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Monday, April 15,2002
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Oregon Daily Emerald
Duck men and women complete UW sweep
! ■MEN: I revor Woods joins an
elite group in the pole vault and
leads Oregon to a 117-81 victory
in Saturday’s Washington Dual
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
On Saturday at Hayward Field,
Oregon men’s track and field
proved that yes, Eugene is still
Track Town, and yes, the Ducks still
know their way around a track.
Doubters who thought that in
juries to stars John Stiegeler and San
tiago Lorenzo would ruin Oregon’s
season were silenced when the
Ducks won points
from all sorts of
unlikely places,
knocking off
Washington 117
81 in a dual meet
Saturday.
Oregon athletes
notched 18 personal bests and won
14 of the meet’s 19 events en route
to the blowout victory over the
Huskies.
“These guys really stepped it up
today,” Oregon head coach Martin
Smith said. “We’ve had a rough
week, but I was proud of how the
kids came together.”
The most impressive individual
mark of the meet came from pole
vaulter Trevor Woods, who joined
the elite “18-foot club” in dramatic
fashion. With the large home crowd
rocking, sophomore Woods hit his
jump at 18 feet, 1/2 inch to move
into fourth place all-time at Oregon
and third nationally this season.
“If you’re an 18-foot vaulter,
you’re an elite vaulter,” an elated
Woods said.
Despite his excitement over the
mark, Woods was more excited
about the team’s victory.
“This proves that, as a team, we
can still go out and get marks,”
Woods said. “We believe that as a
team we can win Pac-lOs. Easily.”
Junior Adam Kriz joined Woods
in leading Oregon’s dominance in
the field events Saturday. Kriz
notched an NCAA provisional
mark in the hammer, the first
event of the day, with a toss of
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Adam Jones Emerald
Lett: Sophomore
Trevor Woods, an
All-American last
year, moved to
fourth on Oregon’s
all-time list after
clearing the
18-foot mark in
the pole vault
Saturday.
Bottom: Oregon’s
Laura Harmon
(10) finished
second and
Annette Mosey
(24) was third
in the 1,500
meter run
Saturday at
Hayward Field.
Oregon defeated
the Huskies
105-95.
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■WOMEN: Despite less-than-perfect weather,
t he Ducks defeat Washington for the eighth time
in 10 years, helped by nine individual wins Saturday
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
Hayward Field has seen snow, rain, sleet and the occa
sional ray of sun so far this season.
There was no snow or sleet, but the rains came in full
force Saturday at the fabled track facility. But that didn’t
matter much to the Oregon women’s track and field team.
Washington attempted to overtake the Ducks, but Ore
gon, with wins in nine individual events, won the dual
meet, 105-95.
As expected, Oregon dominated the
field events, but also saw the track por
tion of the dual meet come through
with impressive times.
Junior Eri Macdonald pulled the Hay
ward crowd to its feet as she overtook
Washington’s Courtney Inman in the
last 100 feet of the 800-meter run. She set a personal best
with a time of 2:06.37 and now stands seventh in the event
in Oregon’s all-time record book.
Macdonald’s win led the track portion of the day for the
Oregon squad, with freshman Nikki Ferguson placing third
in the 100 with a time of 12.80 and freshman Michelle
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Linebacker Garret Graham takes down Onterrio Smith (2) in Oregon’s first spring scrimmage.
Defense shines in first scrimmage
■The Oregon defense limits the offense
to just one touchdown and a field goal
in the spring’s first scrimmage
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
Samie Parker played just a few snaps, recording
only one catch. Keenan Howry, recovering from
shoulder surgery, stood on the sideline in street
clothes. Onterrio Smith — rushing for just five
yards — maybe should have.
Oregon’s offensive stars were MIA at the team’s
first spring scrimmage Saturday at the Moshofsky
Center, where an experienced defense held the of
fense to just one touchdown and one field goal
during the 90-minute session.
“The defense is ahead right now, and they typ
ically are in the first couple scrimmages,” Ore
gon head coach Mike Bellotti said. “I was im
pressed that we had five or six guys flying
around the ball. I was impressed with the colli
sions out there today. We continued to play fast
defensively, and I like that.”
In the battle for the starting quarterback spot, no
one stood out — Bellotti said nothing will change
in the depth chart this week — as the three signal
callers combined for two interceptions and no
touchdowns. Junior Jason Fife completed 3-of-7
passes for 24 yards, redshirt freshman Kellen
Clemens was 6-for-10 for 60 yards and sophomore
Scott Vossmeyer was 5-for-ll for 49 yards.
“The defense always is (ahead), but that does
n’t excuse our offensive performance,” Fife said.
“I made some good decisions, but I would’ve
liked to do more.”
Clemens, No. 2 in the depth chart behind Fife,
showed the most promise — and excitement —
before throwing an interception to safety
Stephen Clayton, who made the catch and re
turned it for a touchdown.
“At times I did well, but there were times I
could’ve done better,” Clemens said.
Redshirt freshman Justin Phinisee, starting at
cornerback with junior Steven Moore, intercepted
a Vossmeyer pass in the scrimmage.
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