Cross country
continued from page 7
in Minnesota, hadn’t run a colle
giate race in three years.
“It was basically starting from
scratch,” the 22-year-old Andrus
said. “I saw where I’m at and
where I need to improve for the
next races. So it was a great
learning experience, but obvi
ously, I didn’t finish as high as I
would have liked.”
The Roy Griak was also true
freshman Seth Pilkington’s first
collegiate race. A highly sought
after recruit from Roy, Utah, Pilk
ington appreciated the help he
received during the race from
other Oregon runners. Andrus
and John Lucas stayed somewhat
close to Pilkington during the
meet, and the young freshman
said that it helped during the
tough times in the race to have a
familiar face nearby.
Coach Smith’s runners
“The reason I am here at Oregon
now is to be coached by Martin
Smith,” Andrus said. “He’s the
best in the business.”
Andrus, who took a two-year
hiatus from competitive running
for a religious mission in Mexico,
followed Smith here from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin.
Pilkington also came to Eugene
thanks to Smith’s coaching style.
“I felt like Coach Smith was the
right coach for me, and I have a lot
of confidence he can take me to
the next level,” the true freshman
said. “He seems like a strength
oriented coach, and that’s my
background also. ”
Under Smith, the team is meld
ing well together. Andrus de
scribed the teams as being “very
like-minded” and said that they
bring their cohesiveness onto the
track as well.
On the women’s side
Head coach Tom Heinonen’s
squad will also travel to the Fur
man Invitational where many of
the top teams in the country will
be, including the No. 16 Wash
ington Huskies and senior Sabri
na Monro.
Monro, in her first season at
Washington since transferring
from Montana, is three-for-three
this season. She has won all of the
races in which she has entered by
an average of 32 seconds.
Hockaday
continued from page 7
You see, A-Rod, Seattle is a
team without you, not a loose col
lection of players. They trust each
other, they lean on each other,
and they celebrate with each oth
er. No Mariners player worries
about hogging too much of the
limelight, because there’s no
limelight to hog. Seattle’s super
season is a team effort, from top
to bottom.
The Mariners’ success this
season proves you were the
problem last year. You were the
one-man wrecking crew — of
your own team.
Players respond well to chem
istry, A-Rod. Chemistry is a
word you may never utter in
your entire career, until you
drop that bloated salary. Look at
Bret Boone, who hit .256 in his
last three seasons before coming
to Seattle. This year, Booney
broke out for a .331 average,
fourth in the American League,
and led the league with 14T
RBI’s. Countless other Mariners
had career seasons, either on the
field or at the plate.
I almost feel sorry for you, A
Rod. Almost. In an era of
overblown salaries and bigger
egos, you made out with both.
But you proved that the good
guys win. You proved that you
don’t need a star player to win
baseball games, and you proved
that money can’t buy love, or
wins. In that vain, A-Rod, I will
leave you with a quote. Ironical
ly, the quote comes from a fan
who attended the Mariners
Rangers game Saturday night,
when Kazuhiro Sasaki struck
you out for the final out of the
game and Seattle’s 116th win.
The fan held up a sign that read
“Victory — a feeling $$ can’t
buy.”
Peter Hockaday is a sports reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached at
peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Tennis
continued from page 7
“To meet our goals, we need
to secure one more top player
and then evolve with our mental
toughness since we will not
graduate anyone until June of
2002,” said Russell, the Pac-10
coach of the year in 2000.
Women’s tennis skips
Los Angeles tourney
With no seniors on the team,
the women’s tennis team finished
0-7 in the Pac-10 last season, but
the Ducks never hung their
heads.
“Last year was rough, but we
knew that we’re playing in the
strongest conference in the coun
try,” senior Janice Nyland said.
“Plus we had a lot of injuries that
hurt us in those close matches.”
The team finished 5-17 over
all last year with seven one
point losses.
“Without the injuries, we prob
ably win most of those close
matches,” Nyland said.
Nyland said staying healthy is
a top priority for the team this
fall.
“Right now we’re all healthy
and fit and were all able to run a
mile in the required 6:25 time,”
she said.
Returning every player from
last year means this year’s team
has Pac-10 experience, which Ny
land said is key to their success.
“All the younger players have
played conference matches,” Ny
land said. “We feel we can beat
all these teams in the Pac-10.”
The Ducks enter the regular
season with two main goals: To
make the NCAA Tournament,
win at least one round and earn
the respect of their peers.
“We don’t think we’re getting
the respect of the rest of the Pac
10,” Nyland said. “I know we
finished last, but we know we
can compete with the best in the
conference.”
Head coach Jack Griffin said
the team also wanted national
respect.
“We will earn the respect of
our peers in the Pac-10 and na
tionally for being a team that bat
tled every match and competed
with class and sportsmanship,”
Griffin said. “The team is dedicat
ed to making strides in these ar
eas and they are excited to get go
ing with the year so that they can
erase the frustrations of last year.”
