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Club sport cyclist Kevin Klein (center) leads the pack in the recent 45-mile Wolf Creek Tour rate
along the Oregon coast range.
Club sport cycling offers
fellowship and a workout
By Randy Elliott
Of the Kmc raid
While cycling in this country
has not traditonally enjoyed the
same position of celebrity that it
has in Europe, the sport’s
popularity is increasing, say
local cycling enthusiasts.
Many take it up with a single
image in mind: a lean, sinewy
athlete atop a construction of
the most recently-developed
alloys, pedaling along the side
of the road, legs driving in
cessantly like the piston rods on
a civil war locomotive.
Hut riding alone can become
tedious, making it difficult to
maintain the required level of
motivation. Must discourage
ment inevitably follow? No.
The University Cycling Club
offers an alternative to those
cyclists who enjoy a little
fellowship in addition to a good
workout.
The 35-member club is open
to anyone interested in cycling,
from beginning to experienced
cyclists.
The phrase "club sport" car
ries with it connotations of an
intensely competitive at
mosphere, but that is not entire
ly accurate in this instance, says
Cycling Club president jackie
Mann.
“We do have some very good
cyclists in the club, such us ken
Allen, who has trained ut the
Olympic Training Facilities in
Colorado, and Doug Clark, win
ner of last year's Criterion
race,” Mann said. "But we also
have some triathletes and some
people interested in touring."
While Eugene and all its rain
might seem like a dubious
locale for outdoor sports to
thrive, the area does have its ad
vantages, Mann said.
"Eugene is an excellent place
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ASU claims bid
By The Associated Press
Everything's coming up roses for Arizona State University,
tite first college football team to gain a l>owl berth.
By clinching the Pacific-to Conference title Saturday with
a 40-0 romp over California, the fifth-ranked Sun Devils art!
set for the Rose Howl on New Year's Day against the Big Ten
champion.
"We have two goals this season - to win the Pac-10 cham
pionship and to win the national championship." said ASU's
quarterback Jeff Van Raaphorst. “We got one and got one to
go”
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