Go the distance: Stanford runs away with title
■Stanford pulls a Pac-10
coup by winning its first team
title in 74 years, primarily
with distance runners
By Robbie McCallum
Oregon Daily Emerald
In a meet that traditionally goes
to the team with the most sprint
ing prowess, chalk this one up to
the distances.
The Stanford men’s track and
field team won its first Pacific-10
Conference team title in 74 years
Sunday, and the Cardinal did it
with mostly distance runners.
Sprinting powerhouse Southern
California, which had won the
previous two Pac-10 meets, fin
ished a close second to Stanford
(142 points to
136). As at most
meets, the Tro
jans dominated
the 100, 200 and
400 meters, long
jump, triple
jump and both
relays, but Stan
ford countered with dominance in
the distances.
Ninety-four of the Cardinal’s
142 points came from five events a
half-mile or longer. A one
through-four sweep in the 1,500
meters set the tone for the Pac-10
meet. Olympian Gabe Jennings led
the way, winning in a time of 3
minutes, 43 seconds.
A 1-3-4-5 finish in the 800 me
ters and a 2-4-5-6 finish in the
5,000 meters clinched the meet for
Stanford, which was picked to fin
ish third before the meet. A win by
Jesse Thomas in the 3,000-meter
dlhiswasa great
cooperative effort between
the student athletes,
coaches and the
administrative staff
to get the job done.
Vin Lananna
director of track and field,
Stanford University A *
steeplechase put the icing on the
cake for the Cardinal.
“This was a great cooperative ef
fort between the student athletes,
coaches and the administrative
staff to get the job done,” said Vin
Lananna, Stanford’s director of
track and field. “So much hard
work and effort has gone into get
ting the job done, and I am so
proud of the team.”
The lone wolf
With almost a week to go until
the NCAA Championships at Hay
ward Field, Oregon sophomore
John Stiegeler is the only athlete
Turn to Men’s Pac-10, page 10
Men’s Pac-10 Championships
100 meters -1, Marcus Brunson,
ASU, 10.21.2, Sultan McCullough,
USC, 1033. 3, Anson Henry, WSU,
10.47.8, Samie Parker, UO, 10.67.
{10.45 preliminary)
: ' .
200 meters -1, Brunson, ASU,
20.62. 2, Andre Ammons, USC,
20.96. 3, Devon Ward, USC, 21.08.
400 meters -1, Tony Berrian, ASU,
45.85. 2, Mike Kenyon, UA, 46.02. 3,
Michael Campbell, ASU, 46.28.
800 meters -1, Michael Stember,
Stan, 1:50.0.2, Kevin Elliott, USC,
1:50.4. 3, Gabe Jennings, Stan,
1:51.0.6, Ross Krempley, UO,
1:51.4.
1,500 meters -1, Gabe Jennings,
Stan, 3:433 2, Donald Sage, Stan,
3:43.7.3, Grant Robison, Stan, 3:44.
5,000 meters -1, Bolota Asmeron,
Cal, 14:07.2, Jonathon Riley, Stan,
14:10,3, David Bazzi, UW, 14:12,
14, Michael Kasahun, UO, 14:39.
10,000 meters -1, Bazzi, UW, 29:27.
2, Fasil Bizuneh, ASU, 29:37.3,
Bryan Green, UCLA, 29:45.6,
Kasahun, UO* 29:51,12, Jason
Hartmann, UO, 31:33.
Steeplechase -1, Jesse Thomas,
Stan, 8:51.4.2, Jeremy Rassmussen,
ASU, 8:51.5.3, Jonathon Welsh,
WSU, 8:55.
110 hurdles -1, Arend Watkins,
WSU, 13.62.2, Micah Hams, UO,
13.83.3, Anthony Gaiaviz, ASU,
13.94.7, Terry Ellis, UO, 14.48.
400 hurdles -1. Eric Dudley, WSU,
50.53.2, Ryan Wilson, USC, 50.88.
3 John Hall, UCLA, 51.61.5,
Santiago Lorenzo, UO, 52.19.6, Tim
Overfield, UO, 52.33.
4 x 100 relay -1, Southern California
(Fletcher, Ward, Rideaux,
McCullough) 39.74.2, Arizona,
40.36.3, California, 40.49.
4 x 400 relay -1, Arizona State
(Berrian, Campbell, Barton, Brun
son) 3:05.3.2, Southern California,
3:06.7. 3, Arizona, 3:08.1.7,
Oregon, 3:14.8.
Shot Put -1, David Wood, ASU, 62-6.
2, Scott Moser, UCLA, 62-0.3, Nate
de Somber, Cal, 61-7.7, John Bello,
UO, 57-7.
Discus -1, Moser, UCLA, 199-4.2,
Dan Ames, UCLA, 190-2.3, Wood,
ASU, 187-1.6, Bello, UO, 179-10.
Hammer Throw -1, Norbert
Harvath, USC, 230-1.2, Nicholas
Welihoziky, Stan, 201-6.3, Garrett
Collier, Cal, 201-6.4, Adam Kriz, UO,
194-8.
javelin * 1, John Stiegeler, UO,
240-10.2, Oiristian Banken, IIA,
226-9.3, Bryan Jones, WSU, 225-9.
6, Ryan Keith, UO, 217-1.9, Adam
Jenkins, UO, 197-7.
Pole Vault -1, Dennis Kholev, USC,
18-41/2.2, Bubba Mclean, Cal,
17-3.3, Jared Drake, UCLA, 17-3.4,
Trevor Woods, UO, 17-3.6, Cody
Howell, UO, 16-11.8, Jason Slye,
UO, 15-111/2.
High Jump -1, Michael Ponikvar,
Stan, 7-41/2.2, Jason Boness, UO,
7-3.3, David Jaworski, USC, 7-3.9,
Jake Horner, UO, 6-7.
Long Jump -1, DjekeMambo, USC,
25-2 3/4.2, Robert Kennedy, Cal,
24-51/2.3, Milton Little, Stan,
23-11 3/4.7, Lorenzo, UO, 23-3/4.8,
Billy Pappas, UO, 21-101/4.
Triple Jump-1, Mambo, USC, 53-2
3/4.2, Vincent Ibia, Cal, 50-51/4.3,
Juane Armon, UCLA, 49-81/4.7,
Foltiso Akinradewo, UO,48-10 3/4,
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Gabe Jennings and Stanford won this year’s Pac-10 title with a strong performance in the distances.
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