Men's, women's cross country ready for Pac-10 championship By Cam Sivesind Emerald Sports Reporter Oregon's men’s .mil women's cross country teams travel to Stanford tomorrow with hopes of defending their Pat ifit 10 Conference Championship crowns The Stanford Colt Course is the site of this year's chain pionships. with the women he ginning < ompetilion at 4 p in and the men at 4 III p m The Dm ks t aptured both the women's and men's team and individual honors last year lir.id Hudson ran awa\ with the men's title as a junior w hile I.iz \\ ilson took home the women's crow n MIS I Unison has a good i ham e to I f *| H ’lit it he l .III ,lllr\ irltl' .111 .11 ademic (ii’tii lent \ problem in timr tor tin’ meet Ollier top men finishers .it hist veers i h.impiimships were Danny l.o pez in fifth Steve Kit hards in sixth, and Peter I'onseca in se\ enth Ponsec.i a junior, and Lopez, a senior, are troth scheduled to compete tomorrow Richards, also a senior, will compete it Hudson is ineligible Oregon earned one tirst plai e vote in this week's NCAA poll and moved up to No \ overall Arizona is the only other Pat 10 team in the rankings The Cougars look to be the Ducks main competition at the cham pionships. "1 think our competition will come from Arizona.” men's coach Bill Dellinger said Junior Marc Davis from Ari zona is the overall favorite to t.ike the individual champion ship Davis won the T>()t)(l meter title in the Pac-ll) and in the NCAA last year as a sopho more He is undefeated in com petition this year Davis fin ished 2tith at last year's Pai 1(1 championships, hut was trou bled by stomach i ramps Dellinger hasn't counted a couple of his runners out ol the individual title though "If Brad (Hudson) is eligible, certainly I think he is the cali her runner that has a i hanc.e to beat him," Dellinger said "Perhaps Peter Fonseca, who has run a couple of good races for us. can do it. ” "I think the team is one of the better teams that we've had at Oregon in terms of just en thusiasm. positive attitude, and pulling for one another to run well," Dellinger added. "I think all seven of the peo ple that we will take down there will be in the top one third of all the runners " mooti li * l!ri( I’rlcrsun I lie I ’.it 1(1 meet pales in comparison In (he \< \.\ Ke gion Might meet November 1 1 Kven though we’d like to V\ 111 the I’.H 10 .111(1 It'S line Id w ill the i onferem e i h.liupinn ship it's not ne.irlv ,is impor taut as the regional meet. Del linger said I here soil eitliei have to lie first or sec olid .Is a team to go to the \( WOMKN The wummi have won all threw ul the Par. 10 Champion ships anil had won four straight Nor Pat titles before that |o nior Stephanie Wessell is the only team member who tom peted in last year's meet where, she finished 1 fith Liz Wilson, who won the Pat 10 individual title List ye.ir, redshirted this season to recover from a foot injury She is now hat k in training to pre pare for the outdoor trac k sea son The only other Oregon run ner who has had any Pat 10 championship experience is pi nior Amy Petrone. who tame over from the defunct Oregon Stale track program. Women's coach Tom Ilemonen fail's a situation he hasn't had to fat e in a number of years Ills team is extremely voting with two redshirt fresh man. Oinny Cornog and Carol llolmen. two freshman, Andrea Anderson anti Nicole Wood ward, and one sophomore, Lisa karnopp, in her first year of collegiate competition ‘‘We will be the least experi enced team in the meet,” tieinonen said This inexperience doesn't worry Heinonen too much, anti he knows his team is ready. "I think they're eager to run this race. This is the first step toward going to nationals." Heinonen said Heinonen adtled that it's odd Turn to Runners, Page 11 Mealtimes Getting Monotonous? If you're ready for a new eating experience visit NOBLE DUCK Our Classic Style Deli Menu Offers Fine Foods, Hot or Cold, to Stay or Take Away. Catering Also Available! 1744 Willamette A Klock From Safewav 342-5539 I IS,! K.l I'lUipp DISCOVER (iLOHAI. I RAN Kl.fR S Nt\X luuirul fiber clothing options for men handsome and comfortable lotion and ravon fabrics from around the world in a refreshing selection of shirtsjackets, belts, pants and hats DiMom. ako <>ur uillri lions ol •S UM'lul lra\cl prniliuI' for all UlohftrolUTs and unique lolk arl pieces •4V j Sth '•i I'uhlii Mjrk( i l>"w n\Uir\ (*s' 11J i gioimtiw^k; Dairy Queen Kick-Off Special Reg. $2.59 Now s2.19 HOMESTYLE" ULTIMATE Off 40* __ w V I I Homestyle Ultimate Before Every Home Football Game! 706 E. 13th • 343-7512 ()ffcr < •<>«>