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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
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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.
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