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Camara Jones (left) and LaReina Woods help
Oregon s two relay squads.
Photo by Micftjwi Sh*od*of
teammate Use Bedwell rest alter a race. All three run lor
Keeping up with Camara Jones
By Jake Berg
Einwtakl Sports Editor
An Office of Public Safety officer arrived at the
Hayward field parking lot much to the chagrin of
the many Oregon athletes practicing there Tuos
day
As the officer pulled out his pen and book of
parking tickets, a couple of athletes took the cue
like a slarter's gun and ran to save their illegally
parked cars from being ticketed.
Duck sprints coach George Walcott smiled and
looked across to the southwest corner of the field,
where Camara Jones was walking together with
the other thru* members of Oregon’s women's
4x 100-meter relay team.
"You wunt to see someone run fast?" Walcott
asked himself, “('J' Ticket Man!"
Jones trolled Into a light sprint by her stan
dards arriving in time to save her car from the
evil citations ol Ticket Man
ibis got another chuckle out ol Walcott, but
Jones' competitors have Ireun far from laughing ut
the Oregon sophomore's efforts so far this season
It's Imhtii more like envy.
In only her second 400 of the season. Jones ex
ceeded ull expectations at the Pepsi Team Invita
tional Simply put. she beul favored Shanelle Por
ter of Nebraska, was the first Duck ever to dip be
low the 53-second barrier for an NCAA automatic
qualifying time, and was key to the Ducks' two
point win over the Comhuskers,
Oh. she broke the 11-year-old school record,
loo
"What it comes down to is talent," Walcott
said "When the chips are down and she needs lo
make something happen, she usually does
"She handled Porter." said Washington coach
Orin Kichburg. whose team was at the Pepsi meet.
"I'm not saying it was easy, but she didn't strug
gle."
Understanding that she won that race in the
time she did is more of a challenge for Jones than
maybe the race was
“Sometimes 1 find it hard to believe that I ran
that race," Jones said.
After this weekend, she may find it harder to
realize whore she's at. When Arizona State sprint
er Malcel Malone pulled out of the Pacific-10
Conference Track and Field Championships earli
er this week. Jones was suddenly boosted into the
much touted role of "favorite."
"That's baggage," said Jones, who wus second
to Malone at last year's Pac-10 moot. "I'm not so
sure I want that."
But oh Lord, it's hard to be humble when
you've run us fast as Jones has this season. Her
school record 52.73 in the 400 is almost a full
second faster than anyone else entered in the con
ference meet this weekend at Hayward Field.
The possibility of winning a Pac-10 title is
something Jones said she thought was at least far
ther on down the road than her sophomore year.
Jones said that as a student at Mountain View
High School in Vancouver, Wash., such early suc
cess in track and field's finest collegiate confer
ence was something she didn't give much thought
to.
Jones attributes her quick rise to tho top of the
school record lists — she's third in the 100 and
sixth in the 200 now — to maturity and a yoar of
experience.
"She's running with much more confidence,"
Richburg said "Now she has established herself
us one of the better runners in the country at this
event."
Oregon head coach Tom Heinonen said thu dif
ference in Jones this year has ulso been her physi
cal condition.
"Physically, she's bettor In every way," ho said.
"She's stronger."
But even after last season — when Jones burely
made the provisional cut to get into thu NCAA
meet — probably few people would have guessed
the 5 foot-6, 135-pound senior could break the
school record in the 400 this year
Her season ended on a down note when typical
Eugene weather — rain — at thu NCAA meet and
stress from a car wreck kept Jones from advancing
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