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Oregon runners NCAA bound
By Steve Mims
f: morale Spcxts Hepnrtec
The Oregon men and women's c ross country
teams advanced to next week's NCAA Champion
ships with a pair of second-place finishes at the
Region VIII Championships on Saturday
The Oregon women tied Arizona for second
place but gained the NCAA txrrlh because the
Ducks' fifth runner, Jill Calleru, finished :12nd in
a time of 1H i‘l, 17 plac es ahead of Arizona's No
5 finisher
The Ducks could have possibly won ibe team
title, but Pacific-10 Conference champion Nicole
Woodward did not finish the race- because of flu
like symptoms Woodward, a senior who has led
the Due ks at each nice this year and has three vie
toru s, dropped out of the rac e during the fust iwo
miles
"Our goal was to make it to nationals," Oregon
head roac h Torn llninonen said But wo didn't
want to make it this close If we get Nicole
healthy, wo could do well there The temperature
combined with the dryness look its toll Il's re.tllv
going to depend on Nicole's health."
freshman Heidi Van Borkulo-Coldstein made
up for Woodward's loss by running tier best race
of. the year finishing the r>,OIKimeter race m
17 38 to finish fifth
Oregon's only other senior, l.nka Klein, also
ran one of her hc-sl rac ers of the year, finishing
15th with a time of Dt 11 Although Jenna Carl
son was questionable lor the race because of an
illness, she came on strong to finish 23rd with a
time of 18:27, Niamh Zwagennan was Oregon's
fourth finisher with u time of !Hir>, finishing
29th overall
"Erika finished strong like she did in the Par
to meet." Heinonen said "Jill reboundod well
from lier illness, and Niamh Zwagerman run an
other strong rat e
Join Warn ham was the final runner to finish for
the Ducks coining in with si time of 19 03 to fin
ish 42nd
Washington won me team title with 00 points,
four ahead of Oregon and Arizona, and Stanford's
Louise Watson won the individual title
The Oregon men's team easily qualified for the
national meet with t>4 points, 20 [mints ahead of
third-place Washington, hut 37 points behind Ar
izona
Senior Kic k Mestler, who is completing his eli
gibility this fall, led the Ducks for the first time
this year, finishing seventh with a time of 31.42
on the JO.OOO-meler rar e
Freshman Karl keska. who had led the Ducks
in ail three races he tan this year, finished 13th
with a time ol 32:02, four seconds ahead of team
male Jason Humble, who was in 14th place. Ju
rnor John Dimoff and senior Colden Baxter wore
nest across the finish line for Oregon, finishing
lfith and loth, respectively, witJi times of 32:1H
and 32:24
"Arizona ran very well, but we won when i!
counted two weeks ago," Oregon head roach Bill
Dellinger said about his team's victory at the I’ac
10 meet on Halloween. "We wanted to train
through this meet so that we i an do something at
the nationals. Tills bus been u good year "
Tim Julian and Tracy Hollister ran for Oregon
hut did not score points. Julian covered the
course in 3.3:14 to finish 3Bth, followed by Hollis
ler in 49th with a time of 33:44.
Both Oregon teams will now travel to Bloom
ington. Ind., to compete in the NCAA Champion
ships next Monday. The men return to the meet
after failing to qualify last year, and the women
have made the race in Hi of the last 17 years
Perfect script goes sour for kicker
By Erick Studenicka
Emerald Sports Reporter
The conclusion of Satur
day's foot ha) I game with
UCLA was seemingly perfect,
like u Hollywood script that
Rich Brooks himself had w rit
ten
With little more than throe
minutes left in the game, the
only thing separating (he
Ducks from a victory over u
stubborn UCLA team unri a
potential IkjwI invitation was
a 19-yard field goal attempt
by kicker extraordinaire Tom
my Thompson
For Thompson, it seemed a
19-yorder would he almost
anti-r lunatic. Inflow the stan
dards Thompson had set dur
ing his All-Amorit^n candi
date season. Thompson had
already player! another strong
gamer, scoring on field goals of
47 and :t0 yards, and continu
ally pinning the Bruins deep
in their own half of the field
with his booming punts
So when Thompson ran out
to kuk the chip shoi with
3: to lull to play, the onlv
question racing through fans'
minds was whether or not the
Oregon defense could hold off
the Bruins one last tune and
preserve the apparent 9-6 vic
tory
But the unmentionable hap
pened Thompson, the only
"sure thing" the Ducks have
had during this roller coaster
season, tainted the ball wide
left
It was a moot point when
UCLA kicked a final Held goal
with two seconds remaining
to gain the 9-6 win. Thomp
son's miss ensured Oregon
could gain only a tie with the
Bruins, with a tic being as bad
ns a loss in the attempt to gain
a bowl berth.
