Duck riders kick off year in dominating fashion Washington State hosted 10 loams from schools In Or egon, Washington, Idaho and Montana over the work end by staging a two-day. three race event to kick off llm Northwest collegiate cy cling season. The Oregon contingent, consisting of five men and three women, traveled to Pullman with high hopes and a well-prepared, ambi tious squad In the opening event, a short course i riterion in the center of the Washington State campus, the Duck women set the precedent with senior Jennifer Vendetti taking first place in the 40 minuto-plus, iwo-lap event In the hotly contested men's race, the Oregon rid ers continued to show their dominance hy placing three riders in the top 10. includ ing junior Jon Brident>augh s first-place finish in the 55 plus, four lap rue e Saturday evenings team time? trial saw the m hools pilled against each other in .1 rai e ugiiinsl tin1 elm k over a 20-kilometer course This event is often celled "the race of truth, and the truth was told when the Oregon men s team took lop honors in convincing fashion over strong squads from Washing ton Stall- and Oregon State. The women s team, lack ing the numbers of other schools, rode to a third place finish After Saturday's events, Oregon was 2 0 points ahead of its i loses! competitors, with Washing Ion St,it(> am) Oregon State tied for second On Sunday, the men faced .1 hilly, windy 00-mile road race with the women com peting on the same course in a ,10-mile event Vendotti, showing much improved form from last year, finished second to last year's regional champ from Washington. Newcomers Sa rah Drown and ('.all Smith, both racing for their first time that weekend, finished l()th and 11th. respec lively, providing valuable points for the combined men s and women s score In the men's rim;. Oregon planned lo rid<; defensively, end the plan worked perfect ly with all five riders placing for points The course ended with the riders negotiating a 500-ino ter, 12 percent grade climb to the finish line with ( limb ing ai e Myles Light finishing third. Bridenbeugh in fourth. Luke I’ingel in fifth, Matt Fletcher in seventh and Ben Kaplan in 1 -tth plate The Ducks finished with .'(Hi total points to Washing ton State's 1 f>‘) and Oregon State's 1(17 With three more races to come, the Oregon team is poised to qualify for nation ids in May lor the first time sine e lliH‘l Engine Service KMX) S Bertels)*!! Kd • I Uflene OK 47402 One block north of VN lllh • \olan Ind I’la/a Specializing in German Autos for 34 Years • Mercedes • BMW • Volkswagen • Student and Faculty Discounts Unlimited LTD bus sendee„ optional student fee That means refunds are avaiLihte Keep m mind however, that your student lit now enables you to ride the bus any tune, nowhere all term1 Also remember that by supportiih) unlimited bus service you re helpimj alleviate Uaftn leilm e an pollution, ease the campus [urkiiuj problem, and provKle transiHMtation tor thous.mds of students But it you still want a refund, come to the I MU Main Desk duninj normal business hours March 30 April 3 Also available at the L ID Customer Service Center duninj nonnal business hours April •/ 8 Call 68/ 8555 tor more inloimahon Express four sell! LaneVransit District Available to all U of 0 students includirH) law students v '.'vm.--- -— Vidlak takes home MVP honors Senior Dan Yidluk (upped his collugiate career hv receiving 1 lie Howard Wicklund Trophy .is ()r egons most Vidu.ihlf wrestler .it the .inniiiil w res thug awards h.inquet Sundnv night Senior Darren {lustufson pit ked up the John Stiller Memorial Award "to lie the very licst I < itn senior Si olt Myers was voted the Jed kesey Lorenzo West Memorial Award ns Ipient for !*• mg the most improved, and Dory Sonnen was honored with the Most Valuable Ireshtmtn Award I lie awards were voted upon by the couching staff Vldluk ended his i.ireer as (iregon s fourth leading all time w testier yy ith toil victories and was sixth on the career w inning port outage N ' A NH • *4 l,h r h • h * •' r » N"s m . » * >.*•. Oscar the Freshman Neal Skorpen 11> R f ' f h >m\ 1 " ' ’ ./ Am wHA ; !' A ('Rf Af A-’ *} | i i in i fj1 / / 1 i‘.> ■ •> UHt ■ *! IfJ wHf t‘ A MA*J MA/ WAi > itjrii hi-, t.MvePs.tty vi ANf' £fl/>' A ‘iflMlk A I \NG A1A • A." /aJt Of ' t Art At f , FU r>H! , ' . . i m r.»h / nt i• i • ir 1 v Rf ( O' Ail ‘ 1 ! ,.1 ! ’■ . A'll ■■ I-U AU • fin I K'-t f*i n't t ««: LE' \ ~*.ri •'« Pf.t * *’ MTV, <*• -v*^. " St-LS' •* : a>v AT Coutur, Ijf HtJ~ F STHAfc"’ *CTK»« TIK rj Af . K’-s afc.-n* *o >r «vi.c •£*/: / iltfi*! TO l. '■ J* :; i: i sn ,»* . . r"‘