Etter
continued from page 9A
feat, although it has not hap
pened in quite some time.
“Mary threw great, and she
was really on a roll,” Oregon
head coach Tom Heinonen said.
“She wanted to win both those
events and that’s to her credit.”
But none of this surprises
Guante.
When the two were facing off
in Idaho, competitions were often
intense. However, both became
great friends and are still in con
tact today.
“I’m amazed (at Etter’s re
sults), but I know she has it in
her,” Guante said. “Thinking
back to our track camp, it was al
ways so intense.
“I’m a little bit amazed at her
persistence.”
A three-sport star at Snohomish
High in Everett, Wash., Etter has
the competitive drive that can
make her successful in her events.
She said she misses the team as
pect, and has casually thought
about playing another sport,
specifically basketball or soccer.
“It would be fun to do another
sport,” she said. “It was really
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outscored opponents 273-49 in
their 40 games this season, dur
ing which they have tallied 70
home runs — including 11 grand
slams. The team has committed
19 errors to opponents’ 48, and
has 260 RBI to opponents’ 48.
Sophomore Leneah Manuma
leads the team with 17 homers
and 59 RBI. Last season she
smacked 19 round-trippers.
hard. At first, I would play a lot of
pickup games. I played a little
pick-up soccer. A lot of girls felt
the same way.
“I miss the competition and
the team aspect” of other sports.
In her two previous seasons at
Oregon, Etter has made an im
pact. In 2000, Etter finished
eighth at the NCAA Champi
onships in the discus with a
throw of 166-feet-l 1-inches. Last
season, she deviated a bit, throw
ing for a mark of 139-2, dropping
to 19th overall.
This season, however, Etter has
already jumped to sixth in the na
tion at 173-6. She is still two feet
below her personal best, but has
been consistent this season.
“She is on a roll right now and
she feels great about herself,”
Heinonen said. “She’s enthusias
tic. She competes with a lot of
emotion.”
Unlike most athletes on the Ore
gon roster, Etter had never heard of
the shrine that is Hayward Field
before she came to the school.
Once she was here, she fully un
derstood the mystique of the 83
year old facility, and has since be
gun to carve a niche for herself in
Oregon track history.
Leadoff hitter Lovie Jung leads
the team in batting average (.431),
runs scored (47), doubles (8), hits
(50) and walks (30). Heading into
Arizona’s game today against
Oregon State, Jung has a 10-game
hitting streak that ties Manuma
for longest streak of the season.
The defending national cham
pion, Arizona is coming off two
tight games last weekend at home
against UCLA — the national
runner-up last year. The Wildcats
won the first game 6-5, and the
Bruins came back for a 3-2 win
“I had never even heard of
Hayward when I visited on re
cruiting trips,” Etter said. “Now,
you see Olympians practicing on
the track. It’s almost an expecta
tion you’ve got to fulfill.”
Etter has been in Track Town,
U.S.A. for almost three seasons
now. With one more year, she
hopes to further her mark into Ore
gon history. She will have some
obstacles on her way but some
help as well.
The season looks to be an suc
cessful one for the Pacific
Northwest native, and she still
has one thing to look forward to.
If the track and field gods deem
it so, she will take on Guante in
Baton Rouge.
With this possibility, Guante
has one question for Etter: “Can
you feel the heat?”
When told of Guante’s question,
Etter answered with a deep laugh.
When asked what she would say if
she met her rival at the NCAA
Championships, Etter replied, “I’ve
got a lot of things I’d say to her. ”
One thing is for certain: Etter
will let her throws speak for
themselves.
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
the following day.
Arizona State hosted UCLA
and Washington last weekend.
The Sun Devils came away with
three wins — 3-2 over UCLA on
Friday, 3-2 over Washington on
Saturday and 6-1 over the
Huskies again on Sunday.
The Ducks had their last two
games — a double header at Port
land State on Wednesday —
rained out.
E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot
at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com.
Women’s
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However, the Washington Dual
meet may not represent much of a
competition for the javelin four, as
Washington is not strong in the
event. However, it will give them a
chance to stay in shape, possibly
looking ahead to next weekend’s Mt.
SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.
“They love to compete at Hay
ward, (but) it’s not a big meet for
them in that event,” Heinonen said.
“It’s highly likely we’ll go one-two in
that event.
Oregon has defeated Washington
seven of the last nine times the two
schools have met, with the Ducks
prevailing last season, 88-65. The all
time series gives Oregon the big ad
vantage, 26-5, but that may not be the
case this year.
Heinonen said junior Janette
Davis has been suffering from shin
problems, which may keep her from
running against the Huskies. Davis,
a Pacific-10 Conference qualifier in
the 400-meter dash, was expected to
contribute heavily to Oregon’s
sprint group.
Another pivotal competitor, fresh
man Clarice Hayward-Lee, has her
foot in a boot, said Heinonen, but it
is unknown as to the extent of injury.
“If we don’t have Janette and
Clarice, we will be in trouble,”
Heinonen said.
Despite both athletes’ absences, the
Ducks are still expected to do well
against the Huskies, particularly in
the field events. Besides javelin, the
Ducks have had competitors in the
pole vault, discus and shot put do
well on a consistent basis all season.
Two athletes have been the pri
mary reason for Oregon’s resur
gence in these areas, and look to be
the front-runners to take first
! against Washington.
Etter, who took both sections of the
discus last week in Texas and was
second in the shot put, is one of
many Ducks to earn a NCAA provi
sional mark, but is the only one to do
it in two different events.
Last week she set a personal best
in the shot put at 49-feet-9.25 inches,
and came within two feet of her ca
reer best of 175-9 in the discus.
“I was happy with my perform
ance,” Etter said. “I’m still going for
that 180 (foot) goal.”
In the pole vault, the Ducks have
not one, but two NCAA provisional
qualifiers. Junior Becky Holliday,
who also has an NCAA automatic
mark at 13-7.25, and sophomore
Kirsten Riley team together as a sol
id group.
Riley placed seventh last week at
the Relays with a mark of 11-11.75.
But it is Holliday who has national
title aspirations. Her top outdoor
mark is currently fourth in the coun
try, but is still far behind her personal
best of 14-4, good enough for second
in the collegiate ranks last season.
“She got an NCAA automatic mark
and she won the event on her first
jump,” Heinonen said of Holliday’s
results last week. “She wants to go
higher and she has in the past. It’s
still an adaptation process for her.”
While the Ducks are expected to
excel in the team’s field events, the
sprinters are still a mixed bag.
Oregon has its fair share of Pac-10
qualifying marks, earned by Davis,
junior Eri MacDonald, sophomore k
Annette Mosey and freshman Laura
Harmon. However, more has been
expected of the talented group.
“We’d love to see our sprint group
demonstrate our potential because
there’s been a sense of frustration in
the 100 and 200,” Heinonen said.
“Our athletes are much better than
they’ve shown.”
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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