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National t OK winner looks toward '88 Olympics
By Capi Lynn
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Dirk l^keman. a 27-year-old
graduate student in the physical
education department, took a
giant step toward realizing his
ultimate goal of making the
1988 Olympic track team — he
recently won the U.S. national
championship in the Penofin
1()K race in Ukiah, Calif.
lakeman placed third overall
in the national/international
race, but was the first American
finisher.
Canada's Paul McCloy won
the overall title, while Gerardo
Alcala of Mexico finished
second.
lakeman edged out fellow
American Bruce Bickford, who
was ranked first in the world in
the H)k last year, by two tenths
of a second.
He described the victory over
Bickford as "quite an
accomplishment."
The race featured runners
from across the country and the
world. Canada. Croat Britain.
Kenya and Mexico were just a
few of the countries
represented.
‘‘I just wanted to go in and
beat my previous best (2H:T>5 set
two years ago in the Precomfort
Series)." Lakeman said. "1 end
ed up just feeling great the
whole time. . In fact, feeling
like I was holding back a little
bit.”
Lakeman did just what he had
set out to do. surpassing his per
sonal best by more titan one
minute (he clocked 27:4H).
Although he mav have felt
that he (and the other runners)
held back, the press conference
following the race revealed dif
ferent feelings from Bickford.
"! brought up the point that I
thought everyone was sort of
holding back and that I was
waiting for someone to make a
big surge.” Lakeman said
“And Bickford said, 'I didn't
feel that way at ail I felt like we
were going full out the whole
way.' *'
"Then I thought maybe I
was keying on how I felt and
that with a little more con
fidence I could have taken off
earlier and maybe won
(overall)," Lakeman said
At the beginning of the rat e, a
big pack stuck together l*»fore
10 runners broke off at around
the two-mile mark, according to
l^akeman.
The finish turned out to a
thriller with McGloy, Alcala.
Hu.Morel ami bakeman running
abreast with a little loss than a
quarter mile to go and a
90-degree turn to the right just
ahead.
“I thought if I could get to
that corner first I would have a
shot at placing high.” Lakeman
recollected. "Hut I didn't think
I could win; I thought they
would just blow by me."
Maybe laikeman did not win
the overall title, but the pack
definitely did not blow by him
From the outside. Lakeman
did reach that corner first,
although McCloy was right at
his shoulder with about 100
meters to go.
"I tried to react (to McCloy's
move), and 1 ended up staying
with him — sort of surprising
myself." Lakaman said. “But
Dirk Lakeman
with about 30 meters to go my
log* iust sort of gave out and he
surged ahead.”
I^keman's showing in the
Fenofin race not only won him
the national championship title,
but some prize money as well.
Me was awarded $4,000 in
cash — $2,500 for finishing
third overall. $1,000 for being
the first American finisher and
$500 for recording a time under
28 minutes.
All kinds of cash incentives
were offered because the
organizers of the race really
wanted a world record to la; set,
laikeman said.
Lakeman was more than hap
py with his showing, but it
nonetheless came as a surprise
to him.
' I really didn't do anything
different.*’ Lakeman said.
"Two to three weeks before the
race! upped my mileage to 90 (a
week), where I usually run in
the 70s — that's why it was a
surprise."
Although recruited to
Oregon. Lakeman, a graduate of
South Eugene High School,
opted for the University of
Arizona where he competed for
five years on both the cross
country and track teams.
Lakeman enjoyed much suc
cess while at Arizona. He
qualified for the nationals as a
freshman, was an All-America
cross country runner as a
sophomore and finished third
in the Pacific-10 Conference in
the 1.500-meter race as a junior.
Since his competitive days
with the Wildcats. Lakeman has
been somewhat idle as far as
traveling to races is concerned
— partly because he hasn't been
with a shoe company
in August, though. I^keman
signed a shoe contract with
Keebok and has competed
under their support since.
“They've (Reebok) really
treated me well and flown me to
whatever race I go to,’’
lakeman said.
I.akeman's coach, Mike
Manley, has played an impor
tant role in his success as well.
Manley stresses moderation,
rather than coaching to over
train. lakeman said.
His family and friends have
also boon extremely supportive
throughout his career.
"1 look at them as sort of a
foundation of my sue
cess. . .They're always there."
Lakeman said.
Bui probably the single most
important thing that has capped
it off for takeman has been his
association with Reebok.
"My confidence has increas
ed. and the reason why it occur
red was signing with Reebok."
Lakeman said. "To have a shoe
company believe that I'm good
enough for them to support me
is great. "
Coach Manley, who operates
a 'fitness consulting firm in
Eugene, agrees that lakeman's
confidence has been a definite
boost to his performance.
