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Race Director Peter Thompson figures The Race 2 will have 4,000 entrants, and he hopes the NCAA
attraction will bring more.
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By Doug Levy
Of the Emerald
Most of the focus in Eugene
next week will be on track and
field. The NCAA Champion
ships are coming, and that
means some of the nation's
finest athletes will be in town.
It also means a packed
Hayward Field, busy
restaurants, no vacancy signs at
hotels, and a whole lot of out-of
towners.
True, the visitors will be here
to watch others run. But many
noi them love to run themselves,
"and that suits Peter Thompson
just fine.
Thompson, race director of
"The Race 2," outlined the af
fect visitors could have on his
)une 3 run at a press conference
across from City Hall
Wednesday.
"With the NCAA, we have a
lot of people coming into
town," he said. "We're an
ticipating several NCAA com
petitors running in our race,
and we're hoping some people
who came to watch track will
want to participate, too."
Thompson said 200 people
from out of state are registered
for the second annual 4.9-mile
run through downtown Eugene,
and he hopes that's the first
step toward building a national
caliber race.
"There's three steps to
building a run like this,"
Thompson said. "There's the in
itial impact, the community in
volvement, and then the par
ticipation from outside the com
munity. When you get people
from other states saying, 'hey,
look at this run,' that's when
you've got it. In five years, I can
realistically see us having 10,000
entrants."
The Race 2 seems well on its
way to that goal. Last year, with
Thompson, the Oregon Track
Club and Mayor Cus Keller sell
ing sponsors on the idea of a
major run through the streets of
Eugene, the inaugural run at
tracted 3,000 entrants. This year,
The Race 2 should have at least
4,000 entrants, Thompson said.
And why not? With sponsors
like Nike, the Eugene Hilton,
The Register-Guard, Sheppard
Motors and Frontier Airlines in
on the action, The Race 2 is a
prizewinner's paradise.
Anyone who runs start-to
finish through the 8-kilometer
course has a chance to win a
Renault Encore, or two round
trip tickets to Europe, or a $400
Raleigh Grand Prix bicycle,
or. . . well, you get the picture.
The Race 2 also has the advan
tage of being a record-setting
type of run. The course is fast
and flat, according to Thomp
son's demands, and that
translates to fast times. Last
year, Kevin Ryan won in 22:54,
the fastest 8K time ever by an
American, and he returns this
year. He'll be joined by Ron
Tabb, and Athletics West's
Cathy Twomey highlights a
strong women's field.
The emphasis is on fast, fast,
fast, and therein lies the pro
blem, Thompson said.
“We did so much," he said,
“with our first race last year that
people have become blase
about this year's race. They say,
'oh, you're giving away a car. Big
deal. What else is there?' "
Race 2 Notes — Those interested in
registering for (he race have until |une 2 to
pay their $10 fee. Completed entry forms
md( be picked up and dropped off at Nike
Eugene, Feets Plus and Sportstown, or run
ners can send forms to P.O Box 11037,
Eugene OR 97440. The race starts at 10 a.m.
For more information, call 343-7268.
Sports shorts
PORTLAND (AP) — II appears Akeem
"The Dream" Olajuwon, the sure-bet "fran
chise" in this year's professional basket
ball draft, is headed for the Houston
Rockets, leaving the Portland Trail Blazers
with a tough decision.
After losing the coin flip Wednesday
that would have given them the draft rights
to Olajuwon, disappointed Blazer officials
were touting Kentucky center Sam Bowie
as the top prospect but also had words of
praise for North Carolina guard Michael
Jordan
The Blazers believe a star center is the
Ingredient needed to make the team a con
tender for the NBA title. Olajuwon is con
sidered one of the best to come from the
college ranks in recent years.
General Manager Stuart Inman said
Portland probably would select the 7-1
Bowie, who came on strong at the end of
his injury-plagued college career.
"We're lucky to be in the draft and lose
the flip and come up with a player like
that," Inman said at a news conference.
But owner Larry Weinberg, who was in
New York for the coin flip, said a final deci
sion hadn't been made.
"Michael Jordan is going to be a
superstar in the NBA,” he said, adding that
the Blazers were "very interested” in
Bowie.
The Houston Rockets won the flip and
are expected to choose the 7-foot Ola
juwon, a hometown favorite who led the
Houston Cougars to the NCAA finals this
year.
Inman said Bowie is trying hard to build
himself physically.
“He's very much of a weight freak," In
man said. "We've heard he's one of the
strongest people in the weight program at
Kentucky
"He's a very intelligent, very
knowledgeable, very aware kind of
person.’’
Bowie's Kentucky team reached the
NCAA Final Four this year but was routed
by Georgetown, which went on to win the
title over Houston. Bowie's stock improv
ed in that loss, however, as he battled the
Hoyas while the other half of the Kentucky
"Twin Towers," 6-11 center Melvin Turpin,
languished on the bench for much of the
second half.
Cora Aguilar, a sophomore discus
thrower and shot putter from Spokane
(Wash.) Community College with bests of
162-0 and 47-3, has signed a letter of intent
with Oregon's women's track and field
team.
Aguilar, a former Washington state AA
discus champion, is Oregon's second
recruit. She joins Sharon Otterstedt of
Portland's Wilson High School, who
boasts a 55.1 400-meter time, the fastest in
Oregon prep history.
Carol Bot, who averaged 3.5 points and
3.0 rebounds for Oregon’s women’s
basketball team this season as a
freshman, has been selected to the Cana
dian National B Team.