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Three more Ducks pack their bags for Baton Rouge By Aaron Knox Of Ibf With their backs lo th»< wall, three morn member* of the Oregon men’s track team qualified for the NCAA Cham pionships Thursday night in a mini-meet conducted at Hayward Field. Sophomore lay Davis used his third and final attempt to clear 17-5V«. the NCAA-qualifying standard, while Mark Dunbar and |im Smith squeaked under at 1.500 meters in the last event of the meet, which was the final competition of the regular season. Davis appeared to clear the bar on his first try at the qualify ing height, but the bar bounced off the support after he had already landed in the pit, After missing badly on his second at tempt. Davis passed over the bar unscathed to earn a trip to this year's NCAA title meet, to be hold next week in Baton Rouge. !<a. "I really thought I had it on this first one. oven though I knew I had hit the bar." Davis said. "I pulled back on the last one. and when I saw the bar go under me I knew I had the space," he continuer!. Dunbar and Smith followed the quick lead of Arizona's Mark Oleson through the first three laps, then fell in behind Washington's Bruce Stirling as he kicked coming into the last curve. Stirling, who captured the Pac-10 championship at the Ducks get set for second season By Dan Goulet CM Itw timer aid For the second straight year, golf coach Scott krieger will take Oregon’s men's team to the NCAA championships .. hut just barely. Oregon's 1U87 season remain ed on the lip of a cup after finishing fourth in the Pacific 10 Conference championships until the NCAA selection com mittee tabbed the Ducks to travel to Columbus. Ohio, for the June 10 tournament. "1 think our district strength was the key factor in getting us invited." krieger said. "We played top quality teams all Correction The contacts for volunteer in formation for the Sjiecial Olym pics this weekend have been changed. Interested parties are now urged to call the volunteer refer ral center at 747-6632. Linda Sleutol at 747-5399 or Tony kliM.h at 747-3536. year and I believe our schedule whs the toughest in the country." krieger thinks the Ducks were fortunate to receive a Ixtrtli. but nonetheless deserving "I thought we would get in vited until I found out San lose State University was ranked ahead of us." he said "After that it was 50-50 between Ten nessee and us Fortunately, they took us." The Scarlet course at Ohio State University is long and tight with high roughs, krieger will emphasize club control off the tee as well as the short game to his team, since the greens will In; difficult to hit. All-league selection Tony Joyner, who finished tied for third at the Pic- 10s. believes the Ducks are ready 'or Columbus. "We've got a real dose twain this year.” he said "Steve Rin toul and 1 are playing real good golf right now, as is Tim llval "The only thing we meal to do is put it together for four rounds that's all I know we're going to do well. We're very capable of getting into the top 10 and we might just sur prise some people by winning It." The field is wide open when the nation's best teams meet Oklahoma State University. Wake Forest, Fresno State University. UCLA and Pac-10 champion University of Arizona are expected to be near the top Joyner also would add the ho me-course Ohio State Huckeves to that list. "They have a serious advantage because they know how the course plays while everyone else has to learn how to play it." he stressed. "A perfect example of a home-course edge is Wake Forest, who won it all at home last year," Oregon is scheduled to send all-league players Kintoul and Joyner along with Hval. Steve krieger and Kob I luff. "Scott Krieger's done a great job coaching and we'd all like to finish it up with a win," Joyner said. "I’m excited to go and I'm ready to play." distance last weekend, won in a time of 3:41.86, well under the NCAA standard of 3:43.00. Dunbar (3:42.69) and Smith (3:42.80) then led a pack of six other runners across the line in one of the most closely con tested races of the season Oleson also held on to qualify, finishing fourth in 3:42.85. "The pace was perfect," said Smith, who shaved 14 seconds off his season-opening time to emerge as the biggest surprise of the evening. “For the first time all year, we didn't have to take the lead, and I didn’t even have to think about my time. It was like running in a vacuum." he added. The qualifications give the Ducks a 17-man roster for the national championships, three more than a year ago. 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