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Ducks grab second in Pac-10 By John Healy Of the Emerald True to form, the Oregon men's track team finished se cond behind expected winner Washington State Friday and Saturday in the Pacific 10 Con ference track and field cham pionships in Pullman, Wash. But while the team race followed the expected format — with the Cougars scoring 1571/) points — a number of Oregon's less-publicized athletes used the conference championships to successfully introduce themselves to the rest of Pac 10. "We performed up to — and beyond — my expectation,” said Oregon coach Bill Dellinger. "Everyone we had out there competed very well." Although the Ducks were ex pected to be challenged by Arizona, Arizona State, Califor nia and UCLA for the runner-up spot behind defending con ference champ Washington State, they ended up in a spirited battle with USC for second. Women's crew takes title race The Oregon women's Lightweight-8 crew finish ed first in the Pacific 10 Conference champion ships Sunday. The women, who beat USC for the conference ti tle, also finished third in the race for the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association title. Members of the team in clude coxswain Kristi Knif fen, stroke Gayle Johnson, and crew members Marge Kughn, Twila Johnson, An nie Donahue, Teresa Hukari, Shellie Downs, Celine Carvalho, and Becky Weeks. Oregon used its distance strength to turn back USC's sprinters, 98-94, but it was some second-stringers who gave the Ducks their cushion. As expected, Oregon got wins on Friday from Brian Crouser in the javelin (272-7, a new meet record) and Kory Tarpenning in the pole vault (17-4). Hammer thrower Ken Flax provided a mild upset with his win in the hammer (229-9, Oregon school record) over Stanford's Shaun Picknell. And on Saturday, Jim Hill won the 1,500 in 3:42.29, Joa quim Cruz won the 800 in a world-leading 1:45.12, Dub Myers finished second in the 800 in a personal record of 1:47.51, and Don Ward finished second in the 400 intermediate hurdles in 51.28. Unexpectedly, the Ducks got points from Bobby George and Frode Stormyr in the javelin, Kerry Porter in the pole vault, John Zishka in the 1,500, Chris Hamilton in the 5,000, and Todd Post in the high jump. George, who prepped at Plea sant Hill High School, has been hindered by injuries the last few years. But on Friday, he uncork ed a throw of 260-1 — almost 20 feet further than his previous best — to grab second. Then Stormyr — throwing for the first time in months becasue of an elbow injury — threw 254-9 for fourth. Porter, who had a previous best of 16-5, vaulted 17-03/4 to claim third and provide the Ducks with their third surprise performance Friday. On Saturday, Zishka stepped down from his usual race — the 5.000 — and ran the 1,500, finishing third behind Hill and the Cougars' Omar Ortega. Hamilton, who will run the 10.000 in the NCAA meet, came through with another third place finish. He clocked 13:50.5, a PR by six seconds, and beat the Cougars' vaunted Peter Joaquim Cruz Koech. Finally, Post tied for fifth in the high jump with a leap of 6-10%. “Everyone should be pleased with their performance," said Dellinger. “Our runners should gain a lot of confidence for the NCAA out of this." Cruz, picked to win the NCAA 800 and 1,500 by Track and Field News, and Hill, tabbed to win the 5,000, were especially im pressive Saturday. Cruz led the 800 from start to finish — something he almost always does — to win his second straight conference 800, and pronounced himself after the race in need of a little speed work before "I will-be running in the 1:44s." Hill, who won the Pac-10 1,500 .title in 1982 before redshirting last spring, used his new-found kick to blow by the pack on the final lap. "I knew I could kick the whole last lap and still have enough left to kick again the final 100 if anybody was still with me," said Hill. Oregon also got points from Brad Simpson in the 10,000 (sixth in 30:33.16), Mike Blackmore in the 5,000 (sixth in 14:00.5), and Harold Kuphaldt in the steeplechase (sixth in 8:56.90). SHOES NOW PRICE! A GREAT SELECTION OF FAMOUS BRAND SHOES NOW 50% OFF ORIGINAL PRICE! SBICCA, FAMOLARE, BASS, DEXTER, NICKELS, 9 WEST, CARESSA & MORE! 14.90 REG. 30.00-40.00-36.00-40.00 REG. 40.00-42.00-44. REG. 58.00 CAMPUS INTERMEDIATE MARKDOWNS HAVE BEEN TAKEN 19.90 28.90 pUO=; BOOKSTORE OVERNIGHT PHOTO PROCESSING color prints only In by 2:30 p.m. Out by noon Coupon expires 5/28/84 T-shirts, jogging short Coupon expires 5/28/84 K Coupon expires 5/28/84 | 13th & Kincaid If liM-F 7:30-5:30 SAT 10:00-3:00 BOOKSTORE Supplies 686-4331 ■to sportswear, shrtes. socks, sweatshirts.
