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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (June 7, 1996)
Track team honors outstanding athletes Milana Glusat and Ray Liv ingston warn honor**! •• th* University's roam'* and women's track tnarn * top award rac I pl ant* at the thick*' track-and field banquet Glussc. returning altar ha missed last imniin due to tit »**». wm named th* woman'* Lynn* Winbigler Performer of tha Yaar whila Livingston wa* honored with th* Scharpf Award a* tha man'* outstanding track athletes Livingston fought off early season injuries to claim fourth place in the decathlon at last week’s NCAA meet with 7.WI2 points after qualifying for the championships only two week* earlier Glusac scored itxih in the women's J .000’meter run at last week's outdoor NCAA ( .hampi unship* after earning runner up honor* in the collegial* champi onships indoor 3.000 in March. Melody Fairchild was accord ed with th* women’s Coach's Award as th* squad’s most improved performer The Boul der. Colo., senior claimed the NCAA indoor 3,000 mater crown and Pac 10 10,000 Mil* after placing fourth in last year's conference 10.000 meter* Chris Nelson, who remained unbeaten outdoors this season prior to tying for fourth in th* NCAA high jump, was honored as the men's lop scorer after ascending aa th* team's first All• American in ihe event in 32 year* Additional honornas included Corvallis senior LaRetn* Wood* as the recipient of the Marv OffJ car Award u the women * high point it ofw, and |unit<r Nicola Commission# as the Harry Hsti hi** Award recipient for alh let it achievement, leadership. m hokrship and inspiration Sophomore Malt Davis was voteci the l*ow Wilson Award as the men's most inspirational competitor white sophomore tkogg Hiaaincy earned the Perry Holloman Award as the team’s moat improved athieta. Ducks to host Oregon Weightlifting Classic The ten Casanova Center at Autzen Stadium is the boat lout lion for the University of Oregon Weightlifting Classic to be held on Saturday This ail-day event begins at 10 a~m. and concludes at 7 p m Participants include world-class competitors and up and coming high school stars. Athlete*, both male and female, are divided by weight class and required to compete in the snatch and tha clean and |erk "Strength. Spaed and Agili ty* is the Omsk's slogan Remembering the Ducks: WRESTLING J ,.>«**#* f Oregon wrestler ScoO Norton faced *ome tough competition w*m eucceaatuBy defending htt tm# at the Paste-10 Ch*mpion»hip* The Ducks went on to place fourth m the conference and tent f»v* wr setter* to toe NCAA Oterrspian«h*p» Sonics learn from Game 1 loss to Bulls ■ NBA FINALS: Seat lie found oul the hard way how good Chicago is CHICAGO (APJ — The .Wile Super Sonua called then («sin» t loss to (he Chicago Bull* « teaming experience. lessons (rum Losing lo the Bulls 101. — When Michael Jordan has * now I on his (ate. welch out. Jor dan had one Wednesday night. usually not a good sign (or any Bulls opponent Ana after the 107 90 victory, coach Phil lack won hinted of better things to come (mm the NBA’* MVP Iordan's first shot of the game hit the side of the backboard and his second one missed, too. After that, though, it was thro* straight lumpers in the bee of three dif ferent defender*, the last one was followed by an icy glare at Gary Payton There * always challenge* and individual stuff going on on the court, and Michael and Gary are two big trash-talkers who tike to go after each other aggressively. But it's a tong wnm and I don't think that uiui Uu lde«t ill the ftf*t quarter — f think there'll be many mure of them. Karl aaid — Week |*«wi Unut hailgantm It happened three It mm in the fourth quarter. U JueUm. al paw* ea that were picked off by the Bull* Ron Harper grabbed two end Scuttle Pippen got one. and all three led to faaibreak-basket* in a 220 run that broke tint game open “We moved the preaattre up. end the next thing you know we picked them off That make* them hesitant to make the pass e» *o quickly and it alow* their of feme. Jordan aaid. The Bulla finiahed with nine ateala and tcored 24 points off Seattle’# t# turnover# Chicago had only aeven miacue*. a cou ple of which came after the out come had been decided “If you turn the ball over on (Tinego. if# either going to be e dunk, a 3-pointer or a foul on you." Shawn Kemp aaid ''We've got to take care of the bell, espe cially late in the game " — The lordanairet can hurl you. too Whether it waa i.UC Longley dominating the punt in the first quartet ftennu Xodsuii contla ually getting open lot un* untest ed layup*. Harper finding the open mtn or Toni Kukoc drain ing 3-pointer*. Iordan * support mg cast played to their strength* •nd wore virtually mistake free “Wo didn't havo tho rip.** Karl Mid “Every gam* one loam usu ally ha* a little mum rip than the other Chicago bad it." — Rodman’* antic* bring result*, and they aren't always negative one* for the Hull*. Karl used the word flop ' eight times in SO second* in ilmurtb ing a sequence at the end of the first half that led to a flagrant foul, two quirk technical foul* and the e|e» tion of Seattle * Frank Brtck ovrtki Karl celled it one of the key moments in the game because it changed the momen tum after the Sonic* had caught up — Kemp cen t carry the team He needs Payton to play like an All-Star, too Kemp was an unstoppable fun * the first three quarters, accu mulating 30 of his 32 point* and gotng 14 of-tfi from the foul line in the fourth quartur, though, I hr Hemic* didn't deliver tin* l*o!l to iuiti. rtiu! tw took only (hr*** shot* Payton, who averaged 217 point* in tlw> first three rounds of the playoffs, uwmeii more fix u*od on talking trash to Ionian than penetrating the lane Hr scored tally I t (mint* and shot » for 17. Karl told hi* twain one* again that they belong on the name court with the Hull*, and hi* players re {mated the line over and over Thursday. “ft waa not a blowout It wu not a destruction," Karl said "I don't think we played that well, and it was still a seven point game with five minutes to go I think my team is very confident "If we hold them to 90 tomor row night we lt have a good chance, Karl said. The Sonic*' scheme of guard tog f*ippen and Iordan with a dif burnt defender nearly every time dowru ouri did Utile io throw off the Bulls, but Chicago's ploy of extending its defense and keep tng Payton from hnnging the 1mI i uprourt sewned to throw off Soat tin s offense
