Men’s track adds coach
■The Oregon men’s track
and field team brings in a
talented former athlete to
coach its throwers
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
Former Northern Iowa track and
field thrower Matt Casillas had al
ways heard about the distinguished
track tradition and fan support at
Oregon.
And now, he gets to experience it
up close.
Casillas was added to the Oregon
men’s track and field coaching staff
Thursday as a volunteer coach.
Casillas’ job duties will consist of
directing the Ducks’ shot put, ham
mer and 35-lb. throwers.
“Former teammates of mine have
told me about Oregon and the great
track fellowship, and that’s very ex
citing,” said Casillas, whose main
events as a college athlete were the
three that he will coach at Oregon.
“The throwers already here are all
very coachable and talented, and
we’d like to see big things from
them.”
One of the main reasons that
Casillas joined head coach Martin
Smith’s staff was the opportunity to
reunite with his former college
coach, Bill Lawson. Lawson is in
his second year of overseeing the
field events.
“Coach Lawson was an excellent
collegiate coach for me, so I’m ex
cited to work under him and learn
more from him,” Casillas said. “I
think a lot of it had to do with the
work ethic I had under him, and I’d
like to get the same out of these
guys.”
Casillas, 27, continues to rank
first in the weight throw on the
Northern Iowa indoor list at 67 feet,
seven inches. During his senior sea
son in college in 1996, he captured
two titles in the indoor shot put
and the weight throw.
Now, he is excited about the
challenge of becoming a coach for
the Oregon track and field team,
which opens its indoor season next
weekend at the Iowa State Open in
Ames, Iowa.
“This is a great opportunity to
work with Oregon under the direc
tion of a great staff,” Casillas said.
Women’s win
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the Bears squandered several sec
ond-chance points as they shot just
35.3 percent from the field.
The Cardinal, which boasts 6
foot-6 center Carolyn Moos and
sharp-shooter Lauren St. Clair,
won’t waste such opportunities.
But Oregon helped itself by
building an early lead against Cali
fornia. Duck head coach Jody
Runge was able to rest her starting
lineup, while Stanford’s starting
five ran out of gas against Oregon
State.
“I think my big thing in the sec
ond half was just to have our subs
maintain the margin,” Runge said.
“They’ve been working very hard,
Women’s
continued from page 7
shooter,” Horstmeyer said. “You
just don’t give her threes.”
Cal’s zone defense clogged up
the middle in the first half, prevent
ing the Ducks from getting the ball
in the post to Angelina Wolvert and
Jenny Mowe, who took a combined
seven shots in the first period, com
pared to the team’s eight three
point attempts.
Criaghead’s final bucket of the
game came with 1:20 remaining in
the first half— a jumper from just in
side the three-point line — to give
the Ducks a commanding 42-23 lead
but they still have a few jitters. Just
to have them get some quality min
utes and keep the margin was im
portant.”
C ( / think my big thing in
the second half was just to
have our subs maintain
the margin
Jody Runge
Women’s head coach jj
Wolvert finished with a game
high 16 points against Cal, and
point guard Kourtney Shreve
turned in a solid performance with
11 points and five assists. Forward
Brianne Meharry also scored 11
points.
that they would not surrender.
“If I hit my first one, it really
builds my confidence,” Craighead
said. “Lately, I’ve been hesitating to
d If they’re hitting the
outside shots, that’s the
best thing that can happen
for a post.
Angelina Wolvert
Oregon forward
shoot, so today I just tried to catch
the ball and square up, and if I had
a shot, I took it.”
“When somebody’s hot like
Forward Lindsey Dion and cen
ter Jenny Mowe both came up big
for the Ducks. Dion recorded nine
points along with five assists,
while Mowe scored eight points
and blocked five shots.
“I think we are very ready for
[the Stanford] game,” Wolvert said.
“We took care of California tonight
and that was our first step. Now a
lot of us are just focused. I know
this is my last time I play Stanford
at home.
“I have a huge problem with be
ing ranked second behind them
and our whole team wants to come
out and prove ourselves, and that’s
all that we’re focused on. We want
to show people that you don’t rank
us second after you win two Pac
10 titles.”
[Craighead] was, you’d better get
them the basketball,” head coach
Jody Runge said.
Overall, Oregon was 7 of 13 from
long distance, with sophomore
point guard Kourtney Shreve hit
ting two, and senior Lindsey Dion
adding another. The Bears, on the
other hand, were just 2 of 8 from
downtown.
“If they’re hitting the outside
shots, that’s the best thing that can
happen for a post,” said Wolvert,
who finished with 16 points. “Be
cause sooner or later they’re going
to have to go out there and start
guarding that.
“They were definitely on tonight.
That’s just a bonus... I love seeing it.”
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