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Oregon Daily Emerald Sports Track prepares for Twilight Meet By Dave Charbonneau and Scott Simonson Qraguf! 0#ty fme/atct It's the middle of May. and the thoughts of the Oregon track, teams are turning toward Pull man, Wash The Dm ks will com pete at the Oregon Twilight Meet at Hayward Field on Saturday, hut next weekend's Pacifi< -10 Conference Championships in Pullman loom large on the hori zon. Three Ducks will make the trtp to Eastern Washington a week early Heptalhlete Kelly Blair and dei athletes Kay Livingston and Paul Pappas will compete at the Pac-10 multi-event meet this weekend Blair is the defending Nt AA champion and the overwhelming favorite in the heptathlon Liv ingston's si ore of 7,184 points at the Oregon Invitational in April is the top mark in the conferem e this season However, on v six Pat.-10 athletes have marks in the dm .Athlon this year. Pappas did not reach the Pat - 10 qualifying standard, hut the men's team will use one of its three wild cards for the confer ence meet to send him Livingston finished fifth in the decathlon us a freshman last year. "Ray has got a year of exponent e in the decathlon behind him, and 1 think he is a much better decathlete than he was a year ago," Oregon head coach Bill Dellinger said. Dellinger said Livingston should be one of the favorites and said he also expects Pappas to l>e among the top six finishers, who score points counting toward the team title. "Anything can happen in the decathlon." Dellinger said "You ran always no-height in the pole vault or trip over a hurdle. Things can happen in the decathlon that will take you out of it.” The Oregon men's team has qualified 19 athletes covering 28 events for the conferem e cham pionships. Among the Oregon athletes joining the Pac-10 field in the past week are Eric Trice, who long jumped a season-best 2!1 feet. 1 1 inches in last Saturday's fttf: pmoio Annette Peters, the American record holder In the women's 5,000 meters, Is scheduled to compete In the 5,000 at Saturday s Oregon Twilight Meet at Hayward Field triangular meet, and Jared Vigna. who qualified in the javelin While the men's team is con tinuing last season's projec t ol developing a young team with high hopes for the future, the Ore gon women's track and field team is not in quite the same position it was in a year ago laist year, the Ducks were gtsir mg up to make a run at the 1’acif ic-10 Conference title This year, Oregon is going into Saturday just hoping to qualify a few more ath letes to make a respectable out ing next weekend in Pullman. "1 hope some highlights from this week's meet include some Oregon athletes getting qualified for the Pat • 10 and taking a shot at some NCAA marks." head coach Tom Huinonen said "But it 's going to lie tough for us to get any more people qualified Tlie Ducks so far have 11 auto matic qualifiers for the Pat -10s with 2 + entries Ithnr is Oregon's lone automatic qualifier for the NCAA meet Blair has also reached a provisional time in the 100-meter hurdles Distance runner Milena Cluve has earned provisional qualify ing times in the 1,000 and 1.000 Kelsey Stellick in the javelin also is a provisional qualifier for the NCAAs Turn to TRACK, Pago 16A /3rt $3 ZROCK p\eAettt.\ Lazarus a/.u> Dagh, VfUlUl/t .lAoUU ui mu niyA/ 7.*T pm $6 Radlai Zankafl /f .^r pm $4 rivuiivv Loot Lada VMagoMot .M«v 15* $3 Wasted Tooth; RRocliOpara S.-CC pm ami tC.-CC pm Duck Mascot tryouts are on Tuesday, May 24th Applications and information can be picked up at the front desk of the Casanova Center Applications are due Friday, May 20th CONGRATULATIONS To Rochelle Sherris. 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