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w-^ Oregon Daily m -m Emerald Nebraska, Sullivan pose threat to men Trevor Kearney ■ The men's tra< k and field team f.u es its tough est competition so far this season in Michigan. Nebraska and Washington State at the Pepsi Team Invitational on Saturday at 12 10 p m 1 don't overlook the Pat - JO meet Inn a use the Pac-10 meet is one of the top meets in the conn ■ I ■ | MEN’S TRACK Meet six: Pepsi Inv, ■ WHAT: NCAA indoor champions invade Hayward Field. ■ THE HAMMER: Men's field events begin with the hammer at 12 30 p.m. Running events begin with the short relay at 1:55 p.m. try. vmtgon htimi coat h Hill Dellinger said ol the team’s schedule "Hut certainly this will probably be one of the better four-way meets in the country livery even! will have some outstand ing people in it." Possibly the toughest indi vidual t orn pe tition the Ducks will see. however, will be from Michigan sophomore Kevin Sullivan He is a specialist in the mile whose 3 minute. 55.33 second mile is the fastest in the world this year. Sullivan, a friend of Oregon sophomore Ben Andrews, is the favorite in the 1,500-meter run .dter posting >i i 30.05 clot king earlier in the sea son Along with Andrews, who holds a personal record of 3 44 65, the 1,500 race will feature Ore gon junior Rick Cantwell and Nebraska distam e runner Bala/.s I nlgvesi, whose I’K in the event this year is t 44 .!H That type of competition, Andrew s said, makes the meet all the hotter. ' It will lie fun to lie able to say you raced against the No 1 guy in the world." said Andrews, "and Turn to COMPETITION, Page 16 H*1AIU Ht/HUr IMi Hi ! While junior decathlete Ray Livingston has all but clinched an NCAA Invitation, he and the rest ol the men s track and field team wilMace stiff competition at Saturday's meet Pepsi meet provides tough task for Ducks Kris Henry Origan C&srfy f /rmtaki The Oregon women face their toughest challenge mi far this siki son in Saturday's Pepsi Team Invitational at Hayward Field The Dut ks trickle the perenni al Big Fight Conference t hampi oits and defending Big Ten league leaders as well as a Pacific-10 Conference foe in what shape* up to bo one of the hottest events to hit Eugene. "This is an exciting meet." Ore gou head coach Tom Heinonen said. "Our fans love it and the athletes can really, get into it. "This is just great i ompetition n ilh tho added ira ontiva on the lum scores knowing that, whether you're tho No. t or No 2 athlete for your school, vou're really important " < in von has domui.it.si the IVp si Invitational in past years, but the Ducks' seven-year string of sw< i uss came crashing to a halt with last year's third-place effort Tho invitational s feature com* petition will be from a highly tal ented Nebraska squad The Com buskers return a trio of All-Amer icans from the contingent that tied for lfith in last spring's NCAA meet, vet that doesn't include 10-time All-American Shanello Porter Porter sat out last season with n foot injury and hasn't compet ed in her top event, the 400-muter dash, this year. Shu owns a per sotlal-best *11 03 seconds in the 400 while being clocked in the JOO inetur dash tins year at -4 ?ri Track & held News has fore c.ast this year's NCAA order of finish in the 400 to hu Porter, Louisiana State’s Youlanda War run and Oregon's Camara Jones "Nebraska is a really solid Turn to TRACK, Page 16 WOMEN'S TRACK Meet seven:Pepsi Inv. ■ WHAT: Huskers pose challenge lor game Ducks. ■ THE JAVELIN: Women’s field events begin with the javelin at 12:10 p.m Running events begin with the 5.000 meters at 1:30 p.m April 21, l‘W5 Volume 96, Ivmjc I ^7 Duck Notes Women's tennis doses at home today and Saturday "•* W>i> wrap UP Its fogii SCf>€Kluto ill hOfttQ f^ortljjnd Stale on f fKJsiy at 3 p rii and Seattto cm H^iutday a! 9 & rn at |Ih> [ $$hng©f cov - ' n f 1 - '• ■ ’> 9 <■,>'■ W) season ai the Own Cod© yat© Championships from April 27-30 m Oku: CaUI Women s hoops sign recruit Kadarya Johns, 4 5-toot-8 point guard (torn t ong Beach. Calif, has signed a national totter *of«to?ent to p»ay basketball at Oregon Johns completed Iwf senor season averaging 17 6 pools a game and a learn high eight assists the them year starter Wped he? prep leans to sis first over California Inter scholastic federation cham pionship with a 2f> f) record Fegenl named Oregon women s hoops MVP Junior center Rerwio Fegent was named the Ore ) womens. loom's most valuable player, at • I yu fd So y Cr- was selected as I ho loom s most inspirational player at the Ducks' annual awards ban quet t hursday night f agent is Itte program's socond newcomer ever to •• I" MVP r , >r Off, n r.er : ,t: collegiate campaign since the award was feat d strib uted in t(J8? 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