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route to the victory, giving them their sixth
straight championship. Stanford finished
third (121 points), with Arizona State fourth
(89). Host Washington State finished fifth (85),
a good margin ahead of the Ducks.
The Wildcats rolled in behind Oregon at
No. 7 (59), with California taking Oregon’s
spot from last season at eight (44), and
Washington finishing last for the second
year in a row (36).
As expected, Oregon pole vaulter Becky
Holliday and javelin participant Sarah Mal
one placed second in their respective
events. However, it was junior Jenny Brog
don who stole the show on the competi
tion’s first day, Saturday.
The La Grande native placed second in the
high jump at a height of 5-09.25, just behind
Washington State’s Whitney Evans. The jump
was a personal best for Brogdon, but does not
give her an NCAA provisional mark.
However, it did give Oregon eight points
and set the way for a successful weekend.
“My technique felt really fluid today,”
Brogdon said after-earning the sixth best jump
in Oregon history. “Usually, when I worry
about particular heights, I don’t do very well,
so I focused on just being relaxed and jump
ing loose and in control, and didn’t worry
about the little things. I felt great from the start
and was glad I could help the team.”
“Jenny’s performance was the biggest
breakthrough on Saturday,” Heinonen said.
“The high jump is a really mental event and
when you’re on, you can do great things.”
Sophomore Rachael Kriz placed seventh in
the event at 5-07.25 — also a career best —
giving the Ducks an additional two points,
helping the team to 41 overall on day one.
Oregon finished Saturday in second place,
10 points behind leader Stanford. UCLA was
n’t far behind at 32, while eventual runner-up
USC was locked in a fifth-place tie with
Washington State at 31 points.
Malone, who finished second last season to
USC’s Inga Stasiulionyte in the javelin, could
n’t get out of the sophomore’s shadow again
and replicated her finish from a year ago. Sta
siulionyte upped her national best throw in
the javelin to 186-10, a comfortable lead over
Malone who finished at 171-09.
The javelin throw, however, was Oregon’s
best event as the squad finished two-four
five-six en route to 20 points. Freshman
Roslyn Lundeen made her first appearance
at the Pac-lOs a successful one, finishing
fourth (163-11). Fellow freshman Elisa
Crumley took fifth (160-06), while junior
Charyl Weingarten earned a personal best
mark with a throw of 158-08 (sixth).
“I was a little disappointed to get second
again,” Malone said, “although Inga threw
well and deserved the win. The Pac-10 has
gotten so tough, and I was proud of how
Charyl and the freshmen stepped up. We’ve
been pushing each all year, and it helped
having the whole group here to keep each
other focused.”
Day one was much kinder to the Ducks, as
the squad fell to six after day two.
Oregon, which had earned more points
during day one than the entire competition in
2001, was held in check by the national pow
ers and was able to earn only 27 points. Most
of those came from the team’s pole vaulters, a
group that earned 11 points with second and
sixth place finishes.
Holliday edged out friend and national
leader Tracy O’Hara of UCLA with a jump of
13-9 3/4, but was not able to overcome Ari
zona’s Amy Linnen (14-1 3/4). Sophomore
Kirsten Riley improved from last season’s
lOth-place finish to earn sixth with a season
best of 12-10.
“It was a good day,” Holliday said. “I know
exactly what I have to do now.”
Junior Mary Etter did not disappoint as
well, taking third in the discus with a throw
of 169-1. Her finish earned Oregon five
points, and coupled with junior Amanda
Brown’s sixth place finish in the triple jump
(40-2 3/4) and junior Jordan Sauvage’s eighth
place mark in the hammer (183-9), helped the
Ducks hold off Arizona.
“A lot of people are really happy,” Etter
said from the road Sunday. “It’s an individual
sport, but it’s a team thing.”
E-mail sports reporter Hank Hager
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Courtesy Washington State Media Services
For the second time in as many years, Oregon sophomore Sarah Malone finished second in the Pac-10
—behind USC’s Inga Stasiulionyte—in the javelin.
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