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Men’s continued from page 9 Parker was the only Oregon athlete to qualify for next week end’s Pac-10 Championships at the Twilight. In the nine events not won by Kent, Duck athletes won four. The biggest surprise of the meet was Jason Hartmann’s run in the 3,000. The sophomore, who already has an NCAA-quali fying time in the 10,000 and Pac 10 time in the 5,000, was running Women’s continued from page 9 hard coming back from an injury. I pulled it down the first time, and it felt really good.” Finishing her day, Brown took first in the triple jump with a mark of 38-08 3/4. Not to be upstaged, Etter made it her kind of day in the throwing events. After failing to register a distance due to fouls in the hammer, the jun ior came back strong, taking the shot put by eight feet (48-11 3/4) and outdistancing teammate Jordan Sauvage in the discus with a mark of 177-05. Etter’s discus throw was a nine inch personal best, a throw that was less than 1 1/2 feet away from an NCAA automatic mark. However, she has already earned a NCAA provisional. “The disc went really well — lifetime best,” Etter said. “And a competitive 3,000 for the first time this season and was a late entry into the meet. He finished second with a time of 8:20.02, but didn’t qualify for the postseason because the 3,000 is not a cham pionship event. In an emotional high jump, Oregon senior Kyley Johnson won, matched his personal best of 7-0 1/2 and had three good at tempts at the NCAA provisional height of 7-1 3/4. But the focus of the introductions was on senior Jason Boness, the school record the shot is still consistent, so I’m happy.” Sauvage, the aforementioned winner of the hammer, did so in convincing fashion. Her top dis tance of 183-3 was six inches shy of an NCAA provisional mark. The junior was far ahead of the curve in the event, bettering Ore gon’s Jamie Burk by more than 20 feet. “I had a really good series,” she said. “I definitely want more. I’m very excited, and I’m peaking at the right time.” Sauvage finished off her day by taking second in the discus (153 08). It may not have been a personal best, but junior Eri Macdonald kept her winning ways going strong, tak ing first in the 800 (2:08.70). Junior Alicia Snyder-Carlson (2:12.56) and Annette Mosey (2:12.88) fol lowed close behind, with the for mer registering a personal best. The Ducks swept the 100 holder who wasn’t competing be cause of an injury. The meet was Boness’ last in an Oregon uniform at Hayward Field. The other Duck winners on Sat urday were Trevor Woods in the pole vault, James March in the shot put and Sean Sanderson in the 110 hurdles. Woods and hammer thrower Adam Kriz both notched impres sive marks, but both fell short of their own previous NCAA quali fiers. Former Duck Lance Deal, a four — Heather Murtaugh claiming first in a field of nothing but Oregon runners — and almost did the same in the 200, with Janette Davis (24.85) easily defeating Southern Oregon’s Tiwana Merritt. “I hada really good series. I definitely want more. I’m very excited, and I’m peaking at the right time. ” Jamie Burk junior Finishing the day, Ann Sullivan (14.41) narrowly defeated team mate Lucretia Larkin (14.81) in the 100 hurdles. In what may have been the most anticipated event of the day, unat tached Oregon athlete Niki Reed claimed victory in the pole vault. The senior, who is redshirting the season, was awarded first with time Olympian and the American record holder in the hammer, won the event Saturday with a throw of 240 feet. The Ducks will now focus on * the Pac-10 Championships, which start on Saturday in Pull man, Wash. Oregon has 28 ath letes qualified for the event, and many of those athletes chose to sit out the Twilight instead of risking injury against the low-lev el competition. E-mail sports reporter Peter Hockaday atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com. a height of 13-05 1/4. Oregon en trant Becky Holliday also cleared the same height, but Reed did so in fewer chances. With the wind at their backs, higher marks were expected. Holl iday, who has a top height of 14-1 1/4 this season, was clearly disap pointed. “I just wasn’t in to it,” she said. “I’m frustrated. I didn’t feel good on the runway. I didn’t feel relaxed. I didn’t feel confident. I didn’t have a good warm-up. Maybe I was just coming into this with too much go ing on in my head.” In the last event of the afternoon, Sarah Malone outdueled team mates Charyl Weingarten and Rachael Kriz in the javelin. Malone out-threw Weingarten by 14-feet, and Kriz, who had yet to make an appearance in the event this season, took third ahead of George Fox’s Gina Coolen. E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager at hankhager@dailyemerald.com. ODE on the world wide web: www.dailvemerald.com Softball continued from page 9 In the seventh, Mari Lyn Petrick smacked a two-run double to cen ter, putting Oregon ahead 4-0. Oregon’s lone run in Game 1 of the twin bill was a solo home run from Andrea Vidlund in the fourth inning. In Friday’s game at California’s Levine-Fricke Field, Oregon charged out to a 2-0 lead in the first inning but could not tally another run in the last six frames. Alyssa Laux led off the game with a double to left-center and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Vidlund followed with a successful squeeze bunt to score Laux. After Cal freshman pitcher Kelly Anderson walked the next two batters, Ashley Richards lofted a single to left that scored Vidlund. Anderson struck out Janell Bergstrom and got Erin Goodell to ground out, ending the Oregon threat. “This is a game that we should have won,” Rincon said. “It wasn’t a matter of them taking it away from us, it was a matter of us getting a little flat after we had the lead.” In the home-half of the fourth, California’s Candace Harper led off with a homer to right center off of McMurren. With one out, freshman Jessica Pamanian blasted a two-run homer to left that gave the Bears the 3-2 lead. Anissa Meashintubby re lieved McMurren for the final two and two thirds innings and shut down the California offense strik ing out four. The Bears’ relief was also out standing as Cassie Bobrow pitched the final four and a third innings to record the win. E-mail sports reporter Chris Cabot at chriscabot@dailyemerald.com. 1 ..■.""T Join the Peer Health Ed. 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