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
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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.
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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.”
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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