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Hams sets hurdles record
■ Micah Harris breaks an Oregon record in a
qualifying heat for the 110 hurdles
By Jeff Smith
Oregon Daily Emerald
In only his first year as a Duck, junior transfer Mic
ah Harris had already tied the school record in the
110-meter hurdles.
Now, he has broken it.
And what better stage to do it on than the NCAA
Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field?
“This is what it’s all about,” Harris said.
Harris competed Thursday in the 110 hurdles pre
liminaries and finished in a new personal- and
school-record time of 13.73 seconds. He came in
sixth in his heat, but his time was still good enough
to advance him into today’s semifinals.
It marked the fifth time in eight races this season
that he has broken the 14-second barrier and the
fourth time that he has run a 13.83 or better. Harris’
previous best was a 13.79 that he ran on May 5 at the
Texas Invitational.
“I did the little things today,” he said. “My coach
told me that this is where good things happen. This
is the show.”
The junior college transfer from Tempe, Ariz., ad
mitted that he was a little nervous
before the race and that his adren
aline was at full throttle, but he
said that “adrenaline plays a big
part in the race.”
Now, Harris must gear up for to
day’s 6:40 p.m. semifinals. There
will be two separate heats for the
110 hurdles, with the top three
finishers in each race and the next
two fastest runners after that qual
ifying for Saturday’s finals.
The intensity will surely pick
up as the races become more important, but the two
time JC All-American from Central Arizona Commu
nity College just flashes a smile when asked about
the top-notch competition.
“These are the best guys,” Harris said. “I’m just go
ing to come out and do my best. It’s always good to
get the first one out of the way and run well in front
of the home crowd.
“Anything’s possible.”
Women
continued from page 7 A
fourth overall in the 400 heats,
Me’lisa finished seventh and Wash
ington finished second. All three
helped South Carolina to the best
time of all the 4x400 relay heats.
“I know she’s a good quarter-mil
er,” Miki said of her sister. “She just
doesn’t know it yet.”
UCLA scored much-needed
points when standout Bruin throw
er Christina Tolson won the shot
put competition. After taking
awhile to warm up, Tolson
launched the shot 57 feet, 3/4 inch
es in her fourth attempt.
“I was patient, and it just hap
pened,” Tolson said. “I still can’t
believe it.”
Clemson’s Jamine Moton, who
entered the event with the same
season best as Tolson, threw 56-4 to
finish second. USC’s Cynthia Ade
miluyi scored the Trojans’ first
points of the NCAA meet with a
third-place finish.
In the day’s only other final, Amy
Yoder-Begley set a blistering pace
over the second half of the 10,000
meters to win the event. The
Arkansas senior overcame the early
evening heat to beat out Wake For
est’s Sara Day by more than seven
seconds. After she finished, at near
ly 8:45 p.m., Yoder-Begley collapsed
to the track in exhaustion.
“I didn’t want to sit back and let
things happen,” said Yoder-Begley,
who wasn’t even ranked in the top
eight heading into the race. “I want
ed to go out and establish the pace. I
can’t believe that I was able to win by
as much as I did.”
After two days of competition at
the NCAAs, UCLA leads the
women’s team race by six points.
The Bruins have accumulated 16
points, while Arkansas, Idaho and
Arizona all have 10.
In other action, Stanford’s Sally
Glynn turned in a strong showing in
the 1,500 preliminaries. She ran the
best time of the two heats by nearly
two seconds.
In the 100-meter hurdles heats,
twin sensations Susanna and Jenny
Kallur of Illinois led the way. Susan
na ran the best time of the heats,
while Jenny finished sixth and soph
omore Perdita Felicien finished sec
ond overall. The hurdlers will com
pete in the semifinals tonight and the
finals Saturday.
