Sports briefs
Ducks earn
academic honors
Several Oregon athletes in winter
sports were honored by the Pacific
10 Conference for their achieve
ments in the classroom.
Junior wrestler Jason Harless was
the only Duck named to a Pac-10
All-Academic first team. Fellow
wrestler Luke Larwin was named to
the second team while Tony Over
stake was given an honorable men
tion. Men’s basketball center Jay An
derson was named to the honorable
mention list. In women’s basketball,
Kourtney Shreve was named to the
second team while Gathrine
Kraayeveld and Amy Taylor earned
honorable mention nods.
—Peter Hockaday
MJ’s last game ends
in celebration
PHILADELPHIA — The crowd
grew edgy. Ten minutes remained in
Michael Jordan's career, and there
he sat on the Washington Wizards’
bench, his long-sleeve pullover on.
The impassioned pleas began.
“We want Mike! We want Mike! ”
Finally, with 2 minutes, 35 sec
onds to play and the Wizards coming
out of a time-out, Jordan took the
floor for a rousing standing ovation.
He laughed with Eric Snow, and
touched the ball for one last time.
—Ashley McGeachy Fox, Knight
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Mark McCambridge Emerald
Jenny Brogdon already qualified for the regional meet, so she says the rest of the year's meets will help to hone her jumping.
Track
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“Even though things are going
slower than expected, I’ve already
jumped the NCAA regional mark, so
I’m excited about the rest of the sea
son,” Brogdon said. “As the season
has progressed, my approach has
gotten more consistent, and consis
tency is everything.”
But there are still some Ducks
who haven’t qualified for regionals
yet. On the men’s side, Jordan Kent
will take his first crack at the 200
meter dash, Sarnie Parker will try to
qualify in the 100 and newcomers
Travis Anderson and Matt Scherer in
the 400 and Jan Olszowy in the 800
will also try to qualify. On the
women’s side, Heather Murtaugh will
make an NCAA try in the 100, Eri
Macdonald will run the 1,500 after
already qualifying in the 800 and
Dani Keyser will try to throw toward
NGAAs in the shot put.
The most important race of the
weekend from Oregon’s perspective
is tonight’s men’s 10,000. The
10,000 is one of two events—the de
cathlon is the other — that will not
be run at the NCAA West Regional.
So Oregon’s Jason Hartmann has
only a handful of chances to qualify
for the NCAA Championships in his
event, and perhaps his best chance
will come tonight, even though the
race is scheduled for a 10:30 p.m.
start. Duck junior Ryan Andrus has
already qualified for Pac-lOs in the
race, but Hartmann has yet to run a
10,000 this year.
We return to those athletes who
have already qualified for Regionals,
who have their tickets punched and
don’t need a refund. For those ath
letes, this weekend will be a chance
to weigh themselves against the type
of competition they might not see
again until Pac-lOs.
“You’ve just got to compete, you
can’t think too much about how far
you’re going to throw; so that’s what
I’m looking for, just another chance
to compete,” said Adam Kriz, who
was named this week’s Pac-10 Field
Athlete of the Week after a perisonal
best in the hammer on Saturday.
“Making finals is going to be a chal
lenge. You just compete, try to stay
the same, do what you do.”
And of course, the Ducks are
headed to California, which almost
guarantees they won’t have to run
through rain drops.
“We’re looking forward to nice
weather,” Brogdon said. “It’s always
nice to jump in Southern Cal.”
So Oregon is coming ’round the
mountain this weekend. The Ducks
are just hoping not to get to the peak.
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three seniors singled to load the
bases. Left fielder Andrea Vidlund
led off the inning, followed by first
baseman Laux and outfielder
Janell Bergstrom.
With one out, Goodell hit a single
to left field that scored Vidlund. Laux
scored on a sacrifice fly by Haij.
Hutchison drove in Bergstrom
with a two-out single to right center
to cap the scoring for Oregon.
Harris struck out five batters in
four innings, while Meashintubby
struck out four in three innings.
Oregon’s 5-0 win in the second
game was a two-hitter for the com
bined efforts of Harris and sopho
more pitcher Lindsey Kontra. Each
pitcher gave up one hit and struck
out two batters.
In the first inning, Haij scored on
Laux’s single to center. The third
inning run was added in the same
style as the Ducks added a second
run in the same fashion.
Haij drove in Hutchison on a sin
gle early in the fourth. Laux fol
lowed three batters later with her
third double of the season. Haij and
freshman pinch runner Jackie Eli
Danielle Hickey Emerald
Clemens (11) and Jason Fife (12) are competing, once again, for the starting spot.
Clemens file
Born: Keilen Vincent Clemens on June 6, 1983
in Lakeview.
Before Oregon: Ranked third-best
quarterback in the nation by PrepStar coming
out of Burns HigfefchooJ. A USA Today All
American and Oregon Gatorade Player of the
Year in his senior season at Burns.
Oregon: Redshirted 2001 season. Completed
23 of 40 passes as a backup to jason Fife in
2002. Saw the most action in Seattle Bowl,
going 19-for-3 % for 161 yards.
Clemens
Clemens
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to improve.
“He still makes mistakes that I
have a hard time with, in terms of
flushing out of the pocket or rolling
over to the top of the protection,”
Bellotti said. “Those are some of the
things that are a function of what he
did in his last two years of high
school. That’s no knock on him.
“He has spent time working on
his throwing motion, but mostly on
his read progression. He’s an accu
rate passer. If we can train his eyes
correctly and keep his feet in the
pocket more often, he will be a
great player.”
Despite that first pass against
Washington, Clemens hasn’t de
terred from that goal.
“If I had to go back and do it
again, I’d do the same thing over
again,” he said. “I appreciate the
coaches having the confidence to
put me in that situation. I’d do it all
over again if I had the chance.”
Contact the sports reporter
at hankhager@dailyemerald.com.
Mark McCambridge Emerald
Lynsey Haij went 4-for-6 with two RBI in the Ducks' doubleheader sweep of PSU.
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Laux went three for four in the
second game including a career
best four RBIs. Haij also went three
for four and tied a career-best with
three runs scored.
Harris earned both wins on
Wednesday, improving to 10-9 on
the season. She now has 110 strike
outs on the season, leaving the
freshman three shy of a spot in
Oregon’s all-time top 10.
Alter earning the Pac-10 Player
of the Week award on Tuesday,
Vidlund continued her offensive
hot streak with a four for seven
performance.
The Ducks return to Howe Field
on Friday and Saturday to face No.
25 Oregon State. Both games are
set to begin at 2 p.m.
Contact the sports reporter
at mindirice@dailyemerald.com.