CROSS COUNTRY
Cross country teams set for second meet of season
By Steve Mims
Emerald Sports Reporter
The Oregon women's cross
country team will be back in
action this week after a suet ess
fui opening meet last weekend in
Canada
The Ducks opened the season
bv winning the Simon Eraser
Invitational last Saturday in
British Columbia Oregon placed
four runners in the top 10 at the
meet, including Nicole Wood*
ward, who won her first colle
giate cross country title in a time
of 17:1.1
"We got off to a really good
start.’’ Oregon head coach Tom
Heinonen said. “Nicole ran
strong from the start and no one
could catch her She beat Sarah
Howell, last year’s NA1A cross
country champion, and Leah
Pells, a Canadian Olympian w ho
ran in Barcelona.”
Three other Ducks broke into
the top 10 at the meet, including
freshman Heidi Van Borkulo
(.oldstein, who was impressive
m her tirsl college meet, finish
ing fourth with a time of 17 tf>
.Sophomores lenna Carlson and
Idl Calient finished eighth and
ninth, respectively, giving
Hemunen reason for optimism
Heidi ran aggressive from the
front and was close in her first
race." Heinonen said. ‘We got
solid performances from lenna
and Ml. but both think thev can
run belter "
Two other Ducks who almost
crai kisl the top 10 .ire Knka Klein
and Niatnh Zwagerman. who fin
ished 1 llh and Ktth, respect ive
ly Klein, a senior from LalmoniIs.
Wash . finished the meet in
18 17. seven seconds ahead of
Zwagerman
Also running for the Dm ks this
season are |oni Wareham. Mon
We got off to a
really good start.'
Tom Hetnonen,
Oregon vi .'”'*"' " .
cress country couch
u ,i Davidson and Ann Patton
Orngon enters this Saturday s
mt'i'i in the Sundodger Invit.i
tion.it in Seattle rankl'd ! >lh in
the nation, but Huimmun said
that mav even lit- too low
i’ti,it is tint- for now,'
Heinonen said "I don't know it
we are twller, hot we may !>•■ It
is still loo early to tell
This weekend's rat e should
tjtve Heinonen and Ins team a liet
ler i hanee to see where they are
at The AMmllsfonl Koyals, at luh
team from Canada that nnished
seeotul liehmtl the Dut ks last
week will tie ill the meet, along
with Washington The Huskies
tumbl'd third .it the Simon Kras
nr Invitational. hut Heinonen said
Washington ran its second team
"We will run against Wash
ington this weekend. and tin", are
hotter than they showed last
weekend," Heinonen said
AhUittsford is alsu in the meet,
along with Seattle Pacific and
some teams from the mountain
stales
One perstin who probably will
not he running this weekend is
Sally Miner, a sophomore from
Portland, who is still reo>\ erne;
from .1 swollen ai hides tendon
in her right loot
"Sally is improving hut she is
i erv doubtful for this weekend.
Heinonen said "There is a
chance we ma\ redshirt her if the
injury does not heal "
Heinonen said he feels good
almtil his learn hut is still not sure
when; the Ducks are at this point
in the season
"Cross country is probably
lb*- most difficult sport to judge
your train." Heinonnn said
I he nature of the sport is that
you don’t get specific feedb.u k
oil vour performance bei ause
every inurse is different
I'he men's cross country team
will i ompele in the Willamette
Inv italioiiitl on Saturdai
I'he Ducks are coming oil a
so. cessful ippearance Iasi
weekend at the Mountain West
Classu m Missoula Mont (lo
gon finished second ui the meet
and was let I In freshman fsarl
hesk.i. who finished eighth in
the ra« e
Kedshirt freshman Tr;« y Hol
lister was the second Oregon
finisher and finished in 1 .'itIt
overall
The two teams are preparing
for the I’acifu 10 Conference
Championships, which will
lake place Oct 11
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