Ducks running for the future
■The Oregon cross country
teams took different paths this
season, but will return with
much experience next year
By Chris Cabot
Oregon Daily Emerald
The goal throughout the season
for the men’s cross country team
was to improve with every race, and
the Ducks’ 13th-place finish at the
NCAA Champi
onships is a
clear sign of
their progress.
Ranked 13th
in the preseason
coaches’ poll,
the Ducks
dropped to 16th in the second week
and then remained near 18th most
of the season. They had moved up
to 14th after the Western Regionals
as they headed into the nationals,
where they came up with a run that
lived up to their expectations.
Senior captain Adam Bergquist,
the only runner the Ducks will lose
to graduation this year, was pleased
with the team’s finish.
“Throughout the whole season,
as a team we felt like we improved
basically each and every race, then
at the highest level, at nationals, we
performed as well as we wanted to,”
Bergquist said.
Redshirt freshman Ryan Andrus,
who said he was disappointed with
his own effort at nationals, said that
because the team will only lose
Bergquist, it will come back even
stronger next year.
“I think the rest of the guys
stepped it up, and the 13th-place
finish was a great accomplishment
for this team this year,” Andrus
said. “We can obviously move up
from there in the next few years.”
Both Bergquist and Andrus
achieved one of the seven spots
on the annual Pacific-10 Confer
ence All-Academic team. Sopho
more Erinn Gulbrandsen received
one of the spots on the women’s
team. The Ducks also placed four
men and four women on the hon
orable mention lists.
The men’s team’s NCAA invita
tion wi 11 be beneficial in the coming
years. Six runners on the squad, in
cluding two freshmen, have nation
al experience.
On the women’s side, head coach
Tom Heinonen had a sub-par season
for his standards, going unranked
throughout the fall. Heinonen has
led 24 teams to national appear
ances in his 27 years as Oregon head
coach, with 18 of those teams
achieving top-10 status.
Many of Heinonen’s runners
were primarily middle distance
track runners and had to make the
adjustment to competing in longer
distances.
Junior Carrie Zografos, who
placed first for the Ducks in all but
one of her five races, said the team
used this season as a learning year
for the spring’s track season and
next fall’s cross country campaign.
“We were disappointed, but will
find more success during track
thanks to our experience with cross
country,” Zografos said. “Next year,
we’re going to mentally be a lot
stronger.”
All of Heinonen’s runners will
be back next year and be ready
for another run at the national
competition.
Emerald sports reporter Chris Cabot can be
reached at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
Geoff Thumer Oregon Media Services
The Oregon women’s cross country team returns all of its runners next year, including
sophomore Laura Harmon, one of the team’s top competitors.
Women’s
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let a comfortable lead slip away.
Texas Tech led Oregon State by 20
on Saturday with three minutes to
play, but held off a late charge by
the Beavers to win 64-60.
“We realize what happened to
them at Oregon State on Saturday,
so we knew if we kept fighting
there would be a glimmer of hope
for us,” said Williams, who fin
ished with 18 points and eight re
bounds. “I'm not going to say
they’re not that good ... but if that is
the eighth-best team in the country,
we’re well on our way to where we
want to be.”
Oregon (2-3 overall) trailed 30-25
at the half, but Texas Tech (2-1)
should’ve been up by more, consid
ering the 14-3 advantage on the of
fensive glass in the first frame.
A 7-0 run bv the Ducks early in
the second half tied the game at 32.
Sophomore forward Cathrine
Kraayeveld scored four straight
points to give the Ducks a 48-47 lead
with 9:51 to play, but the Lady
Raiders promptly went on a 16-4
run to give them an 11-point advan
tage. The Ducks then answered with
their run at the end of the game,
which ultimately came up short.
"Throughout 40 minutes, we
played great defense and executed
the game plan very well,” Smith
said. “They were the eighth in the
nation ... I can’t wait to play the
ninth team.”
Texas Tech forward Plenette Pier
son controlled the inside game most
of the game, posting 22 points and
12 rebounds, both game-highs. The
Lady Raiders also held a 48-36 ad
vantage on the boards'
“We knew we’d have to take con
trol in the paint,” Pierson said.
Curry and Williams, who scored
a combined 43 points in a 75-63
win over Texas Christian on Satur
day, finished the game with a com
bined 27 points Monday.
Of the four Texas Tech players
who scored in double figures, for
ward Jolee Ayers was perhaps the
most surprising.
“(Ayers) hit a couple shots that,
in two tapes, we’ve never seen her
take,” Smith said. “That’s the way
they’re going to have to beat us, and
they certainly did.”
Emerald sports editor Adam Jude can be
reached at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
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