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■The Oregon track and field
teams gather a pair of NCAA
marks through the weekend
By Scott Pesznecker
Oregon Daily Emerald
Two athletes from the Oregon
track and field teams took some big
strides over the weekend.
Senior Katie Crabb, in the midst of
her final collegiate season, met the
NCAA indoor provisional standard in
the mile with a time of 4 minutes, 46.38
seconds. Sophomore Jason Hartmann,
a two-time cross country All-Ameri
can, notched a provisional time of
14:05.72inthe5,000-meter distance.
Crabb and Hartmann’s new per
sonal bests led a weekend of men’s
and women’s track and field action.
The women competed at the Idaho
Scoring Meet in Moscow, Idaho,
with the exception of Crabb, who
ran at the Cannon Meet in Indi
anapolis. The men, in Ames, Iowa
took part in the Iowa State Classic.
Crabb placed fifth overall and
second among collegians in Satur
day’s mile, and finished 13 seconds
faster than in her race last weekenc
in Reno, Nev. Her time puts her or
the NCAA qualifying bubble.
“Katie made a huge jump from las
weekend’s effort,” Oregon women’:
head coach Tom Heinonen said in <
released statement. “She ran smart
stayed in control and moved up fron
sixth to fifth in the last 100 meters. Thi
pace was fast the whole way, and shi
was right in there staying in lane one.
Unattached entrant Jamie Kin|
won the Cannon mile with a time o
4:41.09.
Leading the Duck women at the Ida
ho Scoring Meet, senior pole vaulte
Holly Speight came within a half-ind
of getting an NCAA provisional mark
in her event, finishing second with a
height of 12 feet, 51/2 inches. j
Sophomore Eri Macdonald ran a |
five-second season best in the 800 i
meters, finishing second in 2:15.75.
In the sprints, freshman Ann Sulli
van finished fourth overall (8.25) in
the 60-meter hurdle finals, followed
by juniors Lucretia Larkin in tenth
place and Cameo Davis in 15th. Sulli
van also paced the Ducks in the 200
with a lOth-place finish in 25.74 sec
onds, followed by Oregon sophomore
Heather Murtaugh, who finished 19th.
Sophomore Mary Etter finished
ninth in the shot put, throwing for a
distance of 43-9. Also in the shot
put, teammate Jordan McDaniels
finished 17th with a 38-foot throw,
while freshman Dani Keyser fin
ished 20th with a throw of 37-1/2.
On Friday, Hartmann’s third
place finish shattered the NCAA’s
provisional standard for the 5,000
meters. His time, 14:05.72, was
about seven seconds short of an au
tomatic-qualifying mark.
Hartmann’s time would have qual
ified him for the NCAA 5,000-meter
finale in three of the past four years.
Two other Ducks ran in the 32-man j
field of the 5,000. Freshman John Lu- 1
cas and sophomore Oliver Redig —
; also making their Oregon debuts —
i finished 21st and 26th, respectively.
, Stanford’s Jonathon Riley won
i the 5,000 in a time of 13:52.20, fol
5 lowed by teammate Louis Luchini
; in 13:53.87.
A freak snowstorm that closed roads
’ surrounding Ames kept the rest of the
f men’s 16 entrants from competing.
The men travel to Reno on Satur
day to compete at the Holiday Inn
r Invitational. The women will rest
l this weekend.
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