
Lesley Welch and the best
freshman class in the country,
Heinonen said. He also points to
Wisconsin and North Carolina
State as challengers for the top
spot.
Oregon tests the best early on
when they face Virginia Oct. 8 in
Bethlehem, Pa. The Lehigh
University course also will be the
site of the NCAA Championship
Nov. 21.
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