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Blazers swept out of playoffs
By Landon Hall
The Associated Press
PORTLAND — After dispatching
Portland in three easy games,
Shaquille O’Neal says the selfish,
bickering Los Angeles Lakers of a
month ago are long gone.
And the happy bunch that re
placed them is primed to continue
its march toward a second straight
NBA title.
“Everyone is on the same page
now. We have a mission,” O’Neal
said after the Lakers beat the Trail
Blazers 99-86 Sunday to sweep
their first-round series.
“If we keep playing like this, it’s
going to be very hard to beat us,”
said O’Neal, who led the Lakers
with 25 points and 15 rebounds.
“We know what it takes to win a
championship because of the phe
nomenal season we had last year.”
Los Angeles will play the Sacra
mento-Phoenix winner in the sec
ond round.
Kobe Bryant had 22 points and a
playoff career-high nine assists, and
Derek Fisher added 17 points and
eight rebounds for the Lakers, who
began their surge by wanning the last
eight games of the regular season.
Portland, meanwhile, lost for the
sixth straight time and 17th time in
25 games. The team with the high
est payroll in NBA history — $89.7
million — faces an offseason of un
certainty. Coach Mike Dunleavy
could be fired, some players could
be traded, and even general manag
er Bob Whitsitt’s job isn’t safe.
“I felt like we had too many chal
lenges, too many obstacles to over
come,” Scottie Pippen said. “This is
the worst — the worst thing I have
ever had to deal with throughout
my career. It just wasn’t a fun sea
son for us.”
Womens track
continued from page 9
1,500, qualified herself in the 800-meters with a fourth
place finish in a season-best time of two minutes, nine
seconds.
The younger Ducks on the team showed their talents
with some impressive performances. Freshman Ann
Sullivan earned herself a Pac-10 qualifying mark in the
400 hurdles with a fourth-place (1:02.03). Before that
mark, Sullivan won the 100-meter hurdle finals in a
time of 14.00, which is one hundredth of a second off
her personal best of 13.99.
“I felt really good,” Sullivan said. “I think we are do
ing awesome, and we are just progressively getting
stronger.”
The Oregon throwing team proved themselves to be a
vital part of the scoring for the Ducks. Oregon’s throw
ers are currently ranked third in the Pac-10 behind
Southern California and UCLA.
Sophomore All-American Mary Etter, who is already
qualified for the NCAAs, won the discus in a throw of
163 feet, seven inches, and is ranked fifth nationally in
that event. Etter also placed third in the shot put with a
throw of 46-06.75. Senior Maureen Morrison took sec
ond behind Etter in the discus with a toss of 147-07,
and also took fifth in the hammer throw. Morrison has
thrown a seasonal best of 182-8 in the hammer and
needs to throw 183-6 to qualify for nationals.
“We have a real strong mixture and have been scoring
a significant number of the points this year,” Oregon’s
throwing coach Sally Harmon said. “We have some big
hearts and if they can just dig in a little deeper I think it
is going to happen, but time will tell. ”
Another strong performance in the throws came from
sophomore Jordan McDaniels, who placed fourth in the
discus with a mark of 144-03, and took 10th overall in
the hammer.
The women’s jumping events also proved to be solid
for the Ducks with freshman Kirsten Riley and redshirt
sophomore Georgette Moyle both finishing tied-for
sixth overall in the pole vault with personal bests of 12
11/2. Those marks just equal the Pac-10 qualifying
mark. Junior Niki Reed vaulted an NCAA provisional
mark of 12-91/2.
In the high jump, sophomore Jenny Brogdon and
freshman Rachael Kriz earned third and fourth, respec
tively, with a height of 5-6. In the long jump, sophomore
Amanda Brown earned third-place with a jump of 18
10. Other Duck performances came from sophomore
Janette Davis (400, fourth, 55.81), senior Hanna Smed
stad (1,500, ninth, 4:26.79) and sophomore Heather
Murtaugh (100, third, 12.40 w:-0.9).
Now, the women will close this chapter of the sea
son and look to separate Invitationals in Texas and
Irvine, Calif., next weekend with some of the distance
women competing in the Stanford Invitational Friday.
“We want to just keep getting better,” Heinonen said.
“We have got a long ways to go but we have come a long
way from last year. ”
Men’s track
continued from page 9
going.”
Just missing an NCAA provision
al mark was fellow distance runner
Simon Kimata. The Nyeri, Kenya,
native continued his rehabilitation
from a stress fracture with another
seasonal best in the 800-meters. Ki
mata won the half-mile race in a time
of 1:49.03, just three-hundredths of a
second off the NCAA mark.
“My goal was to break 1:51 and I
did it,” Kimata said. “Last race, the
goal was to break 1:55, and before
that two minutes. The next time it
will be to break 1:48.”
Kimata stayed with the leaders
for 550 meters, then surged to a
comfortable 25-meter lead and held
on for the win.
“It was so windy on the last
stretch,” Kimata said. “I knew I had
to kick then or I would die.”
The biggest surprise of the day
came from junior Tim Overfield,
who nearly earned an NCAA provi
sional mark in the 400-hurdles. The
Silverton native placed second in a
time of 51.74 seconds, only 0.54
seconds off the provisional mark.
His time is an improvement of two
seconds from Oregon’s first meet
and last season’s personal best.
Improving his stock in the de
cathlon was junior Santiago Loren
zo. The NCAA automatic qualifier
earned three seasonal bests in his last
competition before the Pac-10 multi
event championships in three
weeks.
Lorenzo won the “B” section of
the pole vault with a leap of 16 feet
and 3/4 inches and the 110-hurdles
in 14.89 seconds. Later in the
evening, the Buenos Aires native
placed sixth in the 400-meters in
48.8 seconds.
Inside the oval, Oregon throwers
continued their success, although
the weather had an effect on the
marks.
Sophomore John Stiegeler lost to
a collegian for the first time this
season after dueling with Eastern
Washington’s Ryan Cole in the
javelin. Stiegeler, still the nation’s
top javelin thrower, fell four feet
short of his personal best, throwing
241-11 for second place. Cole won
the event with a toss of 244-7 for
the nation’s second-best mark.
Junior Rian Ingram and sopho
more James March both earned per
sonal bests in the shot put, tossing
56-7 and 54-10, respectively. In
gram qualified for the Pac-10
Championships with his throw.
In other events, juniors Micah
Harris and Terry Ellis unexpected
ly tied for first in the 110-hurdles,
which was contested on the east
straightway due to a 0.2 mps head
wind. Ellis and Harris both ran
times of 14.14, just ahead of team
mate Jake Garlick (3rd-14.58). After
a meeting by timers and judges, a
tie was awarded.
“That hasn’t happened to me
much before,” Harris said. “I didn’t
get out of the blocks as quick as I
wanted. I’ll definitely do better at
Texas next week.”
The Ducks will split up next
weekend for meets in Texas and
Stanford, Calif., before returning to
home action May 12.
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