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UCLA sprinters too much for Ducks Trevor Kearney A strong UCLA sprinting lontingent prom! to bn too much for the Oregon men's tr.u k and field team this weekend at the I’ai ifii It) Conference Championship in Tin son. Ariz Oregon finished sis ond with 142 . points behind UCl.A's ltd . points CSC. finished tliird with 122 points while Washington State and California rounder) out the top six teams with totals of 68 points and fiO points. ivsjms lively Showing promise for the future, the Ore gon-side of the meet was highlighted by strong perforrnam es from freshmen Pat Johnson, Matt Davis and Robin Hooten. Johnson took the 400-meter dnsh crown in 4r> .18 sei oiids, and then placed sis ond in the 200-meter dash behind UCl.A s Ato Holdon On Friday. Johnson tied an < )regon nk tird in tin- 200 trials with a time of 20.10 seconds, hut his 20 44 second performance on Satur day was significantly behind Holdon s 20.08 mhoikK Davis had a strong outing at his first !’m 10 meet as well, finishing )ust behind a cou ple of juniors in two different ra> es In the 10,000-meter rro e, Davis" mark, of .10-minute*. -H 25 sts ond* was sts ond only to teammate Karl Keska. who ran the rat e in to i' 19 Davis also finished just liehind Rich Cantwell in the 5,000-meter race, as the duo finished fifth and sixth with times of t4 41.75 and 14 4.1 t>4. respet lively Hooten. who qualified for the fat -10 meet lust t week ago at tfu* Oregon Twilight, ran the 800-meter rat e in t 4>i 14, good (or sev enth place and under two seconds away from Washington State's laic: Anderson, who ran the race in 1 47 :1H Senior Dino I’hilyaw had an impressive perform,mt e in his last collegiate competi tion. as he took set ond in the 100-meter dash with a personal best time of It) 4 1 seconds Philyaw also teamed up with Johnson and juniors LiMont Woods and [leWavne Ingram for ,i 40.08 second 4x100 relax just behind first plat e I SC ami mi <>ml plat e t ( i.A Fellow' M’mor Sol Sollos also had a I’K m the 400 hurdles with a time of 51 8f>, but senior I Van Zorn h didn't have as mtu h lui k. as he fouled on two attempts in the hammer and didn’t plate in the event Zorich ret rounded later, however, and took fifth plat e in the discus with a throw of lt>fi 7. Sophomore Dustv Carlson and junior |im Lite were the other throwers to st ore. as Carl son's mark of r>8- I . was gotsl for fourth plat e in tile shot put and I ale's throw of 21 ’ 11 gave him sixth plate in the javelin lV*x athletes Jeremy Williams and Kav lav ingston also rat ked up some points for their team, as Williams took set ond in the pole vault after clearing 17 H and lav ingston tietl for third in the polo vault (17 4 12) and took fifth in the long jump 124 2 1 4) l.ivingston also ran a 14 'H in the 110 high hurdles, and Turn t TRACK, Patjo 1? Detroit blanks San Jose in Game 1 DETROIT (AP) The San lost? Sharks used the same c lutch-and-grab tm (it s that had worked so well against Detroit in last year's playoffs. This time, the Red Wings made them pay And pay and pay and pay. The Red Wings, venting a year’s worth of frustration, got their revenge Sunday with a 6*0 victory. It was their third straight shutout of the Sharks at Joe Loins Arena this season. "One thing we’ve done this year, the whole team, is we don’t care what the other team does." Detroit forward Shawn Hurr said. "We’re a smarter hunch of guys." The Red Wings, upset in the first round of the NHL playoffs a year ago by the upstart Sharks, had three power-play goals and a short-handed goal to take a 1-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinal series Game I is scheduled for Tues day night in Detroit lie fore action shifts to San Jose for the next two games in the best-of-7 series. A year ago. the Sharks’ dis ruptive tactics helped them win the first game of their first round series. The Red Wings, again seeded No. 1. never led in that series and lost in seven games. Rut the Sharks have yet tu score in Detroit in 1995. "I thought Detroit was the best team in the Western Conference last year, hut they are a better team this year,” Sharks coach Kevin Constantine said. "They are more complete than before." During the abbreviated sea son. the Red Wings were 4 0 against the Sharks, outscoring San Jose 19-4 and outshooting them 145-67. Two of those games, both in Detroit, were shutouts Turn to HOCKEY. Page 10 Seniors leave Pac-10 in style Trevor Kearney Opflori D»ly Fmemia Seniors Camara Jones. Kelsey Stollick ami Sara Jessie weal out in style, but the rest of the Oregon women's track and field team couldn’t complement them as UCLA left the Pacific-10 Conference Championships with the confer ence title. in her last Pac-10 meet, Jones won the 400 meter race with a personal best time of 51.44 seconds. She also anchored Oregon's second place 4x100 relay team and third place 4x400 relay team. Jones also was the league 400 champion in 1903. "i was definitely ready for this meet,” said Jones, whose time broke the school and meet records. ”1 was ahle to concentrate on my train ing all year because there hasn't that much competition in our meets," But that competition showed up for this meet, as the Bruins' 1-2-5 finish in the discus closed any hopes of an Oregon title UCLA also dominated the competition in the shot put, placing junior Valeyta Althouse, senior Dawn Humble and freshman Nada Kawar ahead