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Furnished 1,2 & 4 Bedroom Apartments 90 Commons Drive • Washer/dryer in each apartment • On bus route to campus • Electronic alarm systems • Fully equipped kitchen • Private bedrooms/ Individual leases • Computer lab, copier and fax availability • Heated swimming pool • Basketball and volleyball courts • Superior workout facilities • Starting at $320 • Roommate matching service. www.capstone , -dev.com ■*. A NOW LEASING! CALL 338.4000 or stop by our Leasing Office at 90 Commons Drive Open 7 days a week Ducks seventh at Roy Griak Invite ■ Senior transfers Hanna Smedstad and Michael Kasahun lead the Ducks at premier invitational meet By Robbie McCallum Oregon Dally Emerald It was a day of firsts for the Ore gon cross country teams at the Roy Griak Invitational in St. Paul, Minn. The inaugural meet of the season was a successful one for the ninth ranked men and the No. 12 women, as both teams placed seventh out of 31 teams. Host Minnesota won the team title with 98 points, placing four runners in the top-30. Senior transfer Hanna Smedstad, a two-time All-American, led the Duck contingent, placing sixth in a time of 21 minutes, 12 seconds in her first race in an Oregon uniform. “Hanna was solid all the way and was top-10 the entire race,” women’s head coach Tom Heinonen said. “She got up as far as fifth and as far back as eighth in the last mile.” ( C They'll have a better handle on it next time... I thought it was a good, sol id first race, but I think we’re a lot better, and we'll have our chance to show that in three weeks. Tom Heinonen Cross country coach The meet also marked a change to the new NCAA standard dis tance for the women’s team. The 6,000-meter course is a step up from the 5,000 meters the Ducks previously raced. The women showed their inexperience with the new distance. “This was the first 6K for all our athletes,” Heinonen said. “They’ll have a better handle on it next time.” Senior Katie Crabb began her fi nal season of eligibility Saturday. The All-American was the second Duck to the finish line, placing 34th in 21:59. Sophomore Eri MacDon ald led a pack of Oregon’s final three scorers, placing 57th (22:20) and leading senior Rhiannon Glenn (65th, 22:27) and freshman Laura Harmon (70th, 22:30). “We beat a few teams that might help us for NCAA at-large consid eration, but we have to be a lot bet ter at Pre-Nationals,” Heinonen said. “I thought it was a good, solid first race, but I think we're a lot bet ter, and we ll have our chance to show that in three weeks. The start was a little shock ing — the field size was like an NCAA meet — so it was a good warm-up for the Pre-NCAA meet down the road.” The meet was also the first race for senior Michael Kasahun and sophomore Jason Hartmann since stepping out of the shadow of grad uated Steve Fein. Oregon’s top two returning runners lived up to ex pectations as Kasahun placed 13th in 24:48 over the 8,000 meter course (5.024 miles) and Hartmann 18th in 24:52. A pack of freshmen accounted for four of Oregon’s ten entrants in Minnesota. It was the second meet of the season for Brett Holts, who led the Ducks at last week’s Bearcat Open. Holts was the fourth Duck to the line, finishing 58th in 25:21. Noel Paulson (75th, 25:29), Chris Clancy (131st, 26:00) and Aaron Emery (144th. 26:06) also ran.Keith Kelly’s first place finish led No. 14 Providence College to the team title with 104 points.The Ducks beat out four teams ranked in the top-25. Veterans Adam Bergquist, Sam Hill and Lincoln • Nehring also placed well for the Ducks. Oregon will now have two week ends off before competing at the pre-NCAA Invitational in Ames, Iowa, on Oct. 14. Duck golfers try to putt away the rain ■ Bad weather ruins the women’s golf chances, while the men look ahead to sunnier days in Washington By Peter Hockaday Oregon Daily Emerald The Oregon women’s golf team can’t shake the storm clouds that hang over its head. Literally! For the third straight tourna ment, dating back to last year’s NCAA Championship in Sunriver, the Ducks were dogged by poor weather. Oregon finished ninth of 15 teams at the rain-shortened Mary Fossum Invitational in East Lansing, Mich., this weekend. The tournament was shortened to 18 holes from 54 after Saturday’s ac tion was rained out. Last week, the Ducks faced Hur ricane Gordon at the NCAA Fall Preview in Howie-on-the-Hills, Fla., and finished a disappointing 19th out of 21 teams. That tourna ment was shortened to 36 holes. Last spring, Oregon dropped from third to 11th at the NCAA Champi onships after high winds lowered the team’s scores. The Ducks’ next tournament will be at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invita tional, October 9 12. That tourna ment is being held at the Sahalee Country Club in Redmond, Wash., site of the 1998 PGA Champi onship. The Oregon men’s golf team opened the season with a fifth place finish at the Northwest Clas sic last week in Corvallis. Sopho more Chris Carnahan won the individual title at that tournament. Oregon will attempt to repeat its performance today and Tuesday at the 54-hole Husky Invitational. Seven Pacific-10 conference teams will play in the tournament.
