CROSS COUNTRY PREVIEW & PROFILE*
Women favored for cross country title
By Dave Chartxnr.eau
fin <y .i> i■ /*', M";
iln biggest question (lining
the .third ranked ()regi >n worn
on's cross country team at the
Pacific-10 donferenc; ( hum
jhonshIpr* Siilurii.lv is not
.shflther ii >.in lake tin- ii.iiit
crown Iml rather w hich om of
its runners will win ihc mill
i. Iduill crown
Oregon is the odds-on favor
il* lo lulu* the limm t it In lor the
lillli time in m\ ve.irs al Ihc
‘>.000 meter meet Isold at Shin
ford (.olf (amrse in I'iiIn Alio
"! don't see anybody gelling
c lose I o us.'' c our: h Torn
llellioilell VIid We re reads’ In
roll, and I don't look at mere
being a possibility of us letting
II}.
Senior l.ucy Nusrnla will be
lilt! probul.li- favorite in the
t.n I- unil her sllffest 'rent li
lion should l inin' li .in t'"r own
inanimates, suphoi e re Nicole
Woodward nml ! .nor l.ls.i
Karnopp
Nusral.i has fini‘ nil first in
.ill three meets tin- Ducks htpe
p.irlii ip,ili il in this season iino
lias showi'd no signs ol giving
up lh.il position
its been by i bain it I'vt*
i mint mil on lop m nut meets
(Ins visit. Nusrala s.ml "I've
(usl lilt good on rai l* d.iys
W 1 mdvv.trd lias lllllslll'll Ml
olid In Nusrala in Iwu ol the
illititls and hnishi'd lourth in
llic oilier mind ol die season
Karnopp complides die dead
ty trio as she has had two lliitd
pl.n e finishes and a fourth
pi,u e luiish tins year
Any one of the three i mild
win the mind with a good out
ing
I don't want to make a leg
deal out id this llcinonon
said, "hut one of our runners
will probably win the Put Ml
lndivldn.il championship
junior < arol I h,linen has had
a linn hold on die fourth posi
tion for the Ducks all season
lieinoni n said he is pleased
with tile wav II..linen has lull
this year
'Dolmen has been the most
pie.is.in! surprise ol the year.
PNOto by f’a&iay
lucy Nusrala (tar loll) and Nicole Woodward (tar right) load the Duck runners into Saturday s Pec-10
championships
In' Hi)t(i She's gelling better
with every tai I’ sill- |ust keeps
i losing m on mil top three run
ners "
I'he final three positions vs ill
lie f 111 eil I) \ Ire s li men 11 11
r.illerti .mil Jenna ('.irlson .mil
si ip lit Ml 11 ire Miiiuiil ! t.IVnJsi It:
i .irlsun ami (.alleru have hut
tied lor the fifth .uni sivlh spots
on (he team, and Davidson
i l.timed till! seventh spot Ivvd
weekends ago at the Jell Ilnenth
Memorial
Heinonen said he thought ex
perieni e vs llh the euursi at the
Stanford Invitational earlier
this season would help (.alien,
and < 'arlson
"Both have seen the Stanford
course and should run better,
he said
The !vv o runners agreed
I letd much much, much
more coin for table." l alleru
said I ast tune. I had h< ard all
these stories about the course
and I (ell >i little m lin'd This
time, I'm excited lo gul out
there and attack it
I'm i'\e ilrd t>i'i miM' I will
know wln-rt' I'm going." Carl
von mi id "l.ast tlm<* someone
told mi' tin ri■ were MOO meters
Ifft. and till'!1' was rt-allv like a
mill’ lelt
Hidnonun Mild he would like
lo see one ol the runners move
up on the top four
"Out mi tuber live runner
Heeds lo i lose the gap oil our
top lour, hut that i ini Id he
tough with two heshmeti and
all Inexperienced sophomore,"
he said
i tie i )ii ks ha\ i w. >n t hi I ‘a;
111 championship lour ol the
live years the meet has existed
Last veu, Li/ Wilson and
Stephanie We- -ad! ’unshed Lts!
and * ■ ■ mi e, 11 a De s s w mi
tin ti iin till. W. . >dw aid t.n
i shed eighth to.1 Oregon and
Karnnpp and Holmen helped
tin! Dsn k i tin sc with --ith and
-5th finishes, respectively
Heinonen said this year's
team Is tietler Ilian last year's
because they have three run
ners doing the same tiling two
runners did last y ear
"based on every indication
we've got, we re stronger up
front," he said We've got
three running the same times as
two did last year 1 in quite sure
we're better than last year
The only team that could
even li.iue close to competing
with tl ■ l)ui ks is WJlli ranked
Arizona
He: -:it :: -.aid it is pretty oh
V ton s what I tils tniK’l means as
tar as the upcoming rogfonals
and nationals an ■ ,mcerned
i ti i s meet stands on i Is
own." tie said a trophy in
tint trophy cast .t if histotv
H e obviously w.. to Will it,
lull is e sc del in got bigger
tisli to fry
Teammates
balancing
competition,
friendship
By Dave Charbonneau
Emerald Sports Reporter
Call them the Three Mus
keteers. Cull them the Three
Amiga*. Cull them any other
cheesy nickname associated
with a dynamic trio.
They are l.ucy Nusrala.
Nicole Woodward and Lisa
Karnopp, and they are the
the loading force behind the
third-ranked Oregon wom
en's cross country team.
The three have boon un
beatable this year, claiming
three of the top four spots in
all throe of the Ducks' moots
this year. In each race they
have finished within 20 sec
onds of each other, leading
Oregon to two first-place
and one second-place fin
ish this season.
Woodward and Nusraia
both said it scares other
teams to set) three rttnnors
from the same team up front,
"With the three of us in
front, it's really helpful be
cause 1 think we're threaten
ing to other teams." said
Woodward.
Nusrata agreed
"When people see three
runners from the same team,
it s intimidating," she said.
Kamopp said she likes the
fact that they can help each
other out during the race.
"During the races, wa'll
communicate with each oth
er and it makes it a more
comfortable situation," she
said.
Communication is impor
tant between the three on
and off the course They all
stressed the far t that despite
tfie competition, thev are all
good friends.
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