Ducks shine in Twilight; prepare for Championships
■ WtM » IHAbA AMO HfclQ: The
meet gave athletes a chance to get
ready tor the post-season
By Pete Schneider
Sport* Uupcm*
In th* fine) tun* up before next wn«k -
end's Pacific-10 Conference Ttumpi
onships, the Oregon men's track and field
toaro tum«d in a strong performance last
weekend at th* Oregon Twilight meet
Although many of th* Ducks admttlod
that they were pacing themselves and look
ing forward to th* Pa 10 moot noxt week
and at UCLA, Oregon athletes still
managed to win eight out of the 16 events
on Saturday at Hayward
Field
“It was a realty good
meet for us." head coach
Bill Dellinger said ~!t was
a tune-up to see where we
are and get some guys
primed for the Pec 10 and
get some other guys qualified All in ell ii
was a good track meet with some pretty
good results. “
One of the best results for the Ducks dur
ing the non team scoring invitational wai
the performance of Daniel Das Neves in tht
inaugural Bill McChasney Memorial 1.500
meter run. The Junior, who ia already
ranked number four in the country in th*
3,000-meter steeplechase, won the race ai
the top four finishers finished within 7S
hundredths of a second of each other
With a time of 3 minutes, 44.01 seconds
Das Neves provisionally qualified for ih*
Ni-AA Championships. The event was run
at the Oregon Twilight for the first time in
memory of former Oregon standout Bill
McChesney. who died in an automobile!
accident last tail
The highlight of the meet, a* tt has been
many times in the oast, was the metric
mile." Dellinger said “I'm very pleased to
see Daniel do so welt in such an exciting
finish at the end of a meet “
The Ducks set a slew of lifetime bests in
different events throughout the meet
Although tumor )*r»my Robinson finished
fifth in the hammer throw behind four
post-collegians, he moved up the NCAA
provisional standings with a throw of 202
1 Freshman Konrad Knutsen also posted
a lifetime best in the steeplechase while
freshman Will Dnnsaon did the same in the
400-meter high hurdle*.
One of the most impressive showings of
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Ow>M O*. Nava. won ma inau«ur.i BlM McChaanay Mamortal 1 .SCO-malar run whit*
prwvtakwwy qualifying tot tfta HCAA ChampkmatUea
rh« day tame in the high jump t.otnpett
Uan a* Q»«* S»lmn u* an Oregon Twi
light record with « leap of 7-i 1/4 The
*»' taai iunuir cleared the record height
in hi* third and final attempt at that
height
"Tin Happy to get mm 7-2 and braak
out of a Util* dump I'v* H*»n in lately.*
Nulton »«id THil mite! w*« (irntty
much to k»«p thw rhythm going and to
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Ducks tune-up
for post-season
■ WOMEN'S TRACK ANO FIELD:
Melody Fatrchiid earned another
CMymptc tnal provisional time
By AixSrwi O* Young
■mem (m»
Th» Oregon women * track end field
1 ****** (K»* IU tune up on Saturday In ihe
Oregon Twilight, and it appear* at if the
DOC** *»e ready to lake im ihe rest of (he
PalRi to Conferero e
The meet wat a chance for Oregon ath*
lete* to earn the number* needed to make It
to I be Per il) Championships neat week
end Several putt collegiate athletes alto
look part tn the meet looking for Olympic
trial qualifying number*
The distance event* highlighted ihe meet
a* former Oregon runner Annette Peter*
look the S,000 merer run wtih a lime of IS
minute*. 37,59 tecond*. a time good
enough to earn a irtp let the Olympic trials
The po*t-collegians nut up tome stiff
competition far the thick* but also helped
neveral < begun runner* by setting a quick
pare Although sophomore Kaarin Knud•
son finished eighth in the 1.500 meter run.
her time wat good enough for an NCAA
Championship provisional tpol
•Senior Melody Fairchild continued lo
dominate ihe distance event* as the placed
fourth in ihe 5,000 meters with a lime of
15 53 50. pulling her fourth on the Oregon
all-time lit! in that event and earning bar a
CVisional spot In the Olympic trial* Kar
ihtt year. Fairchild also gained a provi*
sional Olympic trial lime in the
10.000 meter run.
The meet only lead two sprint event* on
ihe women's side and senior laKeina
Wood* took both of them. For Wood*, the
IOO- and 200-meter dashes were warm-ups
for next weekend's Pat 10 Championships
“1 fell really, really good and really
relaxed," Woods said "I'm happy with my
lime in the 200 fro right where I want to
he *
Although ihe Twilight meet t* usually a
lime for some athlete* lo real up for the
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Ducks suffer sweep in season finale
■ SOFTBALL: The
doubleheader marked the
end of the season and the
careers of five seniors
By Chris Hansen
Spam f*apoiim
The Oregon softball teem
ended I he m season on a to*
log not* as it we* swept by No. 2
Arizona in a doubleheader Set
uitiey afternoon ft-1 and 11-0.
The losses gave the Ducks •
21 30 overall record tot the see
son. including S-ia in the Pacif
ic-10 Conference
Oregon wes playing at less
than full strength due to injuries
and suspensions, including the
unavailability of both regular
starting pitchers. Freshman
starter Jennie Cook was out with
a knee injury and sophomore
starter Petrine Martinez was sus
pended for violation of unspeci
find team rules, as were
freshman relief pitcher Katie
Ma< km and freshman first t*j«
man Knn Touslee
This left the pitching duties
primarily to senior Kim
Kampfer, the workhorse of the
pitching staff last year but the
regular rtghtfieider thin season
In the first game, ll«s Wildcats
tcoml six run*
I in the first three
I inning* and
pitcher Carrie
Dolan allowed
[ only one run in
•even inning* to
J get the victory
fur Arizona. Kampfer al*o went
the distance fur the thick* in the
Arizona used an eight run
third and a three run sixth to
win in six innings via the to run
rule Wildcat pitcher Lisa Pitt
held Oregon to two hit* and no
runs
Kampfer gave up a total of
eight earned runs in 9 t/3
innings of work, while walking
fly* and striking out one
Sophomore Maegau Christie
came an in lb* third inning of
the second game lo relieve
hampfnr. but also had lo endure
Ariluma'* lough hilling
Despite the final KOm. the
Duck* hit ihe ball hard all day.
sending the Arizona outfielder*
crashing into the outfield wall
on numerous occasions But in
the end. Arizona played great
defense and got timely hits
"l don't think we beat our
selves today." head coach Tami
Brown said. "I think that the sit
uation we were put in, with the
suspensions that we had and the
injuries that we had. I think
these guy# (Oregon players! did
a fantastic job "
Saturday's game also marked
the end of the careers of seniors
Kampfer, nhortstop Kathy Stahl.
< enter fielder Lisa Preston, third
baseman Irina Salcido and
reserve Kelly Wooden,
Senior Kim Kamptm ftnfehod hw Oragon cmtmt on Soturdoy by pitch
ing In both garrvo* oi tho doobtohoodor