~ Kent
continued from page 9
USA team was a “must-do... be
cause of visibility,” much like his
decision to allow ESPN cameras to
follow the Ducks during the NCAA
Tournament in March.
“We have to do these things still
to keep ourselves in the national
spotlight,” he said.
The recruiting advantages, how
ever, were not the only determining
factor in Kent’s decision to accept
the position. Duke coach Mike
Krzyzewski and Kansas’ Roy
Williams were among the members
of the USA Basketball committee
who offered Kent the job.
“The honor part of it is huge to
me,” Kent said. “The fact that your
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peers have selected you head coach
of USA Basketball obviously re
flects well on Oregon and what this
program has accomplished.”
Kent’s assistant coaches on the
USA team will be Bob McKillop
of Davidson and Gary Waters
of Rutgers.
NBA Draft update
It was hard to miss “Big Chris”
on the small screen Wednesday.
Chris Christoffersen, the 7-foot-2
former Oregon post, was featured on
ESPN’s “SportsCenter” in a pre-NBA
Draft workout in Chicago. Of course,
Christoffersen wasn’t the main at
traction for the 65 NBA scouts and
200 spectators on hand — that be
longed to “Bigger Yao,” 7-foot-5 Yao
Ming of China, who is expected to be
a top pick in the June draft.
Suffice to say, Christoffersen did
not steal the spotlight from Ming,
but the Denmark native did im
press some scouts.
“I talked to Big Chris (Wednes
day), I spoke to his agent and
(NBA vice president of basketball
operations)
Stu Jackson,” Kent said. “Chris
was very excited and they all spoke
very highly of the job he did and the
fact that he really helped himself. He
couldn’t help but help himself.”
Kent also said former Oregon
guard Freddie Jones is scheduled
for his first individual workout
with the Phoenix Suns next week.
NBAdraft.net has Jones projected
as a first round pick in the draft,
while Christoffersen is a projected
second-rounder.
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude
at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
Men’s
continued from page 9
gon already has the maximum
number of 24 athletes qualified for
the conference meet, the Ducks
will be looking for the best 24 pos
sible to take to the postseason.
All of the seven Oregon athletes
headed to the Cardinal Invite to
day are qualified for the Pac-10
meet, but six are in the hunt for
NCAA provisional or automatic
times. Sophomore Jason Hartmann
is qualified for the national colle
giate meet in the 10,000-meter
race, but he will run in the 5,000 at
the Stanford meet.
Also running the 5,000, but in
different sections, are Ducks
Adam Bergquist, Eric Logsdon
and John Lucas. Bergquist and Lu
cas are qualified for the Pac-10
5,000 and are both less than 11
seconds slower than the NCAA
provisional time, while Logsdon
is qualified in the 1,500 but hasn’t
run the 5,000 this season.
The Oregon crew that is headed
to Ohio State on Sunday has more
field athletes and more Ducks
looking for Pac-10 marks. Sopho
more Allan Amundson, a football
player now focusing on track full
time, will shoot for a Pac-10 time
in the 100 and will look to lead the
4x100 relay squad. Another foot
ball player, wide receiver Samie
Parker, will also compete in the
100 and the 4x100, and will try to
bump his Pac-10 mark up to an
NCAA time.
On the field, junior James March
will try to break out of his shell
and qualify for his first Pac-10
meet in either the shot put or the
discus. March’s season bests are
short of Pac-10 marks by three feet
in the shot put and 10 feet in the
discus.
The stars of the Oregon field
will also be on display Sunday.
Trevor Woods will look to break
18 feet in the pole vault for the
second time this season and
Adam Kriz will try to keep his
momentum going from previous
standout meets. The pole vault
unit will be complete for the first
time in a while, as senior Cody
Howell is set to return from a
hand injury and will make his
first bid for an NCAA-caliber
height this season.
In the high jump, senior Jason
Boness is still hunting for an
NCAA height this season after
qualifying for the national meet in
his first three seasons. Senior
Kyley Johnson, who has qualified
for the Pac-lOs, will also compete
this weekend.
In the middle distances, senior
Simon Kimata is set to return to
action this weekend after two
weeks of resting his strained left
Achilles. He will compete in the
800 with senior Ross Krempley,
who is looking to qualify for his
first NCAA meet but is already
qualified for the Pac-lOs.
In all, more than 22 Oregon ath
letes will compete this weekend.
And head coach Smith will only
need two personalities to follow
them all.
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Women’s
continued from page 9
In the javelin, the Oregon women
may be seriously tested.
Perhaps the only other school in
the nation to field as strong of a
javelin team as the Ducks, Kansas
State has three throwers ranked in
the top 30 in the nation.
Oregon has sophomore Sarah
Malone at No. 2, freshman Elisa
Crumley at five, and freshman
Roslyn Lundeen at No. 10, an un
matched group. But the Wildcats
come close.
Kendra Wecker leads the pack at
No. 6, with Austra Skujyte close at
nine. Closing out the group is Tabra
Alpers at No. 26, one spot behind
Oregon junior Charyl Weingarten.
“(Wecker) has huge potential, but
she just doesn’t have good coaching
right now,” Malone said. “She has
horrible form and technique, but
she is the most incredible athlete
I’ve ever seen. She is just a perfect
specimen of a female athlete.”
The biggest test for any one Ore
gon athlete will go to junior Mary
Etter. The Everett, Wash., native
will go against some of the best in
the nation, and according to
Heinonen, should be up to the chal
lenge.
“It’ll be a lot like the Pac-10
Championships in the shot for
Mary,” Heinonen said.
Etter is 35th in the nation in the
event, and will face off against Sku
jyte — second in the nation — as
well as Nebraska’s Becky Breisch,
who is seventh, and Kansas State’s
Rebekah Green, the thrower with
the 16th best mark.
Etter will also get the chance to
compete in the hammer and discus.
All-in-all, the four-way scoring
meet will give Oregon a chance to
up its marks in anticipation of the
Pac-10 Championships and ulti
mately the NCAA version in Baton
Rouge, La., a week later.
However, it will also be about
team, as it is the last chance for the
Ducks to compete as a whole in a
scoring meet this season.
“I’d like to think we’ll see a team
effort, but it’s an individual sport,”
Heinonen said. “It’s about people
striving for their own marks and
cheering for their teammates along
the way.”
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
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