‘World’s fastest man’ to run in Pre
■One star replaces another as
Maurice Greene takes the
place of Michael Johnson at
the 2001 Prefontaine Classic
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
For all of you track and field fans
disappointed to see Olympic gold
medalist Michael Johnson with
draw from the Prefontaine Classic,
here’s a consolation — world
record-holder Maurice Greene will
race in the Pre 100 meters.
Greene is the eighth Olympic and
World champion to enter into the
prestigious event, which takes place
Sunday at Hayward Field.
The “world’s fastest man” owns
the world record in the 100 meters
at 9.79 seconds and won the gold
medal at the 2000 Olympic games
in Sydney, Australia. Greene is un
defeated in the past three years at
the Classic and has won two of the
last three Pre 100-meter races.
Greene ran times of 9.79 and 9.84
in 1998 and 1999, respectively, but
because of tail winds over the allow
able speed, his times were kept out
of the record books. 2000 champion
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question is: Which trackand field
meet a re you most likely to attend?
The options are full of prestigious
events so this week’s q uestion cou Id
be one of the toughest yet.
The possible choices are Sunday ’s
PrefontaineClassic, next week’s
NCAA Championships, June’s U.S.A.
Trackand Field Championships and
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Last week, we asked who should be
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Former Oregon women’s basketball
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from her position April 30, gained
the largest percentage of votes and
was last week’s winner. We here on
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to see that happen. Why not?
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Coby Miller owns the meet record
at 10.0 seconds but will not be back
to defend his ti
tle due to a bro
ken left fibula.
Greene opted to
run the 200 me
ters last year but
was again foiled
by wind as his
time of 19.93
was kept out of
record books.
GREENE Joining
Greene in a star
studded field are Bruny Surin of
Canada, the third fastest 100-meter
performer ever at 9.84 seconds, John
Drummond, ranked No. 8 in the
world last year, Tim Montgomery,
Kenny Brokenburr and Bernard
Williams.
Drummond, Brokenburr and
Williams will double in the 200 me
ters along with Osaka Grand Prix
champion Shawn Crawford, who
owns the world’s fastest 200-meter
time this year at 20.20 seconds.
Tickets for this weekend’s meet
are still available at the Duck Ticket
Office or by calling 1-800-WEB
FOOT.
Sports brief
Colorado beats St. Louis by one in
overtime
DENVER — Wearing the black
“16W” cap that represents his career
long mission, Ray Bourque playfully
put teammate Joe Sakic in a head
lock that signified gratitude as
much as relief.
With one timely backhand, Sakic
sent Bourque and Colorado to the
Stanley Cup finals by scoring on a re
bound 24 seconds into overtime to
give the Avalanche a 2-1 victory over
the St. Louis Blues Monday night.
While the Avalanche are five years
removed from a championship,
Bourque will play for the Stanley Cup
for the first time since 1990. In his
22nd season, he has yet to win the title
and his cap represents the number of
victories needed for the Cup.
“You go into every game with pres
sure, but it’s a lot of fun,” Bourque said.
“After you’ve won the game, it’s a lot of
relief and a lot of satisfaction. There
was a lot of emotion at the end. ”
Colorado, the NHL’s top team dur
ing the regular season, made it out of
the Western Conference finals for the
first time in three years. The
Avalanche lost Game 7 of the finals to
the Dallas Stars in 1999 and 2000 but
finished St. Louis off in five games.
“I didn’t think it would take this
long to get back to the finals,” forward
Stephane Yelle, who was a rookie
when Colorado won it all in 1996.
Sakic’s goal, his ninth of the play
offs, came while Blues defenseman
Alexander Khavanov served a four
minute penalty for high-sticking, called
with 2:16 left in regulation. The hit left
Colorado forward Milan Hejduk blood
ied, prompting the double-minor.
“I was just trying to protect myself,”
Khavanov said. “It’s pretty upsetting,
but right now there is nothing I can do.
It was an unfortunate call. I didn’t
mean to get my stick up. ”
The Associated Press
Men’s Pac-10
continued from page 9
from the Pac-10 favored to win an
NCAA title.
Stiegeler owns the nation’s
top mark in the javelin at 245
feet, nine inches.
Last season, seven Pac-10
men won NCAA titles. Stan
ford’s Brad Hauser won the
5,000 and 10,000 meters, while
Jennings won the 1,500 meters.
Arizona’s Patrick Nduwimana
and Esko Mokkola won titles in
the 800 meters and javelin, re
spectively. USC’s Felix Sanchez
won the 110 hurdles and Cali
fornia’s Bevan Hart won the de
cathlon to round out the list.
Conference contenders this
year include UCLA’s Scott
Moser in the discus, Washing
ton State’s Arend Watkins in
the 110 hurdles, Cal’s Bolota
Asmeron in the 5,000 meters,
USC’s Dennis Kholev in the
pole vault and Arizona State’s
Marcus Munson in the 100 and
200 meters. Jennings returns
this year in the 1,500 meters,
but he doesn’t have the nation’s
fastest time.
Record books
Sunday was not a record
breaking day for Pac-10 teams at
the conference championships.
For the first time since 1996, no
meet records were broken.
Watkins came close in the 110
hurdles, but was a tenth of a sec
ond off Greg Foster’s meet
record of 13.43 seconds. Stiegel
er tossed the javelin 267 feet,
which would have broken Greg
Johnson’s meet record of 252-1,
but it landed in foul territory
and was counted as a scratch.
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