Northwest teams to meet indoors
By Enck Studenicka
fcmerata Sports Reporter
As anyone who witnessed the
Trail Blazer home stand will
attest, there hasn't been much
running going on in the Portland
coliseum recently.
That is scheduled to change,
however, as Oregon. Washing
ton and Washington Stale meet
in the coliseum tonight for the
inaugural Northwest Team Chal
lenge indoor track meet
Although the Portland Indoor
meet >s an annual event on the
track calendar, promoters added
the team competition in hopes
of drawing more spectators to
the coliseum Attendance at the
meet sank to a record low of
1.600 last year
Indoor trm k is not an offii ial
s|H»ri within the Par ific- Hi (an
foronce, but coaches have found
indoor meets to l*o lieneficial in
preparing for the outdoor sea
son.
"We use the indoor meets pri
marily as a gauge to see how our
training is going." said assistant
women's trm k coat h Mark
Stream "Hut when you're up
against your Northwest rivals,
vou have added incentives to
compete well."
The meet is tailor-made for
spectators, as every team is lim
ited to only two competitors in
each event, which eliminates
the need for qualifying heats.
The meet has also been stream
lined to 15 events so the entire
meet will be finished In less
than three hours.
Stream said several athletes,
including high jumper Kelly
Blair and sprinter Camara (ones,
would have a good shot at qual
ifying for the NCAA indoor meet
tonight
"I'm not exporting them to
qualify, hut I wouldn't be sur
prised if it happened,” Stream
said “In fact, in addition to the
high jump. Kelly could just as
easily qualify in the long jump
and hurdles "
Pole vaulter Kay Livingston, a
freshman who cleared IfiVat
the Eugene indoor meet two
weeks ago, said there were both
advantages anti disadvantages to
vaulting indoors
"I get more tense indoors
because of the feeling that every
one is so dose to you." said Liv
ingston "But you don’t have to
deal with the elements like the
wind."
Livingston said he is looking
forward to getting « chance to
compete against the Ducks'
longtime rival, Washington
State
"All the new guys are excited
about our first meet against
Washington State." Livingston
said "It's an important meet,
hut we don't want to peak too
soon."
Another “new guy" who Is
expected to impact the meet is
LaMont Woods, a freshman
making his Oregon dehut in the
55-meter dash
The Ducks have three all-con
ference runners reluming to the
squad this year, including Ron
nie Harris in the 400-meter run.
Todd Bleakney in the triple
jump and fason Walton in the
high jump
The longest distance on the
schedule is only BOO meters, and
it would seem the Oregon men
would he at a disadvantage
because of their relative strength
in the distance events.
Stream said the Oregon
women would not be affected by
a lai k of distance events,
Td say the sprinters are just
as strong ns the distance runners
this year.” Stream said
Women commit 35 turnovers in loss
The Oregon women’s bas
ketball team committed :)5
turnovers anil lost 5‘*-51 to
Washington in Seattle
The loss cnnie on the heels
of the Dim IV first Pacifii • 10
Cottfereni e vie lory of tin* sen -
son Saturday against UCLA
Oregon is now 111 in the Pai>
10 and 7- M overall.
Debbie Sport.u:h led the
Ducks with J t points Rhon
da Smith led three players in
double-figures with 20 for
Washington.
WIN
Continued from Page 11
utes left, but the Huskies
scored five straight points to
cut the lead to 50-45 The
Ducks held a six-point lead
with H) minutes remaining,
and pulled ahead 6.1-52 after
n Williams hit another three
pointer and Andre Collier
made two free throws
Back-to-hack three-pointers
by Washington guard Brett
I'ngett cut Oregon's lend to
68-60 with six minutes left,
but the Huskies failed to
score a single point in the
ensuing four-and-a-hnlf min
utes. as tho Ducks built an
18-point lead. 78-60 with
1:10 remaining in the game
Johnson led Oregon in
scoring, rehounds (eight) and
assists (five), ns his play
made up for below-par nights
for Williams and Antoine
Stoudamire. Williams scored
17 and Stoudamire had 13.
but the two combined for a
mx of 22 night from the Hold.
"If someone told me
tonight where Antoine was
with his shooting percentage
and Orlando with his shoot
ing percentage. I would have
asked, how can we win’,"
Green said. "And then 1 look
at our post players and I
think we did a heck of a job.''
Forward Jeff Potter teamed
with Johnson to lend Oregon
to a 43-32 rebound advan
tage
FIFE
Continued from Page 11
from Fife since Sunday.
"Since we came home from
California. Hoh hasn't been wen."
Johnson said. “His looker's been
cleaned out."
Fife, however, said late Thurs
day niy>h< that he believed he was
still on the team but had yet to
talk with Green since Sunday.
'As far as I know. I'm still on
the team." he said ''It was just
one of those situations where it
was better to talk to my parents
than it was to talk with the
coach
When Fife was told of Greens
comments after the gaine. Fife
said. "1 couldn't see him turn on
a player like that I think that
would be wrong."
Croon was asked if Fife had
any chance of remaining with the
team.
“The circumstances would
have to lx* pretty extreme for that
to happen.” he said. "No one has
even talked to him. That's wh*
we have phones."
Fife said he had originally
planned on making it home itf
time for Thursday's game hut got
stuck in a snowstorm for six
hours on his way home Thurs
day.
Fife had seen his playing time
slowly diminish as the season
progressed. He played only three
minutes Sunday against the Rru
ins.
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