Ducks search for victories
at Pac-10 championships
The Ducks look to improve
on their seventh place
finish in last year’s event
By Brian Smith
Freelance Reporter
Ilie Oregon men's golf team goes
into today's opening round of the
Pacific-10 Conference Champi
onships knowing the situation re
mains the same: The Ducks are still
on the outside looking in.
Needing one more solid finish to
have a chance at an NCAA West Re
gional bid, the Ducks will square
_ off against
some of the
nation's elite
at the par-72,
- 7,412-yard
North
Course of the Gallery at Dove
Mountain in Tucson, Ariz.
DUCK
"The Pac-10 is always one of the
best conferences in the country and
this year is no exception," Oregon
head coach Steve Nosier said. "UCLA
might be the best team in the coun
try, but you've got another four or
five teams who are good enough to
win it. We'd like to compete as hard
as we can and then the score will
take care of itself."
UCLA is indeed one of the best
teams in country, according to this
week's Golfweek rankings. The de
fending champions are ranked third
in the nation and are the prohibitive
favorite heading into this week's
tournament. The Bruins should re
ceive stiff competition from No. 5
Arizona State, No. 8 Arizona, No. 12
Southern California, No. 18 Califor
nia and No. 25 Washington.
For the Ducks, the goal is sim
pler. A strong finish could possibly
elevate them into one of the 12 au
tomatic bids for regionals. Current
ly, the Ducks are the 13th-ranked
team in the West region, and if the
standings hold, Oregon would be
the first team not to receive a bid.
"We probably need to finish fifth
or so to get a couple of quality
wins," Nosier said.
The Ducks will be competing in a
nontraditional six-count-five format
instead of the normal five-count-four.
The Oregon contingent includes sen
ior Mike Sica; sophomores Justin St.
Clair, last year's top finisher Gregg
I^Voie; Kyle Johnson; and freshmen
Matt Ma and Dustin Pewarchuk.
St. Clair has been Oregon's most
consistent golfer this season with a
72.9 stroke average and three top
20 finishes — including last week's
tie for 19th at the U S. Intercolle
giate in Stanford.
Co-Captain Sica has been playing
his best golf of late, finishing with a
career-best tie for fourth at the Duck
Invitational last month. Sica also
recorded consecutive under par fin
ishes for the first time in his career.
Individually, the players that
should contend for the title are Ari
zona's Chris Nallen, Washington's
Brock Mackenzie, and Arizona
State's Chez Reavie.
Reavie is the 15th-ranked player in
the country and is 41-under par in his
last eight tournaments. Mackenzie,
Washington's senior captain, has six
top-10 finishes in nine tournaments
this year, and is a finalist for the
Hogan Award, which is presented an
nually to the nation's top men's
golfer. Nallen has a season-stroke av
erage of 69.78, and has three individ
ual titles this season.
The teams will play 36 holes to
day and will conclude the 72-hole
event Wednesday.
Brian Smith is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
MEN
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of the West Coast's to talents. Perform
ing at the highest level was difficult,
however, as winds gusted above three
meters per second at times.
"Other than the 5,000 (the meet's
final event), everything on the oval
was going to be affected by the
wind," Oregon head coach Martin
Smith said. "Probably by this time of
the year that can get a little frustrat
ing. But I think you get good compe
tition and you take that into account
and you build off that. The wind was
a factor, but it can be windy at a
championship meet, so you don't use
that as an excuse and you turn your
attention to competing."
Along with Scherer, other winners
on the track included freshman Travis
Ramme in the morning session of the
100 (10.99w, w:2.4), sophomore Eric
Mitchum in the 400 hurdles (52.30)
and freshman Mike McGrath in the
800(1:51.42).
Along with winning the 100,
Ramme, a Eugene native, shaved .51
seconds off his season best in the
morning session of the 200 (ninth,
22.19w, w: 2.5).
Mitchum's victory in the 400 hur
dles was his second at Hayward Field
in three weeks. The Calumet City, 111.
native finished 1.07 seconds better
than teammate Brandon Holliday
(third, 53.37), who had been battling
a case of food poisoning.
McGrath's time dipped under the
Pacific-10 Conference standard
(1:51.44) and was just enough to
edge Weber State's Brad Osguthorp
(second, 1:51.47).
In the field, Leonidas Watson won
the triple jump (51 feet, 1 3/4 inches,
w:2.7) with his second-best perform
ance of the outdoor season. The jun
ior transfer from St. Louis Communi
ty College bettered 50 feet on two of
his three jumps, despite battling the
wind and built up adrenaline from
competing in the 4 x 100-meter relay
earlier in the day.
Watson had so much momentum
built up on his approach that he
missed the board by three feet on his
first attempt.
"The wind (made it difficult) Wat
son said. "After the 4 x 100 I'm so
juiced up and I'm running down the
runway so fast that my turnover is
making me short of the board. I had
to move up at least eight feet from my
original mark."
Sophomore Jeff Lindsey won the
high jump (7-0 1/2) for the second
time in three weeks at Hayward Field.
The Mansfield, Texas native cleared 7
13/4 during the Pepsi Team Invita
tional on April 10.
Also in the field, senior Trevor
Woods took second in the pole vault
(17-1) and improved on his previous
2004 outdoor best of 16-9 1/4.
In relay action, the Oregon combi
nation of Travis Anderson, Watson,
Brian Paysinger and Ryan Gilliam
took first in the 4 x 100 (40.72).
Contact the sports reporter
atjonroetman@daiiyemerald.com.
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