Stormy weather can’t derail
Ducks in first outdoor meet
■ Led by John Stiegeler, the
Ducks impress at the first meet
of the season at Hayward Field
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
It was a banner day for the Ore
gon men’s track and field team Sat
urday at Hayward Field.
Despite inclement weather at
the fabled field, head coach Martin
Smith’s squad was able to take the
Montana-Weber State Triangular in
convincing fashion.
With two wins in the day, 116
66 over Montana and 108 1/2 to
Weber State’s 96, the Ducks fur
thered their success this season.
After a ninth place finish at the
NCAA Indoor Championships in
Fayetteville, Ind., last weekend,
their highest finish ever, Oregon
showed those results were no
fluke.
John Stiegeler was up to his old
tricks again, getting a mark of 247
feet in the javelin throw. His score
was good enough to garner first in
the meet, a whole 40 feet in front
of teammate Adam Jenkins’ throw,
who came in second place.
Sarnie Parker nearly missed his
best mark of 2001 in the 100-me
ter dash by .02 seconds. His mark
of 10.47 was good enough for
first place in the event, and it
started his 2002 outdoor season
with a bang.
“It felt good,” he said. “Pretty
much overall, I think I did fair.
Just because of the weather, I did
n’t get a chance to get a real good
warm-up to have my body really
ready to run.”
The sleet, snow and rain that
pelted Hayward Field didn’t get in
the Ducks’ way Saturday, especial
ly in the field events. The water
made for sloppy conditions on the
all-weather track, but that still
couldn’t contain Oregon’s runners.
Jason Slye won the 200-meter
dash with a time of 22.21, and
Micah Harris took the 110-meter
hurdles at 14.13.
Trevor Woods took the pole
vault competition at a height of 17
feet 4.5 inches, and the high jump
was won by the Ducks’ Kyley
Johnson (7-.25J.
Oregon’s James March took the
discus with a mark of 151 feet, and
Adam Kriz won the hammer throw
at 186-1.
And in the triple jump, Foluso
Akinradewo earned the Ducks
three points with a mark of 48-6.25
for first place.
Last but not least, Simon Kimata
was stone cold again, taking first in
Sports brief
Softball game postponed
In what was to be both teams’ in
augural Pacific-10 Conference con
test of the season, the Oregon-Ore
gon State softball game on Saturday
was postponed because of snowy
conditions at Howe Field. The
game would have been Oregon’s
first at home after opening the sea
son 14-8 on the road.
After only a half of an inning,
where Oregon starting pitcher Con
nie McMurren held the Beavers
scoreless, the umpires and two head
coaches agreed to postpone the game.
“This is the best snow storm
we’ve had all year, and it had to
happen on the day of the home
opener,” one Oregon fan said.
No makeup date has yet been set
for the game.
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the 800-meter run. However, he
felt the weather may have ham
pered his time.
“I don’t want to say I would
have done better,” he said. “I
don’t like running in these type
of conditions because you can’t
even warm up.”
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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