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TRACK TOWN PIZZA
SUPPORTS WOMEN'S SPORTS
Bring in your ticket stub from any
Women's Volleyball game, and get
$2^^°^an^ *ar^e P'zza
Expires November 29th, 1993
TRACK TOWN PIZZA
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1809 Franklin Blvd
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WEST
2511 W. 11th & Wilson
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Steve Mims sports editor
Jeff Paslay graphics editor
Anthony Forney photo editor
Dave Charbonneau, Scott Simonson
STAFF WRITERS
Thomas Bergstrom, Norman Mesman
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Tamara Jones, Susanne Steffens
CONTRIBUTORS
Jake Berg editor
Michele hoss production coordinator
IN TOUCH
with Women’s Sports
Success comes to women’s sports
j Women’s track
teams lead an
impressive list of
successful teams
vet tin- years, the
l 'nivtTMty’s women
athletes have played
Ssigi .1 big role in enhanc
ing the reputation <>( the athlct
u program at Oregon
I he Ducks currently sport
teams in tennis, golf, track and
field, cross country, volleyball,
basketball and softball, and all
have had then fair share of suc
cess.
When people think id
women's sjsorts at Oregon, they
most likely think of track first
Oregon head coach tom
Hcinoncn has been with the
Ducks since 1976 and lias built
up one of the most stable and
successful programs in the
NCAA.
Since the NCAA started
has mg a national meet in 1682,
the Ducks have placed in the
top 10 seven times. Oregon has
also had numerous individual
N( AA champions. In the first
NCAA meet in 1^82, Lcann
Warren won the individual title
in I ,“>00 meter race, leading the
I Hr ks to a fourth-place finish.
(’laudettc ( itocnenda.il
picked up where Warren left
oft, winning the 1,500 the very
next year Kathy Hayes, another
star distance runner, won the
national crown in the 10,000
the same seat Together, Warren
and ( iroenendaal led l )rogon to
a fifth-place finish
(.iroenendaal shortened her
distance the next year, and
went on to win the champi
onship in the 800, leading the
Ducks to their first NCAA
Championship in 1685.
In 1688, Annette Hand's
national title in the 5,000 and
Jill Smith's victory in the javelin
helped the Ducks take third in
the nation.
As it turned out. Smith was
the first of a trio of throwers
that have made the Ducks the
team to beat in the javelin.
Paula Herts won the national
championship in the javelin in
1‘WI, and last year. Ashley Sel
man won the title.
Selman's title, coupled with
Kelly Blair's championship in
the heptathlon boosted the
Ducks to a fourth-place finish
at the NCAA meet last year.
As if his wizardry on the track
was not enough, Hetnonen has
also done a masterful job of
building up a strong cross conn
Flit PHOTO
Kelly Blair, the NCAA heptathlon champion last year, is one of Ore
gon's most successful female athletes ever.
try team.
Ik-skies numerous Pacific-10
Conference Championships,
the women runners have won
the District VIII title 12 times
in 17 years and have never fm
ishevi lower than fourth. At the
NCAAs, the Ducks won titles
in 1983 and 1987- In 1983,
Oregon was led by a third-place
finish by Kathy Hayes and a
! 7th-place finish by Lisa Mar
tin. In 1987, the Dusks landed
three runners in the top IS as
Annette Hand, Penny Craves
and Li: Wilson tore up the
course.
Although not nearly as sin
cessful as the trask program,
Oregon's basketball team has its
share of success
I he most glorious season of
all came in 1989 when the
[lucks beat DePaul to win the
National Women's Invitational
Tournament. It was the fust
and only national title for the
team The Ducks have always
been competitive within the
league. The Ducks won confer
ence titles in 1979-80, 1981-82,
198 3-8-4 and 1985-86.
One of the finest athletes in
Oregon historv played tor the
Puck' from 1978 10 1982. Bev
Snmh led the team in storing
lor two ot her years ai Oregon
and led lire team in almost
every mentionahle category in
her final two years with the
Ducks. Smith was a Kodak All
American during her junior and
senior years and was also voted
player of the year three times in
the NWBA, which is now
essentially the Pac-10.
I hough it has never been
able to make it out ot the
regionals, Oregon’s volleyball
team has compiled one of the
best postseason records ot any
team at Oregon. I he Ducks .ire
41-U in postseason games dat
ing biu k to 1970
I he Oregon softball team
has had little luck in postseason
play, but had one ot its best sea
sons in 1989 when the team
accumulated a remarkable 54
wins and only 18 losses, finish
ing second in the Pac-10. Pitch
er Katie Wiese and Kim
Manning led the Ducks that
year and each were voted to the
All-American team.
— Dat e CHarfxnineaw
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