SPORTS
Kobayshi led swim team to successful season
By Ted Burnham
f mefaid Contributor
!respite .1 minimal budget and tough
i <>tn|>•■ 1111<>n the ( Hull Sports sh im tram
did surprisinglv well this season hut
Imprs of regaining the glorv of past visits
still rludr fhr tins tram
(.<miprtitivc swimming is thriv ing in
Oregon. fml (fir I'niversitv program is
bring li"ft hrhimi. said Oregon coat h
Mike I firksrn
Oregon's swim tram was dropped from varsitv st.it
us in l‘JHr) Si holarships are no longri given and their
is no paid c.o.ic h
"Swimming was one of the original varsitv sports at
I ' of ( ) said 1 III ksell It s a shame that our own state
\\ ill not support us
In the past the stale of Oregon has produced rigid
t S swimming i hampions and six N( \A i liampious
two from Oregon In fhr totals and .’(is the l iuversi
tv swim team twite plat rd in tile top 111 at the \( AA
( h.tmpionships and produced several N< \A record
holders
Now Washington is the onl\ Northwest team left in
the \( AA Oregon State |l’ac ifi< ft) ( umfrrrnc e) l.ew
is and (dark and Willamette I'niversitv winch com
pete in the \ \IA .ire the ouh varsitv programs in Or
rgon
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SPORTS
High school all-Americans from Or
egon must move out of state it they
wish to compete at the NCAA level.
III. state is among llif top 10 in trims of high
school swimming Ihrksen said, ami Oregon lias Ihr
set ond largest masters swimming program in the
w orhl
Hut high school all Arnerii ans from Oregon must
move out ol stale i( thev vs ish to ( otlipete .it tile \t \ A
lev el I hrksen said
Iht I'niversity which provides the minimum
amount of varsity sports seven for both men and
women to qualify for \< A A status has hail trouble
finding support for Olvmpti " sports that don't pay
for themselves in tii ket revenues like football and has
krtha!! do
(Swimmingl is no less important than football,
hand or drama " I hrksen said I feel all these at list
lies are really important to provide an opportunity tor
students to ( oinpete and perform
Despite funding woes the swimming team did he
,.nine a Club Sporl last year and receives limited
funds from the Incidental lee (aunmittee flic mem
Imts (ire required to fund raise to help with additional
expenses t his war the team made enough money to
tra\ el to three aw a\ meets
'Pacing the Duik swimmers this year was hatsuya
kobaxshi an exc hange student from Japan. Whose
time of vi <15 m the 100 meter bac kstroke placed him
(>7!h out of .1 field of more than 170 swimmers at the
Phillips file Spring Nationals held April o at the* (mod
will (lames pool in federal Way. Wash
The men's team also placed 15th at Northwest Sc
o* or Kegionals this year setting personal re< ore is in 17
different e\ ents
At the Pacific Lutheran Invitational in Tacoma.
Wash the men placed fifth and the women's team
plac ed ninth
Students training with the team ini lude a women's
Iron Man triathlon finisher and a student from Great
Britain who is ranked fourth in the modern pentathlon
in Great Britain and sixth in the Tinted States
Dirksen plans to continue the program next war
Many of this year's swimmers will graduate, he said,
leaving gaps that will need to he filled
fventually Dirksen hopes that a vaisity swim team
will be reinstated
"We need the support so c oac lies < an compete at the
Pac ](l level. he said "It all c otries down to when the
state Legislature decides how they will support our
school
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Blazers face playoff
elimination, down 3-1
!’< )KTI AND ; AIM Flit- Los Angeles Lakers are looking 11 k«■ an
NBA < hampiunship loam I In' Portland l iail Blazers arc looking
like ,01 NBA expansion team
A‘. ,1 result the Lakers ( an wiap up llieii ninth Western ( outer
once title in the last 12 years with .i victory on Portland's home
i ourt in (..ime a tonight
There's no reason for this the Blazers' < !lyde Drexler said "1
i an t understand it
That sums up the Trail Blazers feelings after a pair of blowout
losses at the Forum over the weekend Portland, widt h had the
NBA s best regular season retort) at t.t-1‘1 went to Los Angeles
tied I I in the best of 7 series
\\ Imi followed was disaster at the hands of .1 Laker team that oh
vanish has figured out how to stop Portland's run and gun slam
dunking altat k
The Blazers are a team that operates on emotion and they t ame
out flat in tyyo of their biggest games of the season 1 hey lost
KM. uj Friday night and 1 It.-*r> Sunday (.nine -I was Portland's
most one sided loss of the season
1 think the Lakers have played great defense.' Portland's Dan
ny \luge salt) "We haven t adjusted to yyh.it they 're doing they
know what we're doing I think w e ve become predictable they re
lust 1 logging the middle making it tough on us We re not finding
the open man Obviously we're in deep trouble
The hikers know what it takes to stop Portland Magii Johnson
said
Ur U(|| control <it the tempo early Slowed up tile filin' Ml ttlry
i mildn l get in thru transition game ' hr said " 1 hr only yvuy wr
i ,111 brut l’nrtliiiui is with (irfriisr lii.it is.is thr differem r in lhr
l.ist t vs n ((iimrs
I'ilr irustratrd Bl.i/rrs have m.nlr M luninvrrs ill thr l.ist livu
g. inics, 19 mi Sunday
"I never thought vsr would play as bad .is wr did in these two
U.lines Portland < lout h Kit k Adelinan s.ntl I tinrik wr w ill t ome
h. u k and play mut h better Tuesday I lielirse in my tram, I know
they i an i omr hat k
(Inly four teams in NHA history have i:omr bat k from a 1-1 deli
i it to ysin a playoff series The last ys.is Boston, whit h won the last
three games to brat Philadelphia in thr 19H1 Kasteril (lonfrrent.e fi
nals
\ 11 season long, thr Blazers talked about hoys hungry they vs err
for a i tiampionship. Iioss they got a taste of it ill last year’s finals
and knrss ys fiat it takes to vs in it all Tile only team that showed
tliat kind of hunger in the l-'orum ssas I ns Angeles
If ssr play like we tiisi these last three games, then there are
plenty of doubts Drexlei said "It's not over vet The question is.
do sse ssunt it hud enough and do sse have what it takes to do it'
Three to one is tough We've got ourselves into this situation, now
we've got to gel ourselves out
T ven it tlie hikers don't win tonight they can wrap up a trip to
the finals at home Thursday night in Game t>
Still, the Blazers insist they haven’t given up
( an sse ' Yeah,' Aitlge said "Will sse' We ll see
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