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when people call his team a
contingent of foreigners. And,
although he admits Brazil's
Cruz is a superb athlete, he
can’t resist a chance to take
shots at Oregon’s handling of
him.
“Cruz will win the 800 and
the 1,500, assuming his coach
(Luis de Oliveira) will let him
run both. And it's up to him.
Because everybody knows
who coaches Cruz — it’s ob
viously not Dellinger. I call
that rent-an-athlete. I may be
accused of having a lot of
foreigners, but at least I’m the
one who coaches them.”
Chaplin could go on forever,
but he comes back to the
point. “I see us getting 80-85
points, and the Ducks with
85-90. Cruz is just the outstan
ding athlete of the meet, but
the title may come down to the
5,000 (Hill against Korir, Koech
and Tuwei). If it does, Oregon
has a guy who’s fresh against
guys that have doubled.”
SMU
A year ago, the NCAA track
and field championships were
held in the heat and humidity
of Houston. That was bad
news for Washington State
University and the University
of Texas-EI Paso, two
distance-happy schools
favored to win the team crown.
Instead, both teams watch
ed their distance runners and
title chances fade under burn
ing sun. When that happened,
Southern Methodist Universi
ty, its throwers and relay run
ners unburdened by 90-degree
weather, turned from
darkhorse to champion.
SMU still has a lot of
throwers and a fine mile-relay
contingent coming into this
year's NCAA meet, but don't
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NCAA title.
SMU.
“We’d be delighted to finish
third at this point,” says SMU
coach Ted McLaughlin.
“Those teams on the coast
(WSU and Oregon) are very
strong, and if we were third
behind them, I’d be thrilled.”
McLaughlin realizes that a
repeat of last year is highly
unlikely; in 1983, SMU brought
16 athletes to Houston, and 15
of them scored.
But don’t start feeling sorry
for McLaughlin’s gang. The
Mustangs have shot putter
supreme Michael Carter, the
400-meter hurdles favorite in
Sven Nylander, three scoring
possibilities in the hammer,
sure points in the javelin, and
a top-five mile-relay team.
Carter ranks sixth on the
U.S. list in the shot put this
year, right behind meet
favorite John Brenner of
UCLA. And though Brenner is
the favorite, McLaughlin says,
“Michael is definitely ready.”
Carter should give the
Mustangs some points in the
discus as well.
Nylander, only a
sophomore, is picked by Track
and Field News to win the 400
hurdles, and the hammer has
SMU written all over it. Senior
Robert Weir is a top-three pick
in that event, and it would be a
surprise if Keith Bateson and
Anders Hoff didn’t score also.
Elsewhere, look for javelin
thrower Roald Bradstock to
threaten collegiate record
holder Einar Vilhjalmsson of
Texas (303-2) and 1982 NCAA
champ Brian Crouser of
Oregon; give the Mustangs
about eight points in the mile
relay; and figure Henry An
drade for several points in the
100 hurdles.
It all adds up to 70-85 points
for SMU, not enough to make
first-place noise.
Or, as McLaughlin says,
“Any time you’re in the top
five, you should be happy, and
if you win you’re ecstatic. But I
don’t see us winning.”
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