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Men’s continued from page 9A to beat its prime Northwest rival. The Ducks will be at a disadvan tage because they are without an athlete to compete in the steeple chase. In the dual-meet setting, whichever team wins the most events and earns the most points wins. Due to Oregon’s lack of a steeplechase entrant, the Huskies virtually will have points on the board before the meet even begins. Also, distance runner Steve Fein remains questionable. Fein hasn’t competed since finishing second in the 800 meters at the Oregon Preview in early March. He has yet to run his marquee event, the 5,000, in front of a Tracktown crowd this season. Fein said several things “snow balled” to keep him out of compe tition. He said the biggest con tributing factor was fatigue. “As a distance runner, you’re al ways tired to a certain extent,” Fein said. “It’s hard to notice a dif ference between normal tiredness and fatigue tiredness. I really start ed noticing it in February after the [World Cross Country Champi onship Trials]. I went to the well in that race and came out really tired.” With Oregon’s 2000 Olympic hopeful out of the picture, the fa vorite to win Saturday’s 5,000 is Dave Bazzi, Washington’s NCAA automatic qualifier. The Huskies also have two more automatic qualifiers who are in good positions to win their events. Sprinter Ja’Warren Hooker is a fa vorite in the 100 and 200, and thrower Ben Lindsey will chal lenge Oregon in the discus and shot put. But the Ducks have weapons too, and they intend to use them. “Everybody’s hungry to do something now,” senior Howard Moore said. “As a team, we’ve been competing fair, but everyone has a lot in them left. There’s a lot of potential here.” Moore is one Oregon athlete who competes in more than one event — the 400, 4x100, 4x400 and long jump. He has struggled with his long jump approach in college, but said he is ready to compete. Expect Moore’s biggest contri butions to happen on the track. “This weekend I want to run better in the 400, and there’s some good competition coming in,” Moore said. “It should be a good race. Last week I got some rest, and this week I’ve been tuning up. ” Sophomore Jason Boness raised his season best in the high jump to 7 feet, 21/2 inches last weekend at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif. At the same meet, sopho more thrower John Bello threw the CC Everybody's hungry to do something now: As a team, we've been com peting fair, but everyone has a lot in them left. There's a lot of potential here, Howard Moore senior track discus 180-2 on his first try, setting a new personal best. The 4x400 relay team also ran a season best at Mt. SAC. Running on the team Saturday is Moore, long-jumper Nat Johnson, decath lete Santiago Lorenzo and midrange-distance runner Ross Krempley. Strong performances by Ore gon’s talented trio of freshmen — FolusO Akinradewo in the triple jump, Terry Ellis in the 110 hur dles and John Stiegeler in the javelin — could provide an extra boost for the Ducks. Seniors Howard Moore and Nai Johnson recover from a relay during the Hayward Relays two weeks ago. Moore will be busy Saturday competing in the 400,4x100,4x400 and long jump in the Oregon-Washington Dual. •:v;, with Ginkgo Green Tea oba and Kava Kava to enlighteit the senses. -V' lookforthesigns.com
