Sports.
Men
Continued from Page 12
past successes, switched into
high gear for the post season
and pulled off some inspired
performances on the first day of
competition to give the Bruins
a comfortable 67-51 lead before
the sprinters even set foot on
the track.
HC:i-A hammer thrower Da
vid Wilson, who would later
place in the shot put and discus
as well, began the meet by
heaving the iron 22-4-H. edging
out the favorite. Washington
State's John Billingsley, tor the
title.
From there, the Bruins took
three of the top four spots in
the shot put. and placed two
long jumpers on the tail of the
Ducks' defending conference
champion 1-atin Berry to give
them a sizeable lead In addi
tion. the Bruins had athletes
place no worse than third in
both the pole vault and javelin
"We matched our efforts in
the events we expected to do
well.” UCLA men's head coach
Bob Larsen told the Associated
Press following the meet "We
again broke through in a few
more events, particularly (the)
100."
The Ducks, who were riding
a surge of momentum coming
into the meet after a highly suc
cessful Twilight Invitational
May 13 in which three
Webfoots qualified for the
NCAA meet, received many
surprises during the meet, but
few were as perplexing as the
ineffectiveness of the Duck ath
letes.
A few Duck performers found
themselves on the other side of
the coin, performing well in
the face of adverse conditions
and intense competition.
Andy Young defeated I‘IH7
Pac-10 champion Mike Harris
of California, who had defeated
Young in their April 22 meet
mg at Hayward Field, to pit k
up 10 points for the Ducks
Ifoth Young and Harris cleared
7-1' 4 with Young winning on
fewer misses Harris, however,
would later make amends for
the loss
taitin Berry successfully de
fended his I’,a to long jump
crown with a leap of 20 4'< but
failed to retain his triple jump
title, which he relinquished to
Harris Harris’ winning mark of
54-0 allowed him to avenge an
earlier loss to lterr\ who. de
spite the loss, monied a f’K
leap of 54-1(1'i to finish set
ond.
Deealhnlcte Pedro daSilva
made an impressive showing in
the decathaion. held the Mon
day and Tuesday before the in
dividual Pat 211 competition
began, by finishing second
with 7.447 points behind An
zona’s Derek Huff with 7.K3M
DaSilva’s finish gave the Dm ks
two full days to enjoy an early
lead over CC1.A Indore the Bru
ins' rampage to the team title
Art Skipper, though his first
toss of thi‘ day (222-8) was far
short of his season liest. fin
ished second in the javelin to
give the Ducks much needed
points there Frit Finch (213-5)
and Scott McGee (213-2) fin
ished third and fourth, respn
lively, in the hammer to keep
the Bruins within reaching dis
tance.
However, the 400-meter relay
team, which had hoped to qual
ify for the NCAA meet, was dis
qualified and will have to wait
for the bast Chance Meet, to be
held Thursday at I lay ward
Field. Klaus Weigeldt t ame up
short in his attempt to qualify
for the NCAA meet in the 400.
finishing fourth in 4t> ‘to. seven
tenths of <i second away from
Ins goal Davon Russell was an
other sprinter who had hoped
to fare well, hut failed to earn a
trip to the finals
Brighter performances were
ret urn'd from Spent er Wil
hams, who. after tailing to
store points in the long jump,
finished third in the triple
lump behind Hern with a sea
son-best leap of Yt _"t. qualifs
mg him tor the \l A A meet
lose deSou/.a. despite a sixth
plait- finish in the shot put.
.ilso met the \( \A ipialitvitig
standard (50-7) with a ViU't
toss, and liiter placed tilth in
the tlist us with a throw ot
185-7.
Brian Wright added .1 second
pl.it e finish in the 400 hurdles
with a 51 00 t lot king, and later
ran a leg on the mile relay
team, which finished second to
I'CI.A in :i I.’ 02. Alan Foster
(5:50.08) and Colin Dalton
(3:51 10) l i nished 2-3 in the
1.500. and Danny l.opez tame
through in the 5.000 steeple
t base, finishing set ond in a l‘K
3:50.75
Women Continued from Pd^e 12
High jumper Laurel Roberts
scaled 5-8D to tie for third in
in her first conference meet.
Distance runner Liz Wilson
added key points in the :t.(K)()
meters and 5,000 meters, de
spite sub-par times for her.
Wilson was second in the
5,000 in 10:87.80 after placing
third in the 8.000 with a
0:80.01 clocking.
Stephanie Wessell added a
personal record in the 5.000.
finishing third in 10:88.00 as
she continues her quest lor the
national qualifying standard ol
10:27.24.
Oregon received a big scare
in the javelin when defending
NCAA champ |ill Smith
stretched a ligament in her
throwing elbow and was un
able to finish Saturday's com
petition. The extent ol her in
jury was unknown at press
time.
lirooke Allen appears to be
returning to form with a throw
of 104-1 in the javelin (good lor
fifth) as does l’aula Berry who
was sixth with a toss ol 108-10.
her first throw over 100 feet
since the Oregon Preview
The Ducks also received
some huge points out ol tilth
year senior Deon Saraceno
Saraceno was added to Ore
gon's 24-women roster just be
fore the meet, and was second
in the 10,000 meters in
.85:57.08. a PR
In the 800 meters. Carol Hoi
men was fifth in the 2:12.82 at
ter running a season's best
2:10.08 in the preliminaries
However. I'rancie Raure. who
was second in the 800 last year,
failed to make the finals this
time.
Lise Johansen was also fourth
in the 1,500 in 4:20 18 <is the
Ducks failed to claim a confer
once distance champion, one of
the biggest rarities in school
history.
Suzv Setterholm and Karen
Church went 4-5 in the 4(H)
meters with readings ol 55.42
and 55.85 respectively
Setterholm ran a season's best
54.81 in the preliminaries as
did Church with a time of
55 30.
The 1,000-meter relay team
ol Church. Setterholm Wil
liams and Stefanie Hunter
clocked 5:42.73 for fourth
Meanwhile the 400-rela\ team
of Church. Williams, 1-auric
Williams and Vicky Cnlhcrt
was a disappointing filth in
40.34 after having the top con
ference mark coming in.
hainala Kohlmeier added a
sixth place tinish in the lot)
hurdles (14 48) to her sixth
place heptathlon finish on
Tuesday
janeen Vit kers ol l'( I A
turned in an impressive time ol
55.89 to shatter the old meet re
i ord of 57.29 m the 400 hur
dles Vickers also won the lot)
hurdles in 13.00
Carla Garrett of Arizona
turned in two other impressive
performam cs. winning the shot
with a toss ol 53 4C and the
discus with a toss of 198-4. a
new meet and confererue re
cord Other double winners
were CCl.A's Tonya Sedwick
m the long jump and
heptathlon, and Washington
St.ite freshman Jennifer Kobert
son who won the 1.000 and
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