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Ducks seventh in Corvallis
■The women’s golf team is
part of a group that stands
in seventh place after one
round at the NCAA regionals
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
The top of the leaderboard at the
women’s NCAA west regionals for
golf is relatively open after the first
round of play in Corvallis. Arizona
leads Stanford by five strokes and
Michigan State by
seven strokes.
In the middle
of the pack, where
the Oregon golf
team resides, that
the race is thicker
than the Trysting Tree golf course
rough.
The Ducks are in a tie for seventh
place after the first day of play at the
all-important NCAA regional tourna
ment. Oregon is locked with five oth
er teams for seventh, and the entire
group is only one stroke behind sixth
place UCLA.
The Ducks need to hold onto
eighth place or better to secure a tick
et to the NCAA Championships in
Howie-on-the-Hills, Fla., May 23-26.
Senior Jerilyn White is the only
Duck among the top 30 individuals
in Corvallis. White shot a two-over
par 74 to end the first day in ninth
place overall.
If Oregon is unable to finish eighth
or better, White may have a chance to
compete at the NCAAs if she is one of
the top two golfers whose team failed
to make the cut. After the first round,
White is the top golfer of all teams
placed 12th or higher. The pack of
teams tied for seventh includes three
golfers leading or tied with White.
Freshman Lacy Erickson is the sec
ond-best Oregon golfer in Corvallis.
Erickson shot a five-over par 77 to fin
ish 31st. Senior Dawn Berry is 45th
after shooting a 6-over 78, junior
Kathy Cho is 55th with a 7-over 79
and sophomore Megan Heckeroth is
71st with an 82.
Arizona, ranked second national
ly, opened a decent lead on the field
over the first round in large part be
cause of its top three golfers. Natalie
Gulbis leads all individuals after she
shot a 68 Thursday, Lorena Ochoa
shot a two-under 70 to finish in sec
ond, and Anne Lee shot even par to
finish fifthoverall.
No other team at the regionals has
three golfers among the top-20, as
Arizona does.
Fourth-place Memphis State, un
ranked heading into the regional
tournament, is the surprise of Cor
vallis so far. Memphis State is a
stroke behind Michigan State, and
a stroke ahead of Ohio State. UCLA
is sixth, and the pack in seventh
with Oregon includes Southern Cal
ifornia, Arizona State, Washington
and Tennessee.
Nevada is in 12th place, two
strokes behind the seventh-placed
pack. Host Oregon State is one stroke
behind the Wolfpack. Behind Oregon
State lies Furman, Indiana, Missouri,
Colorado State, Brigham Young,
Southwest Missouri State, Weber
State and Central Connecticut State.
The regionals continue today
with one 18-hole round and con
clude Saturday.
Softball
continued from page 7
“It means a lot to us to finish on a good note, especially
for Triawn,” McMurren said, referring to the team’s only
remaining senior, first baseman Triawn Custer. “That 7-0
win shows a lot about this team; we still have pride. ”
The Ducks hope to inflict their wrath of pride today at
Howe Field against the Bears, a team McMurren said she
loves to compete against.
“I’m fired up,” McMurren said. “Against Cal at home
last year, we had our best game of the year. I just like
throwing against them; I know their hitters well. ”
No matter what happens this weekend, the season will
end for the Ducks after Saturday’s doubleheader with No.
4 Stanford.
“We want to finish on a strong, positive note with Cal
and Stanford coming to town,” Gamez said. “It’s impor
tant for us to come out ready to play and finish strong. ”
In the Bay Area earlier this season, Oregon lost 9-0 to
Stanford, then 4-0 and 9-4 to California.
Women’s
continued from page 7
score Pac-10 qualifying marks and
extend their seasons.
The main event on the women’s
side of the Twilight meet — which
starts at 4:30 p.m. Saturday — is
the 5,000 meter race. That event,
which starts at 7:40 pm, is high
lighted by U.S. Indoor mile cham
pion Collette Liss.
For some Oregon seniors, a victory
lap around Hayward Field — sched
uled for 8:05 Saturday night — will
mark the last time they hear the roar
of the Eugene crowd.
“This could be my last home
meet, ’ ’ senior thrower Maureen Mor
rison said. “After five years of work
ing haf d, I want my last meet to be my
best meet.”
Morrison will join vaulters Karina
Elstrom and Holly Speight, throwers
Sara Dinsmore and Karis Howell and
distance runner Hanna Smedstad in
the seniors’ last lap around Hayward.
Smedstad, Morrison and Speight all
have good chances to make the
NCAA Championships at Hayward
Field May 30-June 2.
