■ SPORTS EXTRA CROSS COUNTRY
Glusac leads women into Pac-10 conference meet
Trevor Kearney
Oocon Oa*y Immaxf
The women's cross country
team heads into tho Pacific -10
championships on Saturday in
hopos of reclaiming tho champi
onship from Stanford
Tho Ducks, who have won six
of eight women's Pac-10 cross
country crowns since the devel
opment of the women's divi
sion. are led into Stanford by
sophomore Milena Glusac.
Glusac, who finished third at
the moot lost year, is touted as
the runner who could knock off
defending champion Karen
Hecox of UCLA.
"Milena is clearly the top con
tender.” cross country coach
Tom Ifeinonun said.
Coming off of a third-place
finish at the Jeff Drenth Mentor
i«l. the women are ranked nth.
three spots behind Stanford
And according to Helnonen,
Stanford's large number of run
ners makes them less suscepti
ble to injuries, giving them a
good chance at regaining the
Pac-to title
"Stanford seems to have more
depth than anyone else,"
Huinonen said, noting that Sat
urday's meet is preparation for
the NCAA regional and t hampi
onship meets in November.
"Everyone has an idea of
what they have to do to get to
the NCAA's.” Hoinonen added
"It's a stepping stone that gives
us an idea of where we are."
The conference limit for run
ners is seven, and the Ducks
will run Glusac. juniors Melody
Fairchild and Niamh /.wager
man, sophomore Christie
Kngesser. and freshmen Rosy
Gardner. Kaarin Knudson and
Liz Howell.
Gardner, whose performance
nt the |eff Drouth Memorial was
hindered by illness, is healthy
and ready to compote, hot
Engesser and Knudson are still
recovering. But. according to
Heinonen. the team's perfor
mance should not be affected
"Rosy needs to bounce back
(and) I think she's ready to do
that," Heinonen said, adding
that Engesser and Knudson are
much improved. “We think we
are pretty healthy going into the
meet."
And after two weeks of rest.
Heinonen says the team is ready
for com [Hit it ion.
"On the college level, you
Men tune up for regional meet
Trevor Kearney
Oraycn LXatiy Emttrakl
The men's cross country team is going into the
Pacific-10 championships on Saturday thinking
about one thing. The next meet.
According to coach Bill Dellinger, the Pac-10
meet is not as important in terms of the season
outcome as the NCAA regional championships,
which decide who goes to the NCAA champi
onships.
"Winning this week doesn't mean anything
other than we are the Pac-10 champions."
Dellinger said, adding quickly that a Pac-10 title
would lie good, but is not the focus of the season
"Really, the meet that I think they should be
playing towards to run well is the regional (moot),
where the first and second teams go to the NCAA
championships." Dellinger said
The men are lead by junior Trac y Hollister, who
finished fourth at the Jeff Drenth Memorial,
sophomore Kick Cantwell and freshman Matt
Davis. According to Dellinger, the three could fin
ish at the front of the pack
"We have three guys that could run in the front
of any team that's going to be there." Dellinger
said, noting that at the Jeff Drenth Memorial, there
was over a minute gap between the Duck's third
and fourth runners "1 think that Kii k. Tracy and
Matt are going to run well .. they've been really
consistent in their training and in their competi
tions,”
Because the rest of the Icmn is so young and
inexperienced, I ho Ducks will have n tough time
against Stanford, who is ranked sixth and favored
to take the Pm -to title
"We are still a team of three front runners look
ing for the fourth, fifth and sixth to close that
gap." Dellinger said
But if the gap Between runners, which proved
so crucial in the team's third-place finish at the
Jeff Drouth Memorial, is dosed, the team could lie
in the race
"if we can get that gap within 10 seconds, wo
an* going to ho a pretty good team," Dellinger said,
"(but) that doesn't mean the front three slow
down We could still 1m* a contender this year "
The Ducks are in the rat e to catch sixth-ranked
Stanford and llth ranked Arizona At last years
meet, junior hurl heska finished llth. followed
closely by Hollister, at 17th. and Cantwell at it^ntl
heska, who has missed this season due to a leg
injury. has been doing light workouts the past few
weeks, and may ho able to run in the regional
meet Despite Keska’s loss, the team's two weeks
of training has indicated to Dellinger that the
Ducks are ready to compute on Saturday
"I think two weeks between competition is ideal
in terms of being able to train and continue to
make progress." Dellinger said I would like to
think we're going to bo a better team this week
end for the Pm -10 (meet) than sve yveru two weeks
ago
can't race every week."
Heinonen said "We’ve got to In*
able to put training time in
"Training has gone very well
We trained real hard."
Heinonen added, that the team
took off the three days before
the meet in order to rest up for
the competition
According to Heinonen, the
Pm 10 should be well repre
sented to the NC.AA champi
onships With Stanford and
Oregon ranking in the top 12.
UCLA (13). Arizona (14) and
Washington (Ifi) round out the
Pac-10 teams ranked in the top
25.
"That means it's going to be a
bit sticky in the regional (meet),"
Heinonen said. "We're going to
have to run I Hitter than we have
all season long to win it."
QAHY GHA1S.1
QIumc leads the Ducks In their
quest to regain the Pec-10 title.
■ CLUB NOTES
Jo«< Hood
f ot ew OrtMjon fWy CtrmaKt
Following a 15-0 win versus
Willamette a couple of weeks
ago. rugby head coach Hob
Snyder thinks his team is
ready for a xtiffer challenge
“All of our new players
came up big against
Willamette," Snyder said
We should have scored r>t)
points against them."
A scrimmage has been set
for Saturday morning, just pri
or to the Arizona ()rvgon foot
ball tilt, against the rugby
squad of Fugene
"Our players unanimously
agreed to not schedule the
game opposite the football
clash That was all right with
me " Snyder said
Hie team will make it's
longest road trip of the season
nest month to Walla Walla,
Wash and then it's on to Cor
valts on Nov 7 for a (avil War
game of their own
While most of us figure it a
chore just to make it to our 8
a m class in the morning. Ore
gon t row hood coach Phil
liusse would consider that «
luxury — crow prat tice tmgins
at 5:15.
"We'vtt boon on th« water
now for ti t ouple of weeks, mid
I'm real pleased with our jx>r
forrnanco " liusse said
I htur first regatta of the fall
season will bo the Portland
Loop on Nov 5 and the next a
.week, later til Seattle
' The fall season is mainly
comprised of long endurant e
rat es while the spring is made
up of shorter sprints," Husse
said "We hope to do well in
Initli hut I think we're more of
a sprinting team."
The men's lacrosse team is
set to rip through the Chico
State tournament early next
month
"It's our first big match of
the year," head i out h Paul
Lards said "It will show us
where we are and where wo
need to Ire. "
The annual Oregon-Oregon
State match up will also tie this
fall in Corvallis
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