Sports Editor:
Adam Jude
adamjude@dailyemerald.com
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Tuesday, May 7,2002
There's nothing
a good morning
shower can t cure
Water, electricity and sports — three of life’s essentials. The
only problem is getting them together.
But I have a plan, something that will revolutionize the
modern morning and combine these three invaluable ele
ments: A waterproof TV that fits in the shower, allowing us
avid sports fans to get our morning fix of “SportsCenter.”
Think about the possibilities: On a consistent basis, you’d
have something to look forward to when
that damn alarm goes off — a reason to get
out of bed. Better yet, you don’t have to
worry about catching the late-night “Sports
Center” when you’re at the bars or watch
ing “The Osbournes” (which is a close sec
ond as the best program on the tube).
Heck, if you have your sights set on
graduation, you could even study some in
the evening, considering you already have
time set aside the next morning for sports.
The best part is you get to spend more
time in the shower, without question the
most vital part of the day. Seriously. What
we do without the morning shower?
In case you’re not completely con
vinced, let me lay out a typical morning
for you. Let me show you the difference a TV-shower can
make for your well-being.
Bear with me:
I know a guy who often wakes up 10 minutes before class,
throws on some shoes and heads to school. It’s a rarity for him
to shave or put on deodorant, much less shower or put on a
clean pair of underwear.
You may have had a class with this guy or someone like him.
You no longer have to wonder why you get sick so much.
But what if he had a TV-shower? I guarantee you that this guy
(it’s not me, by the way) would be more motivated to get out of bed,
say, even 20 minutes earlier. We all know sleep is great, but what,
really, is another 20 minutes of sleep going to do? Not much. But if
you use those 20 precious minutes to motivate yourself for a grand
day—shoot, the world would be a much happier place.
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UO men’s golf team
seeded 11th in NCAA
■The Ducks, who finished fifth at the Pac-10
Championships, will pair up with Nevada and Ohio State
in the first rounds of the NCAA West Regional
By Adam Jude
Oregon Daily Emerald
The Oregon men’s golf team, fresh off a fifth-place finish at the
Pacific-10 Conference Championships, was named the No. 11
seed Monday in the NCAA West Regional.
“That’s just about where we expect
ed to be based on our district rank
ings,” Oregon head coach Steve
Nosier said.
The Ducks are one of nine Pac-10 teams
to qualify for the West Regional, to be
played at the May 16 through 18 at the
South Champions Course in Albuquerque,
N.M. The top 10 teams and two individuals from each region
will advance to the NCAA Championships beginning May
29 in Columbus, Ohio.
Pac-10 champion USC, ranked No. 6 in the country, was
named the top seed in the West. Georgia Tech will represent
the East as the No. 1 seed while Texas Christian locked up the
top spot in the Central.
Texas and Minnesota head to the West as the No. 2 and No.
3 seeds, respectively, while Fresno State, Washington, New
Mexico, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Arizona and Nevada
round out the top-10.
Oregon will pair up with Nevada and No. 12-seed Ohio
State in the first two rounds of the tournament.
Despite finishing third in the Pac-10 Championships at
Corvallis’ Trysting Tree Golf Course on April 27, Oregon State
was not invited to the NCAA Regional. Oregon State senior
David Yarnes will compete as an individual.
E-mail sports editor Adam Jude at adamjude@dailyemerald.com.
Two of nation’s best dual in L.A.
Thomas Patterson Emerald
The nation’s No. 1 runner in the 100, USC’s Angela Williams (right), hugging Shakedia Jones of
UCLA at last season’s NCAA Championships, took first in the event in their dual meet.
■ USC and UCLA prove once again
that Pac-10 schools are having
spectacular seasons in track and field
By Hank Hager
Oregon Daily Emerald
When looking across the broad spec
trum of rivalries in the collegiate sport
ing world, Oregon and Washington
rank high on the list.
Oregon and Oregon State rank just a
little bit higher. Neither rivalry,
though, can even come close to USC
and UCLA.
The Trojans and Bruins, separated by
the amount of smog in the heavy Los
Angeles air, are enemies. From sport to
sport, the two schools duke it out.
And that’s no different with track
and field.
USC has had former Olympian Sher
ry Calvert, a four-time All-American
javelin thrower. Ashley Selman contin
ued the school’s success in the event
with a 1990 NCAA title. Current Trojan
Inga Stasiulionyte is currently No. 1 in
the country in the javelin this season.
Then there is UCLA. The Bruins
have seen athletes like Jackie Joyner
Kersee and Florence Griffith-Joyner —
two of the best in the history in the
sport — roam the campus. And now,
the tradition continues with Tracy
O’Hara, the No. 1 collegiate pole
vaulter in the country this year.
The USC-UCLA dual meet is an
honored tradition for the two
schools, and came to the forefront
Saturday when they met at the Bru
ins’ Drake Stadium.
“When you come to this meet, the
dope sheet, the trash-talking and the
back-and-forth doesn't matter,” UCLA
head coach Jeanette Bolden told the
Daily Bruin. “What matters is, when
you walk in that stadium, who’s going
to get to the line first, who’s going to
throw the furthest, and who’s going to
jump the highest?”
For the record, UCLA won the meet,
111-92, with 8,094 in attendance.
Dope sheets and trash talking at a
track and field meet? That’s why the
Pacific-10 Conference is one of the
most intense and competitive confer
ences in all the land.
Pac-10 reign
The Conference of Champions is
lighting up the national track and
field lists.
Turn to Track, page 8
Former UW football player dies at age 24
■Curtis Williams, paralyzed in a
football game two years ago, died
Monday at his brother’s home
By Peter Hockaday
Oregon Daily Emerald
Former Washington football player
Curtis Williams, paralyzed in a game
two years ago, died Monday at his
brother’s home in Fresno, Calif.
Williams died from complications
that arose from his paralysis. He turned
24 on Saturday.
“This has been a real tragedy, from
that late October day until today when
he passed away,” Husky coach Rick
Neuheisel said in a release. “Although
he was confined to a wheelchair, Cur
tis taught all of us associated with
Husky football the true meaning of the
word courage.”
Oregon head coach Mike Bellotti sent
his condolences to the Washington
team in the form of a letter Monday af
ternoon, according to an Oregon Athlet
ic Department official.
Williams was paralyzed from the
neck down after the safety had a hel
met-to-helmet hit with Stanford’s Kerry
Carter in a game Oct. 28, 2000. He re
turned to Husky Stadium for the first
time since his injury to witness Wash
ington’s Spring Game on April 27.
“When Curtis came to campus two
weeks ago, there were so many posi
tives to look forward to,” Washington
Athletic Director Barbara Hedges said.
“I talked to him at the baseball game
and at the Spring Game. He was very
upbeat. He was thrilled to see his
teammates and to meet with the aca
demic services staff about completing
his degree.”
Williams had been a source of inspi
ration for the Washington team since
his injury. He attended the Huskie
2001 Rose Bowl victory and the tea
engraved “CW” into their Rose Bo\
rings. Last season, the Huskies wo
black “CW” patches to commemora
the former star.
“I will always admire Curtis for h
tremendous courage and for inspirii
all of us to learn to persevere in tou^
times,” Neuheisel said. “We alwa'
said that he was a warrior on the fiel
What we learned was that he was
warrior in life.”
After his injury, the Washington At
letic Department established the Curt
Williams Fund to raise money fi
’round-the-clock care. The fur
reached approximately $400,000 ar
will now be used to fund “The Curt
Williams Scholarship” at Washington
E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday
at peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.