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Sophomore high jumper Kyley Johnson will look to improve his career-best mark of 71/2 feet at Washington State this Saturday.
UO seeks revenge in Pullman
A controversial 1997 loss
at WSU has Oregon
looking for a reprisal
By Allison Ross
Oregon Daily Emerald
The last time the Oregon men’s
track team traveled to Pullman,
Wash., to compete against the
Cougars, a controversial referee’s
decision declared after the meet
reversed an Oregon victory.
Although that one-point loss
was two years ago - and is Wash
ington State’s only win against
Oregon since 1990 - the Ducks
have not forgotten the loss and are
looking for revenge.
Oregon’s chance to redeem itself
will come on Saturday when the
Ducks travel to Pullman to compete
at Moobery Track in the Washing
ton State/Idaho Triangular.
“We lost to them by one point,
and it was a meet that we should
have won,” Oregon senior Will
Driessen said. “You want to go out
and win especially because of the
rivalry with Washington State.”
Driessen will lead Oregon in
the sprints and will anchor both
hurdle events. In the 1997 meet,
Driessen won the 400 hurdles
with a time of 53.37 seconds.
Four of Oregon’s best distance
runners — NCAA qualifiers
Matthew and Micah Davis, Steve
Fein and Oliver Wirz — will not
be competing in Saturday’s meet
as they recover from last week
end’s Stanford Invitational. Com
peting for Oregon in the 3,000 me
ters will be junior Sam Hill and
senior Derek Schueren.
junior Laira
Prosser, who is
ranked sixth
among confer
ence returnees
in the 1,500 me
ters, will look to
improve on ms
third-place finish in the 1,500 at
Pullman in 1997, Seniors Ross
Dammann and Rob Aubrey join
Prosser in the 1,500 meters.
One of Oregon’s top middle
distance runners, Richard Girvan,
was not part of the track program
in 1997, but the senior from Ire
land is well aware of the implica
tions this meet brings.
“This is such a big rivalry that
goes way back,” Girvan said. "We
are going to try and turn them
over on their home track, but it
does make a difference with them
being at home.”
Despite missing the 1997 fiasco,
Girvan was successful last season
at the dual meet with Washington
State at Hayward Field. Girvan
won the 800-meters race with a
time of 1:50.42 and on Saturday
will be looking for his second
straight victory against the Cougars.
But Girvan also knows that a
team victory is equally as impor
tant.
“If we can get a win under our
belt it will help our confidence,”
Girvan said. “Everyone wants to
beat Washington State. We won’t
be as fresh for later meets, but it’s
important to get a win.”
Also competing in the 800 me
ters are senior Greg James and ju
nior Todd Humcke.
In the field events, Oregon boasts
three-time All-American pole
vaulter Piotr Buciarski and fresh
man John Bello, who is also a
member of the Ducks football team.
Although Oregon wants a win
to erase the memories of a victory
that slipped through its fingers,
Driessen said, it is also a chance
for the Ducks to prepare for bigger
meets later in the season.
“It’s a chance to get some de
cent times,” Driessen said, “but
any time there is competition I
want to come across the finish
line first.”
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