Ducks head to nationals
Oregon men’s cross country
and womerfc qualifier Carrie
Zografbs run in today’s NCAA
Championships meet
Cross Country
Mindi Rice
Freelance Sports Reporter
After finishing second to Stanford
in its past two meets, the sixth
ranked men’s cross country team
knows exactly where it needs to be
during the NCAA Championships.
“We can use them as a reference
point in the race,” redshirt sopho
more Ryan Andrus said. “They’re a
talented team and obviously the fa
vorite to win and should have five or
six guys up front.”
The Ducks will race against Stan
ford and 29 other teams in Terre
Haute, Ind., during today’s NCAA
meet.
“National races are always intimi
dating,” Andrus said. “You have to be
ready to play, and speaking for the
team, we’re confident and excited
about the challenge this year.”
Senior Jason Hartmann, who fin
ished second individually in both the
Pacific-10 Conference Champi
onships and the Western Regional
Championships this year, will pace
the Oregon men. Andrus has been
right behind Hartmann in both races.
“Ryan has run aggressively this
year and has really lifted his level,”
men’s head coach Martin Smith said.
“He and Jason run their own individ
ual races and find their own level in
each race, and I don’t think anything
will change in this meet. They have
different running styles which is
good in some ways that they don’t
have to rely on each other if they
won’t or can’t.”
Also running for Oregon will be
juniors Brett Holts and Noel Paulson,
redshirt junior John Lucas, redshirt
sophomore Eric Logsdon, redshirt
freshman Will Viviani and freshman
Shane Ahlers.
Hartmann, a native of Rockford,
Mich., has family and friends coming
to the meet.
“It’s not quite a homefield advan
tage, but it’ll be nice to have them,
there,” Hartmann said. “I’m sure all
the guys on the team will benefit
from their cheering.”
On the women’s side, redshirt sen
ior Carrie Zografos earned an indi
vidual spot in the meet, and will also
compete in today’s meet.
“She has a great chance to do well,
and will probably use her best tactic
so far — to get out but stay relaxed,
and then run up through the pack,”
women’s head coach Tom Heinonen
said. “It’s a fast course and also has
some hills — things she likes. She’s
much more confident and ready to
go this time around.”
Zografos will be the third individ
ual who has qualified for Heinonen
in the four years his team has not.
Men's
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“We’ve been waiting a long time
for this,” Ridnour said. “It was fun to
get a chance to get out there.”
If there was one area of concern for
the Ducks after Sunday’s victory, it
was in the rebounding category. Ore
gon was outrebounded 51-48 by a
team with a roster that included one 6
foot-9-inch player and two 6-foot-8
inch players as its tallest members.
“We’ve got to block out more,”
Ridnour said. “We’ve got make that
an emphasis, because that keys our
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But the Ducks, who held the Tigers
to 26-percent shooting on the night,
were more excited about their defense
than worried about their rebounding.
And as the team unfurled last sea
son’s Pac-10 Championship banner
before the game, Oregon proved that
defense will be key to the defense of
that title.
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This is Heinonen’s last season lead
ing the women harriers.
Both Zografos and the men’s
squad have spent the season prepar
ing for the national meet.
“It’s a whole new ball game at na
tionals,” Hartmann said. “It’s impor
tant to get out and feel confident,
compete the whole way, and hang on
at the end.”
Mindi Rice is a freelance writer
for the Emerald.
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