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Peter Hockaday
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Wednesday, April 16,2003
-Oregon Daily Emerald
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Sarah Malone has a herniated disc in her lower back, and will have surgery to correct the problem. But the injury will force her to sit out the outdoor season instead of competing.
Malone, others will redshirt ’03 season
I he javelin star will sit out
the rest of the outdoor season
along with Rachael Kriz and a
handful of other track athletes
Track and field notes
Jesse Thomas
Sports Reporter
If you were looking for junior
Sarah Malone on the javelin runway
at Saturday’s Pepsi Invitational, she
was there.
But she wasn’t in uniform, didn’t
have a javelin in hand and was there
only as a spectator to support her
teammates.
After rumors regarding whether
Malone would compete this year,
throws coach Sally Harmon said it’s
official: Malone will redshirt.
“It was a medical issue that, by
continuing the level of training to get
her competitive at the conference
level, would theoretically cause more
damage than good,” Harmon said.
Malone has been suffering from a
herniated disc in the sacral region of
her lower back, which has caused her
to not compete thus far.
The Newberg, Ore., native was an
All-American in 2001 and is the
school record-holder in the javelin
with a mark of 179 feet, 2 inches.
“I’m suffering from injury and will
be having an elective surgery,” Mal
one said. “It’s really difficult, espe
cially when the girls travel, and it’s
difficult to sit at Hayward Field to see
everyone compete.”
Junior Rachael Kriz, a high jumper
and recent addition to the throws,
has also opted to redshirt this season.
“I’m redshirting because I don’t
know if I’m as experienced as I could
be in the javelin,” Kriz said.
Kriz, who has focused on high
jump in her first two years, picked up
a javelin for the first time last season
and found she was a natural.
The Toledo, Ore., native, who has a
personal best of 5-7 1/4 in the high
jump, has set marks in the javelin
which qualify her for Pacific-10
Championships and regionals, but
still feels she needs to learn more.
“Right now I’m concentrating on
learning as much as I can about the
javelin while still learning about the
high jump,” she said.
Besides Kriz and Malone, seven oth
er Duck women are redshirting or are
absent from this year’s team. Annette
Mosey is the biggest loss of that group;
the junior and former Pac-10 qualifier
in the 800-meters and 1,500 suffered
an injury in the fall and will not com
pete in the outdoor season. Throws
standout Jamie Burk left the team after
experiencing success on the MTV real
ity wrestling series “Tough Enough,”
and three freshmen will sit out their
first seasons as Ducks.
On the men’s side, a group of fresh
men will be redshirting this season.
David Moore, a prep All-American in
the pole vault, is one of a handful of
Ducks who will sit out their first sea
sons to mature.
For Kriz, no big deal
When redshirt senior Adam Kriz
hit 217-10 in the hammer throw Sat
urday, a personal best by almost sev
en feet, he was more disappointed
than excited.
“I knew the entire throw it was go
ing to be a good throw,” Kriz said. “I
threw that one on my third throw,
and I wanted to do it on my first one,
so I was little pissed off that I didn’t
do it on my first one.”
And for Kriz, who received the first
edition of the Pac-10 Track and Field
Athlete of the Week honor in the
men’s field category, it’s nothing
worth jumping for joy about.
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Softball travels
to Rose City for
two with PSU
Senior Andrea Vidlund earns her first Pac-10
Player of the Week award after hitting three home
runs in two games against the No. 2 UCLA Bruins
Softball
Mindi Rice
Sports Reporter
The No. 20 Ducks and Pacific-10 Conference Player of the
Week Andrea Vidlund take a break from Pac-10 play today
for a road trip to Portland.
Oregon (21-13 overall, 3-7 Pac-10) faces Portland State in
a doubleheader at 2 p.m. after the games were rescheduled
on April 1 due to rain.
“This is a huge doubleheader for us,” head coach Kathy
Arendsen said. “Portland State is tough (and) feisty.”
Wednesday, the Ducks and Vikings (13-19, 5-3 Pacific
Coast Softball Conference) played a rescheduled double
header at Howe Field, with Oregon prevailing in both games.
In the first game, freshman pitcher Amy Harris held Port
land State to two runs in four innings on the way to Oregon’s
7-3 win. Junior catcher Jenn Poore and Vidlund hit home
runs during the game, with Poore’s coming during a five-run
first inning.
The Ducks and Vikings stretched the second game into
eight innings before the Ducks won, 3-2. The game-winning
shot by senior third baseman Lynsey Haij was botched by
Portland State’s first baseman, allowing senior outfielder
Amber Hutchison to score the winning run.
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Early entries make big impact
both johnny DuRocher and Victor Filipe have had
to adjust to college after leaving high school early
Spring football notes
Hank Hager
Sports Reporter
It’s the time of year where high school seniors begin to think
about prom, and then, when the night is over, thoughts of grad
uation seep into their minds.
That is, except for a select group of Oregon football players
who decided to get a jump on their competition.
Quarterback Johnny DuRocher, wide receiver Jordan Carey,
defensive tackle Dustin Holmes and defensive end Victor Filipe
all finished their high school careers early.
“It’s been a whirlwind,” DuRocher said. “The first couple
weeks are stressful. It kind of goes with how you’re playing. If
you’re playing good, then everything is good. If you struggle,
then you go home and kind of worry about it.”
Carey is already out with an injury he suffered during the
first week of practice, and will most likely be kept out of the rest
of spring workouts.
DuRocher and Filipe both got their feet wet quickly when the
Ducks held their first scrimmage Saturday.
DuRocher, who hails from Graham, Wash., was just l-of-2 for
eight yards, his lone completion to Tony Salazar. Filipe got a 9
yard sack during DuRocher’s first series, downing the quarter
back at the 38-yard line.
“I just have a long way to go mentally,” said Filipe, a Salt
Lake City native. “Physically, I’ve been able to handle (the
move up).”
The biggest change for the two doesn’t come from the field.
Enrolling in classes, is, well, a big difference from their days in
high school.
Like most freshmen getting their first taste of college, an
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