Krempley does it again
■ Sophomore Ross Krempley’sdown-to-the-wire finish
highlights the men’s track and field weekend
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Most of Oregon’s big guns were
1,500 miles away, squaring off
against the high-powered compe
tition at the Drake Relays in Drake,
Iowa.
So naturally, many of the Ducks
who stayed to compete at Satur
day’s Oregon Invitational didn’t
draw a lot attention from the Hay
ward Field faithful. Howard
Moore was there, but he didn’t run
his signature 400 meters. Nat John
son was there, but only because he
was injured.
Ross Krempley was there too,
carrying on a common theme that
has developed over the last two
track meets: Where there’s a Krem
pley, there’s a way.
Ross Krempley won the 800 me
ters in photo-finish fashion for the
second time in as many meets, oust
ing Western Washington’s Devin
Kemper. His time of 1 minute,
49.76 seconds was a new lifetime
best by more than a second.
The noise level of2,763 fans grew
from a rumble to a roar as Krempley
leaned in for the win. When the
sophomore looked up and saw his
time, he jumped in the air, pumping
his fists in wild celebration.
“That was unbelievable," Krem
pley said, still
regaining his
breath. “I’ve
been waiting for
a 1:49 my whole
— forever. I
don’t have any
words for it. And then winning at
the same time, just barely again, I
can’t believe it.
“When I saw my time, I was
dancin’. It was just... man. I can’t
help it but just dance.”
Then, Krempley saw sprinting
coach Tony Veney, and the two
embraced on the side of the track
as the crowd celebrated. Later, he
said he came close to tears after his
victory.
Krempley may someday look
back on the last two weeks as a
turning point in his collegiate
track and field career.
“We really thought we were go
ing to get a good run today,” Veney
said. “He was fresh all week; he
was very confident. In fact, Ross
told me [on Fridayl, ‘Coach, I’m
feelin’ pretty good.’ When he gets
like that, it gets a little exciting for
us.’’
The middle-distance runner opt
ed not to join the Ducks in his first
year at the University. He trained
on his own, opening the outdoor
season with his previous 800-me
ter, personal-time of 1:50.83. His
season that had room for more im
provement was suddenly turned
upside down when Krempley sus
tained a hamstring injury.
Long after his hamstring healed,
things didn’t get better. Krempley
never got a time lower than 1:51 in
his freshman season with Oregon.
But now, last season probably
seems like a long time ago.
“Last week gave me the confi
dence to just go,” Krempley said.
“I haven’t felt it until last week,
and then I was like, ‘You can do it,
even ifit’sgoingata fast pace.’”
While Krempley wowed the
Hayward crowd, the other Ducks
were so-so at Drake. Jason Boness
led Oregon finishers by finishing
third in the high jump. However,
he did so on a sup-Boness height
of 6 feet, 11 inches.
UO men third at Pac-10 tourney
■The Oregon men’s tennis team is eager for NCAA’s after an
impressive showing at the Pac-10 Championships
By Robbie McCallum
for the Emerald
Like many runs of glory, this
one ended in a loss.
The Oregon men’s tennis team’s
incredible showing at the Pacific
10 Conference Championships in
Ojai, Calif., was capped by senior
Guillermo Carter and freshman
Leslie Eisinga’s appearance in the
finals of doubles competition.
Unfortunately, the duo came up
short, narrowly falling to UCLA’s
fifth-ranked Brandon Kramer and
Jong-Min Lee. Carter and Eisinga
won the first set, 6-3, then spotted
UCLA the second set, 2-6. In the
deciding third-set No. 39 Oregon
team pushed Kramer and Lee to
the brink but fell in overtime, 7-5.
The doubles team is almost as
sured an NCAA tournament
berth, as are Carter and sopho
more Thomas Schneiter, for their
impressive showing in singles.
The NCAA Championships are
May 15 in Malibu, Calif.
Oregon’s second doublesteam of
sophomore
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2 in the quarterfinals.
Schneiter and Teig narrowly
beat Cal’s John-Paul Fruttero and
David Tzou in the first round, 8-6.
After making history on Friday
by qualifying two players into the
singles quarterfinal round, Oregon
fell short. Carter, ranked No. 36 in
singles, dropped a 6-4, 6-2 deci
sion to UCLA’s Jean-Julien Rojer.
Stanford’s K.J. Hippensteel ended
freshman Oded
Teig’s season
ended by
Kramer and Lee,
who defeated
the Duck pair 8
Schneiter’s run with a 7-5,6-4 win.
The quarterfinalists included
Carter, Schneiter, and three play
ers from both UCLA and Stanford.
In the Thatcher Cup standings,
a scoring system that ranks Pac-10
teams by total wins in the tourna
ment, Oregon finished third be
hind only No. 1 Stanford and No.
2 UCLA.
“It was a great match, played in
front of hundreds of people,’’ head
coach Chris Russell said. “It really
gives great exposure for Oregon
tennis.”
The tournament was less enjoy
able for the women’s team. The
Ducks lost every match.
After a disappointing opening
day in which no Oregon player
won a singles match, the pressure
fell upon senior Alina Wygonows
ka and freshman Monika Geiczys
to perform in doubles competi
tion. But UCLA’s Elizabeth
Schmidt and Abigail Spears
swept the Oregon team, 8-0.
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