Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, November 20, 1990, Page 6, Image 6

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Duck teams finish fifth at NCAAs
By Jake Berg
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junior i’iil Mailer was the only Dm k lo place
in the top 25 runners at Monday's NCAA cross
country championships as both the Oregon
men's and women's teams took fifth at Knox
ville. Tenn
Crossing the finish line in l(>th plac e*. Haller
completed the 10.000-meter course in a time of
29:54 The only returner from Oregon’s NCAA
runners-up squad. Haller led Oregon with to a
fifth place total of 201 points The Oregon ju
nior c aptured all-Americ an honors for the sec -
ond year in a row by running to ltith in tin* in
dividual standings, a notch above his 17th
place performance of a year ago
Colin Dalton, canning off a bout of tendinitis
in his knee that kept him out of the Region VIII
meet, was second on the Oregon team after
running III 2t> to place 47th
Other Oregon finishers included junior
Shannon l.emora. who came in two seconds
lieliind Dalton for r>()th; freshman Andy Maris
at 71st in :t() 44; and sophomore (’olden Bax
ter's 110th place run of :tl 19. which capped
the Duc ks' scoring
Second-ranked Arkansas upset top-ranked
and defending c hampion Iowa State* by win
ning its fourth men's team title in the last sev
en years I’lac mg two competitors in the top HI
finishers, the Razorbacks recorded t>8 points to
•M> for the Cyc tones Notre Dame finished third
with In) points, whim lexas was nun wun
192 points.
Iowa State's Jonah Koech ran 29:05 for the
men's individual title, and Montana State s
Shannon Butler snared the runner-up trophy
with a second-place time of 29:11
As the only school to finish in the top five
teams without an individual to finish as one of
the first 25 runners. Oregon's fourth-ranked
women's squad leveled a balanced offense at
the national field for fifth place in the final
standings.
Villanova ran away with the team title and
also snarer) the individual crown with Sonia
O'Sullivan leading the way for the Wildcats
Seniors Stephanie Wessell and l.iz Wilson
showed their consistency as the Ducks' best
runners by finishing in the 26th and 32nd
places, respectively. Clocking in at a time of
16 56. Wessell bettered her run from last
year’s NCAA meet by placing 32 spots better
than 1989. and Wilson completed Monday's
run in 17:02.
Adding to Oregon's 221-point total were
Lucy Nusrala in 64th place with a time of
17:2t>. sophomore Nicole Woodward's 66th
standing in a time of 17:27 and junior l.isa
Karnopp's run of 17:44 for 102nd.
All of Oregon's women runners except for
Wessell and Wilson were running at the
NCAA meet for the first time.
Musgrave honored with awards
Quarterback Bill Musgrave
wan two awards at Sunday's
football awards banquet to lead
the long list of award winners
Musgrave won the Hoffman
Award, presented annually to
the team's most outstanding
player, and also took home the
Klmer Sahlstrom which re
wards a senior with the highest
grade point average and has
also shown exemplary attitude.
Musgrave, from Grand Junc
tion. Colo . missed the better
part of two games but still
threw for 2.21 ‘I yards and 14
touchdowns Although Mus
grave's numbers weren't as
high as they were a year ago,
the Ducks were 7-2 in games
Musgrave started and finished,
including a perfect 7-0 mark at
home
In tlic classroom. Musgrave,
a finance major, had a 3.5
grade point average entering
fall term and will graduate this
term Musgrave has also won
two scholarships totaling
$15,000 from the National
Football Foundation and Hall
of Fame.
Senior strong safety Rory
Dairy won the Will Gonyea
Award as the team's most in
spirational player.
Dairy, a senior from Comp
ton. Calif , is a two-year starter
for the Ducks and was the
team's defensive captain this
season. Dairy is fourth on the
team with t>7 tackles this sea
son and also has one intercep
tion.
Freshman tailbac k Sean
Harwell, who probably had the
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biggest impact of any newcom
er in Oregon football history,
won the Leonard J. Casanova
Award — named after the for
mer Duck football coach as
the team's top first-year player.
Burwell, from Canoga Hark.
Calif , has already broken the
school record for most all-pur
pose yards in a season with
1,539 yards, breaking the for
mer record held by Tony Cher
ry. Me also has 949 rushing
yards, sixth-best in school his
tory. and can add to those to
tals in the Freedom Howl
against Colorado State Dec. 29.
Burwell also caught 2H pass
es for 2Ht> yards, returned 11
kickoffs for 304 yards and
scored eight touchdowns.
Two first-year starters, junior
tight end |uff Thomason and
sophomore free safety Eric Cas
tle. shared the Clarke Award as
the team's most improved play
er.
Thomason, from Balboa. Is
land, Calif , was having a tre
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