of Oregon freshmen Christine Cvitanich and Valerie Sweitater for the top three spots. Jessie made good use of her Inst Par-10 meet by placing second in the triple jump with a mark of 41-7 1/2, just behind California's Amy Littlepage's jump of 42-9. Behind Stellick’s first place mark of 159-3 in the javelin, Oregon recorded a 1-2-4 finish in the javelin on Friday, as junior Tonia Brewer (156-7) took second in the event and freshman Katie Paarmine (153-7) took fourth The Ducks got solid performam is from junior l^Keina Woods and sophomore Nicole Conunissiong. as Woods took third in both the 100-meter dash (11 73 see onris) and 200-meter dash (24 0 seconds), and Cominisxiong ran a personal best 53 72 set ond 400-meter dash. Both were also part of the 4x100 and 4x400 relays Oregon got a strong HOO-motor dash perfor mance. as senior Nilka Thomas placed fourth with a time of 2-minutes, 10.56 seconds and freshman kuurrin Knudson (2:11.35) and sophomore Christie Fngessur (2 11.68) finished just behind her in fifth and sixth places, resptx ■ lively. Freshman Jennifer Thomas placed eighth in the long jump with a mark of 1H-7 3 4. while sophomore Tamara Schurch ran the 400 hur dles in 1:02.23 and captured sixth place. In the distant e events, Oregon got a solid two event performance from junior Jenna Carl son, who took third in the 3,000-meter rac e with a time of 9:39,56. In the race. Carlson beat her sister Tara - who races for Washington — by 3)3 seconds. But Tara got her revenge by fin ishing third in the 5,000-rueter race, two spots better than Jenna's fifth place time of 17:35.5. Junior Melody Fairchild also had a strong out ing, placing fourth in the 10.000-meter race with a time of 36:40.76 The Bruins' 149 points were contested only by Oregon's 123 points as California finished in a distant third place with HI points, while Washington (79 points) and Arizona State (78 points) battled for fourth plat* Snavely finishes 49th at West Regional Chris Metz Oregon Uutity t i<*vM Teil Snavoly's 224 wasn't enough over the weekend, as the Oregon senior wrapped up his golf season with a tie for 49th place in the 1995 West Regional Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. The Beaverton native shot a 3 over-par 75 in Saturday's final round to finish 16 shots off the pac:e set by New Mexico's Mike Sauer, who completed the tour nament with a 208. Sauer held the lead during all three rounds in winning his first collegiate tournament and advancing to the NCAA Championships. Pac-10 champ Arizona Slate captured the team title after swiping the lead from New Mex ico on the final day. The Sun Devils' finished with an 844 while New Mexico settled for second plat e with an 852. Ari zona grabbed third place with an 806. while UNl.V took fourth (869) and Stanford rounded out the top five teams at 870. Arizona State's Larry Barber rode a final-round 09 to finish just one shot off the individual pace, locking second place with a 209. Fellow Pat-10 golfers, Stanford's Notah Begay and Ari zona State's Todd Denisey, tied If flip's Ryan Hint ala for third at 211 US Amateur champion. Stanford1* Tiger Woods, carded an even par 2tt» for the tourna ment. With the win. Arizona State heads an eight-team, two-indi vidual contingent that qualifies for the NC1AA Men's Golf Cham pionships hosted by Ohio State in Columbus. Ohio. May 31 -June 3. Joining the Devils will he: New Mexico, New Mexico State, Arizona, tJNl.V, Stanford. Cali fornia . and Southern California, ns well as Weber State's Andrew Smooth and San Jose State's Aaron Oberholser Mu> 22, IW5 Volume Ivsue 15ft Madden suspended Sophomore forward I lonry Madden ’-.ts been >, jsi>" d od indefinitely from (ho Ore yon basketball (earn, head Conc h Jerry Green said Green cited failure to corn ply with team and academic , ■■■■ tor the .c !>on Made!*'’ was a starter doting his first two seasons m ti e Oregon program Three Ducks earn softball honors Oregon pitcher Kim K ampler and outfielders Mat s,» I a'd Anq.e t rM. >y v.ero f\amc<) to the Al P.n Region Second Team ■ sottba i on Ir day All (time players recently received honorable mention by the Pa* '■( 10 Conterence Kampter. a juntor from Har risburg. posted a ,J0-;>0over all record and had a 3 3t earned fun average (his sea son t.omke a sophomore, fin ished the campaign with ,i 7ft J baiting average and led Oregon in stolon bases w in seven in nine attempts LeRoy had a 279 baiting average The sophomore smashed three home runs and drove in 16 HOI Today in Baseball ■ 1968 W e St.irqi' ol the Pittsburgh Pirates hit three home runs, a dou ble, and a single in a 13-6 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wngtey F ield ■ 1976 St l ouis' flog gie Smith hit three home runs two right-handed and one left-handed and drove in live runs in a 7 0 triumph over the Philadelphia Phillies Smith's third tximer came with two outs in the ninth and broke a 6-6 tie ■ 1977 — Boston and Mil waukee combined lor a major league record-tying 11 home runs in a 14-10 Boston victory a! Fenway Park The Red So* con nected lor six and the Brewers hit tivo in the first game ol a doublehoader ■ 1983 Cliff Johnson ol the Toronto Blue Jays hit his 18th career pinch homer oil Tippy Marline/ ol the Baltimore Orioles at Exhibition Stadium The homer tied Johnson with Jerry Lynch on the career pinch homer list Today's birthdays: Julian Tavarez, 22, Vaughn Eshelman. 26. Jose Mesa, 29
