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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.
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