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Oregon junior javelin specialist Brian Crouser thinks it will take a heave of at least 295 feet to
win the NCAA javelin title this Saturday.
Following an injury-filled year,
Crouser is back in spotlight
• iic iyo4 season nas Deen
the year of the runner for
Oregon's men s track team,
and it is not difficult to figure
out why.
Joaguim Cruz has run the
world's fastest 800 meters
(1:45.12) and the swiftest col
legiate 1.500 (3:37 72): Jim Hill
has made a biumphant return
from a redshirt season by win
ning a Pac-10 5,000 title; and
Dub Myers, Matt McGuirk, Don
Ward and LaMar Hurd have
had their moments as well.
Forgotten in this track
hysteria is a javelin thrower
who won an NCAA crown as a
freshman, defeated world
record holder Tom Petranoff at
the 1982 National Sports
Festival, and was ranked third
in the country by Track and
Field News that same year
following a 282-11 mark.
It has not been a publicity
filled year for Oregon junior
Brian Crouser. After undergo
ing elbow surgery a year ago.
he has tried to limit his throw
ing somewhat. The result has
been a sub-par year — for him
— with a best of - only" 278-5
against Washington State.
The press isn't coming
around like before," says
Crouser. “That’s because I’ve
been throwing 270, which isn’t
that great. It's that type of
thing — 270 is OK. but it’s
nothing unbelievable."
Crouser believes he has the
unbelievable in him. He thinks
throws of 290, 300 feet will
By Doug Levy
come soon. But he points out
that there is a reason for his
270s.
A year ago, the native of
Gresham threw 280-6 in an ear
ly dual meet against University
of Washington, then faced
back and elbow problems. He
missed much of last season,
but couldn’t redshirt.
That touched off a little fric
tion between Crouser and
Oregon coach Bill Dellinger.
Crouser told Dellinger that he
didn't want to be overworked
with the 1984 Olympic Games
on the way. Dellinger respond
ed in kind, and Crouser has
taken less javelin throws this
year, though he has messed
around with the discus in the
meantime.
“He (Dellinger) just had to
realize that this dual-meet
season wasn't that important
for me, says Crouser. I need
more concentration on the
Trials. Last year, I threw 280 in
the snow, and in turn that
wrecks my back and my goal
(of winning fourstraight NCAA
javelin titles, which has never
been done)/'
So Crousers marks have
not been especially promi
nent. But there are signs that
he is ready to pop a big one.
Two weeks ago, he threw 272-7
in Pullman, Wash., to win a
Pac-10 title. Last Thursday, he
uncorked a winning 272-8 at
the Oregon State Twilight
Meet in Corvallis.
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