Sports_ Top performances make Twilight Meet shine Bv lack Millikin Emerald Sports Reporter Consider Saturday evening's Twilight Invitational ,i night al the theater You had your main <ast of performers former Hue k NCAA javelin champion Brian Grouser, who dominated the spear throw with a meet record 2SB-0: Kor\ Tarpenning. who became the second American to surpass the l'l-foot barrier this year in * tearing 1*1-0' * in the pole vault; and last year's NCAA steeple i hase champion. Karl van Calcar, who finished a good 10 seconds ahead of his closest challenger in H 44 H You had your theme, which focused on the cur rent Duck athletes' attempts to qualify for the NCAA meet in Provo. I Mali. May 31-lune 3. But on this day. the supporting cast of current Webfoot athletes earned the bravos by using the ideal weather conditions to record, in many cases, their top marks of the season. A few of those marks were good enough to send three more Ducks to the NCAA meet, and those that did not were enough to catapult the VVebfoots into next week's Pacific-10 Conference meet in Palo Alto. Calif., with a surge of momentum I he number of l)uc:K qualifiers is now 11 in 1J events, with Latin Berry the only double qualifier in both the long and triple jumps. the three who qualified — Brian Wright in the 400 hurdles (50.81. bettering the NCAA standard of 50.85), Alan Foster in the 1.500 (4:42 12. .1:42.70) and Art Skipper in the javelin (228-0. 225-0) — ended weeks of worry concerning their chances of earning an NCAA berth, and all. with the exception of Wright, did so handily. Wright was being led by his coach, former Oregon hurdler quartermiler Pat Farming, and was closing in on Fanning rounding the curve into the final 100 me ters However. Fanning came down hard on his right ankle and had to stop, leaving the sophomore to finish the race on his own. "I was just ready to even up with Pat when he went out." Wright said. "1 said. 'Oh no. my coach.' .inti In* just said. 'Go ' I was hoping to run 4‘l (st*i onds) today. but there was no one to push me after Pat wont out "The whole objective was to qualify (Wright)." limning said after the rare his fool bulging from the ice underneath his bandaged ankle "The fart that he went the last too meters on his own 1 don't want to put any pressure on him He's as good as anyone in the Pat:* 10 " Poster, who came (lose to qualifying at the Ore gon Invitational In establishing a personal record of t -15 33. demolished his previous best In more than three sei onds after passing three runners, including fellow Ducks |im Peterson (3:42 82) and Colin Dalton (3:43 15). in the last 151) meters to become the first of what head coach Hill Dellinger hopes will become three NCAA qualifiers in the 1.500 "(Poster) ran with a lot of adrenaline, and I think he can run faster." Dellinger said "I'm concerned alxHit Colin We're going to run another 1.500 meters tomorrow to simulate Par- 10s Skipper, who iast year set .1 national prep record in the javelin with a 259-10 toss, lias been no stranger to frustration this year Burdened by high expec tations since his 227-7 toss at last year's I’refontaine (’lassie at Hayward field, Skipper had been within 1H inches from an NCAA borth la-lore a car accident two weeks ago posed a possible threat in his attempt to cpialify Skipper is projected as a ninth place finisher at this vear's NCAA championships Since the accident, though. Skipper has improved steadily in the javelin after recording a season In-st of 224 l> at Washington State last week "I don't think the accident had anything to do with it I fell good today," said Skipper, who broke the school record set by lac k Byrne (225-*l) against California on April 22 "It's just a matter of when a person feels reach At the- lug meet (Oregon State AAA Track Championships) last year. I threw 259. and later at .1 national meet (Prefontaine Classic) I threw 227 Turn to Track, Page 12 h Mill IliinM The Ducks' Alan hosier has a look of disbelief as he realizes his 3:42.12 lime in the 1.300 is good enough for a trip to the NCAAs. UO-Bookstore Last Chance Audio SALE! 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