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Pac-1 Os beautified by Hayward Field
Man, that was fun.
For those of you
who didn’t venture
out to Hayward Field
this past weekend, you missed
out.
Hayward
Field was
the site of
the Pacific
10 Confer
ence Cham
pionships
for the first
time since
1992, and it
was every
thing it was
- ~ , billed to be.
Sm|th Sure,
both Ore
gon teams didn’t finish as well as
they did back in ‘92. After all, in
that year, the Duck women treat
ed their hometown fans to their
second straight Pac-10 title, while
the men finished a very re
spectable second.
But even with the men coming
in seventh place and the women
finishing ninth, the meet deliv
ered high doses of excitement for
the thousands of fans on hand.
On Saturday, Stanford pole
vaulter Toby Stevenson broke a
Pac-10 pole vault record that had
stood since 1978. Stevenson broke
the record with a vault of 18 feet 9
1/4 inches, which gives him the
honor of being the No. 1 collegiate
leader in the pole vault this year.
But it was what he did after
wards that had everybody talk
ing. He took the pole vault pole
and performed a little bull dance
for the enjoyment of the crowd.
“I was having a good time,” said
Stevenson, who is a three-time
All-American. “I knew it was go
ing to take over 18 feet to win, with
the great track conditions and the
great fans in Eugene. ”
That last part was repeated of
ten throughout the weekend, and
Eugene proved once again why it
is so revered and why it deserves
the title of Tracktown, U.S. A.
“The competition has been
great.” said Tatyana Obuchova of
USC, who won the women’s triple
jump competition with a distance
of43 9-75. “This place is great.”
“I love it here with the great
crowd,” said UCLA junior
Christina Tolson, who won the ti
tle in the hammer. “When I
learned the Pac-lOs were going to
be at Hayward Field, I was very
excited. I knew it was going to be
a beautiful day.”
“I like this track; it’s always
been good to me,” said USC’s An
gela Williams, who captured the
Pac-10 crowns in both the 100
and 200. “I already know this
track so it helped. It’s the fastest
I’ve been in my life! ”
While Williams doubled in the
100 and 200, Washington’s
Ja’Warren Hooker did the same on
men’s side. It was a significant
weekend for the multi-sport ath
lete, who also plays wide receiver
for the football team. He captured
the double crown as a freshman in
‘98, but had an up-and-down
spring last year after having a
stress fracture in his left shin.
Hooker was told that he made it
look easy out there.
“Well, that’s the key,” Hooker
said. “You want to make it look
easy.”
Perhaps nobody made winning
look easier than Stanford’s flam
boyant Gabe Jennings. Moments
after running away with the
men’s 1,500 meter competition,
Jennings was happily explaining
his key to success.
“The best way to get in the zone
is to have fun,” Jennings said.
“We don’t have to be serious and
cold to win. We’re having a good
time.”
As was everybody else who ex
perienced the weekend. The Hay
ward faithful continued to clap in
unison throughout the meets, and
even broke out in a “Steve!
Steve!” chant, as Oregon’s Steve
Fein battled Stanford’s Brad
Heuser in the 5,000 meter run.
The crowd seemed to never
want to leave, but eventually did
at around 8:05 p.m.
But even with many fans de
parted, the fun was still going on.
At 8:17, the UCLA women’s
team were celebrating their Pac
10 team title with a rousing rendi
tion of “We Are the Champions.”
The USC men’s team was also
rejoicing in its win by taking one
final lap around Hayward Field.
One Trojan was even capturing
the moment with a hand held
video recorder.
Rightfully so, as this was a
weekend that deserves to be re
membered fondly.
Jeff Smith is a sports reporter for the
Emerald. He can be reached via e-mail at
Smittside@aol.com.
Golf
continued from page 11
tied with two-over 218s.
Byers had the Ducks’ most im
pressive round of the tournament,
a three-under par 69 in the final
round.
The surprise for Oregon came
from their top player, 41 st-ranked
senior Ryan Lavoie. The Pasco,
Wash., native and Oregon co-cap
tain finished 104th of 141 golfers
with an 11-over par 227. Lavoie’s
was the worst Duck score, so was
not factored into the team’s score
as is customary in college golf.
No. 8 Arizona won the West Re
gional by four strokes over No.
11 UNLV. The other teams to
qualify for the NCAA Champi
onships were No. 5 Arizona State,
No. 6 Fresno State, No. 9 Brigham
Young, No. 13 New Mexico, No.
21 Washington, No. 33 Southern
California, No. 43 Pepperdine and
No. 35 California.
Pepperdine, the lowest-ranked
team to place at the regionals, did
so largely because of the course
record set by sophomore Michael
Beard. 61 st-ranked Beard made
five birdies and an eagle on his way
to a final round, seven-under par
65, a Riverbend Golf Course record.
“I was in a pretty good frame of
mind,” Beard said. “We feel like
we belong.”
The Ducks missed their chance
at a third straight NCAA Champi
onships, and their 12th ever. This
year marked the second time the
Ducks have had an all Pacific-10
Conference player (Ryan Lavoie)
and missed the cut at the West Re
gionals. In 1994, Ted Snavely
won a spot on the all Pac-10 team
and the Ducks did not make the
NCAA Championships.
Oregon has not made three con
secutive trips to the NCAA Cham
pionships since 1975-1978, when
a young man by the name of Peter
Jacobsen, now a successful PGA
Tour pro, led the Ducks.
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