Duck runners feast back East
By Todd Fletcher
Of the Emerald
Competing against some Eastern heavyweights,
the Oregon women's cross country team cruised to
an unexpectedly easy victory in the Paul Short
Memorial Run Saturday in Bethlehem, Pa.
The Ducks scored 55 points, Florida grabbed se
cond place with 85 and Penn State was third in 105.
Second-ranked Virginia dipped to a fourth-place
finish with 110.
Kathy Hayes led the way for the Ducks, running a
16:41.2 enroute to a 5,000-meter course record at
LeHigh University.
Hayes, who so far this season has been running
in the shadow of a finely-tuned Lisa Martin, blew
away a pack of eight runners in the last mile and one
half to record her first win of the season.
"I'm finally getting in shape," said Hayes. "The
win really helped my confidence."
"Kathy was a whole lot better than two weeks
ago. She looked good," said a pleased Oregon coach
Tom Heinonen.
Martin was the next Oregon runner to come in
after Hayes, finishing a somewhat disappointing
eighth. Sophomore Kim Roth was right behind her,
running a 17:27.7 for ninth.
"I was really happy with my time. It was a great
experience to run against top caliber runners," said
Roth.
Oregon freshmen again made a strong showing
with Deanna Scheidler of Mt. Angel finishing 18th in
17:59.1, Kim Ryan clocking 18:16.0 for 24th place and
Lisa Johnson of Aloha running 18:24.2 to finish 27th
in a field of 112.
"It was a good experience for the freshmen. They
know now they can go out and run a hard race
against some good competition and finish," said
Heinonen.
"We thought we could win it and everything fell
together for us," said Roth, who turned in her best
time of the young season.
Oregon's chances for a win at the Memorial
multiplied when fourth-ranked North Carolina State
withdrew from the race on Wednesday. The
Wolfpack features Betty Jo Springs, who captured
the 1981 national cross country title.
Despite Oregon's win over Eastern powers,
Heinonen still wasn't completely satisfied.
"I was pleased with five of our seven times, but
we need better runs from Lisa and Claudette
(Groenendaal)," he said. "Our split from our first to
our fifth runner is still way too big. We have a lot of
things we can do to improve our performance."
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Harriers nudge
Beavers behind
Hill, Blackmore
The Oregon men’s cross coun
try team, capitalizing on a first
place finish by All-American Jim
Hill and four other runners bun
ched in the top six, defeated
Oregon State 19-59 in the Oregon
Invitational at Blue River's Tokatee
Golf Club Saturday.
Hill won the race easily with a
29:53.3 clocking on the 10,000
meter course. Oregon State's Gid
Rysdam was second in 30:18.5,
and four Ducks were behind him.
Mike Blackmore was a strong
third in 30:23.2. He was second for
a while before being outkicked by
Rysdam. Three other Ducks were
within 18 seconds of Blackmore.
University of Portland transfer
Chris Hamilton was fourth in
30:33.6, Harold Kuphaldt fifth in
30:39.9, and Dan Nelson sixth in
3:41.6.
Rysdam was the lone bright spot
for the Beavers. After OSU in the
team scoring came Clackamas
Community College with 69 and
Athletes in Action with 96.
Oregon ran the race without
John Zishka, bothered by a heel
injury, and Vance Blow.
With the Pac-10 conference
meet Oct. 31 at Stanford looming
closer, Oregon has a logjam of
runners trying to crack into top
seven position.
Coach Bill Dellinger has said he
will take his top seven to the con
ference meet and redshirt the
others. No runners have jumped
into the redshirt wagon, leaving
Dellinger with a tough decision
on who to redshirt and who to
run.
Next up for the Ducks is the
Oregon Track Club Invitational
Oct. 16 in Creswell. Then it's
Pac-10 time, followed by the
NCAA District 8 Championships
Nov. 12 at Lane Community Col
lege and the NCAA Champion
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