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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1987)
Sports Saturday's Pre Classic is last meet for old Hayward track By Dennis Fernandes Of tbr f m«ra)d Besides being the i’refontalne Classic. Saturday's track and field extravaganza has another important twang to it. It's the last meet that will bo held on the Hayward Field track, which will be resurfaced this summer and is expected to lx* completed in time for The Athletics Congress National Masters' mum;! on Aug. 14 The meet kicks off with the women's javelin at 5 pin Tickets are still available, and can he obtained at the McArthur Court ticket office Admission is $10 for reserved seating. $H for general admission and standing room and $r> for students. Children under the age of five will be admitted free of charge. Despite the loss of Marv Slaney to surgery Wednesday, meet director Tom Ionian still has another impressive field worthy of the occasion. World record triple jumper Willie Banks, pole vaulter Mike Tully. 3.000-meter runners Claudette Groenendaal and Judi-Hrown King and steeplechaser Henry Marsh am just some of the notables. Hut it's the (turn's mile and 5.000 meters which will pro vide the main attractions In what |ordan calls "probably the best field for the mile we've ever had." former Duck and HIM) meter Olympic gold medalist loaquim Cruz is expected to dual it out with former Oregon teammate Dub Myers and two sub 3:50 milers. Kay Flynn of Ireland and Kenya's Mike Hoit. In the 5,(H)0. Steve Scott, nine times the number-one miler in the U S., will try his hand along with regulars Doug Padilla. Kay Wicksell. |im Saplenza. Marcos Harretto. Vince Draddy and |im Mill, among others. "It may be the liest quality 5.000 we've ever had," Iordan touts, "and it's certainly the deepest race we've ever had at the 5,000.” In addition to Croenendaal. Cruz. 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Brian Crouser. who holds this year’s best American distance at 272-4. is scheduler! for the javelin Mike Blackmore joins the S.OOO-meter assembly and Mark McMonigal. the NCAA runner-up in 198H. will run in his specialty, the 10.000 meters. The unavailability of the East grandstand (part of the renova tion) should not propose any pressing problems. Jordan has received permission from the University to reserve lanes seven and eight on the track for standing-ruom only purposes. As for the old Hayward track, promoters and athletes alike art; almost happy to see it go. The saint! facility which hosted three straight Olympic trials (1972-80) slowly degenerated and was the deciding factor in not receiving the '88 trials, awarded instead to In diananoplis. Following the meet fans will be invited to walk a lap around the track, according to Iordan. “1 don't see the 'it’s the end of an era’ type thing,” said Dub Myers. “It'll be a different track, but that won't change the performances. It’s still the old flay ward Field." Ducks add 3 more to NCAA finals By DimniK Fernandes Of I hr t merrld Thun.1 were some disappoint ments for the Ducks Thursday al the NCAA track and field cham pionships in Baton Rouge. I a The men’s team could muster only two athletes — triple jumper Spencer Williams and S.000-meter runner Harold kuphaldt into the finals out of a possible eight in the quali tying round High jumper Camille |ani|M>lsky was one of three possible qualifiers that ad vanced for the Oregon women. Tile Ducks now send a total of 13 athletes — eight men and five women — into l-'riday and Saturday's final rounds. Perhaps the biggest blow was leveled against the Oregon men. when Pacific It) Conference champion Latin Berry missed Club sports wrap-up The Oregon lacrosse team ended a disappointing season on a good note by defeating Oregon Slate University, 14-11. last Saturday. The Ducks finished with a 2-6 mark in league play. H-‘i overall. Gila Lehman will be the lone Oregon represenative at the U.S. National Fencing Championships in Phoenix. Ariz.. June 14-21 The nationals usually have more than 1,000 par ticipants each year, according to Oregon fencing coach Paul McNamara Julie Anderson scored the only goal that Bubba's, the Oregon women’s soccer team, needed as they shut down Spr ingfield. 1-0. Their 7-3 record was good for third place in the Eugene women’s ’’A" league. Twenty-six West coast teams are scheduled to participate in the 19H7 Solstice Celebration Ultimate Frisbee Tourna ment. hosted by the Oregon ultimate frisbee club June 20-21. Games will lie held at the intramural fields, the soccer fields near Gorlingor Annex and the Education building and South Hank field near the Autzen Stadium footbridge. *.. 111 11,1 i NORTH BANK RESTAURANT & LOUNGE "TWILIGHT SPECIALS" Select anv of these complete entrees any day of the week (including soup, salad, bread, rice, pilot and fresh vegetables) by 6:00 p.m. at the following reduced prices.* SMALL SIRLOIN.$7.95 FRESH RED SNAPPER.$6.95 BROCHETTE OF BEEF.$6.95 CHICKEN TERIYAKI.$6.95 FRESH RAINBOW TROUT.$6.95 *ywl fttf KW»n fVuc Vat At utLthl* GRADUATION SUNDAY | DINNER SERVED FROM 3 pm 9 pm 22 CLUB ROAD *Oi«tkr ktkt m-fth ’-kiHtt ik» n%rt) RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED PHONE 343-5622 V. J qualifying in the triple )ump by a scant centimeter. Apparently, according to men's coach Bill Dellinger, Berry had two 54-foot efforts discounted by scratches. "I feel really bad about that because I.atin's such a com petitor,” Dellinger said. Other setbacks occurred when Kick Bergesen. another Duck with chances of advanc ing. injured his ankle aftor a bumping incident in a 5.000-meter heat. Hammer thrower Eric Finch also had an off-day. throwing just 191-6, almost 16 feet under his PR. But Williams used a lifetime best 53-1 Vi to vault himself into the finals, and kuphaldt finish ed third in his heat with a 14:01.03 clocking. lampolskv was one of 10 qualifiers to clear the standard high-jump height of 5-9V«. She joins Annette Hand, Penny Graves, jill Smith and julie Goodrich in Oregon's final con tingent while Williams and kuphaldt continue competition with Dan Nelson, Matt McGuirk. jay Davis, ).). Birden. Berry and Chad Bennion. 1 MEETINGS The Student Senate meets to day at 3:30 in Century Room E of the KMIJ. All senators should be present. MISCELLANEOUS National Lawyers Guild will host Bill Lutz of the Committee in Solidarity with the Pimple of El Salvador on |une 9 at 7 p in in Room 123 University Law School. Lutz will present a slide show on his recent trip to F.I Salvador. All student organizations planning to show more than two films with admission in 1987-88 must attend a required film programming meeting Procedures and requirements for showing films on campus will be discussed. The 1987-88 movie calendar will be passed around for groups to sign up for rooms and dates to show films. The meeting will be held today at 3:30 in Room 337 EMU. Deadline for submitting Et als to the Emerald front desk. 300 EMU, is noon the day before publication. Et als are run only once. Events with a donation or admission charge will not be considered. Events occurring nearest the publication date and campus events will be given priority.