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Based on a balanced attack of runners, the Oregon men hope to race to the top Of the conference, and the nation, during this season
Balance could equal men’s return to top
Trevor Kearney
Oregon Daily l rrmraid
When the men's trm k and field team plays
host to the Washington Huskies on Saturday,
it will be sporting a stronger overall roster
that could help it return to the top of the
Pacific-10 Conference.
According to Oregon head coach Hill
Dellinger, the team, which has long been
associated with distance runners, is a more
tahinted and overall balanced team than
those of recent years
"We cover all the events pretty well,"
Dellinger said, before pointing out a possible
problem "Our weakness is probably that we
don't have a lot of depth in the hurdles "
But, Dellinger said, the team's overall
depth is fairly strung
"We cover nit the events, but our strength
is m the distances and (tie sprints," he
added.
And that bahllli e. he said, in ikes the team
that much stronger than last year and that
much better hi each meet that it r,omj>oti s in
"I think, we are a much improved team,”
he said. We are taking each meet as It
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Duck women look to avenge loss to Huskies
Kris Henry
OruffOn daily [tnerald
The Oregon women's track and
field season sprints into high gear
on Saturday as the Dunks host
Washington in the first of four
regular-season team scoring
opportunities.
Saturday's slate at Hayward
Field gets underway at 12:10 p.m.
with the star! of the women's
javelin while running events
begin at 1:30 with the 3,000
meter steeplechase. The after
noon concludes with the women
and men's 4x400-meter relay at
4 p.m.
Oregon will rely on its sprint
ers to lead the way in avenging a
rare dual-meet loss to Washing
ton a year ago in Seattle In that
meet, the Huskies were able to
capture 12 of the 16 events as
only Kelly Blair and Milena
Clusac broke into the victory col
umn for the Ducks.
"The sprinters are key for any
team." said Tom Heinonen, Ore
gon head women's track and field
coach, "and we're fortunate to 1st
blessed with talented, hard-work
ing and. right now. healthy peo
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WOMEN^RACK
Meet three: Washington
■ THE
JAVELIN:
The first
women's
event is the
javelin and starts at 12:10
p.m. The first race starts
at 1 30 p.m.
■ THE MATCHUP:
The women look to
avenge last year's rare
dual meet loss in Seattle.
plo in those events They're going
to do a lot for Oregon track ami
field this year "
Senior Camara (ones and junior
LnReina Woods lx)th return after
red shirting last season and form
the backbone of the sprinting
corps, and the women's squad in
general.
Jones is a Pat -JO champion and
two-time All-American and
Woods is back to defend her 100
ineter league title Both possess
school individual record* and
could provide th« driveshaft for
possibly the fastest 4* tOO-meter
relay in Oregon history ns well.
Jones posted an NCAA provi
sional qualifying mark in the 400
meters at last week's Sun Devil
Invitational In Tempo. An/ in
addition to authoring both relays
to solid finishes In the same
meet. Woods equaled Oregon's
fiest effort at 100 meters from alt
of last season.
Although the dynamic duo will
not be showcased in their best
individual events Saturday, their
return, along with the presence
of junior Jantila (Godfrey, repre
sents three-fourths of the
women's 1903 s< hool-ret ord set
ting 100-meter quartet That
group became the program's first
relay team to qualify for the col
legiate championships since
198 1.
The switching of meet assign
ment* among the sprintei
brainchild of Mark Stream, Ore
gon's assistant coach responsible
for guiding the sprints, hurdles
and jumps
"He's doing that to keep every
one fresh and developing over the
long swiwm." IImnoium said. "As
much as wb want to win this first
dual meet. Wit need to took lit tint
big picture
"In order to tm stmng at tint end
of tlm Ma«on, we try not to
emphasize the dual mints What
ap|Mtars to be a disadvantage for
us early will actually be a com
petitive advantage for us later in
the season."
Oregon'* supporting cast this
season returns four other talent
ed Pac 10 scorers and Insists sev
eral new faces which look to step
to the forefront Almost half of
the team's tl competitors entered
in Saturday s meet will tie uxpect
ed to perform key roius in a team
scoring situation for thoir first
time on the collegiate level.
Rifle-armed Kelsey Stellick is
the l)u< ks‘ top conference
returnee with Nilka Thomas as
the solo 800-meter returner ami
Gtusac and Nicole Gommissiong
adding experieni t*d talent to the
distance and sprint events,
respectively
Stellick is off to herWst start
ever in the Javelin. airuadv sur
•st, •
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UNIVERSITY
OF OREGON
TRACK
Field notes
# • ll'O W SDH!-: . fi'.l" -»■• - -
a i;>-3 lifetime record against
W.i ih rigion, .i kI have won
the last eight meets at home
against the Huskies
• Hayward t mid v. pi ay
host to Us eighth NCAA
Championship in 1996 This
year s championship s wi» t>«
held m Knoxville. Tenn
• Four Oregon toot ball
players have reunited on the
trat k to make up a potent
4x 100 relay team Junior
l.aMont Woods. treshme:
Patrick Johnson and Gary
Young, and senior Dmo
Ptiityaw combine to make up
the team that ran tho relay in
an impressive 40 4 seconds
ean>er th s year
Oregon Women’s
Schedule For Ore
gon-Washington
Dual Meet
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Oregon Men’s
Schedule For Ore
gon* Washington
Dual Meet
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306 400Htfaes_
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340 5.000 Mixofs
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