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Danielle Hickey Photo Editor Brandon Holliday said he doesn’t care that Washington comes to Eugene Saturday. "But I get pumped up for every race,” he said about the Pepsi Team Invitational. The Ducks will also compete against Colorado and Minnesota at the meet. DEBUT continued from page 13 said. "There's a lot more pressure. At Barton it was more like I was an underdog, I didn't really have any pressure. (At Oregon), it's kind of like being a big dog and it's been pretty rough on me, but I'm ad justing. "It's time to get down every time you step on the track for competition and that's something I have to get used to. * If Dotts can figure out how to handle the pressure, he has the physical tools to be a standout on one of the top programs in the country. In 2003, he ran a person al best of 1 minute, 48.41 seconds, placing him 17th in the country among collegiate athletes. The mark would also have led the Pac 10 season best list. No beef with the Huskies While there are plenty of Ore gon athletes who receive extra motivation when it comes time to face Washington, the men's track team isn't the best place to find it. Former Pac-10 champion hur dler Brandon Holliday said he feels no added incentive to beat the Huskies, instead entering each race with the same amount of fo cus. "I've never really focused on ri vals, even back in high school," the senior said. "It's cool if some people do it, if that's what gets them riled up. But I get pumped up for every race." Dotts said he gets pumped for competition against some of the better track schools in the country, but doesn't consider Washington to be among the elite. "Washington isn't a big concern of ours," Dotts said. "Stanford, UCLA, only the big track schools (are the oneS we don't like)." Kenttoredshirt Former 200-meter West Region al champion Jordan Kent will red shirt in track and field this spring, choosing instead to focus on bas ketball, an Oregon media official confirmed Wednesday. Kent had a phenomenal fresh man year on the track in 2003 — following a decorated prep career — cracking Oregon's top-10 list in two events. His time of 20.99 in the 200 stands sixth in the Duck record book, while his time of 10.46 in the 100 placed him eighth. Despite success on the track, the 6-foot-5 guard turns his atten tion to the hardwood, where he is coached by his father, Ernie Kent. Jordan Kent came off the bench to play in 29 games during his red shirt freshman season. He is ex pected to play basketball for the 2004-05 season when the oppor tunity for playing time will in crease next season. Contact the sports reporter at jonroetman@dailyemerald.com. MALONE continued from page 13 as the man tried to persuade her to try it "To finally shut him up, I walked over, and 1 picked it up and threw it" Malone said. "It didn't go anywhere — it was a terrible throw." The man persuaded her to contin ue throwing for the next 45 minutes, and she ended up achieving an im pressive 100 feet. The man turned out to be Boutin — her coach for the next three years. Malone went to the state champi onships that year, where she finished ninth overall. She capped her career by winning Oregon's 4A high-school title in the javelin her senior year. Malone credits Boutin for the suc cess she has had so far and the great experience javelin has given her the past seven years. "(Coach Boutin) could tell just by the way 1 threw that (first) day," Malone said. "He told me 'If you stick with this, I promise you, you can sign your educa tion anywhere you want to go.'" By the time her senior year ap proached, 12 universities, including Kansas, Georgia and North Carolina, came calling. She chose Oregon after meeting with her eventual teammates. Also, having the opportunity to practice and compete at legendary Hayward Field was too good to pass up. "The people I was going to be interact ing with (at Oregon) were unmatched," Malone said. "Nowhere else did I see the camaraderie, and that means a lot to me coming from a large family." Malone said she feels better than ever and is injury-free for the first time since arriving in Tracktown, USA. By surround ing herself with coaches who instill posi tive thinking, she said she is has what she wanted all along — teammates and coaches who show they care. "That's why 1 think I'm doing so well now," Malone said. "With having my one thing that I really hold dear to my heart be challenged and make it into the situation I am in now, I am thank ful everyday for the opportunity to have met Coach Deal and be a part of this new program." Malone carries a rock everywhere she goes engraved with the word 'persever ance' to remind her of the her battles and the numerous times she chose not to give up. She also wears a green bracelet to help her remember whom she represents. "I'm a Duck through and through," Malone said. "And anything I can do to have a good reflection upon this Univer sity and this track program. Contact the sports reporter at alextam@dailyemerald.com. OUT continued from page 13 conditioning, and I was undercut going for the interception," White said. "Instead of landing on my head, I braced myself and landed on my wrist." A milder version of the story comes from Oregon men's head coach Steve Nosier. "It sounds a little dramatic and in volves some poor judgment to say that they were playing football," Nosier said. "What they were doing is after their work outs, the kids go out and play touch foot ball, and (White) just tripped over some body and landed on his arm. It wasn't like he was going head-on with the Ore gon football team." Kim Terrell, the trainer who attended to White, said the participants were throwing a football around when White tripped on accident. When asked about the viability of us ing football as a conditioning workout, Nosier said the coaches do allow foot ball as conditioning, and that trainers were present at the time. "You can't keep them in a test tube," Nosier said. "If he would have been downhill ski racing or he would of fallen off a fence at the fiat house at 4:30 in the morning, that's a little different story. There was no poor judg ment at all. Nobody did anything wrong. It was just a very unfortunate accident." White's absence could have a profound affect on the rest of the men's season. The Ducks have played a single tournament since White's injury, earning a second place finish at the Duck Invitational three weeks ago. They still have two more tour naments before the Pacific-10 Conference Championships at the end of April. "(White's injury) means that you have a seasoned player that probably would be playing somewhere up fairly high, in the top five, that won't be playing now," Nosier said. "So potentially, you could be replacing a one- or two-man with six or seven." White's return is not completely out of the question, but he and the doctors agree that it isn't probable. "I have a week left in the cast," White said. "You can't really set a schedule on it It's whatever the doctors say." Brian Smith is a freelance reporter for the Emerald. RICE continued from page 13 occurrence of a Pac-10 team being left out of the top 25. The Sun Devils are two spots — and two points — out of No. 25. This is the reason Oregon gets the recog nition that it does. But the drawback is the Pac-10 is so heavily loaded with good teams that when upsets happen, there is little movement in die polls. The best thing that will come out of Oregon's 3-1 start, and its 2-1 weekend in California, is confidence. "Coming out strong with those two wins was really important, especially against those two teams," Poore said. "Our confidence is pretty high. We took two out of three games from big teams." How's that for making a name for themselves? Contact the senior sports reporter at mindirice@dailyemerald.com. Her opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. STOREWIDE Ski Equipment Downhill • Cross Country Snowboards • Clothing On Now! 13th & Lawrence* 683-1300 * www.bergsskishop.coni TOYS-LINGERIE •MAGAZINES* •VIDEOS* •DVDs* 1166 South A • Springfield 726-6969 • Open 24 -7 (Almost)
