Daily Emerald Sports Skipper fails to qualify for finals at NCAAs Other Ducks do advance By Ashley Conklin [ In' hopes the Oregon men's lr.n k le.im h,i<l ill vs inning .1 n.i lional rhiimpionship might have mine mil the window Wednesday when \ 11 Skipper failed In ipialils Ini the Iinal 1 it the javelin The 1 Ini ks li.ni 1 .(Hinted on Skipper at least si til mg III the javel III III I III la \ s finals, hut Sk ippei hail a lies! 1 il on 1 \ 2 2 1 III U i'll iii'mIat the \( \A ( hainpioiishijis at Dm ham N t ( aiming into the meet Sk ip per had a best ut 2 In 1 wliii h was also the sislli liesl throw in the N't \ \ this season Skipper hail heerr innsistentls ovei Ill fei'l this season anil llilew 2 11 'I at the I’ai il 11 10 I onler eric e meet two weeks ago to fill ish set ninf Sk ipper 11 n 1 s heil 11th in Wednesd.iv's ipialilyrng Inals with mill the top 12 ailv.im mg to I ridas s linals ()lher than Sk ippei, the ( ire gun anil men and women got through the first ila\ of trials relatis elv iinsi allied l.eailiug the was lor the men were Kit k Mesllei and Danns l.ope/. in the 1.(100 metei slee pier base Mestlei won the sei mill heal (it the steeplechase in It -Itj 77 while 1.ope/ wits fourth m the same hc.lt 111 II -)M 111 1(1 easily qual ifv f«>i I relay s steeple ( liiisc final rile tup sc\l'll times 111 till set mid lie.il would have lieen good enough to win I lie first lie.it In tin first lie.il ot the stee pli'i Iirsc l ye Viin S< hoiai i i.m t! VI lll hut hilled lo qualify hu the finals The heat and humidity of the l ast ( oast is expci ted to give the (list.mi e runners priihlems throughout the meet hut on Wednesday conditions were i ool with a little y\ iml said a meet spokesman It was not hot oi humid Temperatures were projected to lie in the high lids in low 70s oil Wednesday hut .lie expert ed lo llse throughout the rest of the meet Long jumper Latin Merry seeking a third straight top six placing won Ins flight of the long jump, leaping '"> 1 Iter r\ s mark y\as the sixth hest lump ol the day l.levvllyn Starks ol Louisiana State had the top mark at 70 I' Another Oregon athlete who Turn to NCAA Page 16 I ilt- photo Onion's Danny l.npr/ had tha fuurth-fastost timr in Ihr hauls of Wednesday's d.OOO-nwtrr strrplri hast- .it Ihr \l I t mart in Durham. \.C. hi rasily quulili lur Friday v finals. Irammatr Kn A Mrsllrr had Ihr da i s laslrsl timr in Ihr m rnl. stere°s > ^er'- « tiItie’°ceeUS'odaV ^ C°^e s 0i toradem°‘