Runners travel to Seattle
Oregon women s cross country
gets a final tuneup for its National
Collegiate Athletic Association
Region 8 Championship when it
travels to the Washington Invita
tional in Seattle Saturday.
Following an easy Oregon Track
Club Invitational win and a week
layoff, Oregon will get back in the
run of things against Oregon
State, California, University of
Washington and Washington
State.
Oregon coach Tom Heinonen
says the Ducks will approach the
meet the same way as their
previous outings: go out and get a
win.
“It's a fairly low-key meet," says
Heinonen, "but there is no way
we could have gone from Oct. 16
to Nov. 12 (Region 8) without run
ning a meet."
Marty Cooksey of the Oregon
Track Club is the only really big
name running in the 5,000-meter
race. Heinonen is hoping two top
Canadian runners will beef up the
competition.
As far as the team race, the In
vitational will be Oregon's first
meeting with California this year.
The Bears were ranked 14th in
Blazers to open
season against
Walton, Clippers
PORTLAND (AP) — Plenty of
familiar faces will be there Friday
night when Portland opens its Na
tional Basketball Association
season against San Diego, but
they'll look odd sitting on San
Diego's side.
San Diego's starting lineup will
include center James Donaldson
and forward Greg Kelser, both of
whom were with Seattle last
season, and guard Norm Nixon,
with Los Angeles last year.
Former Portland assistant coach
Jim Lynam starts his first year as
head coach for San Diego. On the
bench will be former Trail Blazers
Hank McDowell and Bill Walton.
Two other former Trail Blazers,
Bob Gross and Michael Harper,
were cut Thursday by the Clip
pers. And still another, Lionel
Hollins, hasn't signed a contract.
Walton will not play. To protect
his injury-prone feet, the Clippers
will not play him on consecutive
nights. They're saving him for
their home opener Saturday night
against Golden State.
Portland will start its 1982-83
playoff team, but San Diego decid
ed on an almost complete
reshuffle.
Only five of the 12 Clippers
played for San Diego last year, in
eluding 1982-83 Rookie of the Year
Terry Cummings and starting
guard Craig Hodges, also a rookie
last year.
By contrast, the only Portland
new faces are rookies Clyde Drex
ler, the 6-7 forward from Houston
and Tom Piotrowski, a 7-1 reserve
center from LaSalle.
Correction
The Emerald sports
magazine — Sidelines —
was in error Wednesday
when it reported that
Athletic Director Rick Bay
had announced that general
admission prices would be
sold at reserve seat prices.
Actually, all seats at Autzen
Stadium are reserved, and
the athletic department
sells tickets at general ad
mission prices only if a low
attendance is predicted.
pre-season polls.
Although Heinonen expects a
win, Oregon will be making the
trip without Lisa Martin and Lisa
Johnson. Martin has been ill all
week and Johnson will be sidelin
ed with a knee injury that has
hampered her running all season.
"Lisa (Martin) has been ill so we
are leaving her home to train,"
says Heinonen. "Right now she
needs more training than racing."
Heinonen will use the meet to
decide on seven runners for the
Region 8 meet at Lane Community
College. He says there are eight
people vying for the four spots
behind Kathy Hayes, Martin and
Kim Roth.
In addition to Johnson, the eight
include freshmen Kim Ryan and
Deanna Schielder, sophomore
Cretchen Nelson, freshman Birgit
Peterson, Claudette Croenendaal,
Sandi Leavitt and Brenda
Bushnell.
“The meet will give these peo
ple a chance to sort themselves
out for those top seven spots,"
says Heinonen. "It will be a
chance to see the progress they've
made in two weeks, because we
need to evaluate some people
again."
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