Women harriers defend title today
By Jesse Burkhardt
Of the Emerald
The Oregon women’s cross country
team prepares to defend their national
championship today at University Park,
Pa.
The Ducks go into the race on the roll
ing hills of the Penn State University
Golf Course as an underdog to the
University of Wisconsin and Stanford
University, last year’s runner-up to
Oregon for the NCAA title.
Oregon coach Tom Heinonen is happy
the Ducks aren’t favorites for the team ti
tle, because it takes a lot of pressure off
the team.
“Any coach would want that (listed as
favorites),” Heinonen says, “But we
wanted to win the regional champion
ship (Stanford beat Oregon 26-40)
because that goes into the books too.”
According to Heinonen, the team is
excited and looking forward to the op
portunity to defend their title despite the
setback at the Region 8 meet in Tucson,
Ariz.
16 teams are in the race, and four of
them, Stanford, Wisconsin, Oregon and
North Carolina State University are the
favorites. The Cardinal of Stanford is
considered the team to beat because they
have three strong runners in the likes of
Regina Jacobs, Alison Wiley and Ceci
Hopp.
Wisconsin, which finished fifth last
season in the NCAAs, has what is con
sidered the best one-two combination in
the meet in Cathy Branta and Katie
Ishmael. The Badgers beat the Ducks
earlier in the year at the Wisconsin
Burger King Classic.
Besides Oregon, North Carolina State,
a third-place team last year, is con
sidered a dark horse to win it all.
The Ducks have already lost to two of
these teams, Stanford and Wisconsin.
But experience will be on the Ducks’
side because they know what it will take
to beat the two favorites.
Oregon’s seven-member team is
basically the same one that competed at
the Region 8 Championship in Tucson
last Saturday. Kathy Hayes, Kim Roth,
Claudette Groenendaal, Leann Warren,
Gretchen Nelson, Lisa Johnson and Ran
za Clark.
The one significant change in the
lineup is Clark. She replaces Birgit
Petersen as the team’s No. 7 runner.
Birgit is solid and would be a scorer
on any other team in the country,”
Heinonen says. “But Ranza has the
chance to break into our top five scorers.
She could be our ace in the hole.”
And if Clark is the ace in the hole, then
Leann Warren is the wild card for the
Ducks’ hopes. Returning from serious
knee surgeries over the last two years,
Warren has been improving dramatically
each race she’s run.
"She just gets better and better. She’s
competing strongly and more confident
ly each time,” Heinonen says.
For four Ducks, this will be their last
race in an Oregon uniform.
“We’ve got four seniors on our squad.
That’s more than any other team in the
championship meet,” Heinonen says. "I
hope they realize what that means.”
For senior Kathy Hayes, the Duck’s
No. 1 runner and the No. 3 finisher in
last year’s NCAA Championship race,
it’s not only her last race as a Duck, but
also a chance to atone for her poor show
ing at the Region 8 race. She finished
tenth in Tucson, in a meet she termed
“pitiful.”
Whether or not the Ducks can defend
their national championship remains to
be seen. But regardless of the outcome in
Pennsylvania, Heinonen is emphatic in
his belief that the 1984 season will not be
a failure if the Ducks do not reclaim the
championship.
All you can ask in a championship
race is to race as well as you have all
season,” says Heinonen. “Cross country
is not like football where one team wins
and the other loses. We’re going to finish
the year as one of the top teams in the
country, and that can't be considered a
disappointment no matter what happens
on Monday.”
freshman wrestlers look impressive on the road
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Oregon wrestling coach Ron
Finley saw some impressive
performances at the Lumberjack
Open wrestling tournament in
Areata, Calif., Saturday, where
eight teams from various West
Coast schools were competing.
Finley, recently named
“Coach of the Year” by USA
Wrestling, the national govern
ing body of the sport, felt the
Duck wrestlers competed
strongly.
“We placed in seven of the
ten weight classes in the tourna
ment,” said Finley. “Am 1
satisfied with that? Very much
so.”
The showing by the freshman
group on the squad offers great
promise for the future of Oregon
wrestling.
“I’m really pleased with the
performance of the freshmen,”
said coach Finley. “That’s what
we’re really excited about right
now.”
Freshmen Ducks placing
were Roberto Pelayo, who took
third place in the 118-pound
weight class; Glenn Jarrett,
third in the 126-pound weight
class; Greg Kimura. second in
the 134; Mike Harter, second in
the 177 and Cal Thomason, who
took third in the 190-pound
weight class.
Senior Keith Beutler, seeing
his first action since redshirting
last season, won the 167-pound
title.
Besides the impressive show
ing at the Lumberjack open,
Oregon won a dual meet against
Humboldt State University and
Chico State University the night
before to go to 2-0 on the
season.
The Ducks’ next meet is
against Portland State Universi
ty on Nov. 30 at McArthur
Court.
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representative).
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general development program).
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third recruit
Oregon men's basketball
coach Don Monson signed a
third player to a letter of intent
for the 1985-86 basketball
season. 6-2 guard Kevin
Mouton signed with the Ducks.
Monson also earlier last week
signed 6-foot-10 Greg Senior
and 6-9 Ian Craig to early letters
of intent during the the fall
letter-of-intent signing period.
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