SPORTS
Ducks hope to beat weather, UCLA at Pac-10s
By Jake Berg
fcmerald Sports Reporter
Oregon's biggest obstacle to winning
this weekend's Pat ific Id Conference
womens true k .mil field i harnpionships
might nut tie the favored l ( l-A Bruins
It mnv tin1 hot weather
Thf Ducks begin the conferem e
i barnpionships Saturday in siiiinv I cm
pc. Art/ with the r> tri p m start of the
1 .MM) meter run
" The weather is a potential proti
lem." Oregon Coach Tom lleinonen
s.nil iif the ilrv conditions "We haven't
seen that kind of weather this year or
really ever, but I think we ll do fine If
we don't though, there's no way that
we ll be m the hunt
l eading the park ill that bunt for the
Par HI title will lie till' fug three" of
defending lonfereme champion I't'I.A.
Oregon and host Arizona State.
Heinonen said
hollowing this week's heptathlon
i ompetition, Oregon is for first with
l'( I.A with 10 points I he Out ks' kelly
Blair took second place in the
heptathlon and kainala knhlrtieier fin
ished fifth
"l'(M.A is I ike I y to win by 20 points
Ifemonen said "We're likely to finish
t() or 20 points ahead of Arizona State
Hut mui h of Oregon's finish is depen
dent upon how Oregon's distance run
ners perform in their events and they
are the prime c andidates to lie affec ted
by the warm Arizona temperatures
1 leinonen said
Lucy Nusrala who ran the third fast
est 'i.tMHI time in c onferenc e history last
week IS sc heduied to run the I 000 me
ters Krika Klein will run the BOO. l.isa
Karnopp and l arid Uolmen yvill run the
1.500. and |ulia Saul. Nicole Woodward
and Stephanie Wessell will compete in
the 10.000
If they feel ready to run again.
Nusrala Karnopp. Saul Woodward and
Wessell may all compete in the 5.000
Sunday
"We may have nobody in the 5,000;
we may have five. Heinonen said
"Depending on the entries, the 5.000
c ould Ire a good c tianc e for a I’ac 10 tl
lie "
\Ycss«ll. tlit* defending I’.k Id i hamp
m tin- 1000(1. will again In' in the
1(1.000 field but .1 sore knee ina\ keep
her from compel mg in the VOOO. where
sfie placed third .it the I’at Ids last sea
son
'We're going for broke in those
events as we had thought we might ear
ly on.” lleinonen said "Whether it’s
going to make a difference or not. I
don't know
Although the heat ma\ hinder the dis
tant e runners Ileinonen said it will ( er
tainlv ImiosI the performant e of the I’ac
Id sprinters
"This is where sprinters run fast
conference meet warm weather the
wind's going to blow the right wav, he
said
In those ideal c onditions Kosie \\ il
bams the school record holder in the
100 and 20(1. could run a season best
during those two events, lleinonen said
Kosie is the most likely person to
run her wav into the NCAA meet.” he
said "In fact this is c learly her liest
c banc e and 1 think she'll do it ”
freshman Camara |ones and Kim Hut
son will run the 4(K). but Oregon will
not field a 4\l()0-metor relay team be
i a use the runners will need to rest up
for other events Oregon will have a
4\4(H) relay team, featuring Williams,
Jones, Hutson and Klein
lumping for the Ducks will be Kim
( arlisle and Man i Yule in the triple
jump and Laurel Roberts and Kelly
Blair in the high jump and the long
jump
Saturday's main event of the chain
pionships may he the javelin throw,
which pits four of this season's top col
legiate throwers in the nation
Oregon's Paula Berry, defending Put
10 champ and the owner of the coun
Irv's liest collegiate toss this year, will
fa< e off with Arizona's Louise Perreault,
who has the second-best collegiate
throw this season Oregon's Kim Hyatt,
who has the fourth-best collegiate throw
this year and defending NCAA champi
on Ashiev Set man of CSC will also con
tend for the title
HAMMER
Continued from Page 11
Togher couches not only the
Dink throwers, but also some
of the nation’s top post < olle
gians such as larnce Deal and
)im Drisi oil, who live and tr«r111
year-round with Togher in Ku
gene
Togher said what is really he
mg developed is a si hool of
hammer throwers m this < out)
tr\ Togher is trvmg to develop
an Amerii an si hool ol hammer
throwers, the external factors
sometimes interfere with the
goal
'It's ver\ iliffu lilt to look at
the long term.'' Togher said
"It can take nine to 11 years to
really learn the hammer That's
a lot to ask for in this fast socie
ty because you're giving up a
big amount of time
"It all depends on external
factors," he said "If you soil
denly sa\ a guv has this i ham e
at a job you ran see that he has
to think about taking it bet ause
their s money there and a
( ham e to earn a living, because
we don't have a sports system
like kurope does where in the
Kastern t ell it is state-support
ed and run
That’s also one of the big
problems Mi (lee sees with
American track and field
While sprint st.irs like (lari
Lewis and Mic heel luhnson i an
demand huge shoe contracts
and meet appearance fees \er\
little money is left over to the
events that need to be devcl
oped
"It's important to develop
that sport all the way through."
McGee said "It's really irritut
mg and frustrating and really
hard to develop those areas
(like the hammer) if there isn't
any money left over
Before trying to worry about
making a living and continuing
his hammer career, there are
other, more immediate con
cerns for McGee, such as de
fending his I’ai 10 and NGAA
i row ns
lie'll take the first step Satur
day at the Pac-10 meet in Tem
pe. Ari/ . where he has the hest
(.(inference throw by more than
18 feet this season Then it's
back to his familiar ring south
of Hayward Field for the NCAA
Championships May 29-|une 1.
where he'll try to beat Southern
Methodist's Christophe Idle,
who owns the collegiate-best
mark of 2 84 8
Kven when he graduates from
Oregon, he'll be ba< k in school
Togher's hammer school
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