Track team expectations not as high as in '84
B.v Jack Millikin
Emerald Contributor
Following the 1984 National Col
legiate Athletic Association Track
and Field Championships at
Eugene’s Hayward Field. Oregon
coach Bill Dellinger left the track
contented, happy, relieved — and
soaking wet.
His men had just won the team
championship. The team then
treated Dellinger to a nice, unex
pected bath ... at the bottom of the
steeplechase pit. There was good
reason for celebration, however.
The Ducks had not been favored to
win.
Ken Flax scored the team's first
points with a seventh-place finish in
the hammer, and the Duck men just
followed his lead. Joaquim Cru/
swept the 800- and 1.500-meter
races, Dub Myers took third in the
1.500. Kory Tarpenning earned a
second place in the pole vault and
Brian Crouser finished fourth in the
javelin. Other impressive perfor
mances came from Jim Hill, Matt
McGuirk. and Harold Kuphaldt.
The rest is history .
“1 believed we had a gtxxl chance
at the title in '84," Dellinger said.
“Everybody thought it was going to
be Washington State or Arkansas. I
think we more or less snuck up on
everybody."
The 1984 NCAA championship at
Hayward Field clearly illustrated
the power of the underdog. The
Duck men and women were boosted
by the vociferous home crowd,
which will most likely be just as
loud for this year's NCAA meet.
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Though many arc familiar with
the NCAA championship meet,
there is one competitor who will be
making a return trip to Eugene, hav
ing finished ninth in the 3,(XX) meter
steeplechase in the 1984 meet.
Oregon State's Karl Van Calcar,
then a freshman, suprised virtually
everyone with his high finish. This
year, however. Van Calcar should
suprise no one, being the favorite
Like 1984, the Oregon women
have qualified a strong distance
crew (Hand. Penny Graves, and Li/:
Wilson) which should score well,
However, this year the women also
have another strength — Camille
Jampolsky. Jampolsky has qualified
in the high and long jumps, and
should fare well in both events
For the men, unlike 1984. the
team's strength seems to lie in the
field events. Hopes will rest on
Latin Berry, who qualified in both
the* long and triple jumps. Jose
dcSouza will contend for points in
the shot put and discus.
What seems a mystery for the
men this year is the relatively low
number of qualifiers in the running
events. Of the runners that did
qualify, none will dominate the field
as did the Ducks in 1984.
‘‘The 1984 teams had some great
runners," said Graves. "I think the
reason they did so well was a com
bination of running in a big meet
and the fact that it was in Eugene.
This year we ll just go out and do as
well as we can."
A likely question for this year's
meet would be: "Can the Duck
track and field teams match their
1984 performances?”
fail's sec , In Eugene? Yes.
Big meet? Definitely. Great run
ners? Fans will have to wait for the
end of the meet to find that out
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