Runge adds sixth
prep to recruit list
■ Point guard Catherria
Turner signs a national letter
of intent to join the UO
women’s basketball team
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Jody Runge frenzy, at this
point, has showed little signs of ru
ining one of the most successful eras
in Oregon sports history.
In fact, with the addition of one of
the most touted prep players on the
West Coast, Runge’s program seems
only to be getting
stronger.
Catherria Turner,
a 5-foot-6 point
guard from Tucson,
Ariz., signed a let
ter of intent Friday
to join the Oregon
women’s basket
ball team, which is still being investi
gated by a private law firm. Turner
adds to the list of five other high
school athletes who committed to the
Ducks in the fall, making this year’s
recruiting class one of the best ever.
Turner, who averaged 29 points,
11 rebounds, 10 steals and 4.7 as
sists during her senior season in
high school, is expected to backup
star point guard Shaquala Williams,
who missed the entire 2000-01 sea
son with a torn anterior cruciate lig
ament in her left knee.
Turner was named the Arizona
Player of the Year by the Arizona
Daily Star and the Tucson Citizen.
“I just watched her play this past
weekend,” Runge said in a released
statement Friday. “Catherria’s a great
athlete. She’s going to be a great addi
tion to our program as a young point
guard. She can shoot it and handle it.
She’s quick and she can pressure
shots on the defensive end.”
The guard-heavy Ducks also re-'
turn soon-to-be juniors Alissa Ed
wards and Kourtney Shreve — who
split time at the point last season —
as well as senior Edniesha Curry,
who sat out last season after trans
ferring from Cal State-Northridge.
“[Catherria’s] going to have to get
stronger,” Runge said. “She’s young,
but she’s got a lot of talent and will
have some opportunities to see the
court.”
Five high school standouts
signed with the Ducks last fall: cen
ter Andrea Bills (Moreno Valley,
Calif./Moreno Valley High), guard
Brandi Davis (La Habra,
Calif./Sonora High), guard Kedzie
Gunderson (Bellevue, Wash./Belle
vue High), forward Amy Parrish
(Hanford, Calif./Hanford High) and
guard Amy Taylor (Shoreline,
Wash./Shorewood High).
Runge’s team is being evaluated
by Kansas City-based law firm
Bond, Schoeneck and King. Oregon
Athletic Director Bill Moos ordered
the external investigation after he
met with eight unidentified players,
who requested that Runge be fired.
The firm, which is expected to be
paid $24,500 for its services, could
take another week or so to finish its
report.
Women’s
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fourth to lead the Ducks to a sweep
in the event.
The Oregon throwing team starred
Saturday, scoring 32 points in four
different events. More importantly,
the Ducks shut the Huskies out of
those events, as Washington scored
only four points.
Etter won both the discus and
shot put events, but senior Mau
reen Morrison notched the most
impressive score, a season-best
throw of 181 feet in the first round
of the hammer throw.
In the javelin, freshman standout
Sarah Malone continued her im
pressive, consistent performance
and won the event with a toss of
158 feet, slightly lower than her
season best of 165-1.
Amanda Brown and Rachael
Kriz led the Ducks in the jumping
events, taking first in the long jump
and high jump. The triple jump,
won by Washington’s Brittiny
Roberts, was the only field event
Oregon failed to win.
The Huskies made up ground in
the sprinting events, winning six of
the eight track events and both re
lays. The Ducks were able to pull
off upsets in the 1,500 meters and
the 800 meters. Senior Hannah
Smedstad won the 1,500 after los
ing her main event, the 3,000, to
Washington’s Anna Aoki by .6 sec
onds. In the 1,500, Smedstad edged
Aoki by 1.1 seconds.
“Hannah surprised us by coming
back to win the 1,500,” Heinonen
said. “This really helped her, be
cause she had a rough week.”
In the 800, Oregon’s Eri Macdon
ald and Annette Mosey teamed up
'to take first and second place.
Washington ended the day by win
ning the 4x400 relay, but Oregon
celebrated the team victory.
“I liked the way people compet
ed,” Heinonen said.
When the Hayward Field dust
cleared, the Ducks had three new
PAC-10 qualifiers to add to a grow
ing list. Smedstad’s time in the
1,500 was a PAC-10 mark, Cameo
Davis added a PAC-10 mark in the
400 hurdles and Sara Dinsmore
threw a PAC-10 distance in the
javelin.
The Ducks will take on a deeper
field of athletes at the Mt. SAC re
lays in California this weekend, be
ginning Friday.
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