Women’s
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Lundeen will participate this weekend.
Sophomore Sarah Malone also has one of
the two NCAA automatic bids the Ducks
have earned this season.
“Our javelin throwers have really hit the
ground running,” Heinonen said.
With a squad that features 16 juniors and 16
freshman, the Ducks are relatively young.
Their top junior, Becky Holliday, is a transfer
who is still adjusting to Division I competition.
Two of the team’s pole vaulters, Lundeen
and Elisa Crumley, are freshmen. Both have
posted marks that are good enough to be in
the top 10 in the nation.
Finally, freshman Katie McKeever is com
ing on strong of late, competing in the shot
put, discus and hammer in her first season as
a Duck.
It may still be too early to tell if the key ath
letes are maturing, but the team’s marks, with
the exception of the Washington Dual, have
been improving on a consistent basis.
“If you equate good marks with maturing,
then yes, we are maturing,” Heinonen said.
Now, the Ducks go up against the best of
the best. Holliday, almost unequaled in the
nation, will take on some of the nation’s
finest in the pole vault.
The javelin squad is expected to finish
high at Mt. SAC, while junior Mary Etter will
pull a busy weekend.
Etter starts off at the Pomona Pitzer Invita
tional today, competing in the shot put and
discus throw. In the shot, she will be accom
panied by McKeever. In the discus, McKeev
er and junior Jordan Sauvage will attempt to
earn high honors as well.
After competing in the two events today,
Etter will compete in the hammer throw at
Mt. SAC on Saturday, again accompanied by
Sauvage. Finally, she ends her weekend with
more attempts in the shot put and discus.
With the Ducks spread out through the three
meets, including the Long Beach Invitational,
personal marks become more important.
“Last week was for the team. It made
everybody’s performances important,”
Heinonen said. “Now, we’re back to indi
vidual track and field. We’re back to track
and field as it is these days.”
But that doesn’t make the events any less
important. With world-class athletes on the
docket in every competition, Oregon will be
challenged intensely.
More important will be Oregon’s ability to
compete in pressurized settings in unfamil
iar territory.
It is all about “learning to compete against
people we’ll never see again,” Heinonen said.
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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Junior Jordan
Sauvage and the
rest of the Ducks
are primed to
impress in four
separate meets
in Southern
California.
Oregon will send
19 athletes
south.
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