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Oregon Daily fClTlCr<ll(l SpOTtS Blair takes second at NCAAs By Scott Simonson On^w Da 'r I mt^.1 k) Kfdly Blair did not repeat as tho collegiate hep tathlcm i hampion as she finished se< ond to Diana Guthrie of t .eorge Mason as ilia Nf .AA heptathlon i hainpionship concluded Thursday in Boisa, Ida ho. Blair finished third in each of tho day's threw events while Guthrie won tho long jump and javelin. Guthrio finished with fl.032 points, com pared to 5,877 for Blair. In other at lion at the sin ond day of the N( AA i hampionships, Gordon Johnson finished ninth in the second qualifying heat of the man's 1.500 meters Johnson finished in :t minutes. 50.55 mm onds and did not qualify for Saturday's final in the event. Karl Kesk.i i ompeled in the first heat of quali fying for the final in the man's 5,000 meters KesKa did not finish the rata. No further details ware available at press time Blair's hepatathlon point total was too points more than liar previous hast this season; howev er. her mark was Ifit points below her carver best (.lithrii- led Blair hy 25 points after the first da\ s events Guthrie widened her lead to 17ft points with a vi« ton in one of her hast events, the long jump. Neither athlete i ama within seven inches of their !>est pimp in heptathlon competition On her last jump. Blair appeared to have a hatter effort than her mark of 10 fiM-t. h 25 but she fouled "I went for it one tho List one twi.auso I knew I needed a good jump.'' Blair said "Kvorything went good, the jumping felt good l pisl missed the mark "That was really hard for me. really disappoint ing I knew I had to do well in the long jump I knew I wasn't out of it. but it got more diffir till Guthrie bettered her heptathlon personal om ord ‘I’m just reaching my peak now. Last year, I was at my peak at nationals.’ Kelly Blair Oregon Track in tin- javelin Ijv more than six feet in winning tin’ event Blair's mark of 141 , 4 inches was 15 feet less than her < areer (rest She soul afterward she "was probably trying too hard “ To win the competition. Blair would have need ed to I twit Guthrie by nltout lf> seconds in the final event of the day, the Hot) meters Blair took third and Guthrie finished 1 lth. about 5 sis onds In-hind Blair. "I had a hard time in the running events I missed a lot of < onditioning Blair said I hose event* are hard to get a handle on I'm just real lung my peak now Gist y ear. I was at m\ peak at nationals In his 1.500 heat, Johnson ran at the hack of the pack for the first half of the rat e. then made his move with about 500 meters left Johnson tried to find a finishing ku k in the final 200 meters but was uftsui ( essful 1 le dropped to his knees after finishing the rai e and had to be helped oil the trai k "I didn't have any energy left coming off the lost turn Johnson said. "I just felt really tired. That kind of sums everything up." Milena Gluwn and Kelsey Slellick .tie Oregon's remaining competitors at the \( AA meet Glusai runs in the final of the women's 5.000 meters Friday evening Stella k is an entrant in the lavelin competition, which takes plac e Friday afternoon Blair, Mack gain academic honors A pair of Orojjon atudunt-nth KalK Hlnir and Cappv Mai k, with named to the Dis trii.l VIII GTI-. Academic all America team t>v tin- College Sports Information l)tro< tors of America. Blair, a track standout from Prosser. Wash., is a two-time all American and tin- 190 t NCAA heptethalun champ ion. 1 iin senior who holds a I H'I grade-point average in business management \sas honored with a first team spot on tin* (.11 Ar-ttdemii All-Amenta team last year. She would 1 income Oregon's third athlete over to ret eive the honor on more than one o< t a sioil if shu is selected again this year Mm k. a sen lor on tin* Oregon woman's golf team. ri*i eived her first nomination on tin* (.IK Ai adi’inu All-America team after twii e being named an nca dnmii all American among Divi sion I golfers Mack has earned a 3.92 (il’A in Philosophy. Group may announce playoff recommendation KANSAS CITY. Mo (AP) — It sounds so easy lust bring thi< top-rated college football teams together and let them play for the NCAA championship. Hut it is very, very tru kv A committee studying wavs to sot up what many believe would tie the most-watched and most lu< rative collegiate event ever may not even make its own self-imposed deadline. By sometime Friday, the 2-4 member panel was expe< t ed to announce a recommen dation lor the ltlti Division 1 A schools to vote on at the NCAA convention in January Hut sulx ommittees hav e been formed to study revenue distribution, athletes’ welfare and the structure of the for mal itself, and nobody is flat ly predi< ting any recommen dation when tile committee fluids a Friday news confer ence at the end of its second full meeting The committee's options range from enthusiastic sup port fora spit ific playoff plan to si rapping the idea alto gethi-r in askiin; for more time to study The format must be approved at the convention and the deadline for submit ting legislation is not until Sept 1 A voluminous report issued last month indicated as much as S02.7 million in "new” money could be real ized from an eight-team play off The committee also is studying two-, four- and lf> loam formats "We’re in a learning process, and these important matters should he carefully considered." said Oklahoma athletic director Donnie Dun can. another committee mem ber. "1 think with this being the second meeting of the committee, the information process is not complete At no point has then1 (wen any indi cation from anyone that we would do anything other than take our time and do a very thorough job." Further complii atmg the mix is a playoff formula that a majority of Division 1 A con ference commissioners have proposed It would set up a six-team, three-game scenario to include one game on New Year's Eve. one on New Year's night and one |nn 2. They would seed teams 1 through 6; every third year, each of the three howls invited to participate would have a 1 vs. 2 matchup. This would include the Hig Fight. Southeastern Confer ent e. Atlantic Coast Confer ence and the Hig East, along with Notre Dame. The bowl coalition would he rolling the dice and gambling that the No t team would not belong to either the Hig Ten and Pacific It), which are tied to the Rose Howl and lukewarm to any playoff proposal. 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