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Amy Acuff, the 1999 Pro winner, faces a stellar field in the women’s high jump, including Tisha Walker and Gwen Wentland.
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she earned first-place honors in
the 1,500 with a 1999 world
best time of 4 minutes, 7.9 sec
onds.
After her experience at the Pre
fontaine, Jacobs has high expec
tations.
“I don’t know who’s entered
yet, but I’m expecting a very
fast race,” Jacobs said. “That’s
what I am expecting out of my
self.”
However, Jacobs should have
her hands full with a tough field,
despite the absence of top chal
lenger Suzy Hamilton, who with
drew because of injury.
The women’s pole vault is
more intense than ever with a
World Championship berth on
the line. This is the first season
that women’s pole vault will be
showcased at the World Champi
onships.
And no one could be happier
about that than second-seeded
Stacey Dragila. She set the US
ATF Championships record in
1997 with a score of 14-feet , 1
1/4-inches and topped that mark
earlier this year with a jump of
14- 9, which at the time was the
American record.
She erased her record-setting
mark last weekend when she
won $100,000 for her jump of
15- feet at the Santa Barbara
Beach Vault. Dragila expects a
competitive atmosphere this
weekend.
“I’m ready to jump well, but its
not going to be easy because
there are three other girls who are
jumping pretty well,” Dragila
said.
Dragila’s coach Dave Nielson
said he considers the emergence
of women’s pole vault as a major
stride for women’s track and
field.
“It’s been really exciting and
long overdue,” Nielson said. “It’s
certainly a success for opportuni
ties for women and pole vaulting
in general. I think it’s great for
both.”
Dragila’s competition is top
notch, with first-seeded Melissa
Mueller and Fresno State star
Melissa Price vying for a top
finish in the event while also
looking for redemption. Dragila
defeated both Price and Mueller
by nearly a foot when they com
peted in Indianapolis on June
14.
A dark horse in the pole vault
may be Oregon’s Karina Elstrom,
a junior from Dayton, Oregon.
She defeated Dragila at the Ore
gon Invitational in 1998.
Annette Peters, an Oregon
graduate, is the second seed in
the 10,000. Peters has participat
ed in few meets since she gave
birth to her daughter, Emma, on
April 22, 1998. But she was the
top-ranked 10,000 runner in the
United States before her pregnan
cy in 1997.
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the 200, and he’s one of the biggest names in track
and field right now. And I just broke the world
record in the 100 meters. So it’s going to be a big
draw.
“We’re just going to get out there and race for the
fans.”
The matchup comes thanks to a new policy that
grants former world champions automatic berths to
Seville.
Having won the 100 meters in the 1997 World
Championships, Greene does not have to compete
at nationals to reach Spain in that event. Johnson,
the 400-meter world champion in 1997, also gets a
free ticket.
That allows the two sprinters to concentrate on
the 200, setting the stage for a showdown between
world-record holders.
“I think at this point you’ve got to think Maurice
is the favorite,” Jordan said. “He just set the new
100-meter world record.”
Neither Johnson nor Greene are strangers to Hay
ward Field competition. In fact, the last time they
squared off in the 200 was at the 1998 Prefontaine
Classic — a race in which Greene bested Johnson
with a wind-aided first-place time of 19.88. Johnson
came in third at 20.28. And, only three weeks ago,
Greene took first in the 200 at the Pre Classic’s sil
ver anniversary.
But Greene, the favorite, is not expecting an easy
victory — not by any means.
“I can’t go into the race thinking he’s not at his
top level,” Greene said of Johnson, who has been on
the comeback trail since sustaining an injury in
1997. "I have to go into this preparing like he’s the
man that ran the 19.32. He’s capable of running it
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Aside all the anticipation surrounding the
Greene-vs.-Johnson matchup, fans can expect plen
ty of excitement elsewhere throughout the men’s
field.
“I’m liking the 5K myself,” Jordan said. “Without
question, the men’s 5,000 on Friday is going to be
huge.”
American record-holder Bob Kennedy is the fa
vorite in that race. But many eyes will focus upon
24-year-old Adam Goucher, the relative newcomer
from Boulder, Colo.
Less than two weeks ago, Goucher nearly beat
Kennedy in New York.
“I’m just amazed how many people think Adam
Goucher is going to take it,” Jordan said. “In my
mind, Kennedy is still the king, but a lot of people,
whose opinions I really respect, say Goucher is go
ing to win.”
The pole vault also offers an interesting dual. For
mer American record holder Lawrence Johnson
will attempt to beat the man who stole his record,
favorite Jeff Hartwig.
And who could forget about crowd favorites?
Lance Deal, the Eugene resident and six-time na
tional champion, is favored to win the hammer
throw.
But fans may want to watch the hometown fa
vorite’s performance a bit closer this time, as Deal’s
quest for a seventh national championship will be
anything but easy.
He will be seriously challenged by Kevin McMa
hon, who nearly upset Deal at the recent Pre Classic.
It wasn’t until Deal’s last throw that he outdistanced
McMahon by barely a foot.