Cross countiy jumps to fifth nationally
Strong eariy-season showings have
vaulted the Ducks in the national polls
Cross country
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
After finishing first at the Roy Griak Invita
tional on Sept. 28, the men’s cross country
team is making a move in the national poll.
The men started the season ranked
ninth, and in the first season poll were
bumped to tenth.
At the Griak meet, the men won the team
title for the first time. The Ducks’ five scoring
runners finished within 14 seconds of each
other, led by sophomore Ryan Andrus, who
finished eighth overall.
Oregon won the team title by nine points at
the Griak, edging out Eastern Michigan and
Weber State. The race featured 12 teams
ranked in the top 40 at the time.
The team’s first-place finish at the Griak
meet helped its ranking. In all three polls re
leased since that meet, the men have been
ranked fifth in the nation and second in the
West region.
Stanford, with 10 of the 16 first-place votes,
is the only West region team ranked ahead of
Oregon. Arkansas, from the South Central re
gion, is ranked second. Colorado and North
ern Arizona, both from the Mountain region,
are ranked third and fourth, respectively.
Skipping past Pre-Nationals
The men’s team is taking more time to train
together and be ready for the championship
races that lie ahead.
The men are passing up on the Pre-Nation
al meet Saturday, which would give them the
opportunity to preview the LaVem Gibson XC
course. The course, in Terre Haute, Ind., is
the course where the NCAA Championships
will be held in November.
Every year, several top-25 teams travel to
the Pre-National meet to test out the course
for that year. Stanford, the top-ranked men’s
team, will be there this year, along with other
nationally ranked teams.
Healing happens
Redshirt senior Carrie Zografos and junior
Magdalena Sandoval are both healthy enough to
run in the Pre-National meet. They sat out the
Willamette invitational on Oct. 5 with injuries.
“A little regular training and a lot of alter
native training,” is what Sandoval did during
the past training period, according to head
coach Tom Heinonen. Sandoval had an in
jured hamstring after the Griak meet.
Zografos had tight calves after the Griak
meet. Heinonen said she did most of the
regular training between Willamette and
this week.
Running while injured
Nori Gordon, an Oregon freshman from
South Eugene High School, is already sitting
out after just joining the team.
Gordon ran unattached in the Willamette
Invitational and finished 36th. The Ducks
picked her up after the meet. During her
physical, an old stress fracture she was run
ning on was discovered. She is sitting out
while the injury heals.
Going back North on Interstate 5
On Oct. 26, both the men and women will
send squads to Corvallis for the Beaver Clas
sic. The meet will be one of the six meets
each team must run in to qualify as a
Division-I school.
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer for the Emerald.
Soccer
continued from page 13
Etter finds that soccer doesn’t
hinder her track workouts. Head
coach Bill Steffen can see Etter’s
strong work ethic and likes what she
brings to the team.
“Mary as a person has a good
work rate, so she’s able to do this
without getting stressed or worn-out
or frustrated,” Steffen said. “She’s
brought a lot of energy, it’s just a
part of her nature. She has really de
veloped in the short time she has
been with us.”
Etter saw her first action in Ore
gon’s game against Wisconsin-Green
Bay when she played 32 minutes
and recorded one save.
That was the first time the senior
from Everett, Wash, had seen action
since she was MVP and a three-year
letterwinner for Snohomish High
School, which won a state title in
1997, Etter’s sophomore year.
Etter didn’t expect much when
she walked onto the Oregon soccer
team and even receiving a T-shirt
was a surprise to her. But so far, she
is loving her experience and having
a great time.
Injury Update Sophomore goal
keeperDomenique Lainez is start
ing to practice again after suffering
a serious right ankle sprain in
early September.
Lainez normally backs up Peters
Adam Amato Emerald
Freshman Jessica Fetzer (21) and the Ducks have been plagued by injuries to star players
like Nicole Garbin this season.
as second-string goalkeeper, and
Steffen said she is about 60 percent.
“Dom is starting to be able to do
things now and her mobility has got
ten a lot better,” Steffen said. “Her
strength and ability to kick a ball is
still limited by her injury. She is at
that second stage right now where
she has done all the rehab stuff, but
now you have to get back and do all
the real world stuff.”
Sophomore forward Nicole Garbin
and freshman forward Andrea
Valadez have anterior cruciate liga
ment injuries and will be out the
rest of the season as redshirts.
Contact the sports reporter
atjessethomas@dailyemerald.com.
Basketball
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Grosswhite is one of the tallest
players on the team at 6-foot-ll,
while Matt Short is the tallest at 7
feet.
Still, the big men are in awe of
the speed that surrounds them.
“We’re a fast running team,”
Grosswhite said with an unbeliev
ing look on his face. “I’m positive
we get off faster than last year.”
James Davis
“Everybody’s got something to
prove on this team,” Davis said.
“I’ve got something to prove, the
young guys are all out there to
prove themselves. We never stop
working.”
If it’s even possible, Davis said
the Ducks’ disappointing season
from two years ago — his fresh
man year — still haunts and mo
tivates them for this season.
“It gives you a hunger to win,”
Davis said. “We got an appetite.
It’s a lot better to be winning than
losing, and now we know what it
takes to win.”
Davis said his first week has
been all about leadership.
“When I see a young guy strug
gling, I think that’s how I was two
years ago,” Davis said. “I just try
to take them under my wing, just
make sure they pay attention to
the little things. It’s an adjust
ment coming in here.”
Davis, at 21, is one of the oldest
members of the team this year.
Only Johnson, Ridnour and
Helquist are older. But the junior
is still working as hard as ever,
just like the rest of the Ducks.
“We’re working hard, man,”
Davis said. “It’s competition, but
it’s good competition.”
Contact the sports editor at
peterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Sports briefs
So many sports...
The Oregon Athletic Department
has been planning the addition of a
new women’s sport since Phil Knight
announced his intent to re-donate to
the Ducks last year. The only ques
tion is: Which sport?
A poll on the Athletic Department’s
Web site, www.goducks.com, offers
several possibilities, of which the most
popular possibilities are swimming
and diving, gymnastics, lacrosse and
ice hockey. Swimming and diving is
the most popular choice, with 30.6
percent of the vote.
The new sport would most likely
be a women’s sport in an effort to
comply with Title IX.
The winning Wenslow
The Oregon women’s golf team is
headed to Palo Alto, Calif., this
weekend for the Stanford Pepsi
Intercollegiate.
The Ducks’ new star, Therese
Wenslow, will look to continue her tor
rid pace from the fall into the Stanford
tournament. Wenslow, a true fresh
man from Sweden, has been setting
Oregon records like they were her
VCR. So far this fall, Wenslow has set
the Oregon freshman single-round
and 54-hole records.
The Ducks will face the nation’s
top competition in California. In
cluded in the field are top teams like
Georgia, Vanderbilt and Texas A&M.
“We haven’t played bad in our first
two tournaments this season,” Ore
gon head coach Shannon Rouillard
said. “This is another midterm for
us, though it will be another
challenging one.”
The Ducks begin play at the Pepsi
Intercollegiate on Friday morning.
—Peter Hockaday
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