Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012, February 18, 1991, Page 11, Image 11

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    SPORTS
Winter blues no match
for women’s track team
It might still In; only winter,
which means any meets the Or
egon track teams compete in
are indoors.
But several Ducks have
picked right up where they left
off last spring, or even bettered
last year's performances as evi
dent by the women’s track team
in the Vandal Indoor this past
weekend at the Kibble Dome on
the University of Idaho cam
pus.
laurel Roberts, who just
missed making the NUAA meet
a year ago, had her best high
jumping weekend ever as a
Duck at the Vandal Indoor.
On Friday, Roberts cleared
5-10 to win the collegiate com
petition, but came back Satur
day to win the open high jump
competition with a leap of 6-0,
just off her personal record of
set at last year's
Prefontaine Classic
Roberts has also started long
jumping on a competitive basts
this season. On Saturday. Rob
erts won a collegiate long jump
competition for the first time in
her career, leaping 19-01*.
equaling Oregon's l>est mark in
that event for all of last year
Oregon's two best sprinters,
senior Rosie Williams and
freshman Camara Jones, were
the only other individual event
winners for the; Ducks
Williams sped to a 7 0 clock
ing to win the 50-meter dash
I riday while Jones was fifth in
7.2. despite winning her trials
heat.
However. Jones did rebound
to win the? 200-meter dash Sat
urdav with a time of 2-4 OH
WRESTLERS
Continued from Page 10
Dan Vidlak. now ranked 4th in the country
at 1 IH pounds, remained undefeated against
17 wins this season with a 20-5 technical fall
victory, jumping the Ducks out to a usual good
start
Scott Glenn, who's looking toward a sport in
the NCAA championships for the third time,
dominated his 134-pound match with a 12-5
win Glenn's 2ti victories leads the team
Stone closed out his last home match in the
finest season of his career with a pin at 51 set
onds left in the first period
Stone improved his record to 24H-1 after
compiling a 17-14-1 record two seasons ago
Finley said Stone could lie the surprise
wrestler of the Pac-10 championships
Darren Gustafson. Mat Sprague and |eff
McCoy each won their matches in the 15H. Iti7
and 177 classes, respectively.
Curt Strahm won 7-3 in the 190-pound
weight class and remained undefeated in
dualmeet action this year with a 14-0 record
With the win. Strahm moved into a fourth
place tie on the all-time Oregon career victory
list with Duane Stutzman at H7
Ciim Strahm dosed tin* final match v\ 11h a
12-4 heavyweight victory, in which he com
piled four take-downs
The seniors reflected satisfactorily on their
careers after the match
Curt Strahm also was happy of his home re
cord
"I only lost once at Mac Court in four years,
so that's definitely the hikhIikf't of my ca
reer." he said
(jni Strahm said his memories no beyond
the matches on the mat. and include watching
lus younger brother Curt rise in his wrestling
career at Oregon
The Ducks, ranked ISth in the Amateur
IVre.stlinfi News, now get ready for the Pai 10
championships and the Arizona State Wild
cats. who are ranked fourth
It seems the Pac-10 Championships will la
more than just a warm-up for the NCAA Tour
nainent
"The f’ac-10's a really strong wrestling con
ference," said Glenn "Every weight class has
at least one or two all-Americans in it I think
the I’ai to |< hampionships) lire going to he a
good challenge for the team and myself
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