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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.