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"Things are going fairly
welt, bul I always have higher
expectations." he said. "That's
just my nature. I can't com
plain because my technique is
coming along You do some
thing wrong and you're back
starting trying to develop some
thing new. 1 was happy with
last week's throws because I
had a bad week of practice
working on my technique."
McGee, a graduate of Spring
field's Thurston High School,
was the Class AAA shot put
champion his senior season
and then sal out his first year as
a Duck to learn and develop the
hammer under coach Stewart
Togher. Sitting out that first
year was Important according
lo McGee
"It would have been difficult
to compete right away under a
pressure situation." he said.
"It was a difficult transition
at first.” McGee added. "It was
a lot more fun and something
new which I liked. I liked that
Stewart let me experiment and
develop at first."
Togher. who coached Ken
Flax (colleRiate and school re
cord holder while al Oregon),
now coaches Olympian Lance
Deal and is recognized as one
of the foremost hammer author
ities in the world. According to
McGee. Togher has been very
instrumental in his develop
ment as a hammer thrower.
"I knew Stewart was a good
coach." he said, "but I didn't
realize how good of a coach he
was until I started learning the
hammer techniques "
taist season McGee had a
"mentally, down year" while
fighting a stress fracture in his
lower back and trying to com
pete at the same time.
"I wasn't able to lift weights
and my strength was way
down." he said "I was just
throwing and working on my
technique. I learned that tis.h
nique was more important than
strength. Ijut year let me know
I could threw far and it helped
me to focus on what was im
portant."
Although McGee didn't come
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into this season with any dis
tances set in mind as a goal,
then: were other, important
things for him.
“I want to stay healthy and
be able to complete a season."
he said, "and not pushing too
hard too s«>on. I want to im
prove my technique so I can
compete better in the bigger
meets and be among the top
finishers. If I can get my tech
nique down I should be able to
compete really well at the
NCAA's."
Although McGee is unbeaten
against teammate Eric Finch,
last year's third place finisher,
this season, be downplays the
notion that there is any rivalry
among them.
"There is no rivalry." MrC.ee
said. "What 1 like about prac
tice is that we're developing
our throwing and developing
our own technique. Too many
people get hung up with win
ning and forget what to work
on in practice. I don’t like to
lose to anybody in competition
hut practice is for developing
yourself for competition.”
Metier hopes to compete in
ternationally after using up his
collegiate eligibility, and once
Ills throwing days are over,
hopes to stay involved with the
hammer in some capacity.
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Oregon ’* /eanna King can fly around the base paths, having
already established a team record for thefts along with
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"I'm not just going to stop
throwing the hammer." he
said "I'm going to cam
through and hopefully do well
internationally. When it gets to
the point when* I’m not devel
oping anymore and not gaining
any more, then I'll stop throw
ing."
“I want to help develop the
hammer in this country."
McGee added. "There's not
enough coaching for the ham
mer here and there isn't a lot of
quality coaching. I know I'll lx*
involved with it some way be
cause sports is what I like If
that leads into coaching that
would be great."
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after going hitless in 13 at-hats
against Portland State and Cali
fornia. The Churchill High
School grad said sh« hopes her
problems, and the teams', are
over with.
"I think last weekend's
games really helped,'" Scott
said "We need to keep our
bats going now. so when some
one isn't hitting well, there's
someone else who picks up the
slack. We have to work on the
mechanics and fundamentals,
and make our weaknesses our
strong points.
"We had a letdown in the
second game with Portland
State,” she said, the reason lut
ing the lack of clutch hits. "I
think we had the highest left
on-base percentage in the
league. It was just terrible."
Something that may ease the
problem of leaving runners on
base is a more aggressive base
ninning style used last week.
The Ducks stole 11 bases
over the weekend, and even
pulled off a few double steals
against Pacific, kim Manning
became the first Oregon player
to steal three bases in a game
this season, and is now tied at
YZ (a new team record) with
Ioanna king for the team lead
in thefts.
Another positive, and some
thing tile Ducks are all grateful
for. is the return to the cozy
confines of Howe Field.
"Talk about burnout." Scott
said "After 45 games on the
road, it was nice to finally play
at home. It gives us something
to defend now, and it's really
nice to have that bottom half of
the inning at the end. We need
ed it against Arizona."
As for Oregon State, Beaver
coach Vickie Dugan has had a
rough go of it in her first year
as a coach in the Pac-10, with
the win over the Wildcats being
the highlight of the year thus
far.
"1 was so proud of the way
the kids played." Dugan said.
"We played excellent defense.
The girls were hungry for a win
and they finally got one."
Plenty satisfied with their
win over the Wildcats, the Bea
vers promptly went out and
dropped a pair of games to
Western Oregon on Saturday.
4-3 and 3-1.
"We were so emotionally
high after beating Arizona we
took Western Oregon too light
ly.” Dugan said. "They went
all out to beat us and we were
not ready to play. We didn't
have the same kind of enthusi
asm we had in Friday’s win."
Wilson said her Ducks will
be ready, but her main con
cern?
"1 just hope it doesn't rain.”