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Oregon receives good, bad news
By John Healy
Of the Emerald
First, the good news about
this week's NCAA track and
field championships. Track and
Field News, the prestigious na
tional publication, has narrow
ed the 21-point gap between
pre-meet favorite Washington
State and Oregon to 10 points.
Now, the bad news. Oregon's
Lamar Flurd won't be entered in
the 110-meter high hurdles this
week, and that means three less
points for the Ducks if you go
by Track and Field News' form
chart, which picks Flurd to
finish 10th.
That reduction in points
theoretically drops Oregon into
a tie for the runner-up spot with
Southern Methodist, each with
87 points.
Hurd, a senior known more
for his triple jumping abilities
before this spring, injured a
hamstring muscle earlier this
month and missed the Pacific 10
Conference championships in
Pullman, Wash., two weeks ago.
It was hoped that Hurd's leg
would heal in time for the
NCAA meet, but Tuesday after
noon Hurd tried a light workout
at Hayward Field and decided
his hamstring wasn't up to the
rigors of the NCAA meet.
But Oregon may not miss
Hurd as much as expected,
since there are a number of
Ducks who have been in the
background much of this year —
yet could bank points for
Oregon.
Probably the surest bet is
sophomore Matt McGuirk, who
has the seventh fastest time
among collegians in the country
this year in the steeplechase. It's
doubtful that McGuirk is in the
same class as pre-meet favorite
Julius Korir of Washington State
or Cougar teammate Richard
Tuwei, or Weber State's Farley
Gerber. But on the other hand,
McGuirk (8:36.63) has a faster
time than Iona's Kieran Stack by
three seconds, and Stack is pick
ed by Track and Field News to
finish ninth.
Another potential
breakthrough could come from
junior John Zishka, who has
been plagued during much of
his two years at Oregon by a
bone spur in his foot. A transfer
from Penn State after his
freshman year, Zishka ran a
13:47.43 in the Oregon Twilight
last summer and then this spr
ing clocked a 13:51.8 at the
Oregon Pepsi Relays. If Zishka
can run anywhere near his PR,
he could finish in the top nine,
instead of 12th, as Track and
Field News has predicted.
Oregon might also get an
unexpected boost from a pair of
javelin throwers who suddenly
vaulted into the limelight at the
Pac-10 meet with lifetime PRs.
junior Bobby George finished
third at the conference meet
with a heave of 260-1, while
senior Frode Stormyr took
fourth with a throw of 254-9.
NCAA first-event winners
An unheralded entrant from a tiny Virginia school won
the men's decathlon, while the daughter of an ex-Oregon na
tional hurdling champion won the women's heptathlon,
highlighting the second day of the NCAA track and field
championships at Hayward Field Tuesday.
Robert Muzzio, a sophomore from tiny George Mason
University, surprised a field of eight decathletes by winning
with an NCAA meet and collegiate record 8,227 points. Muz
zio was in the top four in all ten events and won two — the
shot put and the discus.
In the heptathlon, the winner was freshman Sheila Tarr of
University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Tarr is the daughter of jerry
Tarr, a former Oregon hurdler who won an NCAA champion
ship in 1962.
The team standings after one event: Men — George
Mason 15, Southern Illinois 12, Southern California 10,
Wyoming 9, Idaho 8, Florida State 7, Washington State 6, West
Texas State 5. Women — Nevada-Las Vegas 15, Tennessee 12,
Maryland and Indiana 10, Southern California 9, Nebraska 7,
Alabama 5, Murray State 3, Oklahoma 2, Wisconsin 1.
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Groenendaal, Clark to attempt
NCAA middle-distance doubles
By Steve Turcotte
Of the Emerald
The Oregon women's track team may not
have enough ammunition to win this year's NCAA
track and field championships at Hayward Field,
but the Ducks have a surprise ready anyway.
Oregon was expected to generate a lot of its
points from its middle-distance runners,
Claudette Croenendaal and Ranza Clark. Clark
was doped for points in the 800 and 1,500 meters,
while Croenendaal was a top-five pick in the 800.
The surprise is that Groenendaal will now run
both the 800 and 1,500, says Oregon coach Tom
Heinonen.
Clark's is an expected double, but it took a
last-minute decision for Croenendaal to enter
both events. An Olympic Trials qualifying 4:15.86
in the 1,500 at the Oregon State Twilight Meet last
Thursday was enough to convince her to go for
the double.
"We talked about the pros and cons of doubl
ing and she still decided she wanted to do it,"
says Heinonen. "It will be good preparation for
her for the Olympic Trials."
Oregon, which has just nine entrants in this
week's meet, will make a lot of noise in the
distance events. The Ducks have eight people
entered in races from 800 through 10,000, with the
ninth qualifier being 100-meter hurdler Kay
Garnett.
Croenendaal's presence in the 1,500 means
the Ducks will probably get more than the 44
points predicted for them. And if two more
athletes double, there could be additional points
coming.
Heinonen has entered both Kathy Hayes and
Eryn Forbes in the 5,000 and 10,000. Yet while both
will run the 10,000 tonight, they are not expected
to run the 5,000 Thursday.
"There is little chance they will run (in the
5,000)," Heinonen says. "We entered them in the
5,000 kind of as a safety valve in case something
should go wrong for them in the 10,000."
The team-favorite tag belongs to a couple of
schools — Florida State and Tennessee. Stanford
could also contend for the team title, but will have
to receive excellent double performances from its
distance runners. Things could be close enough
that the last event — the 200 — determines a team
champ. The sprint-oriented Seminoles are
favored to go 1-2 in that event, but Tennessee also
has an entrant in Mary Bolden.
Other events to watch for Oregon fans in
clude the 3,000, where Heinonen has entered
three rookies — Brenda Bushnell, Deanna
Schiedler and Birgit Petersen.
Garnett, who ran in last year's NCAA meet
and has a best of 13.78, will need a near miracle to
score in the 100 hurdles. "It'll take a PR from her
just to make the finals," Heinonen says.
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