New additions spice up already hot track team
■ Football players Ric Cottengim and Sarnie Parker lead
Ducks at season opening meet at Hayward Field
By Robbie McCallum
for the Emerald
Oregon track and field athletes
got business out of the way early
this season. Ten Ducks claimed Pa
cific-10 Conference qualifying
marks in 13 events Saturday at the
annual Oregon Preview. It was the
season opener for the Ducks, who
hosted 10 other Oregon schools.
Freshmen football players Ric
Cottengim and Sarnie Parker
shocked-the field in the 100 me
ters. Both earned Pac-10 qualify
ing marks of 10.46 and 10.61, re
spectively.
“These guys are good,” men’s
coach Martin Smith said. “They are
going to make our track team, which
is already good, much better.'
Cottengim and Parker also ran
legs on the victorious 4x100 meter
relay team. The team’s time of
40.79 was the fastest since 1998.
Senior Howard Moore anchored
the team.
Sophomore Jason Boness won
the high jump with a height of 7
feet, 1/4 inches. Senior Steve Fein,
competing outside of his marquee
event — the 5,000 meters—placed
second in the 800 meters (1:53.5).
Sophomore John Bello earned a
spot at the Pac-10 championships
with a toss of 169-7 in the discus.
Bello also won the shot put,
matching his outdoor personal
best of 53-8. Junior Ryan Keith
won the javelin in a Pac-10 quali
fying 206-6,13 feet farther than the
second place Santiago Lorenzo.
Sophomore Ross Krempley
won a gutsy 400 meters, out-kick
ing three others in the last 10 me
ters to win by less than two-tenths
of a second (48.46).
The Duck women dominated
the field events, capturing six of
the eight events inside the oval.
Oregon was also impressive in the
sprints, sweeping the 100, 200,
400 meters and both relays.
Led by freshman Mary Etter, the
throwers enjoyed a successful first
outing. Etter won the shot put and
discus with Pac-10 qualifying
marks of 46 feet, 3 inches and 160-7,
respectively. Etter also qualified in
the hammer throw by finishing sec
ond to teammate
Maureen Morri
son. The senior
won the ham
mer in 169-2.
Junior Karis
Howell re
turned from an injury-plagued
1999 to win the javelin in 158-6 and
earn an NCAA provisional mark.
Senior Hilary Holly earned a
Pac-10 qualifying mark on her first
attempt in the long jump (19-2).
Holly also won the 100 in 12.21
and ran a leg on the victorious
4x100 meter relay team.
Freshman Heather Murtaugh
won the 200 meters in 25.2 and was
second in the 100 at 12.45. Sopho
more Endia Abrante led a 1-2-3
sweep in the 400 meters by winning
in 56.4. Senior Katie Crabb was sec
ond only to former Duck Marla
Runyan in the 1,500 meters. Crabb
out-kicked Nike’s Kris Ihle and
equaled her personal record of 4:21.
Crabb also anchored the victori
ous 4x400 meter relay team.
Freshman Amy Nickerson also
had to deal with post-collegians in
the 3,000 meters. Nickerson fin
ished sixth overall and first among
collegians with a time of 9:54.
“This was a very nice start for
the season,” Smith said.
Basketball
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19-12 overall, 8-8 Conference
USA) on Friday at 9 p.m.
The Ducks did it against Oregon
State, 60-53. On Nicole Strange’s
senior night. In front of a sold-out
McArthur Court crowd of 9,087.
Pretty darn sweet.
“We did it,” Strange said. “Oh my
gosh. It was so great ’cause last year
we won it at [California], and this
year we wanted to win it here."
And, what these Ducks (23-7,14-4)
wanted, they got.
Then, after claiming the cham
pionship, no one was beside her
self, overly ecstatic. Oregon, who
shared the title with UCLA last
season, took it all in stride.
It is a reaction reflective of the
group’s matter-of-fact, business-like
disposition and their understand
ing that their season is not over.
“It feels pretty good,” first-team
Pac-10 forward Angelina Wolvert
said. “The way it shoulda been.
We’re gonna enjoy the Pac-10 title,
and then start focusing on making
it further than the second round.”
Shaquala Williams, named Pac
10 Player of the Year Sunday,
echoed her teammates’ sentiments.
“We’re happy to have this wrapped
up. [We] can breathe now — and
move on to the next thing. ”
Don’t expect the Ducks to stray
from their season-long theme
song: one game. At a time.
Oregon’s coaches will keep con
vincing their troops to do what
they did against the Beavers — fo
cus on whatever task stands in
front of them now.
They had “three great days of
practice,” Runge said. “Just a
tremendous effort of working on
the little things, I couldn’t have
been more pleased with our focus
and desire to get what we wanted
accomplished.”
Friday’s Civil War battle for the
championship, very much a dress
rehearsal of the one-and-done
tourney scenario, forced the
Ducks to concentrate solely on
Oregon State (14-16,10-8).
the Beavers, statistically the
conference’s best defensive team,
dished some blows, and naturally
Oregon, No. 2 in Pac-10 scoring
defense, didn’t hesitate to return
the favor. But through it all the
Ducks kept their composure.
They withstood two ties and
seven second-half lead changes
before gaining the lead when
Wolvert found roommate Jenny
Mowe open for a jumper at the free
throw line. Mowe hit the shot and
put Oregon up by two points with
61/2 minutes to go.
Forty seconds later, Mowe got
the ball to Williams for a jumper
from the top of the key, which put
the Ducks ahead by five.
The crowd — the second sellout
in Oregon’s women’s basketball
history — roared. The fans “gave
us a lot of energy to keep fighting
and keep playing,” said Williams,
who had 13 points and seven as
sists. “We knew it was gonna be a
fight. We were able to get a couple
shots to just pull it out.”
Mowe found Williams again
with 4:36 left for a three-pointer
that put Oregon back up by five.
In as strong a game as she’s had
all season, Mowe finished with
three blocks, three key assists and
a double-double with 14 points
and 10 rebounds, five of which
were offensive.
Oregon went to the free throw
line 19 times in the second half and
swished 15 of them. Conversely, in
the entire game the Beavers only
had five attempts all night.
When the final buzzer sounded,
the sellout crowd stood and
clapped in unison as the Ducks took
turns triumphantly climbing the
ladder and cutting down the nets.
“It was a great atmosphere to
win the Pac-10,” said Williams af
ter she left the floor with one of the
nets around her neck.
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