Ducks enter Pac-10s ahead
■A strong Oregon showing
at the championships puts
the Ducks in front for this
weekend’s competition
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
For the second year in a row, the
Oregon men’s track and field team
will enter the Pacific-10 Conference
Championships with an early lead.
Following junior Santiago Loren
zo’s victory and junior Billy Pap
pas’ third-place
finish in the de
cathlon portion of
the champi
onships on Berke
ley, Calif., last
Sunday, the
Ducks already
have 16 points chalked up on the
board.
“The Pac-10 gives decathletes
the opportunity to compete the
week before and still do events in
the regular portion,” Oregon mul
ti-events coach Bill Lawson said.
“In most conferences you compete
on Wednesday and Thursday with
the regular meet on the weekend.”
Stanford trails the Ducks with
eight points, followed by Southern
California with seven, Washington
State with five and California with
three. •
Last season, Lorenzo placed sec
ond and Pappas fourth for 13 early
points.
Lorenzo was the favorite to win
the decathlon this season, but Pap
pas’ third-place finish was unex
pected. The Azalea native record
ed a 158 point personal best and
provisionally qualified for the
NCAA Championships with his
performance.
Pappas leaped onto the school
record books with his 7,342 -point
performance, knocking his older
brother Paul down to the 10th spot
on the all-time list. Lorenzo re
mained sixth on the all-time list.
This season’s performances up
held the strong decathlon tradition
at Oregon. Lorenzo is the seventh
Duck to win the Pac-10 decathlon
title since its induction in 1973.
Adam Amato Emerald
Junior Santiago Lorenzo’s win in the decathlon in Berkeley, Calif., on Sunday made him
the seventh Duck to take the title and put the Ducks up early in the Pac-10 scoring race.
Both Lorenzo, Pappas and fel
low decathlete Jason Slye will
compete this weekend in the regu
lar events portion. Lorenzo and
Pappas are Oregon’s long jumpers
while Slye will focus on the pole
vault. Lorenzo will also compete
in the 400 hurdles and Pappas in
the 110 hurdles.
A preview of things to come
Oregon entered the 2001 season
with the nation’s top recruiting
classes, according to Track and
Field News. As of yet, though, that
class has been untested.
Oregon head coach Martin
Smith has chosen to redshirt most
of Oregon’s freshmen this season.
Duck fans got a showcase of sev
eral Oregon true freshmen on Sat
urday at the Oregon Twilight’s
1,500-meter race. Freshman Eric
Logsdon led all Oregon redshirts
with a fifth-place finish in 3 min
utes, 57 seconds.
Last season, as a high school
senior, Logsdon nearly broke for
mer Duck Steve Prefontaine’s high
school record in the 3,000-meters.
The Canby native redshirted both
cross country this fall and track
this spring.
Close behind Logsdon was soph
omore transfer Ryan Andrus, sev
enth in 3:58. Andrus was recruited
by Smith at Wisconsin before leav
ing for a two-year religious mis
sion. Andrus owns a personal best
of 3:46.
Four-time Oregon 3 A state
champion Noel Paulson finished
11th in 4:03. Paulson was one of
the cross country team’s top-seven
runners in the fall but chose to red
shirt this spring.
i ■
Legendary OSU coach
Miller dies at age 82
The Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Ralph Miller,
who coached Oregon State to
four Pac-10 basketball champi
onships and eight NCAA tourna
ment appearances, died at age 82.
Miller died
Tuesday at
his home at
Black Butte
Ranch, uni
versity offi
cials said.
Miller re
tired in 1989
with the
sixth-most
victories for a
Division I coach, 674 victories.
His teams had only three losing
seasons in 38 years as a major
college coach.
“Oregon State University has
lost a true giant,” athletic director
Mitch Barnhart said.
The Hall of Fame coach com
piled a record of 359-186 in 19
seasons at Oregon State, begin
ning in 1971.
Miller led the 1981 team to the
nation’s No. 1 ranking for nine
weeks, and five of his teams were
ranked in the top 10. In addition
to conference titles and NCAA
appearances, his teams made
three trips to the NIT and won
seven Far West Classic titles.
He also was a two-time Pac-10
Coach of the Year and coached
Gary Payton, who went on to be
come a star for the Seattle Super
Sonics.
“I looked to Ralph as my men
tor, but most of all as a good
friend,” said longtime assistant
and former Oregon State coach
Jim Anderson. “Every coach in
the program since Ralph has at
tempted to emulate the high lev
el of achievement his teams ex
perienced.”
Miller was born in Chanute,
Kan., where he earned four let
ters in football and track, three in
basketball and one in golf and
tennis at Chanute High School.
He also earned all-state honors
in basketball three times before
entering Kansas in 1937 and be
came a two-sport star. He earned
three letters as a football quarter
back and three in basketball play
(( / looked to Ralph
as my mentor, but most
of all as a good friend.
Jim Anderson
former Oregon State coach
ing for Phog Allen.
Following his graduation from
Kansas in 1942 with a degree in
physical education, Miller served
three years in the U.S. Air Force
during World War II and was dis
charged at the rank of first lieu
tenant.
Miller started his coaching ca
reer at Wichita State in 1952,
where he also earned a master’s
degree in physical education. In
13 seasons, he guided the Shock
ers to a record of 220-133, a Mis
souri Valley Conference title,
three appearances in the NIT and
one berth in the NCAA tourna
ment.
He was inducted into the Hall
of Fame in 1988.
“This is a sad day for college
basketball,” Beavers coach
Ritchie McKay said. “Ralph had
a huge impact on the game and
in young peoples lives.”
Miller is survived by his wife,
Jean; son, Paul Miller of Black
Butte Ranch; daughters, Susan
Langer of Vancouver, Wash., and
Shannon Jakosky of Balboa,
Calif.; two sisters, 10 grandchil
dren; and two great-grandchil
dren.
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