ACROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW^
Men seek fourth straight conference title I
Washington State promises to provide tough challenge tor Duck runners
By Dave Chartjonneau
f ?n«'aW Sports Repof!©r
Till' Oregon men's cross
country Ir.un will in; .looking
lor their fourth- straight ronfer
■ rtci' c timii wlii’ii il travels to
Stanford Saturday lor the I’m if
.i ici. (lonfertini e < Champion.
S I li ps
Oregon, wide It moved up to
No g; m tins week’s naiiooal
poll, will compete with a strong
field that ini ludie. three- other
ins* | teams; "•, ;; tin'
. C iss I I\ Pa, AC, »\ i II: tie No
) Ari/nnu No it- \V ' I ;'oii;
end N i .N U . ■! gnat v,
1 Ills V ear. the ifut ks have
won two meets and took third''
di spite tile ahsein e id its top
runners, but coach Hill Dellne
ret is warv id the teams m this
weekend's field especiallv
Washington State
Washington Slate is a teal
contender for the Pur 10 title,"
he said "They i euld easily go
! -.'. -A in the lace this wrek
Seniors Put Haller and Colin
Dalton will most likely lead the
Oregon attack Both have run
sparingly, but well, lor the team
this veur
This week’s meet
means something
to us because it’s
the conference
championships, but
the district meet
two weeks later is
an even bigger
meet.’
Bill Dellinger,
n;rn >s,s c. \r Ty c\u; '■
Each par! it:i pa 1ml in the
Mountain West Classu when
Haller took fourth ami Dalton
finished seventh anil the Jrll
Drenth Mi-iuori.il wlii'M- Dalton
plat ed thiol ami Iiallt*r l .lth
despite a c ast: ol thi: flu.
Sophomore Andy .Maris has
also ran well for tin- Ducks this
year, finishing seventh at the
Knit-raid City Invitational anti
tenth at tin- Mountain West
(Hassle However, fie was un
atde to finish the Drenth Memo
rial fiot.ause of a bruised arch in
his foot
Dellinger said it's import tint
tor Maris to run well this week
end
And) Mans needs to he
healthy, ' he said "It will hurt
us d he's not our No. t run
tier "
Hounding out the team for
Oregon will 1»- juniors lint Ju
Inn, Shannon L.emora, I've Van
Scholar k and Alan l uster
Lornora and hosier are corn
ing off their best performances
of tile year at the Drenth Memo
rial as Lemura took eighth and
hosier finished 1 st
Van Scholar k and Julian had
their strongest meet of the sea
son at the Emerald City Invita
tional where they finished 1'ilh
and 19th. respi < lively
Last year, the Ducks edged
out An/ n.i twi p .tit- to
claim the title The team v\as
led by Dalton, who finished
second to Arizona s Marc Da
vis. and Haller (sixth.i
Julian and hosier are the only
two Du x runners -,vl I : i
compete m the mint last soar
Leading the i harge lor the in
ilividu.il (rown along with Dal
Ion .ind Haller will hr Martin
Kciiio and Hrmn (Itnwi til An
/mi.i Samuel Kibiti .iml K J
( mo ot Washington S l. 11 • ami
(Ireg Mi'ii all ol Washington
Oregon has fail'd well against
ranked teams m theirother
meets this \ ear The Dm ks
hair .1 i trail i tiratrn i’r i as
(l.’liii UiirttnotHh jllltlil. Port
■ ; 18(h) mil Wi
i.: 1st! ami alsii have ►.rna krii
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