SPORTS
Olympic hopefuls test
themselves at Classic
By Dave Charbonneau
Errwatd Sports Reporter
The stars, sun and fans all
came out to Hayward Field on
Saturday to make the IBth an
nual Prefontaine Classic a
memorable one.
Nearly 6.400 funs wore in at
tendance to sec some of the top
athletes in the world, many of
whom will compete in the
Summer Olympics at Barcelo
na.
With the Olympic Trials
coming up on June 19, this was
the lust opportunity for many
athletes to see whore they’re at
heading into the Trials.
The evening started with
hammer thrower Lance Deal
launching a 264-10 throw.
Deal's throw was a meet record
and just off his stadium record
of 266-0, which he threw at the
Oregon Twilight earlier this
year.
A world-closs field was fea
tured in the steeplechase event.
Matt Croghan won the race,
which had five finishers under
the Olympic qualifying time of
8:29.00.
Croghan finished at 8:21.55.
und former Oregon star Danny
Lopez took second In 8:23.57.
Croghan said it was the second
fastest tlmo he's ever run, but
he said it didn't come easy.
"I really hud to concentrate
and work hard to win this
race," Croghan said. “I wanted
to run faster, under 20 or so."
Mozambique's Maria Muloiu
ran un impressive 800-meter
race She easily defeated Mere
dith Rainey, the top American
In the event, by more than a
second with a strong kick at the
end.
"The pace was very fast — it
was not a very tactical race."
said the 19-year-old Mutola,
who goes to Springfield High
School. “I felt very strong at the
end."
Rainey, who has only beaten
Mutola once in five tries, said
she wasn't worrlod about
Mutola on Saturday.
“I just want to worry about
making the American team and
worry about runners from other
countries later," Rainey said. "I
do think Maria will bo the one
to beat at Barcelona."
Annette Peters, a former Ore
gon runner, slipped past Mary
7 tried to pass
Mary with a lap to
go, but I couldn’t
get by her. I tried
again on the last
lap, and, lucidly, I
crossed the line
first.’
Annette Peters,
on beatmg Mary Slaney m
the 2.000 meters
Slant)y in the final 100 motors
to tnkf) tho 2,000-motor ovont.
Peters, who was trying to talk
over a mob of autograph-seek
ing children, said she may have
got lucky.
"I tried to pass Mary with a
lap to go but I couldn't get by
her," she said, "i tried again tin
the last lap, and, luckily. I
crossed the line first."
Slaney said sickness held her
back from her usuul training
routine last wuok. which may
have hindered her performance)
in the race.
"I feel like this was the first
time I've really raced," Slaney
said “When Annette came up
on me, I should have been able
to change gears, and I was un
able to do that."
Joe Falcon cruised to victory
in the 1.5(H) and said he felt
right at home ut Hayward
"I really appreciated the
crowd support," he said "I
hate to leave L'ugeno. I should
just stay here until the Olympic
Trials."
In the long jump, joe Greene
had the third-longest jump in
the world this year, behind
Mike Powell and Carl Lewis
His leap of 27-fi crushed the
meet and stadium records, as
well as establishing a new per
sonal outdoor record
Jill Smith, a former Duck,
won the javolin competition
with a throw of 1B0-3. Paula
Berry, the 1901 NCAA champi
on for Oregon, did not faru as
well in the event, finishing
sixth
Angela Williams won (ho
1(H), Suzy hamilton was victori
ous in the 1.500 and Russia's
Yelena Pershina won the long
jump
Men’s track grabs 4th in NCAA
Oregon'# senior class made II a farewell to
remember.
The Duck men's track and field loam look
fourth at Ihe NCAA Championships Saturday
In Austin, Texas, the fourth-straight year Ore
gon finished in the top five.
Arkansas completed Its "triple crown" by
winning the overall team title Saturday and
taking the cross country and Indoor track
championships earlier this year.
The women's team, though, will return one
of its scorers from the national meet Senior
Kim Hyatt and sophomore Camara Jones
scored all of Oregon's 10 points at the meet,
which was good enough for 22 nd place.
The Louisiana Stnto women walked off with
the team championship for the sixth-consecu
tive year
Art Skipper loti u number of All-American
finishes for the men with his championship in
the Javelin
Also on Friday. Tye Van Schoiuck and Kick
• Meatier repeated as scorers in the steeplechase.
Van Schoiack took third, and Mostlor made hi*
fourth All-American finish in sixth place.
Docathletos Pedro daSilva and Muhammad
Oliver finislmd third and fourth Saturday with
the top two decathlon finishes in Oregon histo
ry. daSilva broke his own school record with
an 8,17B, and Oliver had a PR of B.087.
Put Haller made his last run us a Duck a
third-place finish In the 5.000-metor run.
Bob Cray, who foiled to qualify for the 400
hurdle final, cruised to a sixth place in the 1 IQ
hurdles.
For the women. Hyatt settled for third in the
javelin with u 170-10 throw. Hyatt became the
first NCAA women s javelin thrower over to
become a four-time All American
Though only n sophomore, Jones took fifth
ir. the 400 in 52.20 (ones broke hor own
school record In the event twice during the
week, with her best mark a 52 07
Senior Lucy Ntisrnla and junior Nicole
Woodward also ran the 5,000 Saturday, hut
they did not score Nusralu took ninth, and
Woodwurd finished 10th.
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