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CROSS COUNTRY Runners return home for meet By Steve Mims Emerald Sports Reporter Thr Oregon men's and women's cross country team return to action this weekend with a home mi,ot at Alton Bak er Park on Sunday The two Oregon teams have combined to win thr*** of the four meets they have run in this sea son and hope to continue the suc cess this weekend against some nationally ranked teams .it the |eff Drenth Memorial The Oregon women are unlieaten in two meets this sea son and are ranked 10th in the country in the latest coaches poll Oregon began the season by winning the Simon Fraser Invitational by 24 points, fol lowed a week later by a nine point victory over Washington at the Sundodger Invitational. Oregon head coach Tom Heinonen said he expects this weekend's field to provide the stillest competition for the Ducks so far this season Third-ranked Wisconsin "liters as the pre-race favorite, but Heinonen said he is looking forward to the compel i t ion vr {UdUi: u»u7. »* • j ‘ • 'K*' since th** beginning of the sea son.' Heinonen said, "With Wisconsin, this is our only c hance to gel a direct measure* ment with the rest of the nation. We don't want to reB !y on an at-large lierth to make it to the NCAA meet, but how we do against Wisconsin will be our only barometer against teams outside our region." Other teams that will compete in the race are No. 25 Washing ton. Portland, Portland State. Southern Oregon State. Wash ington State. Nevada. Humboldt State. Cental Oregon Communi ty College and Hawaii. Senior Nicole Woodward has tieen the most impressive runner for ()regon so far this season, win ning Ixith of her races by an aver age of 13 seconds per rac e. "This will be a good lest for Nicole Woodward, who needs to Ims challenged." Heinonen said "She seems filler than over and tan definitely lie an all-American this season, and possibly belter than that." Woodward has not done it alone for the Ducks this season, as they have received major con tributions from all nine runners. At the Simon Fraser invitational, the Ducks had six runners finish among the first nine collegiate runners, and at the Sundodger Invitational the Ducks hail nine runners in the top 25. Freshman Heidi Van Borkulo Goldslein has been the top new comer for Oregon, finishing in fourth and seventh places, respectively, in the first two meets Despite the drop in fin ishes. Van Borkulo-Goldstein has towered her times in the first two races from 17:35 to 17:32, in the 5.000-meter races .Sophomores lenna Carlson and jilt Cal I urn have boon consistent runners for the Ducks, both fin ishing in the top 20 at each meet After finishing eighth at the Simon Fraser Invitational. Carl - son improved her time by almost 40 seconds at the Sundixiger Invi tational. finishing fifth Callero finishixl ninth at the first meet of the year, but despite improving her time by nine seconds, she fin ished 19th in the second meet Oregon senior Erika Klein has looked gixxi early in the year, fin ishing 11th and 10th. respec tively. Also running for the Ducks this weekend are juniors Monica Davidson and |oni Wareham. and freshmen Niamh Zwagerman and Ann Patton. "Nicole, (ill. )enna, Erika and Heidi will almost surely go to the conference championships with us." Heinonen said "1 will look at all three meets to decide who else will go, hut we may take dif ferent combinations to each post season meet." This weekend meet will he the Ducks' final tuneup before the postseason begins on Oct. ill with the Pacific-10 ConferencoCham pionships. "This meet is always an impor We’ve made tons of progress since the beginning of the season.1 Tom Heinonen,, Oregon women's cross country coach lanl stepping stone to the Pac-10 meet,” Heinonen said "We need to break even with our top three scorers and let the others battle it out for the win." The Oregon men will also be looking to add to a winning streak this weekend as they come off a win in the Willamette Invita tional two weeks ago. The men beat Central Oregon by eight points at the meet, with the next best team til points behind "We have had two weeks to prepare, so I hope we will be even lietter than we were in Mon tana," Oregon head coach Bill Dellinger said. Oregon won the meet despite running without freshmen Karl Keska and Tracy Hollister, the Ducks' two top finishers in the season’s first meet. Keska fin ished eighth at the Mountain West Classic in Montana three weeks ago. seven spots ahead of Hollister, while the team finished second behind only second ranked Arizona in the team com petition. "I wanted to give Karl and Tra cy a different workout," Dellinger said. "They didn't really need to run and some of the other guys needed the work. Rick Mestler will lie running this weekend, but whether or not he runs at Pac-lOs depends on how well he runs." Oregon got strong perfor mances from three runners last wts'k who finished among the top 10. Junior Jason Humble was the first Duck to cross the finish line at the Willamette Invitational, fin ishing fifth in a time of 24 .18. Senior Golden Baxter and sopho more John Dimoff finished eighth Turn to RUNNERS. 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