Sports
Oregon
Invitational
gives men
momentum
Trevor Kearney
OrifQoty (-Wy f mufaik?
While Saturday's On*gon Invi
tational offered tra< k fans a
chance to get a glimpse of world
record holder Dan O’Brien, for
mer Oregon siar Annette Peters
and Olympic hammer thrower
ljuice Deal, the real excitement
came from the Oregon men’s
track team itself.
The twilight invitational por
tion of the meet saw four Oregon
runners notch personal best
times, as freshman Pat Johnson
shattered his best times in both
the 100-meter dash and the 200
meter dash, and sophomore Ben
Andrews, junior Karl Keska and
freshman Matt Davis all followed
suit in the 1500-meter run.
"1 think this meet has been a
good meet for us,” Oregon head
coach Bill Dellinger said "It was
a good overall day with a few out
standing results I think it has
been a real profitable meet."
While the non-scoring meet
gave the team a chance to rest and
escape worry about an overall
win, it also gave individuals a
chance to concentrate on their
personal records.
"This has been a good break. It
is gtxxi to have the break of a non
si oring meet," Dellinger said
“The scoring pressure of the meet
is released, and you are able to
move guys around."
That freedom, Keska said, pro
vides for a certain amount of
pressure as well.
"Even though it is not a scor
ing event, there is a lot of pres
sure." said Keska, adding most
runners try to reach their per
sonal bests, providing for tougher
competition.
But Keska and Andrews both
handled that competition just
fine in the 1500. as Andrews' 3
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Oregon senior Sara Jessie catapulted herself to another Oregon school record, as well as an Oregor
Invitational record, with her gravity-defying triple-jump outing on Saturday
Jessie propels Ducks in meet
Kris Henry
Ck&gon (Xtry tmgrskS
The Oregon women did
their best mail-c tuner imita
lion on Saturday, delivering
ram or shine at the Oregon
Invitational with impressive
individual performances
High winds, driving rain
and occasional sunshine pro
vided the backdrop for one of
the more intriguing track and
field meets of the season, as
the Dm ks were able to com
pete with some of the nation's
finest athletes
“It was a pretty good day
doing what we needed to do,"
Oregon head c oat h Tom
Heinonen said "This was
good for us in all respects.
This was the right meet for us
at this point in the season."
Oregon was led by senior
st is! wort Sara Jessie who
skipped her way onto again
into tint Oregon retard hooks
with a 4i-4 leap in m i sera hit
conditions Jessie's feat gar
nered h«n both the Oregon and
meet record, while aim vault
mg her up the NCAA provi
atonal list All this coming
after a full perfortnatu e in the
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Oregon blanked in weekend softball action
Joel Hood
ft" !t» Oeycm 0*iy f rrmokJ
In a disappointing 7-0 loss to No I
UCLA on Friday and two more losses,
6-0 and 4-0 to the 19th-ranked Wash
ington Huskies on Saturday, the Ore
gon women's softhali team may have
lost its final shot at crocking the top ^5
this season, failing six games iieiovv
500.
The Ducks, now 13-19 overall and 3
H in the Pacific-10 Conference, were
unable to take advantage of the oppor
tunity given to them — the chance to
gi-t hack Into the Put in r it * e, while
beating two of the nation's top teams at
home
"We have to get back to basics," said
Oregon head coach Tami Brown, after
Saturday’s twin bill. “We need to play
aggressive and do the little things that
help us win."
On Friday, the Ducks fell victim to a
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Th« Oregon softball bats were frozen over the weekend as the Ducks went hitless against No 1 UCLA
and dropped a pair of games to No 18 Washington
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Oregon men netters
complete best dual
season ever
Despite losing the final
dual of the season. 3 0 to
Boise State on Sunday Ofo
yon posted its best record
over with ,i 27-9 mark
Only lour ol the singles
matches were played, two of
thorn ending m a t o. With
Boise State taking the two
that decided Ttio Broti
cos won the only doubles
match played to take the
unconventional cottage tennis
natci
B ■Statt- s Kenneth Bak
er defeated Oregons t tans
Fofstxiig (4 6 6 3 6-2) while
Du- ks dougai Wiixirns and
Josh Prager tx>th tied there
mati he*, th11:■.«• Statu s V'i '.i'
SJva ousted Adetbed Riodtf
(6-3 6 2)
In doubles competition,
AntfKiny Adams a-d Kristian
Wn!e< ot Bo se State defeat
od Oregon's John DeVorss
ni Mike (a tsti! n (fi .t, i. 4)
Oregon women net
ters trail in Pac-10
Northern Division
Washington State iuad
■:-(j Washington to? the North
ern Division title with a 32-27
lead through Saturday night's
matches Oregon was in third
with |ust two points, losing aM
14 mate hes during the sec
ond day of competition
Mate ties continue through
Surxtay evening
ON THIS DATE
■ 1939 Joe Louis
knocks out Jack Roper
at 2 20 of the first round
m Los Angeles to retain
the world heavyweight
title.
■ 1976 — Mike Schmidt
ot the Philadelphia
Phillies hits lour
consecutive home runs
and a single in an 18-6,
10 inning victory over
the Cups m Wngley
Field.
■ 1982 — The Denver
Nuggets tronteourl of
Ales English. Dan Issel
and Kiki Vandewegho
becomes the first to
each average 20 points
per game since Bob
Pettit. Clift Hagan and
Clyde Lovellette ol St
Louis in 1961
■ 198/ — Julius Erving
ol the Philadelphia /6ers
becomes the third player
to score 30.000 points in
his professional career.
Erving scores 38 points
to join Wilt Chamberlain
and Kareorn Abdul
Jabbar.
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