Ducks stumble to 14th place
No. 19 Oregon struggles
with conditions and a
tough field at ASU
By Mirjam Swanson
Oregon Daily Emerald
The goal for the Oregon
women’s golf team was to finish
in the top 10 at the Ping/Arizona
State Invitational last weekend.
But neither the weather nor the
opposition cooperated much
with the Ducks’ plan.
No. 19 Oregon concluded
play Saturday with a 14th
place finish. The Ducks faced
some of the best golfers in the
country at the three-day event
held in Tempe, Ariz., includ
ing seven of the eight top
ranked teams in the nation.
They also endured the worst
weather conditions that Duck
head coach Renee Baumgarnter
said she had ever experienced
on a golf course.
On Saturday, the final day of
competition, the Ducks shot a
310, which brought their total
score to 950.
Host Arizona State, currently
ranked No. 4, claimed the team
title at the 17-team event,
recording a combined score of
884. Duke finished in second, 20
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the Sun Devils
with 904.
Arizona and
Texas Christian
came in third
and fourth
Diace with
scores of 915 and 918, respective
ly
Individually for Oregon,
sophomore Jerilyn White turned
in the Ducks’ best performance.
She came in 40th, with an overall
score of 235.
The next closest Oregon fin
isher was Karen Bristow. The se
nior finished with a good third
day, shooting a 75 to bring her
overall score to 219 for 49th
place.
Arizona State’s Grace Park
won the individual title, as she
recorded a combined 219.
Georgina Simpson of San Jose
State finished second with 221.
The Sun Devils’ Jody Niemann
and Duke’s Beth Bauer finished
tied for third place with a 223
mark.
Other Oregon players in action
at the event included junior Pam
Snowden, who finished in a tie
for 57th with a combined mark of
239. Angie Rizzo, another Ducks
junior, scored 240 and came in
61st, while sophomore Dawn
Berry wound up tied for 84th at
254.
Oregon junior Claire Hunter
competed individually and got
off to a fast start in shooting a 76
on day 1, but she cooled off dur
ing the next two days. She fin
ished in a tie for 78th with a total
of 249.
Men
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long jump (third, 23-8) and triple jump (fifth, 46-4
3/4).
And although freshman John Bello may just be
killing time until spring football begins, he con
tinues to post some impressive marks in the shot
put and the discus. Bello recorded personal bests
in both events on Saturday, finishing second in
the shot put (52-2) and sixth in the discus (165
10).
Sophomore Rian Ingrim rounded out the career
day with a fourth-place finish in the shot put with
a personal record of 50-1 3/4 and a fourth-place
finish in the hammer throw (176-1).
For some athletes, the 42-degree day interfered
with their performances but did not entirely shut
them out. Sophomore Kyley Johnson finished in
first place in the high jump with a 6-6 3/4 mark
but said he was not completely satisfied with his
marks.
“I didn’t compete as well as I was hoping to,”
Johnson said. “I wanted to get up around 6-9 or 6
10.1 had a good weekend at Stanford and I expect
ed it to carry over, but it didn't go as planned be
cause of the weather.”
Also contributing some high-scoring perfor
mances was the 4x400 quartet of Jermaine
Hanspard, Richard Girvan, Ross Krempley and
Howard Moore who finished in first place with a
time of three minutes, 14 seconds.
Girvan also placed second in the 800 behind
Washington State’s Bernard Lagat. Lagat, an eight
time All-American at Washington State, dominat
ed the running events, winning the 1,500 and the
3,000.
Oregon’s top distance runners, Matthew and
Micah Davis as well as Oliver Wirz, did not com
pete on Saturday while resting for the upcoming
Hayward Relays. In their absence, Lagat’s strong
finishes clearly had a big impact on the meet’s out
come.
But in his first dual meet as Oregon’s head
coach, Smith said he was pleased witli the team’s
competitive effort, adding that as a team, Oregon
had some very nice breakthroughs.
Women
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“We need to be tons better than we are,”
Heinonen said. “We need to get a few people
healthy, and there are a few others who need to be
better than they are now.”
The Ducks competed without sprinter Endia
Abrante, who is out with a hamstring injury. Also,
Maureen Morrison and All-American Karis How
ell will redshirt this season.
However, Oregon showed progress in overcom
ing its health problems on Saturday. Heidi Fisk
won the shot put with an early throw of 45-5, de
spite playing on a sprained ankle from a week be
fore at the Stanford Invitational. Fisk’s winning
mark was just two inches shy of her personal best.
In the discus, Fisk was edged to third place on
her 151-4 throw, and she finished fourth in the
hammer.
"I didn’t expect to win any events because my
ankle was holding me back," Fisk said. “I was
shocked to win the shot put; the Washington State
girls should have competed better than they did.”
Fisk’s competition status had been questionable
throughout last week. The decision for her to com
pete was made Thursday by Heinonen, throwing
coach Sally Harmon and assistant trainer Allison
Shepherd.
“I was hesitant to go because I hadn’t practiced,
and I didn’t know how I was going to do,” Fisk
said. "When the decision was made for me to go, 1
thought I would just make the best of it."
In other field events, Hilary Holly Finished third
in the long jump with an outdoor personal best of
19-0 3/4, and Stacy Robson topped her personal
record by one inch to finish fourth after leaping 18
9 1/4.
Tish Henes posted a solid time of 56.32 in the
400 to finish second, and Katie Crabb finished
third in the 800 with a time of 2:13.19 and third in
the 3,000 at 10:08.49. Heather Hill placed fifth in
the hammer by throwing 146-5.
Oregon will compete at home for the first time in
four weeks on Saturday at the Hayward Relays.
The Ducks will compete against Colorado, Iowa,
Minnesota, Oklahoma State, Stanford and Wash
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