Today’s finals include the pole
vault (5 p.m.J, 4xl00-meter relay
(5:00), 400 hurdles (5:20), triple jump
(5:45), javelin (6:00), 800 (6:05) and
3,000-meter steeplechase (6:55). Ore
gon’s Niki Reed will compete in the
pole vault, while fellow Ducks Sarah
Malone and Charyl Weingarten will
compete in the javelin. ,
Saturday’s action begins at 2 p.m.
with the heptathlon long jump.
Day Two Standings:
MEN (after seven events}
1. Oregon 27
2. Georgia 16
— Utah State 16
— USC 16
5. Arkansas 14
6. Tennessee 13
—UTEP 13
8. Notre Dame 10
—Weber State 10
— Mississippi 10
11. Alabama 9
12. Texas A&M 8
WOMEN (after four events)
1. UCLA 16
2. Arizona 10
— Idaho 10
—Arkansas 10
5. Rice 8
—Colorado State 8
—Clemson 8
—Wake Forest 8
9. Arizona State 6
—Texas Tech 6
— USC 6
12. Seton Hall 5
Men
continued from page 7 A
in Santiago Lorenzo and John Steigeler. And we’ve also
had a number of other athletes have very impressive
performances — Jason Hartmann in the 10,000, Billy
Pappas in the decathlon and Micah Harris in the hur
dles. We’ve just had two days of great individual and
team effort.”
Don’t hold your breath waiting for an Oregon win,
though. Sprinting powers Tennessee and Texas
Christian have qualified all their key athletes out of
preliminaries and look forward to finals on the track
tomorrow.
“We have everyone we expected to qualify for to
morrow and got bonus points in the long jump,”
Texas Christian head coach Monte Stratton said. “So
far, so good.”
Both schools qualified three athletes into the 100
meter semifinals, setting up a titanic battle in today’s
4x100 relay final. Tennessee has the top two 100-me
ter marks with Leonard Scott and Justin Gatlin both
nearing the 10-second barrier.
In Thursday’s other finals, Mississippi’s Savante
Stringfellow leapt the second-farthest jump in the
world this year en route to a victory in the long jump.
The senior set himself away from the field with a
jump of 27 feet, 6 3/4 inches.
“I wanted to end the competition early,” Stringfel
low said. “This was my last college meet. This was a
blessing for me and my coaches and parents.”
Georgia’s Andras Haklits turned in a gutsy effort in
winning the hammer throw. The Szentpeterfa, Hun
gary, native tossed the hammer 247-8 with a bulging
disc and bone fragments in his lower back.
“I’m happy to win its but it was not a great throw,”
Haklits said. “I only started to practice two weeks
ago, and I didn’t feel confident in the ring.”
Haklits goes into surgery today in Athens, Georgia,
to repair his lower back.
Weber State’s Charles Clinger emerged from a com
petitive pack of high jumpers to claim top honors.
Clinger won a jump-off against fellow Utah native
David Hoffman of Utah State after both jumpers
cleared 7-6 1/2.
“The competition is a lot harder than I thought it
would be,” Clinger said. “I’m not used to the heat
and I didn’t feel fresh, so I was quite pleased with
how I jumped under the conditions.”
In other qualifying preliminaries, favorites Bryan
Berryhill of Colorado State and Eluid Njubi of Texas
Christian advanced in the 1,500 meters without trou
ble, each winning his respective heat. Stanford’s
Gabe Jennings atoned for a poor performance in the
800 meters by qualifying in the 1,500..
Alabama’s No. 2-ranked David Kimani faltered
and missed qualifying by less than a second.
Auburn’s Avard Moncur enters the 400 meters as
the top seed. Louisiana State’s Alleyne Franquice ran
the second-fastest 400 meters and came back an hour
later to anchor the Tigers’ top-seeded 4x400 relay
team, which qualified for finals in a time of 3:01.6.
^Around the Pacific-10 Conference, Southern Califor
nia moved up the scoring column with Norberth Nor
vath’s third-place finish in the hammer throw. The Tro
jans are tied for second with 16 points. California is tied
for 15th with four points, while Washington has one.
Finals action continues today with the discus, 400
hurdles, 800 meters and 5,000 meters.