Oregon Daily Emerald Sports
Beck throws way into limelight
By Erick Studcnlcka
Oregon Datty CmtH/Vd
Track and field has its glamour
events.
The 100-meter sprint The
1.500-meter run. The long and
high jumps
And then there ore the shot pul
and discus throw.
Although the throwing events
may never win a popularity con
test. Oregon shot putter and dis
cus thrower Julie Beck is draw
ing attention to these events by
quietly becoming one of top per
formers on the women's trac k
team.
Beck recently qualified for the
NCAA championships by throw
ing the discus 167-10. and she
has l)een one of the leading point
scorers for the Ducks this season
by "doubling" (won both the shot
and disc us) in two dual meets
and the Pepsi invitational.
"Throwers get frustrated
because we don't get recognized."
Beck said. "It's hard sometimes
knowing we’re not going to lie in
the spotlight, but that's how it's
always been with throwers. You
just have to settle into your role
on the team."
Perhaps no other single indi
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Oregon shot putter Julie Beck has already qualified for the NCAA
Championships this season
Men looking for qualifiers in Boise
By Oave Charbonneau
Oregon Daily f nxuala
With th*) Pacific-10 Conference Championships
a more two weeks away, the Oregon men's track
and field team will attempt to solidify its number
of Pac-10 qualifiers at the Boise State Quadrangu
lar Saturday in Boise, Idaho.
A lew NCAA qualifiers wouldn't hurt either
So far. the Ducks have 18 Pac-10 qualifiers in
11 different events, but have failed thus far to earn
an automatic qualifying mark for the NCAA Cham
pionships. Derek Snelling is the only Oregon ath
lete to earn an NCAA provisional mark, with a 17
4 1/2 in the pole vault
After an impressive team-championship perfor
mance at last weekend's Pepsi Invitational, the con
fidence level of the team as a whole could benefit
the team this weekend.
In the distance races, three Ducks finally cracked
Pac-10 standards Scott Nicholas and Tracy Hol
lister (1,500) and Jason Humble (steeplechase) all
ran season liests, giving Oregon some much need
ed competitors in the events that have become main
slays in past years for the Ducks
Nicholas had the most impressive performance,
passing Washington State's Samuel Kilim at the fin
ish. setting n PR in the race
"We (the distance runners) had been talking all
week about how we hadn't won a race yet this sea
son," Nicholas said. "I'm glad I was able to break
that string "
Humble just missed his PR in the steeplechase,
but he said it was by far his best race of the season
Ho had contemplated quitting the week liefore
"1 was really happy with the way I finished,"
he said. "After the way I ran today, I think I hove
a NCAA qualifier in mo ”
In the sprints. Ronnie Hams has qualified for the
Pac-10* in the 100% 200- and 400-meter events and
could have a chance at an NCAA qualifying time
in the 400. but he would have to run much faster
than his current PR to do that.
l.aVon Pierce has ran well for the past three
weeks, earning Pac-10 marks in Iwitii the 100 and
200 and could add an additional qualifying mark
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