Women usher in new coach, men search for depth
Oregon men return three All
Americans for 2003 season
By Scott Archer
Freelance Reporter
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A new era has begun for the
women's cross country team at Ore
gon, Gone is 28-year coaching veter
an Tom I Ieinonen. In is first-time col
legiate coach Mamie Mason.
Mason, a graduate of Klamath
Union 1 ligh School in Klamath Falls,
and former state 4A harrier and 3,000
meter state --
champion, as
sumes control
of a team re
turning three of -
last year's top 30 regional finishers. In
cluded in that list is senior Eri Macdon
ald who won the women's season
opener at the Pier Park Review in 18
minutes 24 seconds for 5,000 meters.
Mason, however, is no stranger to
the Pacific-10 Conference, as five of
Mason's former high school harriers
are currently running for Pac-10
schools, including current Duck red
shirt sophomore Sara Schaaf.
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"I'm very motivated to have Oregon
return to the national prominence it
had when I was recruited to come here
in the mid-1980s," Mason said.
Ihe Ducks open the season at Pier
Park in Portland on Sept. 12 in a
quadrangular with Washington, Port
land and Portland State.
All healthy Oregon harriers will
compete as the team tries to fill the
void left after the graduation of All
American Carrie Zografos.
Redshirt junior Annette Mosey bol
sters the roster as she returns from a year
in Spain, while utilizing her redshirt year,
and is ready for competition to begin.
"It will be a good year," Mosey said.
"( Ihe team) is adjusting well. It's go
ing smoothly."
In all, Oregon returns 10 harriers to
a team that finished fifth in both re
gional and conference matches a year
ago, although several have yet to make
their mark in varsity competition.
V/hile the Oregon women's team
ushers in a new coach and direction,
the men return three All-Americans in
redshirt juniors Ryan Andrus and Eric
Ingsdon, along with senior Brett I lolts.
In addition, the Ducks also return
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with six of last year's top seven run
ners from a team that finished fifth in
the NCAAs. But even with the top
three runners set — all of whom
helped lead Oregon to second place
in both conference competition and
in the Western Regional champi
onships — questions still remain.
"I'm very motivated
to have Oregon
return to the national
prominence it had
when I was recruited...
in the mid-1980s."
Mamie Mason
Cross country head coach
"Our team's chances really de
pend on our four-five-six-seven po
sitions," fifth-year head coach Mar
tin Smith said.
Oregon will miss the services of
three-time All-American Jason Hart
mann, who graduated as a four-time
NCAA top-50 finisher.
1 lowever, up-and-coming Andrus
headlines a group of solid runners
who should contend with the confer
ence and nation's best. Andrus fin
ished fifth in last year's Pac-10
matchup featuring 11 All-Americans.
"The big thing about the team is
our nucleus," Andrus said. "Our top
five have been running together for
three years; we have complete confi
dence in each other."
Admittedly, Oregon will be com
peting for second-place as Stanford re
turns all of its main five harriers from
a squad that won the Pac-10 and na
tional championship a year ago.
"We have no illusions of grandeur to
take down Stanford," Andrus said. "But
we want to breathe down their necks, it
gives us something to run after."
Scott Archer is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
Emerald
Redshirt junior Eric Logsdon (87) returns to the team as one of three All-Americans.
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