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Oregon women finish up 18th
By Cam Sivesind
Cmeuild Sports Repot it
ll wasn't the (lavs ot old. blit
the l Iregon women's 11at k team
has to be luippv with its perfor
mam e at the \( A A champion
ships in IJiirham. \.( this hist
v\ eek
The I Jut ks who finished in a
disappointing tie for 42nd
plat e at last year's meet. im
proved to .1 tie for 1 Kth this
\ e,ir.
Their team point total o! 12
surpassed last year's effort ot
five
Tania berry was the Oregon
athlete who shined the bright
est. The junior from Dawdle
took sei ond in the javelin to
noli h eight points Berry's toss
of 17-4 'l on her last attempt was
enough to outdistance Nolens
ka's Nora Kockenbnuer
DSD's Ashley Selman won
the event with a mark ot 1HI> I
Kockenhauer had a best ot
172-8 to nail down the third
spot
kim Hyatt. a sophomore from
f’rineville. scored three more
points m the event for the
Ducks with her sixth place
showing 1 ler throw of I let 8
was far below her personal best
ot !77->).
Bart of the blame for her sub
par performance could be put
on the fai t that she slipped on
her first attempt and took a
Paula H«;rrv
hard fall llysitl ilnl improve
upon last Year's eighth-place
showing at the \< \A meet
how e\er
Hern has struggled all sea
son. and in tar t hadn't throw n
prist her personal record of
174 II set m 1<)H7 as a high
si hi 101 er. he lore making .1 late
season charge
She got the evper tation moil
ke\ off her liar k at the I’ar itii
III (lonterence cltampionships
by unleashing a throw ol 17H 1
file throw was good enough to
i rown her 1 hampinn. anil gave
her the confidence needed go
mg into the N't \.\ meet
junior Stephanie Uessell
grabbed flit' I Jut k-. first point
of thf moot Thursday with .in
c i g h t li plate finish in thf
10.000 motors llor tinn* ot
i-i I 'fits u ,is nr,n ly 10 soi mills
faster 111.m lift tiistpl.n t■ fltort
.0 the F.u to t h.unpnmships
and it was mils thf set ond rat f
slit' has ever run at that dis
tain c
Ot hf i ()i f gun it h If ins t mu
pet inn at lilt' \( AA meet were
tlistus thniHi'r Stephanie
Smith sprintfi Kosif W illiams
and d i s t a nt f runner I. i /
W ilson
Smith's mark of 1)1 I in the
tlist us was iifark to Ifft below
lift i’K ot I I 'i \s ,i result. tin
senior Ironi Vreka. < alii did
not make the finals and had to
settle tor I .tth plat e
Williams u ho was on a roll
early m the season Indore a
hamstring injurs took its toll.
I.nlfd to make the finals in the
200 w ith a 2,1 88 t lot king
Injuries also put a damper on
Wilson's last collegiate meet
Wilson who finished seventh
m both the I (MM) and "> 000 at
last years \t A A meet, plated
a disappointing tilth in the
..(too this year A sore hip
shtwfd her time
W ilson I’at 10 runnel up loi
that distant e ran a 11me tii
10.2441 nearly 14 set ontls
oft the I’K she set earlier this
year at the Oregon Twilight
meet
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