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Brandon Holliday takes the baton from Santiago Lorenzo Saturday in a heat of the 4x400 relay. The Ducks finished second overall.
Men's
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some endurance work,” Kent said. “I
knew I needed to be patient and be
smart in my training, and it would
come around eventually.”
Parker’s victory was also a land
mark for the sprinter, and not just
because of his speedy time of 10.25
seconds. Parker also beat the socks
off two Washington State sprinters
who taunted him and disrupted his
concentration at the Pacific-10 Con
ference Championships, where he
finished third behind the two WSU
runners. Anthony Buchanon, the
Cougar who won that Pac-10 race,
didn’t make the regional final, and
Bennie Chatman finished third be
hind Parker and California-State
Northridge’s Rashad Allen.
“I said the same thing after Pac
10s; I wanted to go out and just take
care of business and just worry
about myself,” Parker said.
After Kent’s run, hurdler Brandon
Holliday felt the need to complete
Oregon’s quad-fecta of sprinters in
the NCAA Championships.
“Coach said at that point we only
had three sprinters qualified,” Holli
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day said. “So we needed a fourth so
Samie could have a roommate at
NCAA’s, so I’m glad I could accom
modate him.”
Holliday did indeed accommo
date Parker by taking fifth in the 400
hurdles final. He finished with a
time, 50.79 seconds, that was almost
a half-second better than his previ
ous best from this season. In other
hurdling action, freshman Eric
Mitchum finished third in the 110
hurdles to qualify for NCAAs.
Scherer’s performance in the 400
was the biggest surprise of the meet
for the Ducks. Scherer, a freshman,
was ranked 12th in the event head
ing into the weekend, but finished
fourth in 46.59 seconds, a personal
best by .28 of a second. The 4x400
relay team of Scherer, Kent, Holliday
and freshman Travis Anderson also
pulled the upset, shooting from
ninth heading into the meet to sec
ond at the meet.
“They were again forced to run in
the slow section (like Pac-lOs) in
what was ultimately a time trial by
themselves — yet still advanced by
running faster than almost every
team in the fast section,” Smith said.
In the distances, the Ducks were
led by Eric Logsdon’s third-place fin
ish in the 5,000 and Brett Holts’ fifth
place finish in the steeplechase. On
the field, Adam Kriz continued his
budding hammer rivalry with Stan
ford’s Nick Welihozkiy, who barely
lost to Kriz at the Oregon Invitation
al and Pac-10 meets. Welihozkiy got
the best of Kriz and took first Satur
day, and Kriz finished second so they
will meet&gain at NGAAs.
Also on the field, former NCAA
Champion John Stiegeler, who has
struggled to come back from a knee
injury that kept him out last year,
qualified for the NCAAs by finishing
fourth at the regional meet with an
eight-foot season best of 228 feet, 2
inches. Stiegeler’s fellow thrower,
Adam Jenkins, heaved a personal
best of222-4 but finished seventh.
Jenkins waits with Woods as
Ducks who might have an outside
chance to make the NCAA finale.
The wild-card entry is based on sea
son marks, and Jenkins’ throw
might just get him in.
The NCAA Championships are
scheduled for June 11-14 in Sacra
mento, Calif.
Contact the sports editor
atpeterhockaday@dailyemerald.com.
Hager
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The conference already has an
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Just a case of getting too big for
the britches? Maybe, but whatever
the case, the Pac-10 needs to look at
these conferences and remember
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