Oregon daily emerald., April 13, 1995, Page 10, Image 10

JOHNSON
Continued from Page 9
ever seen tome through hem
At Redlands High School,
Johnson won the state title in
the 1(M) and 200-meter dashes.
while capturing the National
Scholastic 200 title with a time
of 20 H ) mm ends and the both
the Golden West 1 (Ml and 200
titles with times of JO f>7 s«m •
onds and 21 24 seconds. respei
lively. At the USATF junior
championships in Tallahassee.
Fla., Johnson finished 4th in
the 100 and trd in the 200,
earning him a spot on the
national junior team's 4 xioo
relay
That talent has i arried over to
his collegiate confer and then
some Johnson's 4fi 24 second
400-meter dash against
Washington earlier this season
not only earned him possible
NCAA provisional considera
Hons, but earned him the
school's .'ltd fastest time in the
event In the same meet.
Johnson earned NCAA provi
stonni consideration* with a
wind aided 20.66 vn ond 200
meter dash, and ran the viand
of the triumphant 4 xlOO
meter relaj
Johnson's ability to adapt to
so many different nw «s is one of
the things that makes him such
a unique athlete
*H»> has so much range the
kid (an run the 100. the 200. the
400 and the 800." Walcott said,
adding that Johnson's love for
the sport provides fur much of
his success "Ha has got a great
work ethic and he loves to run
When someone is like that,
especially having the ability
that hit has. they are going to do
well."
In fact. Walcott said, it is
sometimes hard to get Johnson
to stop running and go home
"lie loves to run. plain and
simple," Walcott said "Ho
always wants to do more l have
to slow him down in practice If
I allowed him, he would run all
day, just keep going an going "
According to Johnson, that is
JJ-.— -
Thai s really what / nt shoaling far I sal daw n and
l hos thinking about it. and I could very well win
the nationals ami I might gel on the USA team It is a
possibility if I n ark hard
- PAT JOHNSON
Oregon Sfmntat
—- Wf
(km.numi hi- wants to tve the
absolute !«*it that he ( an be
“When I train. 1 don't like to
stop, breause when I stop. I
think about someone else that I
may be racing against," Johnson
said "And when I stop, they
could still l>e practicing, and I
just can't live with that
"If ! lose a race and I know I
trained as hard as I could and
that |»erson is just better than
me, I'm man enough to admit
that, hut I don't want to go out
knowing that I could have
trained harder.”
In fact. Johnson likes to train
as hard as his coaches w ill po»
sibly iet him
r r
"1 like to lx1 the last one to
leave the track,” Johnson Mid
And as a result. Johnson's
schedule doesn't allow him to
sit around and think about his
past performances or his
upcoming opponents
“I don’t have time to sit down
and think about it." Johnson
said “And it's good like that
las ause l‘d probably freak out
As it looks right now.
Johnson will probably be head
ed for the NCAA
Championships at the end of
the season. and that is just the
direction that he wants to be
headed
"ll Ml good txmusti 1
worked really hard." Johnson
Mid, adding that he i* really
aiming at qualifying for the
USA Championship* this sum
mer 'That's really what I'm
shooting for, 1 sat down and I
was thinking about it. and I
could very well win the nation
als and I might got on the USA
team It is a possibility if 1 work
hard"
According to Johnson, how
ever. his best is vet to come
Being a runner that doesn't like
to be at the front of the pack.
Johnson believes that hi* best
times will come Inter in the sen
son when the team faces
tougher opponents,
“It is all pie* mg together right
now," Johnson said ”1 haven't
really been pushed, so my times
could drop a lot. If I'm running
in the front, maybe I isn !>e run
ning faster, but 1 don't know.
Without a doubt, mv times are
going to come down a lot as the
meets progress and as the
weather gets better. “
METZ
Continued from Page 9
is really Umi had Hut it shouldn't he up to
tlu* owners and ultimately the fans to
pay for the level of talent that these kind
of players "should have" or "could have"
reached
While I have some sympathy for a nuy
like Hanson or Borders, 1 have none for a
liability like Hud Mark Usually spend
in# mom time on the disabled list (ban
on Iht) mound, Mm k has finally ma lined
his mrml wage Male at $350,000 |wr
year isiiii ihr- Indians ■> mu l»vu|i!i
reminder of his J‘»<M contract ihal
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As an avid baseball fan. I ll nay $15 for
a tii k«t to »«•«• a combination of superstar,
multi-million dollar players and some of
the mow average player*, but it gets
awfully discouraging to watch multi-mil
lion players notch sub SOU recordt and
.220 batting averages.
So there Danny Darwin Take that
Teddy Higuera While we realize you’re
talent is necessary to round out major
league rosters, we. with the ultimate help
of the owners, are tired of the outrageous
l ontrm ts being dished out to these over
the-hill shonld-have-buens.
I'll slid Im> paying around $50 per game
(depending on my King Dog and King
Beer intake), but at least 1 can do so
knowing that Tom Browning will even
tually have to trade in his Mercedes for a
1978 Subaru just like mine.
Chris Mrt/ is the sports editor for the
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