Ducks hope to continue good start
■After opening its season 2-0
last weekend, the Oregon
wrestling team is setto begin the
Southern Oregon Open
By Chris Cabot
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon wrestlers will con
tinue with their quest for the Pa
cific-10 Conference title at the an
nual Southern Oregon Open on
Saturday.
Because it is an
open match, the
Ducks (2-0 over
all) will be send
ing 22 wrestlers,
nine of whom
will compete as unattached
wrestlers, which will not affect
their redshirt seasons.
Four of Oregon’s wrestlers are
ranked in the top-20 in the country
at their weight class: No. 9 Shaun
Williams at 125 pounds, No. 10
Eric Webb at heavyweight, No. 14
Eugene Harris at 165 pounds and
No. 20 Brian Watson at 141.
Harris (1-1) is the only one of
those wrestlers who lost one of
his first two matches last week
end at Stanford. In addition to
Watson, Williams and Webb, four
other Oregon wrestlers are 2-0 on
the season — Jason Harless, Tony
Overstake, Shane Webster and
Jake Leair.
Heading into last weekend’s
matches against Stanford and Cali
fomia-Davis, the Ducks were
ranked No. 4 in the Pac-10 behind
Arizona State, Oregon State and
Boise State. Both the Beavers and
the Cowboys from Boise State will
be in attendance at the Southern
Oregon Open.
Along with those two rivals, the
Ducks will face a variety of oppo
nents from a total of 16 teams,
with each squad bringing a large
number of competitors.
“It will be an opportunity for
us to compete at a variety of lev
els from junior varsity guys to na
tionally ranked guys, so it will be
a nice test,” head coach Chuck
Kearney said.
The goal of the Oregon
wrestling squad this season is to
win the Pac-10 tournament, and
these early matches should give
Kearney and the rdst of the team a
good indication of where they
stand. The Ducks want to improve
each week and feel that they are
committed to getting that done,
Kearney said.
“Our chemistry is real positive,”
he said. “It’s important in
wrestling, even though it is such
an individual sport that we have a
good atmosphere to train in.
“These guys have a positive at
titude and are excited about what
we are doing.”
Chris Cabot is a sports reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
Sports briefs
Repairs to Hayward Field
begin
Work has begun to repair dete
riorating support beams under the
east grandstands of Hayward
Field and should be completed in
time for the start of the Oregon’s
spring track and field season, Ath
letic Director Bill Moos an
nounced Thursday.
The project will restore use of the
entire grandstands on the east side
of one of the most renowned track
facilities in the world. The Univer
sity spent approximately $100,000
last winter for temporary repairs to
retain use of the majority of the east
grandstands throughout the 2001
track season.
Lee Construction of Eugene pro
vided the winning bid for the
restoration, which will cost about
$300,000.
The project was originally ex
pected to cost the University more
than $1 million.
Arizona signs basketball
standouts
TUCSON, Ariz. (U-WIRE) —
Though no games were played, the
Arizona men’s basketball team had
a pretty productive week.
Days removed from winning the
Coaches vs. Cancer IKON Classic
in New York, head coach Lute Ol
son got some more good news —
Hassan Adams from Los Angeles
and Chris Rodgers of Portland
signed letters of intent to play for
the Wildcats.
“Both of these guys will fit in
beautifully here at Arizona,” Olson
said. “They are great kids; they
work hard and are very solid stu
dents.”
Rodgers and Adams, both 6-foot
4 guards, have been highly touted
by national publications.
The Sporting News ranked
Adams as the sixth-best high
school shooting guard in the coun
try and Rodgers the fourth-best
point guard.
—Jeff Lund
(Arizona Daily Wildcat)
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Geoff Thurner Oregon Media Services
Adam Bergquist, the lone senior on the cross country team, finished 11th in the Pac-10 Championships last week in Tucson, Ariz.
Bergquist
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ual sport, Bergquist will be the first
to tell you otherwise. He said the
team’s goals are much more impor
tant than individual success.
“(Your teammates) are doing their
job and doing the best they can for
you, and you are doing your best to
not let them down,” Bergquist said.
Head coach Martin Smith, in his
third year at Oregon, said Bergquist
is a pleasure to work with.
“I think the thing that I tend to ap
preciate and respect and admire
about Adam is he really enjoys the
process of being on a team and work
ing hard every day,” Smith said.
Bergquist did not place in a scor
ing role for the Ducks (except for a
“B” Unit race in September) until the
Pac-10 Championships. If his slow
start in the fall instilled some doubt
in the minds of the other Oregon run
ners about Bergquist’s ability to lead
the team, their reservations have dis
appeared as the season has pro
gressed. Through his work ethic and
experience, Bergquist has become a
teammate to look to for advice and
leadership.
“I think that it took some time this
season for (the other runners) to see
me in that role just because nobody,
including myself, knew where I was
going to be as far as being able to
help the team,” he said.
The team is now aware of
Bergquist’s love of running and de
sire to win.
“He’s definitely on a mission,”
sophomore Brett Holts said about
Bergquist’s desire to go to the NCAA
Championships, something he has
not had the opportunity to do before
Monday’s race.
Bergquist credits much of his new
found prowess on the cross country
course to getting his strength back af
ter his long layoff from running.
Much of this strength comes from his
faith, Bergquist said.
“I look at it as a total blessing and
opportunity,” he said. “My main
motivation is to do the best with
what God has given me — both in
renewed strength and another op
portunity.”
Bergquist is accustomed to deal
ing with pain that running has
caused him as he has had injuries to
his knees, hamstring, hip flexor and
Achilles tendon before this latest af
fliction to his foot. His faith in God
was a light at the end of the tunnel
that helped him through the tough
winter and spring dealing with his
most recent pain, he said.
On Monday, Oregon will accom
plish its goal of reaching the NCAA
Championships, where the Ducks
hope Bergquist will lead them to
success.
Chris Cabot is a sports reporter for the
Oregon Daily Emerald. He can be reached at
chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
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