“25 Years of Quality Service" GERMAN AUTO SERVICE, INC. Mercedes • BMW • Volkswagen Audi • Dal sun • Toyota 2025 Franklin Blvd 342-2912 Eugene. Oregon 97403 Student Power! Primary Election ! VOTE* April 19 & 20 General Election < April 26 & 27 J A Pm Spring Sports RUNDOWN=^^ Year makes difference for Skipper Bv Ashley Conklin Emerald Sports Reporter ll would In- difficult to me,is uri- the different c m Oregon l.ivelin throwei Art Skipper this season One can look at Skipper s best throw of 2 in a this season also the third best mark in the i ollegiate ranks and say the different e is about lit feet sint e . the sophomore from Samiv had a best of J.'it last season But the ditfeieiu e in Skipper ) this season goes tar beyond teet ) and mi lies > The biggest difference might j lie Skipper i hanging i oat lies 1-isl veat Skipper was ^ t o.iihed hy link I leld w ho I i .line to (Jregon to go into busi I ness with Oregon head ( oat h Bill Dellinger in a joint venture 1 t..tiled Oregon Track Kquip I ment. i I his season Skipper has been coached bv Stewart Togher. who despite being known mosllv as ,i li.immer expert who got his b,n kground in Kumpe. ( o,i< lies most of tlie other Dm k throwers .is well In fart. Skipper thinks the biggest i flange might be be cause of Togher. "The coac h I had last year wasn't as good as the coal h I have this gear." Skipper said Stew art is pist a great i oai h Skipper had to relv mostly on older brother Scott the former sc hool re< old holder in the jav elm for training purposes last season \long w itii a i hange in i oai lung came a r hange in training that has benefited Skipper this season In high school I was run ning all the time and worked out with the sprinters," he said "I never got a i ham e to throw ,i lot and I think lh.it ,u tually helped rr* AIM IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS. [V"!' AT&T 3U 55S H1H2 UU ,0. M » 5SS 4lU fc \n A'lcTQtni helps vi hi communicate Ix'tter. Ixvauseyou cm ux* it to call trom .ill kinds ol places Like-a triend's, ora pay phone, or out on the road. \du don't even need to |lave a pin me in v< hii name it > get i me And e\er\ month yi hi get an itemized hill stating wheiv and w tK*n v» hi used ilk' eaal H t apph f( )i ttk* MAIC/tnl, cal! us at 1 800 525-■’955, Ext. 630. Now. it’onN it wviv tluu*a>\ to improve \( >ur tirade pn >int average HHiir AT&T The right choice. With I)i< k Held last year m\ ,inn was ready to fall oil Skipper said "With l)ii k 1 was doing ,i lot id weird things like throw ing .1 baseball and pile h mg With Stewart he knows what's good Togher doesn't try to take a lot of credit lor Skipper's sn< less hut he knew there were i ertain tilings that needed to he ihanged. i found he needed to work and train in a system.'' he said 'It's truly hard to explain I ha\e a different way ot leach mg (aiming from Kurnpe 1 have a different approach. " There is no doubting the for inula Skippei and Togher have used for Slid ess It all started in tile Oregon Preview when Skipper threw TIB -4 to ipialify tor the N(!AA meet and break Ins school re cord At .1 dual with Washington State on April 7. Skipper was pushed In the Oougars' Stefan Wit kstroni w ho opened up .111 early lead until Skipper 1111 corked a throw ot 244 1 At the Pepsi Team Invitation al hist Saturday he broke his own school record again, this time with a loss of 24tiTi de spite a bothersome groin in mrv To the outside observer, it would appear that Skipper is just getting better with age At ter all. be did set the nation,ll high si.bool record of To')-It) will) the old implement his se ninr vear in high si bool Hut Skipper sais he never would have imagined himself where be is now after what happened last season despite setting the si bool rei ord and going to the \< !AA meet and summed up last season in one word "Had " he said "I had a lot ol personal problems and I was try mg to get adjusted to i ollege and at the same time I was en gaged. I was doing a lot ot things but not training " There were plenty ol tilings Skipper bad to worn about last year There was the pressure of setting the high si hool national record in the javeliti and being named national prep athlete ot the year hi '/'rack A l irlil Yen s and (;