Emerald
TUESDAY
November 21,1995
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Oregon setter makes
all-academic team
Oregon setter Casey Crisier
was one of six student-ath
letes selmrttxl to the Division I
District VIII Aindemu A11 -
America Vollevhall Team.
Crislwr maintains a ,1.97
GPA in Fine and Applied
Arts.
Crisier, a former walk-on.
colltx tod 55 assists, one shy
of her career-high, on three
separate occasions and led
the team with 29 service aces
"Casey works hard in the
classroom and truly deserves
this award." said Cathy Nol
son, Oregon head coach
Whittle highlights
Duck football awards
Senior tailback Ricky
Whittle was presented the
Hoffman Award as the Ore
gon football team's most out
standing player at the Oregon
football banquet on Sunday.
Senior defensive end Trov
Hailey won the Wil Gonyea
Award, given to the team’s
most inspirational player,
while freshman kicker
Joshua Smith was awarded
the Len Casanova Award for
being the team's top first
year player.
Other players honored
ware senior inside linel>acker
Jeremy Asher (Hob OfFu er
Award), senior outside line
backer Paul Jensen (Elmer
Sulstrom Award), junior
offensive tackle Paul Wiggins
(Oregon Club of Portland
Award), junior outside line
backer Derrick Barnes (Cor
don Wilson Award) and
sophomore comerbnek Ron
nie Gipson (Clarke Award).
Ducks finish strong season with strong meet
■ CROSSCOUNTRY:
men's and women's teams
capture their best finishes
m recent history
the Oregon women's cross
country team captured fifth
place mid the moo's team fin
ished sine nth ill Ifn' N( \A
Championships at Iowa Statu
u 11 111'm u
on Monday
The mens
and women's
teams fin
ished strong
seasons with
strong
national per
formances as
both squads
notched the
best team
finishes in
FAIRCHILD
the past several years
Oregon senior Melodv
Fairchild placed ninth and
senior Jenna Carlson finished
t5th to lead the Out ks to fifth
place, matching performances
set in 1990 and 1991 Sopho
more Matt Davis finished 15th
to load the men to their U>st fin
ish since plat ing fifth in I'l'K)
Fairchild had one of the
strongest rai es of her year and.
head coach Tom Hoinonnn said,
maybe of her i areer
’Melody hud her sights set on
a top 15 finish." he said "She
ran maybe her iw*st rar e over us a
collegian She was in 15th at the
half-way mark and wouldn't be
denied."
Providence won the women's
meet with BH points, roc (living
their first NCAA title in any
sport. Colorado placed second
followed bv V'iUnnova. Brigham
Young and Oregon with l?4
points Wisconsin s Kathy But
ier won the individual ti11 *» in
16-minutes. 51 seconds
Heinonan said he was pleased
with the overall team effort,
adding that the course and the
weather made the rat e more of a
challenge
The temperature was about as
degree* with winds at 20 to :tt)
mph and gusts of up to 40 mph,
Helnonen said, adding that the
weather conditions parti* ularlv
affected Carlson
"Jenna was fnw/.mg cold and
fust never war mod up.”
Heinonen said It was still her
Iwst performance at the NCAA
llutit The top IS get awards and
the Pm ifii 10 Conference had n
third of the top !S runners."
Senior Milena Gliisac finished
■nth, freshman Marie Davis
came in 50th and sophomore
Rosy Gardner placed 77th to
round out Oregon's si oring con
tingent Junior Niamh /.wagger
man and sophomore Kaarin
Knudson platted 150 th and
175th
Milena moved up from noth
at the half-way mark and Marie
and Rosy moved up from
between Roth and 88th n Ith a
mile to go. Heinonen said
"Niamh got a side stiti h with
about (UK) meters to go and went
from 90th to 150th."
Heinotum said the team ran
hotter than they did at the I’m
10 meet, but not a* well as at the
District VIII rat t>
We wanted more,” Hetnonen
viid "Hut they ran the best they
could today and that is what
vmt have to e\(n*t t at the tuition
als."
Oregon's men's team wok the
only team to run with )ust five
runners in the rat e, and all of
them stored junior Karl keska
finished an um.harat teristu
14th at the national meet after
winning both the Cat it) Cham
pionship and the District VIII
meat Rick ( outwell plat ed 4t)th
with David Gurry at his heels in
■list pln< e l r.it v Hollister, who
hail not run competitively since
the Jeff Orenth Memorial in
Kugone on Oct 14. was the
Dm k>. final m orer at ltiSth
Arkansas won the men's title,
their fourth in the last five years
Northern Arizona received run
ner up honors, followed by
Oklahoma State, Colorado, Stan
ford. Georgetown and Oregon
Arkansas Godfrey Siamusiya
won the men's title in to on
Can Cotton Bowl draw fans without a Texas team?
■ COTTON BOWL: The 60th
anniversary of the bowi is
only the ninth without an
instate team participating
DALLAS (AP) — Will the Cot
ton Bowl be a hit without a
Texas team?
After landing No. 8 Colorado
and No 12 Oregon for their mar
quee, organizers of the Jan 1
classic are more hopeful than
optimistic.
Without a Texas team in the
60th annual classic, it remains
to be seen if enough fans of the
Duck* and Buffaloes will
migrate south to fill the 68,252
Cotton Howl •»«.!<»! s
A Texas team ha# played in
all but nine of the 59 Cotton
Bowls And former Southwest
Conference-member Arkansas, a
close neighbor, played in eight
of the nine non-Texas games
The only game between
schools from outside the region
pitted Clemson and Boston Col
lege in 1940 The game drew
15.000 fans
“We're going to have to have
some sales effort here in the 1 )a 1
las area in order to fill it up. but
we all know what kind of foot
ball fans we have here.” said
John Craw ford, president of the
Cotton Howl Athletic Associa
lion
" I'he fat l that vve don't have
a Ttixais team I don't know if
were troubled by tHitt We've
got higher-ranked loams than
we've find a in .1 good while "
The Cotton Bowl h;td featured
the SW(. t hump since lo t t. but
with the SWC dissolving after
Ibis season, that association
ended after last season's game
between Southern (.ali forum
and Texas Tin h
Under the new Tier l Bowl
Aliiam e. the national champi
unship game was awarded to the
Fiesta. Orange and Sugar bowls
on a rotating basis for three
years
1 hill It'fi th« Cotton Bowl to
sc ramble w ithout a corporate
sponsor since Mobil Corp
dropped its affiliation in March.
Without Mobil's support. Ore
gon and Colorado each will
rei eive between $2 million and
$2 5 million, depending on tick
et sales, said Charlie Kiss, media
director for the Cotton Bowl
With Mobil's support. Tech and
US( each got $:i million
l .i* It si hoot is responsible tor
selling at least 12.500 tickets at
545 each, Kiss said
"Oregon is planning on taking
more tickets, l iss said "Thu
Oregon people are fired up.
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