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Duck women highlight Oregon Open
By Robert Collies
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For Kathy Hayes and Leann
Warren the opening of the 1985
Oregon women’s track season
on Saturday may have seemed
like an impossibility not so long
ago. However, both seniors
made their 1985 debuts in style
as they battled head-to-head in
the 3000 meters in the spotlight
event of the Oregon Open
Women’s Track and Field meet
at Hayward Field.
Not too long ago. both were
doubtful as to whether they
would make it to Hayward to
compete on Saturday. Hayes
was ill for a good part of the
week, but she decided to run
anyway Saturday morning.
‘.’1 had a cold all week, and I
was going back and forth on
whether to run or not,” Hayes
said of the race, which she used
as a warm-up for next week’s
World Cross Country Cham
’ pionships in Lisbon. Portugal.
.. Hayes' sickness didn't seem
to.bother her too much.as she
.stayed on Warren's heels for the
• first part of-the. race. Then the
senior from Newberg raced past
Warren to win the race.in a Na-'
tional Collegiate Athletic
Association qualifying-time of
9:12.22. Warren finished se
cond in 9:24.47, also qualifying
her for the NCAA's.
For Warren, the race was part
of a longer journey. Saturday's
meet was the first outdoor com
petition for her since 1982. The
three-time NCAA champion
(1,500 and 800 meters) has been
hampered by knee injuries that
have kept her out of competi
tion. She has made a comeback
as evidenced by her second
place finish in the 1,500 meters
at the NCAA Indoor Track and
Field Championships earlier in
March. After Saturday’s race,
everything appears to be falling
into place for Warren with the
1985 season on the horizon.
“I felt a little flat today, but it
is good to be back on the track,'"
Warren said.
Oregon coach .Tom Heinonen
was pleased with Hayes arid
Warren, as well as the other per
formances by the Ducks.
"Hayes and Warren both ran
well.-but our throwers were the .
ones' that got* us ’rolling,”
.Heinonen said. "Cathy Gran got -
things, -started" with. a’ .19 .foot
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Photo by Hank Trotter
The Ducks' Leann Warren (front) took the early lead over team
mate Kathy Hayes in the 3,000 meters, but Hayes rallied and
passed Warren with three laps to go to win the race.
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personal-record in the javelin,
and things just started falling
into place after that.”
Gran’s PR of 153-10 placed
her second behind Sally Har
mon, former national cham
pion, who won the event with a
toss of 170 feet and one inch.
Harmon is coming off a redshirt
year last season because of
elbow troubles. But Harmon's
winning effort showed she was
healthy for the upcoming
season. In the other throwing
events, Quenna Beasley was a
double-winner for the Ducks as
she won the shot put with a
heave of 49-8 and then added a
first place in the discus with a
toss of 169-9.
Beasley was one of only three
multiple-winners in the meet.
Cam Talton won the 100
(12.31) and 200-meters (24.94)
and ran a leg on the Ducks’ vic
torious 400-meter relay team
(46.80): Janell Thorsland was a
double-winner as she won the
long jump. (18-9) and the
"100-meter hurdles (14.65).
. * Shari.Collins, a redshirt from
a“;year. ago, won the high jump
.'with an'effort of 5-8, arid Sharoft
Johnson captured " the' triple
.. jump at 37'feet and'two inches.
- ‘Heinonen • said that . S.atur- !
■ day’s.meet 'was an attempt to
• 'qualify, 'as; many1 athletes as
•• possible for NCAA competition.
•Hayes'and-Warren, qualified-.in ;
the- 3000 ’ meters and* . Beasley. •
• qualified in the discus. Beasley
, had earlier- qualified for the
• _ NCAA .s.hotput-with a mark-'for
the - indoor' season. Harmon’s.
. mark- would have qualified for
. the NCAAs. however, she is not
currently/enrolled but will be
spring term. '
Birgit Petersen ran an. in
spired race in the 10,000
meters, but fell short of NCAA
ffcoto by Hank Trattar
Oregon ’s Quenna Beasley heaved the discus 169-9 to win the
event Saturday in the Oregon Open Women’s Track and Field
Meet Saturday at Hayward Field.
qualifying-mark with a personal
record of. 35:01.' The qualifying
mark • is • 34:30; but Petersen’s
run was a.gUtty one because she
ran with, little competition.
Defending NCAA 1,500 meter
champion Claudette Groerien
daal took command early and
led from wire-to-wire as she
won her specialty in 4:19.17.
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