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Men's, women's cross country
confront two different challenges
By Andrew LaMar
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The men's and women's cross
country teams art* on different
trails this fait. The men are jogg
mg the winding curves of h
rebuilding season while the
women are running the
straightway for a national title.
With ten runners returning to
the women's team from last year
and five of those having com
peted in nationals last year,
head roach Tom Meinonen
couldn't be happier The team's
top two runners are Pacific 10
Conference champions.
Penny Graves, a junior at the
top of the list, won the con
ference cross country cham
pionship last fall with a time of
10:51.7 and went on to place
t.'lth at the NCAA champion
ships. leading the team to a
fourth place finish Craves won
every race she competed in last
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fall except the nationals.
Another standout is senior
Annette Hand, who won the
conference title in both the
3.000 and 5.000 meters last
track season. Hand finished
fourth in the 3.000 and second
in the 5,000 at the NCAA track
championships last spring.
Other top runners include
Lisa Johnson, a senior who
finished 30th at the NCAAs last
fall; Liz Wilson, a sophomore
who finisher! 40th at NCAAs
last fall; Deanna Schiedler, a
fifth-year senior who finished
78th at NCAAs last fall; and Lib
by Tyson, a sophomore who
finished 83rd at NCAAs last
fall.
Heinonen said although the
women’s team is clearly a
favorite to win the conference,
he won't know what the team’s
chances are for an NCAA cham
pionship until it runs against
Wisconsin, another top con
tender that has many returning
top runners That meet will take
place Oct. 10 in Madison. Wis.
“I'd like to improve on
(finishing fourth) and get in the
top three and come home with
some hardware.” Heinonen
said Hut the competition is so
intense in the Pac-10 and at
regionals that the team could
easily miss getting a bid. he
added.
After the Wisconsin meet, the
team will t>e looking forward to
the Pac-10 championships Oct.
31. the regional championships
Nov. 14. ami the NCAA cham
pionships Nov. 23.
"1 think if everyone stays
healthy we can be in the top
three. An NCAA championship
isn't far out of reach." Graves
said. “I’ve even talked with
some of the people on the team
and they think it can happen.
We don’t want to start saying
that yet just because you can
work with pressure, and it can
work against you."
The Oregon men's cross
country team, however, won’t
t>e looking to a national cham
pionship this season. The team
finished fourth at nationals last
fall, but that was a team rich
Women's head coach Tom
Heinonen has all five runners
who competed in nationals
last fall returning this season.
with talent and experience.
Only two of last year's team's
top ten runners are returning
this fall (junior Carlton Jones
and senior Chad Bennion).
“We have a year or two of
rebuilding in front of us," said
Bill Dellinger, the men's head
coach.
Dellinger said the team will
be lucky to get u berth to na
tionals this year. and. in fact, he
doesn't expect it to happen. The
season is too young to predict
whether some individual run
ners from the team will qualify
for nationals. Dellinger said.
The top 15 finishers at
regie mils qualify for the NCAA
championships.
"We huve some talent, but
(the runners) are young and in
experienced," Dellinger said.
Top prospects for the team in
clude (ones. Bennion,
sophomore Brad Hudson, and
freshmen Peter Fonseca and
Robin Card. Dellinger said he
doesn't know what to expect
from many of the runners.
The favorites to win the con
ference this season are UCLA.
Arizona and Washington. Dell
inger said.
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