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