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Ducks stretch to win over Huskies Kris Henry Oregon Ga»y- finer tna The drama in Saturday's dual meet with Washington was pro vided hv the Oregon women's track and field team Each team went into the final event of the day with n winner take-all attitude as the Dm ks held only a one-point advantage But the quartet of LeKeina Woods, Tamara Schurch, Cama rn Jones and Nicole Commis suing proved to he too mm h in the long relay Their clutch performance in the 4x40()-tneter relay capped off a remarkable team effort, which eased Oregon to a 71-65 victory overagritu Washington squad in the first scoring meet of the season. “This was a great venture for us," Oregon women's coach Tom Heinonen said "It worked out better than we could over have hoped. We scrambled real ly well for a lot of points in a lot of places.” The Ducks received outstand ing performances from Jones, Sara Jessie and Jenna Carlson while newcomers Commissiong. Kaarin Knudson. Jennifer Thomas and Rosy Gardner pro vided the support that allowed Oregon to remain alongside the Huskies all afternoon. Jones eclipsed the NCAA automatic qualifying time in the MAI At If MOKTOOMfRYl'memM Daniel Das Navas blew away tha competition In tha steeplechase 400-meter dash with a 52 51 sis ond mark while also winning lh*» 200-meter dash with a wind aided mark. (lettering the NCAA provisional qualifying standard Jessie just missed winning the long jump b\ an inch and a half with a 19-11 mark hut trounced bin k to take the triple jump with a school record-breaking 41 H 1 '2 leap. That mark also met tin NCAA provisional qualifying standard Carlson stopped on the May ward Field track in si oring com petition for the first time in two years, but displayed the form that earned her All-America honors in 199.1 as she outlasted her sister Tara in the 1.500 meter run for a first-place finish Knudson won the HOO-meter run. and Thomas won the high jump, hopping to a personal record 5-foot-7 Second-place honors went to Gardner in the 1.000-meter run and Commis siong in the 400 Commissiong was also particularly impressive in anchoring the long relay squad to victory and opening up the short relay in strong fashion It was the short relay, a strength of the Oregon squad, that put the Duc ks in an unenvi able position early in the meet when there was a mix-up between Woods and Jones on Turn to WOMEN. Page 16 mxtaoMt iiitiw On top of recording a personal-best long jump of 19-11, Sara Jessie topped the school triple-jump record with a mar* of 41-8 1/2. Men cruise to win, drub UW Trevor Kearney Oregon Daily Emetakl Fueled by superb running performances, the Oregon men's tr.u k and field team overpowered visiting Washington 11 t-50 on Saturday at Hay ward Field. Freshman Pat Johnson stole the show by sur passing the NCAA provisional qualifying mark in the 200-meter dash with a wind-aided time of 20.66 seconds. He also ran the 400-meter dash in a swiff 46 24, good for the thlrd-fastest performance in school history. "His double may be the best in the country." Oregon head coat h Bill Dellinger said. "That was really quality running." But according to Johnson, the best is yet to come. "1 think I’ll run a lietter 400 if 1 have somebody out there to chase," Johnson said I'm not that good ofa from runner I like to run with somebody m front of me so 1 ran go and get them " The Ducks dominated the running events nil day. as Johnson combined with juniors l.omont Woods and DeWayno Ingram and senior Dino Fhilyaw in the 4* 100-meter relay to record an impressive time of 41.3 seconds Sophomore Daniel Das Neves also notched an impressive win in the 3000-meter steeplechase, running it in H minutes. 4B 1 seconds, after leading the pa< k the whole wav The Ducks got some added help from junior karl keska and freshman Matt Davis, who combined to give Oregon a win in the 5000-meter run after fol lowing the pace of Washington's Nick Paavnt h for the first mile While keska narrowly edged Davis Out of first place with a time of 14 ^H.75, the race, according to the duo. went just as planned. Turn to MEN, Pago 16 Softball squad returns to winning ways, takes 3 of 4 Mark McTyre Owyoc Oatfy (fn&aki Kim Kampfer and company used back-to-back doubleheaders over the weekend to put the Oregon softball team back on the winning truck. On Sunday, the Ducks (12-15 over all. 3-5 Pacific-10) found their hitting stroke, as the team tallied 18 hits in Oregon's twin-bill victories (fi-0 and 3 1) against visiting Stanford at Howe Field. Sophomore right fielder Angie LeRoy led the Ducks in their hitting barrage going four for six. consisting of two singles, a double, a home run and three RBI> "Being a sophomore, it was my first homo run at our home field," said LeRoy, of her lead-off blast in the bot tom of the fifth inning of the second game. "It felt really nice because I've been in a slump lately.” “A lot of times in the past wove put people on [base! but didn't execute." said Oregon head coach Tami Brown of her team’s effort. "So 1 thought today they executed well.” Turn to SOFTBALL, Page 16 *M<* Ml.ryHt-l.jr 9m r m*r«d Oregon's Jennifer Apfelbaum fires over fo first in Satur day's action against Arizona State. The Ducks spilt a pair with the Sun Devils before taking two from Stanford. Monday Apnt 3. April 3. 1995 \ olumc 96, Issue 12' Men's tennis streak ended at 20 After an ama/ing 20 con socut>ve vtc'txie® dating b,i » to f eb 4, 'no Oregon men s tennis team had its winning streak snapped and Had to settle tor second {Mace after dropping a 4-2 decision to host Cal Poty San tmS Obispo at ” Must.r\j lr . • t’>( I’m in Sunday Th® Ducks, who already set a school record for veto nas this season, drops to 27 tor the ye,.*r Oregon's Josh Prayer and Do . ja Wi arris were at) o to snatch win-, in Sunday s action, but the Ducks just didn't have enough to rac h up their 21st consecutive vic tory Oregon goffers finish 8th at Ping Invitational Tr>o Oregon women pia< «d eighth in the 16-team held in the Pmg/ASU Invitational Sunday afternoon in Tempe. An/ The Duct"., shot a 9?? to finish m the middle of the pack as the hosting Arizona State Sun Devils won its sev enth tournament m as many Outings with a commanding 33-stroke victory Stanford finished the tour nament in second with an 89? while San Jose State. UClA and Texas rounded out the top five Arizona State's Wendy Ward took tf>e individual competition with an 11-under. 206, eight strokes ahead of teammate Keiiee Booth, wr>o finished second Oregon's Shannon Hare finished in a tie for 25th place with a 229. while Leigh Casey settled for a tie for 29th place with a 230. Susie Roh shot a 232 Karly Wills scored a 235 and Chnstel Tomon and Bec ca Gtersdorf ended at 241 Ducks lose to Wash ington in women’s tennis action The Oregon women's ten nis team finished thud in the Northern Division duals over the weekend in Lewiston. Idaho The Ducks, who fen to 7-9 on the year, tost an six sin gles matches and two of three doubles encounters to Washington in an 8 1 loss to finish the competition