Griffin said he expects Stan
ford, UCLA, California and
Southern California to finish in
the top four in the Pac-10.
“Do I feel we will contend for a
Pac-10 championship this sea
son? No,” he said. “But I do feel
that we can move up the Pac-10
ranks and put a scare into some of
the top teams in the conference.”
Griffin canceled his team’s trip
to the ITA All-American tourna
ment in Los Angeles because it’s
a single-elimination tournament
and a bad seeding could send the
team home early.
The team will use the extra
time to prepare for the Rolex Re
gional tournament in Palo Alto,
Calif. The tournament begins
Oct. 26.
Duck golfers fare
well on Monday
Senior Kathy Cho matched the
best round of her career with a 73
on Monday to help the Oregon
women’s golf team tie for 11th af
ter the first round of the
OSU/Shanico Invitational, being
played at the 6,072-yard, par-72
Trysting Tree Golf Course in Cor
vallis.
Cho, a senior from Honolulu,
Hawaii, finished the first round
in a tie for 12th after shooting a
38 on the front nine, and carding
an impressive 35
on the more diffi
cult back nine for
her 1-over score.
Cho notched her
first round of 73
at last spring’s
NCAA West Re
gional that was
also played at Trysting Tree.
“Kathy played a very solid
round,” Oregon head coach Shan
non Rouillard said. “She stepped
up and did the job she needed to
do as a senior and as a leader.”
Of the 19 teams in the tourna
ment, California took the first-day
lead by shooting a 286, followed
by Arizona in second at 289,
Stanford at 295, Brigham Young
at 296 and Oregon State at 298.
The Ducks had their lowest
round of the season, a 309, and
were tied with Idaho for 11th. Im
mediately in front of the Ducks
were Nevada-Las Vegas and
Northern Arizona at 307 and
Long Beach State at 308.
“We are certainly in a position
to catch some of the teams ahead
of us,” Rouillard said. “We still
need to make sure we’re putting
and chipping well. I witnessed a
few three-putts that we didn’t
need to have. But we’re doing a
better job of hitting greens in reg
ulation, which was one of our fo
cuses this week. So if we , can
eliminate some of the three-putts
and do a better job of chipping,
we should be in good shape.”
Freshman Jonna Nealy carded
the lowest round of her young
Oregon career with a 4-over 76,
and was tied for 24th. Freshman
Jess Carlyon had a 6-over 78 to tie
for 46th.
Stanford’s Kim Kouwabunpat
shot a blistering 5-under 67 and
finished her round with a one
stroke lead on California’s Ria
Quiazon and a two-stroke lead on
Brigham Young’s Jessica Gardner
in the medalist chase.
The rain mostly stayed clear of
Trysting Tree on Monday, as play
was disrupted only once by a
brief passing shower. A high pres
sure system is supposed to move
into the region in time for the sec
ond round, scheduled to get un
derway at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Men finish in top 20
Three golfers placed among the
top 20 as Oregon fired rounds of
303 and 297 to stand in fourth
place at 600 following the first
two rounds of the Pepperdine
Club Glove Invitational in Somis,
Calif.
“Kathy played a very solid
round. She stepped up and
did the job she needed to do
as a senior and as a leader. ”
Shannon Rouillard
head coach, Oregon
Oregon’s John Ellis was tied for
13th at 4-over 148 on Monday at
the 6,884-yard, par-72 Saticoy
Country Club. The junior from
San Jose, Calif., was the only
Duck to shoot par Monday with a
72 in the second round. Also in
the top 20 for the Ducks were
senior Aaron Byers, tied for 17th
at 5-over 149, and junior Chris
Carnahan, tied for 20th at 6-over
150. Carnahan, a junior from Al
bany has fired five consecutive
rounds of 75, dating to the Oct. 1
2 Husky Invitational.
In the team competition, Pep
perdine forged a 14-stroke lead
after the first two rounds. The
host Waves shot 292-288 for a 580
total. San Jose State was second
at 594, followed by California at
595, Oregon and then Fresno
State at 602. Colorado State and
UC Santa Barbara were tied for
sixth at 603, followed by San
Diego State at 606, Alabama
Birmingham at 608, Southeastern
Louisiana at 611, Long^ Beach
State at 616 and Oregon State
rounded out the field at 625.
Pepperdine’s Jason Allred shot
a 3-under 141 for a three-stroke
lead in the individual competi
tion going into the final round.
Alabama-Birmingham’s Daniel
Ozley and San Diego State’s Scott
Henderson were tied for second
at even par. Allred’s teammate
Michael Beard was two strokes
back.
Final round action is slated to
get underway at 7:30 a.m. Tues
day.
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