SPORTS Decathletes eye NCAA, Olympics By Dave Chatoonneau Errwratcl Sp'.v'is Reporter Not rnanv people go! to sit Oregon's Ivso det athletes compete this weekend it the Oregon Invitiition.j 1 at Havwafd Field And that's a shame I’edro daSilva won the dm album and -.| u .11 if led itir thi’ NCAA (diampionships vvitli a score id 7,H7;i !'!)(• decathlon was held on Thursdav and FTida.v. will'll attendance was .sparse daSilva said lie te.11 le d his season's best mark vvitli solid porforniatn es ill all tin '.events “I just took it nisidaSilv a said I; just want ed to qualilv, I d id ri I set any '.personal ly'i.noK or anything " daSilva is hopeful lie will maki the Bra/ihan Olympic tram this slimmer, and qualifying liir thr NCAA meet gives him onr mom meet ti • prepare lor it I have two inure meets (hr Nt i A A s and tie l\ti 10 meet to get readV lot thr Olympu s. daSilva said Condition wise, even thing s great Some events need a lot ol work There's a lot'ol room lor improvement " Muhammad Oliver, who qualified lor the NCAA Championships in the dei athlon earlier this season, did not eotiipete in the event Oliver instead opted to work on individual events The senior lirst ran a personal best in the lit) hurdles Unfortunately. few Ians remained 111 the stands as Oliver bounced back anil lor 111 from the high jump to the long jumji As most til the crowd filed out ol Hayward Field late in the evening, Oliver was busy match ing his personal best in the high pimp and just missing a career best in the long jump Oliver said lie may have 1 us! himself .1 personal best in the high jump bv competing m two events at once It could have 1 us! me a lew mi lies in the high jump, he said ''If I would have rested, I know I could have made seven feet in the high jump Oliver cleared t> HI 1 * in the high jump lor third place and real bed 7-t i in the long jump tor set und place I.am e Deal, another possible Olympian, lie.w ed the hammer 7r>7-7 to win the competition, break ing Ins meet record Fa-Oregon star Siott Mites Muhammad Oliver was second in the long lump with a ?4-3 at this weekend s meet finished third with .1 throw of I‘> ] I Oregon s Art Skipper easily surpassed Ins com petition in ill'1 javelin .is his throw ot IS 10 was 2r> feet I,other th.ltl the sei imd pi.if e throw Decathlete Dan O'ltrien competed in the morn Of; developmental portion o! tin- meet, depriving Host from seeing the predli ted lev. >rite ill w III the ■old medal in the decathlon at the Olympus ) linen competed in the lit) high hurdles, shot jut and disi us In other tr.uk .a turn this a ► nd Oregon's loh (.lav took lourth in the lilt hurdles at the ’enti Relay ., and Oregon's entry n the medley flay tilllshed tilth I'he I Jut ks' bigg, meet SO tar . .e.e.un will happen this Nat i.,v when they !e • W uiglun State Future Duck throws javelin for biq win By Jake Borg tS{xjr*s t il Ashley Sirltiiitii won tlif battle of pest, present .111(1 lullin' Oregon i.iv<• 1111 throw ers ' Saturday .1! tin' Oregon Ini itation.i! tr.M k .mil lii'li! inert .it I In v-w .iril I: lelrl Seltnen's hi it throw of l ’ t 7 ^iive'ii glimpse nl wind ()r*’j_:i iii Ians 1 tu 1 v|>«'< t from her tievl season Seim.ill a former t1.1U01t.il 1 hemp from 1 Si who will 1 om|nile tin Oregon nt*\t spring, beat nut I.inner I)iu k \( \ \ < l: iin(ii mis I’,111 l.i Herr\ .1 n 1! 1111 Smith .uni collegiate le.liter Kim Hyatt tlri'fjiin's newest transfer wiis ot) smiles .liter winning her lust competition 111 near I v a veer Its been .1 while suite I won .1 meet Selm.in seal It's Imm'ii e long time Selm.in was snout! el the NCAA Championships lest veer it none other then lies wen! Held tu no one other than Hurry, now her room mete llerrv had to settle lor third Saturday with .1 throw ol I ’ t On end Smith, the N’t A A i hump m I'MH. wes set ond with Cell t)regims Ity.Hi who won t lie |e volin 1 utnpet it ion at the Penn Kclays on linns dev . took tilth w Mil e lh i nil thi 1 iw I he '.eti lor is die to! 1, ."ale le.idel W ill) ll"f see -on best throw it! | OH <11 thr Pepsi I rani Inv national April lit Not Ion bail lor a dayA work for Selhuin li nice to gel the r onfi ii I An (if egon s. ho. ! rer ord huliler turtieil lirs! grade leai her and now Olympic hojiel ii I p ro v iilei) .1 not her meet highlight Van-lie Peters. who has liken a lea v e i> i ahse nr c from leai (ring al a Spring liehl elementary sr hoof this year m hopes of making the () i V in p 11 I e a m , Won l h e I. aio meter run in a blister mg rat e The lop live limes in the run were .ill heller than Ihr tor in e r in eel r eoor()<) and t.tHK) Peters, outfitted III a I shirt with the words ’ (io Mrs Peters ’ on tfie bai k was not even i hallenged in the rai e hut said she could have imi ix-tter It was a good time, Pi ters said lint \ oil alw ays hope to run faster AUTO ACCIDENTS I 1 Great Coffee and Espresso on Campus Find the Coffee Corner s GREAT locally roasted coffee and espresso on campus at EMU Fishbowl Skylight Cafe Breeze way Cafe Willamette Hall Atrium Allied Arts and Architecture Cafe I The COFFEE CORNER Ltd] Tuesday, April 28th at 8:00 pm 1 in Gerlinger Lounge Praised by critical readers and plain readers, Philip Levine has received many awards for many books Stanley Plumley. 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