"He’s just starting to think
again like he did in high school
(where he was an excellent run
ner with some of the best times
in the country). . .that he can
beat the top guys," Manley
said.
"Lakeman has one whole lot
of potential and we’re just star
ting to see it come to the
forefront.” he said. "He's
Olympic-caliber — He's runn
ing really well, and we’re work
ing with him to try to help him
make the 1988 Olympic team."
lakeman himself is confident
of his chances to earn a trip to
the Olympics.
After winning the national
U)k. I think it's (making the
Olympic team) a possibility.”
Lakeman said. "As I run faster
it's becoming more and more of
a possibility."
If confidence is the key to suc
cess. Lakeman may very well be
on his way to realizing his goal
of competing in the 1988 Olym
pics in Seoul, Korea.
Ducks beat the worst, lose to the best in Pac-10
By Craig Harris
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After winning 10 of its Iasi 11
matches, the red-hot Oregon
volleyball team hail its fire
squelched Saturday night by
Pacific-10 Conference leader
UCLA
The Bruins, ranked sixth
(NCAA) und ninth (Tachikara
QK CVCA), used a balance at
tack to down the Ducks in four
games.
Wendy Fletcher led UCLA
with 15 kills, while three other
Bruins recorded double figures
in the kill department.
Oregon's one-two punch of
Teri Kramer and Michele
Krebsbach chalked up IHand 15
kills, respectively, hut it wasn't
enough as the Bruins
dominated in almost every
statistical category.
UCLA had 6H kills and a .272
hitting percentage compared to
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Oregon's 51 kills and a stagger
ing 057 hitting percentage. The
Bruins also recorded 20 blocks
to the Ducks' nine.
The Bruin defense keyed on
Kramer and krebsbach. causing
a great deal of problems for
Oregon.
“Both Teri and Michele had a
difficult time against UCLA,"
said Oregon coach Gerry
Gregory. “A lot of their kills
were dug or blocked."
Gregory said that the rest of
his team had quite a bit of trou
ble with its attack, but also gave
praise to the talented Bruins
‘‘The way they (UCLA)
played, they were better than
their ranking," Gregory said.
"We tried to get a middle and
right side attack, but all five at
tackers had a hard struggle to
find the answer to the puzzle on
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the other side of the court."
Oregon held leads in games
one and two, but the Bruins
jumped on a hot streak in both
games and came from behind to
win 15-9 and 15-7.
The Ducks went on their hot
streak in game three and then
held off UCLA to post a 15-12
win.
Oregon had the lead in the
beginning of game four before
UCLA went on another tear and
closed out the match. 15-9.
With the win. the Bruins
went two games ahead of
second-placed Stanford, while
running their record to 26-7 and
14-1 in the Pac-10.
Oregon's record dropped to
18-10 and 10-5 in the con
ference. The Ducks are tied with
Arizona State University for
third place.
On Friday night, the Ducks
got to do what every other team
does in the conference—kick
sand in USC’s face.
Oregon finished the match in
less than an hour, crushing the
cellar-d wellar Trojans in
straight sets.
It’s been a disappointing
season for the women of Troy.
l,ast year. USC ended the season
with a 26-9 record and finished
third in the national tourna
ment. beating none other than
UCLA.
This season, the Trojans have
been plagued with injuries, and
their record surely shows it.
USC is 2-24 overail and 0-15 in
the conference.
Still. Oregon took no pity on
USC, whitewashing them in
game one. 15-0.
‘‘We played as close to
perfect in game one as we
could. There were no mistakes
at all,” Gregory said. “We then
put it in cruise control and were
good enough to win the
match.”
Oregon fell behind 0-8 in the
second set before they woke up
to down USC] 15-13. In the third
game. Oregon squeaked out a
15-12 win to put the match
away.
The Ducks were led by the
‘‘Triple-K" attack of Krebsbach,
Kramer and l.auri Krejcha in the
victory. The three had a com
bined total of 36 kills, while
posting 13, 12 and 11 kills
respectively. It marked the
eighth time this year the three
have recorded double figures in
one match.
Oregon also got a boost from
freshman Stephanie Drier, as
she blocked five USC attacks.
Tori Kramer moved a few
steps closer in pursuit of All
American Sue Harbour’s single
season kill record with her per
formance over the weekend.
Kramer, who moved into the
number-one position in the na
tion for kill average last week,
had 30 kills to push her season
total to 587. The junior co
captain needs 101 more kills to
break Harbour’s 1983 record
The Ducks return to McAr
thur Court this weekend when
they host the University of
Washington Friday and
Washington State University
Saturday.