Experience helps the Ducks win track meet By Dave Charbonneau Emerat<1 Sports Reporter Tin’ Oregon men s tr.ifk learn rode the hacks of its talented seniors to vu tors at tlit' Pepsi Team Invitational on Saturday at Havward Field The Ducks went into the meet as slight underdogs to Nebraska, but experience paid off in the end as Oregon defeated the C.ornhuskors l'H-17't in the four team meet Washington finished third with 171. and Northern Art zona plat i'il a distant fourth with 1 2r> The highlight for the more than it.000 fans tn alien dance t ame courtesy ol se nior Art Skipper Skipper Oregon's standout javelin thrower, set the tone ior the afternoon bv launching his final throw 251 H. breaking ins own school record and qualifying lor the N< AA (ihampionships Skipper, who struggled last year with an ankle in jurv that prevented him from ( ompetmg to his full potential said tile throw was a long time coming All I ean su\ is that it's about time," he said "I've been throwing that disland! in practice, and I've just been w ailing it out Skipper was ipilck In mid lie's mil about In lie satisfied I want hi throw farther," he said I’m never satis fied At the beginning ol the event, Skipper was just satis fled to make a legal throw After fouling on his first two throws, Skipper was forced to make a standing throw of ltd) feet just to get to the next round ”11 he would have fouled on the third throw,” Oregon coach It 111 Dellinger said, "we would've lieen in Iron ble." Once Skipper set Ills mark, tiie rest of the after noon just seemed to fall into plat e for the Dili ks Senior Alan Foster ran his lies! rai.e in over a year, tak ing lirst in the 1,500 Foster took over the lead with only a few laps remaining and held off ii ( barging Torn Hanks from Nebraska tor the victory "It was good to see Alan back," Dellinger said "It (taking over the lead) was a real brave move on Ills part I thought he made Ills move ii little early. but i guess ti« knew vs Ha! hr was lining " (Irv^im wav unable lo cup turn .1 vii lory in the sprint rai l's, but junior Knnriio Har ris gut nod valuable points for tin’ Dm ks with a second and third plat e m till' UK) meter and 200 meter rat es. r<'s|ii'i tivrly Senior Shannon hem-ora gave the Dm ks important points with a yiotorv in I fir HOI) meter rate, and so did junior iason Walton, who was ,t surprise firs! in the high jump Senior I've Van Si hoiai k easily won the l.tHM) steeple ch.ise fill t De 111 tiger was more impressed with senior Kick Mistier s gr tie ling < barge to overtake Nehras sa s Kevin Miller lor set otid Mestler had a gutsy pet formaline," Dellinger said He's fieen sil k and missed p r a i I i n e o n i u e s d a y . Wednesday and Thursday Then lie races today and takes second In one of the most antici paled matchups of the day. senior Bob ('.ray used a lute surge to pass Nebraska’s Ste phen (folding in the 1 it) hurdles (folding got out oi tile blocks last, hut (fray gradually pulled up even and heat Inm to the tape "Stephen got out great, hut I expei teil him to get nut, dray said "1 knew tl I stayed with him early, I could win After the last hurdle. I just outsprinted him " Senior Put Haller tm proved Ins season best time w ith a first - plain) 1-1 (i t tilt during .in easy victory in the 5,(KM) There was no dei athalon event at the meet, hut that didn’t stop Oregon's two del ulhaleles. seniors Pedro daSilva and Muhammad () 11 ver, from contributing to the Uut ks' cause Oliver took third in the long jump and 110 hurdles and seventh In the high jump daSilva was second in the long jump, seventh in the discus and eighth in the shot put Despite all these seniors, some younger Dm ks also had strung performances, most notably sophomore Heath llowmgton, who took third m the disi us and shot put and fifth in the hammer, and Todd Itleakney. who won the triple jump KIINKOS More Than Great Copies (>|M*n 7 l>. and Northern Arizona took fourth with 1 11 It was an upset," Oregon couth loin lieinonen s.iid "There s no question about that Our kuis t ompnted math hard Ant) none worked harder than ( amara Jones Jones gave Oregon its biggest highlight of th. meet with a brilliant wm in the 400 inetei rai e Not only did the 1 Jill k sophomore he a t I avtiri'd Shanelle Porter ol Nebraska. Jones did it in a school tin ord 111 '>7 'I. also all automat it \i A A qualifying time Jones' run e< lipsed the pre \ unis Oregon rei ord of Vt I. set by (.rrn e Hakuri in 1 l)H 1 I don't know how I did it. hut ! did it," an out ol breath Jones said I surprised my sell " "Didn’t surprise me." said teammate Lisa ltedwell, who finished third m the rai e Mel none n w as t* I a t ed li v Jones' day on the trat k 'In terms o I quality.'' Heinonen said, Lamaia was our best Jones and ltedwell were also part of Oregon's 4X100 relay team whit h ran a provision al NO A A time and I fie 4X400 relay team that wrapped up the meet win When all events except for the 4X400 relay were finished, Oregon led Nebraska 170-171 and needed either a first or sis tint I In the relay to win the meet The Dm ks easily got see ond for six points and the win ;,f *■> Uy Duck sophomore Camera Jones wins the 400-motor race with a time ot f>2 73, an automatic NCAA qualifying time and a new school record The? Oregon upset, though, involved much more thiin thu sprints VVc re.illy performed us .1 team.' -s.1111 senior Nicole Woodward. who won the I.(too easily In .1 personal ris ord ol u t.: ‘ol Fellow distance runner Lucy Nusralii also made it look easy, cruising to a meet record and Nt'A.A provisional Hi'JI till in the ft .(MM) Perhaps the most ironh twist of events Saturday came In the •100 hurdles and the discus, where the (lornh 11 skers and Dmks were counting on big points, respei lively At the same time that Nehras ke's Susan Hendrick Kehrn who hub the best time in the ■UHl hurdles fouled out. Ore gun s |iilie Bee k failed to make the finals in the dlsu us on the other side ol the field harhi'r, though. Hi k 11>>) win thr shot put. >11111 tiiHiimatr Molly Dublin was m i unit fur ()rt-mm m llii< uvrnt l.nuri'l Unhorts also ovuri unii' advorsitv fur points Altrr t.ik mg mm (Hit) in tin- lung jump. 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