Thompson did not mince
his words after the game.
"I don't care what anyone
else says. 1 feel this loss rests
on my shoulders," a despon
dent Thompson said. "It's my
job lo make the Hold goals ”
Thompson said the sharp
angle from the left hash-murk
was not the reason for the
failed attempt
"I still had a large margin of
error." Thompson said "L’von
if i had kicked the hall from
the middle of the field, I still
wouldn’t h a v o made t h o
kick ."
“There was nothing wrong
with the snap or hold, I just
didn't hit the ball right,”
Thompson said. ' Maybe 1
took it for granted. "
Other Oregon players wore
reluctant to place responsibil
ity for the loss squarely on
Thompson’s shoulders.
"We win and lose as a
team,” linebacker Joe Harwell
said "You can't blame any
one guy Tommy has been
saving our butts all season."
In the ond. the perfectly
scripted conclusion for the
game served only to leave
Tommy Thompson miscast as
a scapegoat.
LOSS
Continued from Page 7
lown."
Five plays later UCLA quarterback John Barries
lit receiver J | Stokes on a 28-yard fade pattern to
ie the game at li ft Oregon's Tony Koknr blocked
he extra point to keep the game even
Stokes, playing in place of All-American Sean
LaOhupelle, caught 10 passes for 1 -Cl yards.
Following the touchdown, a bad kickoff gave
the Pucks the hall at their own 35-yard line. The
Ducks kept the drive alive on a third down and
10 at the Oregon 35 when quarterback Oanny
D'Noil hit redshirt freshman Cristin McLernore on
i slant for 38 yards
After another third down conversion failed, the
Ducks were given a second chance when UCLA
.vas called for roughing the passer, giving Oregon
i first down and goal at the five-yard line. The
Ducks were stopped twice on runs and on third
lown when O'Neil slipped and threw an off-bul
mce pass incomplete to the end zone, thereby
letting the stage for Thompson's miss
UCLA elected to start Rob Walker at quarter
lack, but he was ineffectivaand was replaced late
in the first quarter by Barnes. Barnes, who for
morly played at Western Oregon, was not much
better than Walker, as UCLA managed only Hi to
tal yards in the first half.
Oregon only gained 11H yards in the first half
but was able to score on field goals of 47 and 'to
yards by Thompson.
For the Oregon seniors, it was their final home
game and possibly their toughest loss
“Personally this is tough." Oregon defensive
lineman Jeff Cummins said “1 haven't played
against UCLA In the two years I've been here, and
they recruited mo until the end. when they didn't
offer a scholarship I personally had a vendetta
against them."
"I'm disappointed for my family," Oregon of
fensive guard Jon Tottersall said "They have en
joyed coming up to watch me for four years My
bos! friend plays for UCLA, so I am happy for
him. but sad for us."
Oregon. 5-5 overall and 3-4 in the conference,
appeared to bo headed for a bowl game with vic
tories in its two Final games, but with that scenar
io all but impossible, the Ducks now must look to
salvage the season at Oregon Stale next weekend.
"This is a tough loss because we were riding so
high," Harwell said. "Now we must relight the
flame and take it out on Oregon State.”