While the seniors will graduate,
some underclassmen will fight for
Pac-10 qualifying marks so they
can simply return to the team next
season.
“Our team is very young,”
Heinonen said. “For some, this is the
last chance to be on the team next
year.”
Nineteen Oregon athletes have al
ready notched Pac-10 qualifying
marks, and several others will shoot
for that goal Saturday.
Freshman Annette Mosey has
come a few seconds short in the 800
meters and the 1,500. Sophomore
Heather Murtaugh could qualify in
the 400, while freshman Olivia-Diane
Callier has a shot in the 100 hurdles.
In the middle of the oval, most
Ducks will look to improve on al
ready-existing Pac-10 marks, or score
NCAA marks.
Dominating throwers Mary Etter
and Sarah Malone will try to up their
national rankings in the discus and
javelin, respectively. Etter is sixth na
tionally, while Malone is third. Niki
Reed, fourth nationally in the pole
vault, will try to score well and im
prove her standing in that event.
Several units will try to send as
many athletes as possible to the Pac
10s so the Ducks can dominate those
events. The pole vault unit has four
athletes qualified for the Pac-lOs, and
could add another if senior all-Amer
ican Karina Elstrom can qualify Sat
urday. Elstrom has been slowly com
ing back from an injury she suffered
last season, and jumped half a foot
short of the Pac-10 mark at the last
meet she competed in.
Another unit making an impact is
the javelin throwers. Malone is one of
the top throwers in the nation, but the
Ducks have also qualified Charyl
Weingarten and Sara Dinsmorefor
thePac-lOs.
Another set of throwers, the ham
mer throwers, will look to send as
many as six athletes to the Pac-lOs.
Morrison, Etter and sophomore Jor
dan McDaniels have already quali
fied for the Pac-lOs, and they will
compete with freshmen Jamie Burk,
Dani Keyser and Jill Hoxmeier this
weekend.
“Each girl has her own goal in
mind,” Morrison said. “Everyone
wants to make this their best meet. ”
The hammer throw will be the first
event Saturday, while die last event
is the Bill McChesney Jr. Memorial
Twilight Mile at 8 p.m.
Men’s
continued from page 7
the NCAA Championships in the 5,000 meters, will be
the highlighted entrant for Oregon. Kasahun will partici
pate in the prestigious Bill McChesney Jr. Memorial Mile
at 8 p.m. The McChesney Mile is known as one of the
fastest miles on American soil and lived up to that reputa
tion last season when five runners, including former Ore
gon star Steve Fein, broke the four-minute barrier.
“I look forward to running it,” Kasahun said. “I seem to
run very well at Hayward Field. ”
Kasahun has the team’s best time in the 1,500 meters
(3:54.3) this year but has not run the mile. Kasahun’s time
converts to 4:09.9 in the mile. Olympian Jason Pyrah will
return to Eugene to defend his 2000 title.
McChesney Jr. was a running legend at Oregon
from 1978 to 1981 and still holds school records in
the 5,000 and 10,000 meters. McChesney died in a car
accident in 1992.
Three Ducks who already have NCAA provisional
marks will look for improved marks to solidify na
tionals berths.
Junior John Bello ranks 21st nationally in the shot but
will likely need a three-foot personal best to secure a spot
at the NCAA meet. Freshman Trevor Woods is in a similar
situation in the pole vault. The Coos Bay native’s personal
best is 17 feet, four an 1/2 inches, exactly the NCAA pro
visional mark.
Junior Jason Boness, the defending Pac-10 Champion,
will look for an inch to 1/2 inch season best to solidify an
NCAA berth in the high jump.
Oregon’s throwing corps will be well represented at the
Twilight meet. In addition to Bello in the shot put and dis
cus, senior Rian Ingram and sophomore James March will
also compete in those events.
Sophomore Adam Kriz will look for an NCAA provi
sional mark in the hammer throw. Freshman Nick Bakke
will compete for the fourth time this season in the javelin.
Footballers A.K. Keyes and Wesley Mallard will re
turn to the track for the third time this season. They’re
looking for Pac-10 qualifying marks in the 100-meters.
Competing in the 800-meters will be junior Sean Gross
and senior Merritt McDole. Freshman Jake Garlick and
junior Cody Howell round out the Duck entrants.
Concluding the meet will be the senior’s last lap, a jog
around Hayward Field for Oregon’s departing seniors.
The only male seniors are Kasahun, McDole, Lincoln
Nehring and javelin thrower Ryan Kieth.
The Twilight meet is free to all students and begins at 5
p.m. with the men’s hammer throw.