EMERALD
Angelina Wolvert in action against California this past season.
Wolvert: Illness hurt freshman’s chances
■ Continued from Page 5
ing than high school ball.
“In high school,” Wolvert told
the Register-Guard last year, "you
could go through the motions.
You can’t do that [at Oregon].
Here, you can’t not give 100 per
cent all the time.”
The USA Basketball tryouts
were just another challenge, and
Wolvert gladly accepted. Even
though Runge served on the com
mittee, it was up to Wolvert to
determine what she needed to
improve.
“The coaches there weren’t
very responsive,” Wolvert said.
“They weren’t telling you what
you were doing wrong. They did
n’t say, ‘you need to start re
bounding more’ or ‘you need to
score more.’ They were just try
ing to teach [techniques], rather
than individuals.”
It’s a lesson that will only
strengthen an already sturdy
player. After playing on the same
court as players like Lynn Pride
from Kansas, who scored 18
points in a game against Oregon
last season, and Chanel Wright
from North Carolina, Wolvert
knows what she needs to do to
take her game to the next level.
Although she wasn’t selected to
the team, she has another high
pressure competition under her
belt.
"It was a great experience,” she
said. "It showed me what I need
ed to do.”
She already has some changes
planned. Next year she will play
a lot more at small forward rather
than her usual post position. She
has seen the best, seen what it
takes to be selected to a national
team and now sees her future,
which even Runge is looking for
ward to.
“She had a great experience at
the USA Basketball Trials, and I
expect her to have an excellent
sophomore year,” Runge said.
The Pac-10 didn’t fail to show
its prestige. Erica Gomez, UCLA’s
1996 Pac-10 Freshman of the
Year, was selected to the William
Jones Cup Team. The 5-foot-9
guard will tour North Korea from
Aug. 9 through Aug. 18 and then
will participate in the Williams
Jones Cup in Taiwan Aug. 23
through Aug. 27. Under head
coach Nell Fortner, a member of
the 1996 U.S. Women’s Olympic
Team staff, Gomez and the team
are expected to do well. In 18
previous Jones Cup appearances,
the United States has won seven
gold medals, four silver medals
and four bronze medals, with an
overall record of 104-23.
Gomez wasn’t the only Pac-10
player who will be playing this
summer. Washington’s Jamie
Redd was named to the Select
Team. The 1998 Women’s Select
Team will be used to prepare col
legians internationally for the
1999 World University Games.
Redd will compete against teams
from Puerto Rico, Poland and
Spain. Florida head coach Carol
Ross was named as the Select
Team’s head coach.
There’s little doubt Wolvert
will be watching to see what
could have been. One can only
wonder what her performance
would’ve been like if she was in
top shape. No matter, she already
has plans to begin training this
summer at the small forward po
sition, focusing on ball-handling
and outside shooting.
Her experience at the USA try
outs will only help in her quest
to improve her game.
Track: Moos’ decision expected soon
■ Continued from Page 5
served the University very well.
His achievements speak for them
selves. He’ll be sorely missed.”
If Gillespie gets the job, it
won’t be the first time he has in
herited such a situation.
“Ironically, it happened to me
once before,” he said. “When I
went to South Eugene, the coach
there before me was the best high
school coach in the state. That
previous time I took on that chal
lenge and I think I did a better job
than that coach who was before
me. That’s what athletics is
about. About pressure and how
you’re going to deal with that
pressure. I look forward to that
challenge. That’s what it’s
about.”
Gillespie and Smith are both
enthusiastic about being consid
ered for the position, which
Moos said is “one of the top jobs
in the country.”
“There’s not much to think
about when it comes to getting a
chance to lead the track program
at the University of Oregon,”
Smith told the Register-Guard.
“This is still the track capital of
the country. The good athletes
still know that. I’ve devoted a
large part ot
my life to
putting myself
in position to
be a viable can
didate for
something like
this, and I’m
excited and
flattered by the
opportunity.”
Like Smith,
Gillespie said
he has spent a good deal of his ca
reer working to have the opportu
nity to head the program.
“I’ve been thinking about this
for a long time,” he said. “I knew
sooner or later that Bill Dellinger
would retire. I didn’t know if it
would be sooner or later.”
The Oregon assistant compared
himself to Oregon men’s head
basketball coach Ernie Kent.
“I’m like Ernie. He loves Mac
Court and Oregon,” Gillespie
said. “I like Hayward Field and
(( This is the track
capital of the country.
.. I’m excited and
flattered by the
opportunity. »
Martin Smith
Coaching candidate
Eugene and
track. [Kent]
was a great
pick, and I
think I would
be a good pick
for the track
job. Oregon
track is all I
know. 1 think I
have a lot of
pride in what I
do. I think I
will get some good assistants that
will be like me, that will invest a
lot in the program. It is harder
and harder these days to win a
national championship or a Pac
10 title, but we’ll be good. We’ll
be dam good.”
John Gillespie File
Oregon assistant men's track and field coach
Main coaching responsibilities with Oregon are the
Ducks’ jumpers and sprinters...his athletes have won
13 Pacific-10 Conference titles in the last 10
years...they've set new records in the high jump, long
jump, and triple jump... at 1997 Pac-10 meet, his ath
letes claimed first in the high jump, long jump and triple
jump... three of his hurdlers also scored... At 1997
Nl/AA meet, Oregon individuals qualified in high jump and triple jump...
coached South Eugene High track and field teams to four consecutive state
championships (1979-82)... only lost six meets in five seasons... South’s
cross country teams won four state titles...worst finish was second in state
competition... Maintains Oregon’s records and coordinates recruiting
Martin Smith File
Wisconsin men’s cross country coach, assistant men’s
track and field coach
Two-time NCAA National Coach of the Year(1985,
1988)... Six-time Big Ten Coach of the Year (1989,
1991-1996).. Led Wisconsin to two cross country na
tional championships (1985,88)... 10 District IV team
championships (1983,1985-92,1994-96)... Four indi
vidual cross country champions... Nine top-five NCAA
finishes in 15 years at Wisconsin... 33 cross country All-Americans... 39 Ail
Big ten selections... since 1984, Wisconsin distance runners have been
named track All-Americans 44 times... 51 academic All-Big-10 honorees...
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