Stiegeler
continued from page 7
kicker. It’s something I still have as
an option. But I really missed track
and now I’m where God wants me.”
What has been the key to Stiegel
er’s success?
“Technique. Technique and tim
ing,” Stiegeler said. “It’s all about
physics and'transferring momen
tum, so if something’s out of se
quence or if you’re not in the right
position then you’re losing power
so the javelin just doesn’t go as far.”
During the off-season, when most
throwers were in the weight room,
Stiegeler spent time honing small
technical skills involved in throw
ing the javelin.
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“It’s kind of like cutting a dia
mond,” Stiegeler said. “You use a
nice fine microscope and you cut
off a little piece here and little piece
there but you really don’t know
what it looks like until you back up.
So that’s kind of like how my train
ing has.been.
“I’ve been working on the little
things. I really didn’t know what to
expect until I went out there and
did it.”
With the nation’s top mark,
Stiegeler is Oregon’s best chance for
an NCAA Champion since Art
Skipper, the 1992 javelin king. An
added bonus will be that the
NCAA’s will take place at Hayward
Field from May 30-June 2.
“A lot of factors go into winning
an NCAA title,” Steele said. “John
will have to be sound technically,
he’ll have to deal with 10,000
screaming Oregon fans, and he’ll
have to be there emotionally in or
der to be in it. I think he could do it.
I’d love to see him do it. It would be
good for him and good for the pro
gram. It’s my job to get him ready in
all of those areas and I think he’s in
good position.”
Stiegeler is 100 percent focused
on this season, but his ultimate ca
reer aspirations extend beyond his
collegiate career.
“This year, obviously I’d like to
win an NCAA title,” Stiegeler said.
“After I get done here I’ll train for
the 2004 Olympics.”
“The sky’s the limit,” Steele said.
“He’s just now making the transi
tion from good collegiate thrower to
the great thrower nationally. He’s
on the verge of really stepping up
and becoming the best thrower in
the country.”
With an automatic NCAA quali
fying mark already under his belt,
Stiegeler is assured of a trip to na
tionals in his own backyard at Hay
ward.
Emerald
Coach Ernie Kent, who was once labled as a “giant in this profession” by an assistant coach, was selected to a prestigious board.
Kent
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tremendous dedication to basket
ball and their student-athletes
throughout their careers in this
sport,” Williams said. “As
guardians of this game, the NABC
and its members see coaches as
mentors who exhibit four core val
ues: leadership, advocacy, service
and education. Both these gentle
men have exemplified these val
ues and we are proud to name
them to our board of directors. ”
Kent said the NABC board has
influence over college basketball
rules. He said the major rules the
NABC will consider in the near fu
ture involve abolishing pre-season
tournaments and expanding the
current limit of eight scholarships
per school every two years.
Kent said his appointment to the
NABC board reflects well on Ore
gon basketball, and could help
with recruiting in the future.
“It is an honor and a tribute to
our program,” Kent said. “We’re al
ways looking for creative ways to
sell our program. This is a way to
do that, because it says a lot about
[Oregon].”
The Ducks coach will spend
most of his summer with the U.S.
junior team. Syracuse’s Jim Boe
heim — also a member of the
NABC board — appointed Kent as
one of his assistants. The team will
travel to Saitama, Japan, for the
FIB A World Championship in Au
gust. The U.S. finished fifth at the
same tournament in 1997, and first
in 1993.
This season, the junior team has
Croatia, South Korea, Argentina,
Japan and Israel in its pool, with
the championship game taking
place August 12.
Kent said the coaching position
may lead to recruiting opportuni
ties as well.
“Obviously I’ll be seeing a lot of
recruits,” Kent said.
He doesn’t think the NABC
board will require much time, but
said the coaching job with the U.S.
junior team may eat into valuable
summer recruiting.
“[The NABC] has two major
meetings this summer and one at
the Final Four,” Kent said. “With
USA basketball, there’s a little
more time involved with that. We
don’t want to let that influence our
summer recruiting. ”
Kent said he is looking forward
to the opportunity to sit down with
the game’s best coaches.
“I hear it’s a great group, that they
have a lot of fun and do a lot of good
when they come together,” Kent
said. “When I look at it, it gives me a
chance to give something back to the
game of basketball. This is a won
derful opportunity.”
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