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-Sports Smith out of NCAAs; 3 other Ducks advance By Ashley Conklin Emerald Sports Reporter Before Thursday's trials at the NCAA Championships in Provo. Utah even be gan. the Oregon women lost one of its qualifiers. |ill Smith, the defending NCAA champ in the javelin, was fori ed to withdraw from competition on YVednes day due to an injury in her right, throw ing elbow Smith tore a ligament in the elbow at the Pacific-10 Championships, but was thought to be able to compete in the NCAA meet However, after trying to throw in a Tuesday practice. Smith and throws coach Sallv Harmon decided it would be better not to risk, further in jury "It was painful yesterday (Tuesday)." Smith said in Thursday's Register Guard. "The deciding factor was when 1 tried to (nit a little mustard on it It went about 100 (feet), whereas usually it would go 140 I'm real disappointed be cause the whole thing is my fault I.iz Wilson had another easy day ol it at the national meet Wilson, who didn’t have to run a pro liminarv in the t.000 meters on Wed nesday. escaped a ">.000 meter trial hi' cause ot a lack of competitors Wilson will run in the .1.000 final today and the 5,000 final on Saturday Elsewhere, it came down to |ust mak mg it. or missing it. for the other Dm k>. Si hool record holder I’hillis Mi km new qualified for Saturday's final in the triple jump, leaping 40 10'.■ McKinney tied for the 1 1th best murk overall as the top 12 advanced. The top triple jump effort was turned in by Kenita Kobinson ol Nebraska who bounded 42-11 * ■» Meanwhile Stefanie Hunter fell just short of a scoring place in the hepthalon. finishing ninth yv ith >.4H4 points Nebraska's I’atrii la Nadler passed Hunter in the 800. the final heptahlon event, to heat her by only two points Only the top eight pirn e winners si ore under the 10 H 0-5-4 .4-2 1 format Nevertheless the score vy.is a PR lor Hunter, who fell onh it points shv of breaking (Camille lainpolskv 's school re i ortl Inland.i |ones of Houston look her third st r.« i m h t hepthalon title, an N( A A (Championship first with 0.022 points With Smith out of the competition in the javelin. Oregon's hopes were with All American Brooke Allen and fresh man Kim Hyatt Allen, sixth last season, was tilth in the trials with a throw of Kit 0 The top 12 advanced and Allen was four inc lies from making the finals Hyatt, though, did qualify for Satur day's finals, with a toss of lt>.I 11). the 1 llh best trial mark Washington's Shed ly Sanford had the' top throw at !7ti I) I.ise johansen completed her college career in the 1,500 meters, as she failed to advance to the finals Provo, with altitude at 4,500 feet above sea level, had a big effect on |o hausen .is she ran 4 19.04. nearly 20 set omls slower than her N( A A (|liulifv mg time last week johansen was Kith overall as the top 12 in the race ad vain ed Wisconsin junior Su/.v lavor. tin1 two time defending i liamp in 1111' I . T»OU, hail tin- fastest 1111.1111\ mg time for tlit* li nals with a 4 2(1 7fi reeding I.ouisiiuiii Staff the two-time defend my women's champ and favorite to take tills year's i nmpetition. left little douht after Thorsdav's ti nils w Im would win the team race The Tigers cane through with some scintillating per formances. thanks in some part to the altitude known as being advantageous for sprinters I.SU sprinter ll.mn Sowell the colie giate record holder (loot) in the ItM) meters, set the first meet ret ord .is she ( loi ked 1 1 (I? in the ttlt). hreuMtlg the I'll As (ia i I 1 fevers Robert s' lOHti stall dard of II I J reanimate Ksiher (ones won the other heat ol the toil, while lananjalvn Stan lev and Cinnamon Sheffield won the two 100 meter high hurdle heats for the Tigers Cycling team places fifth The Oregon club sports cy cling team took fifth place over all in the Collegiate Nationals last weekend in Colorado Springs, Colo. took first place overall with 510 _Club Sports_ points, followed by California (444); Stanford (427); Colorado Community College (298) and the Ducks, with 279 points. The men's 77-mile road race, which had 178 starters, snv\ the Ducks’ Brad Oephard finishing seventh, Dave Campbell taking eighth, followed hv Steve Mar i \ m I flth Cal Bol\ San I.uis Obispo look first in the men’s team tri al. as the Ducks finished sixth in a time of H 42 Many Cephard. Michael keep and Be ter Corrigan participated for Or egon Marcv was the Ducks top fin ixher ( 1 1th) m the men s 411 mile criterion! race on Sunday, and was followed bv Keep 12 1 st| and (Campbell 140th) In the men's individual com petition. Man \ pii ked up 90 points by finishing fourth in the .80 man field; Campbell added PH points by taking 17th, followed by Cephard, IHth with fit) points, and Keep. 4 1st with 2H points In women's i ompetition. the Ducks' Karen Claeys finished 19th in the 48-mile, five lap road race, which had 100 start ers; Claeys took 17th in the women’s 28-mile criterion!, and Oregon finished 12th in a time of 40:18 in the women's team trial, won by Colorado. 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