Oregon harriers head north
to NCAA Western Regional
The men’s and women’s
teams head to Portland
in hopes of advancing
to the NCAA Championships
By Scott Archer
Freelance Reporter
The men and women of Oregon are
prepared for the 2003 NCAA Western
Regionals.
For the past week, the teams have
discontinued competition and have
instead focused on preparation for
the race.
I'he Oregon men feel they have se
curely placed themselves in the at
large category to gain admittance into
the NCAA
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urday would erase any doubts. The
top two teams from each region are
guaranteed a spot in the NCAA
Championships.
The women, though, may not have
enough at-large points to be accepted
as a team and will likely need a top-two
finish at the Western Regionals.
At this point, only Magdalena
Sandoval and possibly liri Macdon
ald would be invited to the NCAA
Championships.
The Oregon men and women may
be facing the toughest regional this
weekend as six top-30 men's teams and
four top-25 women's teams will be
competing.
The Oregon men beat out all of their
Pacific-10 Conference foes in the Con
ference Championships — with the ex
ception of Stanford — to finish second
two weekends ago.
It gave the Ducks at-large points after
beating teams it will be competing
against for an at-large spot in the NCAA
Championships.
If neither Oregon team finishes sec
ond and secures an automatic bid, then
the top four individuals from non-qual
ifying teams will automatically be se
lected to race in the NCAA Champi
onships.
The NCAA will select 13 at-large
teams on Nov. 17.
"We think we have enough at-large
points from (earlier races)," Brett Holts
said. "We should get in with that if we
have a terrible day at regionals. Worse
comes to worse we should be OK. But
we have left it to chance before and we
have been left out. We want full control."
The Ducks are confident their battles
against other nationally ranked teams
will help propel them to the NCAA
Championships.
"We have beaten out enough teams
to qualify for nationals," Ryan Andrus
said. "We don't want to leave it to
chance, and we are determined to be
the team we can be. We have increased
determination and desire."
Most recently, it has been the team's
attitude at practice that has the men's
squad feeling they are peaking at the
right time.
The team has "stepped up the in
tensity in practice," Eric Logsdon said.
"We went back to what has worked in
the past."
"Practice has been intense, and we
have had a change in attitude," Andrus
said.
Scott Archer is a freelance sports
reporter for the Emerald.
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By Lori Nickel
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (KRT)
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Endless 'IV
cameras, countless countdown pro
grams, numerous Web sites and those
insipid halftime interviews have
helped the National Football League
create as many actors as it has athletes
and coaches.
The pat answers can be as tedious
as they are fake, but players and
coaches are almost under a gag order
with the constant threat of an NFL
fine or a reprimand from the head
coach if thev dare sav the wrone thine.
It s rare that the truth escapes.
When Green Bay offensive line
coach Larry Beightol let down his
guard the day after the Tampa Bay
game last year, his thoughts were a
precious glimpse of the real emotions
some of the Green Bay Packers felt in
private after what will go down as one
of the most memorable Packers games
of our generation.
The day after Tampa Bay defeated
Green Bay and coach Mike Sherman
confronted Warren Sapp on live tele
vision, the Packers were back home
without easygoing, likeable Chad
Clifton, who was still lying in a Flori
da hospital bed after his collision with
Sapp. The Tampa Bay defensive line
man's hit, ruled legal, knocked Clifton
out for the year.
Beightol was furious with Sapp and
vowed revenee.
" There will be other games. There
will be other times," Beightol said at
the time. "Like the saying goes, every
dog has his day. We'll see about him.
Everyone is fair game. When we see
him again, we'll see how that dog
fares. We ll cut him every single time.
I want him to know that.
"There's no need for that. If we
play them again, he's fair game.
Somewhere we'll see him."
Three hundred and fifty-seven days
later (who's counting?), after the hob
bled Packers bowed out of the play
offs in Round 1 and the Buccaneers
went on to win the Super Bowl with
out the desired playoff rematch with
Green Bay, that day is almost here.
(c) 2003, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
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