Arizona State
■ 1997 SEASON: 14-6
■ Conference: 4-0
■ Outlook: Considered the
front-runner, the defending
Pac-10 champion has six
wrestlers who occupy the No, 1
seed entering into the tourna
ment. The Sun Devils have fin
ished in the top 10 nationally in
11 of the previous 13 seasons.
Bosie State
■ 1997 SEASON: 6-5-2
■ Conference: 3-4-1
■ Outlook: A young team that
should have their best years in
front of them. The Broncos
recorded one of their biggest
upsets of the season when they
tied Oregon on Jan. 31. Best
bets are with Kirk White at 158
pounds and sophomore Larry
Quisel at 150 pounds.
Cal-St. Fullerton
■ 1997 SEASON. 3-9
■ Conference 1-4
■ Outlook: This team will be
hard pressed to improve on last
season’s eighth-place finish at
the Pac-10 Champions. It has
three wrestlers ranked in the
top four of their respective
weight class, but its best bet is
with 126-pound Joey
Coughran.
Cal-St. Bakersfield
■ 1997 SEASON: 8-3
■ Conference: 4-3
■ Outlook: Has the nation’s
No.1 ranked heavyweight in
Stephen Neal. The junior re
turns to defend his NCAA and
Pac-10 titles from last season.
Cai-St. Bakersfield’s next best
bets are 188-pound Moses De
flin and 134-pound Mike Men
doza
Cal PolySLO
■ 1997 SEASON: 10-8
■ Conference: 4-3
■ Outlook: The Mustangs fin
ished tied for third at the Pac-10
Championships last season.
Don't look for similar results
this weekend. Cal Poly SLO is
lead by the conference’s No. 1
ranked wrestler at 190 pounds,
Michael French.
Oregon
■ 1997 SEASON: 9-3-1
■ Conference: 5-2-1
■ Outlook: One of the confer
ence front-runners and expect
ed to improve on last season’s
fourth-place finish. Senior Jere
my Ensrud should be a lock at
134 pounds, but the middle and
upper weights will be crucial to
their finish. The Ducks could
have as many as nine wrestlers
seeded in the tournament.
Oregon State
■ 1997 SEASON: 9-9
■ Conference: 4-4
■ Outlook: Considered a con
ference heavyweight at the start
of the season, the Beavers have
had injury problems in the last
couple months of the season
and enter the tournament on a
five-match losing streak. Best
bets are at 126 pounds, 142
pounds and heavyweight.
Stanford
■ 1997 SEASON: 2-10
■ Conference: 1-5
■ Outlook: The Cardinal strug
gled throughout the 1997-98
season. They have only one
wrestler ranked in the top four
of any conference weight class,
142-pound Beau Weiner. Wein
er hopes for a repeat of last sea
son, when he finished second
overall in his weight class and
advanced to the NCAAs.
UC Davis
■ 1997 SEASON: 7-8
■ Conference: 2-5
■ Outlook: A much improved
team over last season. The Ag
gies finished last at the Pac-1 Os
last season, but they should fin
ish near the middle of the pack
this time around. UC Davis’ best
bet is at heavyweight with
Jarold Jesso. Mike Collier could
make a run at 134 pounds.
Pac-10s: Middle weights kev for UO
■ Continued from Page 11
Sun Devil Michael Kawamura
took over the No. 1 spot at 118
pounds after posting his 20th victory
of the season against Cal State Bak
ersfield’s Moses Deflin on Feb. 14.
Oregon’s John Taylor is cur
rently ranked No. 2 in the Pac-10
at 118 pounds, but an injured
back may keep the former NCAA
Championships qualifier out of
competition. Taylor’s injury
plagued senior season may have
already come to an end, head
coach Ron Finley said.
The top three finishers in each
weight class earn automatic
berths to the NCAAs, and coach
es will select the remaining 13 at
large bids to complete the confer
ence selections.
