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Ontgon's hrii Peterson htiftes to end .1 strini> of bad lut k .it the
Pat:-tO l.onterent e meet this weekend with a win in the l.MHI
Peterson hopes for 1,500 win
Seeks to makeup for past misfortunes
By Ashley Conklin
t m> .rJ.S'Mf.' - RefX'i’to’
Prit Peterson is taking noth
ing tm granted Sunil.n after
noon
W luui I’l-tiTson Inns the I iin
fin tin' st.irt of tfii' 1. i(VO meter
finiil .it the Pai ifii 1ft Confer
once tr.n k meet in Sr.(tile hr
will fir seeking his first-ever
Pat HI title
I'm the Oregon senior who
h.r li.uf .1 standout i itreer with
the Dinks .i P.k Hi title might
not seem like ,i lug thing
Hut Peterson lias never had a
good showing at the i onferem e
championships
hi Ins redshirt freshman year
Prtnson finished sixth in the
t.rvflo meters hut tailed to ad
\ am e to the finals Ins sopho
more season
hast year Peterson finished a
non-srrrring seventh in III*'
1 /itMl lie did plat e sixth 111 the
MOO. tint it slill w,isn’t the kind
ol meet he hoped for
So on Sunihn w lieu I he
t. iOO begins Peterson doesn't
plan to let the race develop into
a slow t.it til a! I.ll e like dls
lance events usually are in the
Pat HI meet
" I he gu\ s that have the good
times have to take responsibili
!\ lor the r.n e d it's going to be
,i fast rat r " Peterson said "It
it ends up like in the past then
there’s no fun Then anybody
can move out and make it a
kn ker's rai e
\ml as in past i onfcrence
1 ilHls. Peterson \s 111 once
again Ire one of the top entries
Peterson owns the second
t.istest time in the Pac-IO this
season at 4 14 (Hi Stanford s
Hill ( on\ le\ has run t 41 t.T
while Arizona’s (’.an Cobb has
turned in a i 44.72 i locking
this season Those three are f.i
cored fm the top three spots
and the miK ones expet ted to
w in (tie event
"I certainly expert Crowley
to he m\ number one opposi
turn. Peterson said "Hut d
the rate goes slow around
.! 4 everybody t an he in a po
sit ion to w in and I don't w ant
that to happen
Not only is Peterson one ol
the favorites for the l aOtl. hut
the Dm ks are the favorites in
the team race, and Peterson
knows a lot is ruling on his pel
formant e
It s important for the team
th.it we get every person to
score some points." he said
"With the limited number ot
people being allowed to coin
pete you can’t have someone
like me stir king a kuile to the
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Ileail trai k. coat h Hill 1 )o 11 in
ger agreed.
In order to win the meet we
have to score a lot ot points in
the distance events," lie said.
"We need to si ore some points
m the I '>00 hv having Kric far
up there
While Peterson and Dellinger
hope past I’ai 111 performances
are historv Peterson's i areer
on the triii h tor Oregon would
seem to indit ate lie'll he reads
Simdas
Peterson redshirted his first
sear as a Duck, hut improved
his personal record in the 1 500
hs sis seconds in his first meet
lh.it redshirl seat Sim e then
Dellinger lias called on I’e
terson m evers dual meet to
run either the 800. 1.500. liras
he did once last sear, the stee
plei base
Dependahilitv is a Peterson
trademark
tan has been a good man to
have on ttie team " Dellinger
said I le's a gu\ you can at
was s count on
At no other time in his i areer
has Peterson been as important
to Oregon as tins season
The I tin ks looked to has e
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