The Oregon DAILY EMERALD'S preview of the Track & Field Championships SDAY Sprinters race into spotlight By Ashley Conklin t mi'M :! Sixm Editor II speed kills no trio of sprinters will be mure lelhul .it Hayward Field this week than Harlelte (hndrv F.slher |nnes anil Mail el Malone (iiiidrv Junes anil Malone all do then best work m less than a minute and they II all try to run even I aster at the \( A A I r.n k and Field (lhampiniiships todnv through Saturday Him tr.ii k ( areers read like a I tollvwoml mov ir si ripl Texas' (iuidrv fought her wav li.uk Imm injuries lest season In finish second in I lie Athletics (longress KM) meters and then won the event at the 19110 (lood w ill (.allies Junes is tlie defending M A A 100-meter and 200-meter champ. heating duidry in the 21)0 last season One of Louisiana State's most successful athletes ever |ones is a 1 > time all A meric an in both \( !AA in door and ouldooi i ompelitions With tier help, the Tigers have won the \( AA outdoor team title eat h of the last three seasons Malone started her c ollege c areer in I'lHtt, the same \ ear as (luidrv and Jones hut she is only a junioi at Arizona State hating redsliirted the 10H0 season I lei name has bee time sviionvmous with the 400 metei dash Last tear she became the lust female to tv in the \CAA and I At tilt) meter titles in the same tear Malone then added the \( AA indoor title this past wintei selling tv hat tt as at the time an American indoor record She’ is also better than average in the 200 I’lentt of other top sprinters will fie on hand at llavctard Held this week Wbras ka's him Walker has the lop time ill the 200 meters coming into the meet, and teammate Ximena Kestrepo is a title threat in both the 200 and 400 Other top sprmleis include Stanford's (Ihrvste (iaines. Texas South ern’s Heatru e I tondu and Alabama's Diane I hntrod I ratios Hut tairdrv Jones and Malone are the t ompetitors people are c oming to see in the sprints l hes re the show stoppers At Texas. they (.all Guidry Ms Turbo Shf Is .1 quii k explosive .mil aggressive runner Hut unlike a highly powered turbo m.i i hine Guidry isn't rei kless .mil out of i on trul Sure, she's h.id injuries in the past and was severely hampered by hamstring prob lems But Guidry thinks in the long term She talks about tiemg for used, and one i an definitely sense that she has a ( lear purpose m her running "She realizes she's one of probably (the) top three collegiate sprinters right now." Texas Coach Terry Crawford said "So I think she's a person that really has a good perspective on her running career, and she knows that she's just getting started in a running career, that her college career has just prepared her to go on and continue to run.'' A lot of that perspective came last year Despite missing much of the outdoor sea son with the hamstring problem. Guidry made it to the NCAAs in lioth the 100 and 200 and also in the 4x100 relay. A false start disqualified her from the 100. but she finished second to Jones in the 200 That second place 200 finish was the first step after the injury that literally got her back on track "Yes I was (pleased) because that was like my first big rare after the hainstring." Guidry said after a workout at Hayward Field on Monday "And my hamstrings. < ourte«> of I nh'triiif of Irui ( arlette (iuidry oven ame injuries to have a successful outdoor season last season anil is now Itwk inf( toward the 19*92 OlvmpU s thin weren't totally ready, but they were able to real t to everything After she was injured. Guidry and her coach. Texas assistant lane Frederick, sat down and planned the season a little differ ently "I had to go hack and readjust some things, my coach and I Guidry said "I was able to real t to adjustments and I was able to run well at Goodw ill and TAG While Paul Ku hards coat hes the rest of the Longhorn sprinters. Guidry is coached by Frederick, who used to lie one of the world's best heptathletes "With her. 1 guess because I'm .1 different type of sprinter. I'm more of .1 power run tier, and she works a lot with me on tech nit|ue ' Guidry said "And she's helped me to use the strength I have In a lot of regards Guidry is not a stan dard sprinter She's got something extra that doesn't come from being faster than most people she lines up with in the blocks Her goals, for this year and 1*192 an Turn to SPRINTERS Page 5B Throwers take aim at the top By Jake Berg ( inni.iM Sports Htiporte' l Iri'Knn |.ts ••lin tlirosv t*rs Paula Bom and kmi I I s ,i 11 .iri' hop t uy t In' holm* tu'lil .nls,nit.a-!• ss ill Boost lllrill to lop [ililt i* 11III s til's .it t hi' t It