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Ducks earn marks at
Stanford Invitational
The Oregon men and women
come away with 16 regional
marks at Stanford and the
Oregon Preview over break
Track and field
Hank Hager
Sports Reporter
Every year, the Stanford Invita
tional comes along early in the
track and field outdoor season.
And every year, the Oregon men
and women compete at Cobb
Track and Angell Field, looking for
high marks that will vault them
into the NCAA Championships at
the end of the season.
On Friday, one men’s competitor
and three Oregon women qualified
for this year’s regionals, set to be
held at Stanford in early June. Satur
day saw the same kind of results,
with Kirsten Riley claiming an NCAA
regional mark in the pole vault.
Riley, whose top height this year
of 13 feet, 5 1/2 inches came during
the indoor season, edged out Santa
Barbara’s Deborah Sampson. Both
cleared the height of 12-11 3/4, but
Riley did so with less misses. She
failed to clear 13-4.
The clearance was Riley’s first of
the outdoor season after missing the
Oregon Preview the previous week
because her poles had yet to land in
Eugene after the NCAA Indoor
Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.
“I changed my approach and
added two more steps in my run-up,
and it felt pretty good,” Riley said.
“When we went up to 13-4, my first
attempt was OK, but the second two
were off.”
Senior Mary Etter upped her sea
son best in the discus (169-7), but
had already qualified for a regional
berth the previous week.
Riley was the only Oregon woman
to claim victory Saturday, and on
Friday, the Ducks failed to win any
single event. However, they did put
forth an impressive showing.
Sophomore javelin thrower
Roslyn Lundeen earned an NCAA
regional mark with a throw of 155
9. Lundeen skipped the Oregon Pre
view because of a slight elbow in
jury she suffered in December.
“My throws were all about the
same, but weak,” she said. “I’m
trying to be more cautious and pa
tient with my arm this year after
having to fight through injuries all
of last year.”
Sophomore Magdalena Sandoval
earned an NCAA regional mark
in the 5,000-meter run with a time of
16:43.94, while senior Georgette
Moyle matched the regional require
ment of 12 feet in the pole vault.
On the men’s side, junior Ryan
Andrus earned an NCAA provision
al mark in the 10,000, taking 14th
Emerald
Santiago Lorenzo returned to action for the first time since he pulled a quad muscle
early last season. His best finish was third in the 110 hurdles at the Oregon Preview.
at 29:12.02. The mark is Oregon’s
fastest in the event this year, and is
just 12 seconds under the NCAA au
tomatic mark.
Sophomore Brett Holts came in
well under the NCAA regional re
quirement for the steeplechase, fin
ishing the event in 8 minutes, 52.41
seconds. The time was by far a per
sonal record for the Bend native, as
his previous best was 8:57.33 at the
Cardinal Invitational — also hosted
by Stanford — last May.
At the Oregon Preview the week
end before the Stanford Invitation
al, the Ducks fared well, too, with
the men posting six regional marks
and the women five.
For the fans at Hayward Field, it
wasn’t about who did well, but
about who competed.
Javelin thrower John Stiegeler
and decathlete Santiago Lorenzo,
who both missed all or most of the
2002 outdoor season, competed at
Hayward for the first time since
their injuries. Neither fared particu
larly well by their standards —
Stiegeler posted a regional mark at
219-11 and Lorenzo’s best finish
was third in the 110 hurdles
(14.90). However, Lorenzo also an
chored the 4x400 team, which took
the event at 3:12.99.
“It feels great,” Stiegeler said of
his left knee, the area in which he
tore his anterior cruciate ligament
last year in the Texas Relays. “It’s
been awhile. It’s a good test to see
where my knee’s at. It’s improved
quite a bit.”
Lorenzo, the 2001 NCAA Cham
pion in the decathlon, redshirted
the outdoor season to rehabilitate
a quad muscle injury he suffered
last February.
Lorenzo said he was excited to
begin the year at Hayward and
wanted to remind the fans in Eu
gene that he was still around.
“It’s pretty exciting,” he said.
“Hard work has definitely been
paying off. It’s a great way to start
off the year.”
On the women’s side, Jordan
Sauvage took first in the hammer in
a big way. The senior eclipsed the
school record — set by Maureen
Morrison in 2000 — with a throw of
188-3, and easily won the event. It
was also an NCAA regional mark.
Contact the sports reporter
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Wrestling
continued from page 11
place finish in the Pacific-10 Con
ference Championships.
The sophomore finished the sea
son with a 31-8 record. All eight
losses came at the hands of ranked
opponents.
Hunt, in his second and final
NCAA tournament, lost his first
match by a 2-1 decision to Lock
Haven’s Mike Maney. After one point
from each wrestler, Maney won the
match with a point for riding time.
In the consolation bracket, Hunt
lost by technical fall, 19-3, to Josh
Wooton of Northern Illinois.
“Casey had a great season,” Kear
ney said. “He just got behind quick
and had to open things up to try and
catch up, but Wooton’s a great
wrestler and took advantage.”
Hunt finished the season with a
22-15 record after taking third place
in the Pac-10 tournament.
Harless also had two losses to
open and close his national tourna
ment trip. In his first match, Harless
faced Rad Martinez of Clarion, los
ing a 9-0 major decision.
Facing the No. 4 seed in the conso
lation bracket, Harless lost a 6-2 de
cision to Oklahoma’s Witt Durden.
Harless earned the trip to the
NCAAs as a conference wildcard for
the second consecutive season. He
missed five of the season’s last six
dual meets with a knee injury, but
came back to finish fifth in the Pac
10 tournament and end his season
with a 17-15 record.
With only three Ducks at the na
tional meet, Oregon finished with
10 points, tied for 36th overall with
Ohio and Princeton.
Oklahoma State won its 31st na
tional team championship, assist
ed by two individual champions.
Minnesota took second place in
the team standings, while Okla
homa finished third. Of Pac-10
squads, Arizona State finished fifth
and Boise State finished 12th.
Oregon finished fifth as a team in
the Pac-10 tournament, qualifying
only three wrestlers for the NGAAs
for the second time in 16 seasons.
Contact the sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.