O’Neil out for Pac-10 opener against Trojans
cnris Meu
Oeyin Oa-V
The injury bug that has hit so hard at
times in the past and looked to In* lighting
up a bit returned with the news that quar
terback Danny O'Neil will miss Saturday's
game against lJSC.
O'Neil spent Sunday night in the hos
pital for treatment of n hand infection that
forced him to Iw hospitalized Friday night
before Saturday's game against Iowa,
putting his starting status for that game in
question also. O'Neil also suffered a
sprained ankle in the 40- 1H victory over
Iowa
O'Neil was hack m the hospital Monday
to have the infection laru ed o< cording to
Oregon coach Rich Brooks.
Replacing O'Neil will he sophomore
Tony Graziani Graziani has seen some
limited action in 1994. going 13-24 for 12H
yards and one touchdown. The Oregon
coaches have tried to get Grnr.iani in some
real game situations early this season just
in case something like this happened
It s not like he's a fresh rookie." Brooks
said "I'm confident he'll do a good joli "
(k>od news came on the defensive side
though as I ierman 0"Berry is listed ns very
doubtful for Saturday's Pacific- It) opener
Although O'Berrv is doubtful for Satur
day's game, the nows that lu* could possi
bly lie ready for the Out ks Pm 10 game
against the Trojans is amazing consider
ing that initial reports had the senior cor
nerhack out fill weeks with a tom knee lig
ament. plat ing the remainder of his college
career in doubt
Although it is not known if O Bern will
he ready to piny this weekend. Brooks
hojies that he will !*< ready for the Out ks'
nest game against Washington Stale It was
determine) that the injury was no! a severe
complete tear as thought
"I'm just happy (or him." Brooks said.
“It s not ns bail as originally thought."
O'Horry knows all too well what a knee
injury can do to a < arver O'Berry suffered
a torn ligament in the 1 «»»>;» opening game
against Colorado State that kept him out
for the entire balance 10*11 season It would
have lx«en devastating to the Ducks to lose
O'Berry as he is not only one of the pre
mier comerhac ks in tfie league, hut a dan
gerous return man as well.
women s cross country
closes in on Pac-10 title
Trevor Kearney
Ongon Daily Emerald
Two weeks of practice was nil
it took for the women's cross
country team to race up two
spots in the national cross coun
try poll. Now the women look
to thn Minnesota Invitational on
Saturday to continue towards
regaining the Pacific-10 title .
"I thought wo raced well last
weekend. We come into this
meet having trained only two
weeks." Oregon conch Tom
Heinonen said, noting that other
teams had been training for at
least one month.
With n third place finish at the
Mountain West Classic in Mis
soula. Mont , the women’s cross
country team finds itself ranked
ninth, und going into a meet that
does not include one team
ranked above it. Heinonen said
that this meet, which will he
held in Minneapolis. Minn.,
would he particularly good for
the team.
"Wo are eager to race again.
Being a low-altitude course
makes it a true, honest race for
us." Heinonen said, noting that
the terrain and the five kilome
ter distance would he better for
the whole team.
Saturday’s meet features
teams from all over the country,
including Mth-mnkud Nebraska
and 17th-ranked Cornell.
Heinonen said that this factor
was another aspect of the meet
that would he good experience
for the team.
"It's a good chance to measure
ourselves against teams from all
over the country." Heinonen
said.
At the last meet, Oregon led
Arizona in the polls, hut was
trailing Michigan and Brigham
Young. The Duck's third-place
finish behind BYU and Michi
gan was the same as last year's
Mountain West results
"Things tame out the way the
preseason poll said they should
have," Heinonen said.
Sophomore Milena Glusac.
who placed fourth at the meet
Inst year, led the women finish
ing second overall with a time of
20 minutes, 49 seconds, junior
Niamh Zwagerman followed
with n time of 21:32 . with
freshman Rosie Gardner (22:06).
junior Melody Fairchild (22:17).
and freshman l.iz Howell (23 05)
rounding out the top five run
ners.
"Milena got a really good
start She felt much better about
her race this year than last year
This year she ran more conserv
atively.” Heinonen said, adding
that he was equally impressed
with the times of both freshman
runners, Gardner and Howell
The women have been forced
to redshirt senior janna Carlson,
who was sidelined last year
with a hamstring injury Carl
son, an All-American who
missed the trac k, season lust
spring, is eligible for one more
crosscountry season According
to Heinonen, it was decided to
redshirt her in order to give her
one more full year of running
rather than have her run only
trac k in her last year of eligibili
ty.
Montana State took first in the
men's portion of the Mountain
West Classic:, leaving the Due ks,
who were without junior herl
Keska, behind in fiftii place.
This was the first meet for the
men. and they competed against
teams that had already partici
pated in several meets The
Ducks don't rac e again until Oc t
Hi, when they host the Jeff
Drenth Memorial at Alton Bak
er i’ark.
Sophomore Kick Cantwell ran
a 24:40 to lead the Ducks, and
junior Tracy Hollister followed
with a time of 24 46,
Along with the loss of keska.
who w ill be out until at least the
Foc-10 Championships, junior
Scott Nicholas will spend the
season as a redshirt, leaving the
team with four freshman to race
alongside of Cantwell and Hol
lister.
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