Another Sun Devil occupies the
top spot at 126 pounds. Senior
Shawn Ford has been used sparing
ly this season, only amassing a 7-3
overall record, but is expected to re
ceive the weight’s No. 1 seed today.
Oregon State’s Jason Buce, who has
a 23-4 overall record this season,
should also get consideration.
Oregon’s Jeremy Ensrud is a
lock for the No. 1 seed at 134
pounds. The defending Pac-10
champion leads the Ducks with
27 wins and has held the confer
ence’s top spot at 134 pounds
since the preseason.
Like Ensrud, Oregon State’s Os
car Wood is a lock for the No. 1
seed at 142 pounds. The Beavers’
co-captain is 22-5 this season and
ranks second on the team with six
pins. Stanford’s Beau Weiner,
who advanced to the third round
of the NCAA Championships last
season, will likely get the No. 2
seed. Oregon’s Dusty Roberts en
tered the top four last week for the
first time in his career.
“The key for this team is to
place higher than their seeds,"
Finley said. “This team has been
able to fire itself up for every big
match this season, and I don’t see
any reason why they won’t do it
again this weekend.”
If the Ducks are going to im
prove on their fourth-place finish
from last season, they will need
their inexperienced group of mid
dle-weights to have the same suc
cess that the experienced group
had last season.
The problem is that only Sean
Morgan returns from the three
Oregon middle-weights who
qualified for the NCAA Champi
onships. The junior finished sec
ond at 158 pounds after dropping
the final match to Arizona State’s
Matt Suter.
The problem for Morgan is that
Suter is back to defend his Pac-10
title and again ranks No. 1 at 158
pounds. Suter is third on the Sun
Devils’ win list this season with
23 victories. Despite a 26-10
record this season, Morgan has
dropped to fourth.
Arizona State secured the con
ference title last season with vic
tories at 158, 167, 177 and 190
pounds. All four of those
wrestlers return this season and
occupy the top spot in the confer
ence rankings.
Oregon’s Kevin Keeney and
Doug Lee are likely to get the No.
2 seeds at 167 and 177 pounds, re
spectively. Both wrestlers will be
making their first appearance at
the Pac-10 Championships.
Cal Poly SLO’s Michael French
will probably be the No. 1 seed at
190 pounds, although Oregon
State’s Shane Zajac and Oregon’s
Chael Sonnen have both made
late-season surges for the top spot.
Zajac ranks fourth on the Beavers’
win list with 19 victories, and
Sonrten’s 12 pins this season rank
fifth all-time for the Ducks.
“I think I can win it outright.”
Sonnen said. “My main goal obvi
ously is to advance to the NCAAs,
but I really think 1 can win it. Con
fidence will be the key.”
The heavyweight division will
feature the nation's No. 1 ranked
wrestler in Cal State Bakersfield’s
Stephen Neal. The defending
NCAA and conference champion
will return as the No. 1 seed in his
final Pac-10 meet.
Sports Brim s
Oregon track team
heads to Reno again
The Oregon men’s and
women’s track and field teams
return to indoor action this
weekend at the Mountain Pacif
ic Championships in Reno, Nev.
The meet, which starts today
and concludes Saturday, in
cludes primarily athletes from
the Big West and Pacific-10 Con
ference.
On the men’s side, 22 Oregon
athletes have qualified for the
two-day event, including a few
who will be putting in some
double time. Seven Ducks are
scheduled to compete in at least
two different events.
On the women’s side, 18 ath
letes are scheduled to compete,
including former All-American
Nicole Commissiong as she con
tinues to make a comeback from
a knee injury.
Buciarski travels to
world championships
Junior pole vaulter Piotr Bu
ciarski will skip the meet in
Reno and travel a bit further this
weekend to take part in the
World Indoor Championships
in Spain. Buciarski is expected
to compete either today or Sat
urday and said he thinks he
needs a mark of 18 feet, four
inches to qualify for the finals.
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