Pac-10 rivalry meets
bring end to regular
season competition
Regular season meets wrap
up around the Pacific-10
Conference with conference
foes duking it out in play
By Jon Roetman
Sports Reporter
This season's Big Meet produced a
big performance from the California
men's track and field team.
The Golden Bears snapped a three
year losing streak to Stanford on Satur
day with a 96-66 victory in the annual
battle of Bay Area rivals.
California dominated many events,
most notably the long jump, where sen
ior Vincent Ibia (first, 23 feet, 11 3/4
inches), sophomore Brandon Williams
(second, 23-1 3/4) and senior Bruce
Giron (third, 23-0) swept the event.
The Golden
Bears won 11 of
19 total events.
"It was a won
derful day to
stop the streak
on the men's
side," California head coach Chris
Muffins said. "Our program is moving
rapidly towards the forefront of West
Coast track and field."
Several other Bears produced promis
ing marks with the Pacific-10 Conference
Championships just two weeks away. Ju
nior Rhuben Williams set personal
records in the hammer (first 205-2) and
the shot put (first, 64-9 3/4), while sen
ior Nick Mazur ran a personal best in the
100-meter dash at 10.54 seconds.
Giron also won the 400-meter hur
dles with a time of 52.71 seconds, more
than 1.5 seconds behind the conference
leading time ran by Oregon's Brandon
Holliday (51.08) at the Oregon Twilight.
One bright moment for Stanford was
Stanley Wilson's performance in the
100. A defensive back on the Cardinal
football team, Wilson had been limit
ed in his training because of football
commitments. Despite this conflict, the
junior ran an NCAA Regional qualify
ingtime of 10.49.
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"Stanley Wilson did an outstanding
job," Stanford men's head coach Robert
Weir said. "We did the best we could
but it was just not enough. It's a great ri
valry and a great tradition."
Other Stanford athletes who met
the NCAA Regional qualifying stan
dard included Jason Goff in the javelin
(217-10), Nick Sebes in the 400
(46.74) and Solomon Welch in the
triple jump (50-5 1/4).
Bruins bash the Trojans
UCLA dominated USC to the tune of
a 111-52 victory Saturday in the 72nd
annual dual meet between southern
California rivals.
The Bruins' 59-point margin of victory
was the largest for UCLA since the use of
traditional scoring (5-3-1 individual
events, 5-0 relay events) since 1992.
UCLA's day included 12 event win
ners, 13 personal best and 22 regional
qualifying performances. They also
swept five events.
Senior Dan Ames and sophomore
Chad Galbreath were both multiple
event winners for the Bruins. Ames took
home first place in the hammer, with a
personal best throw of 212-2, and the
shot put (64-7 3/4).
Galbreath won the steeplechase
(9:46.92) and the 5,000(15:16.94).
Kings of the desert
Arizona State earned state bragging
rights Saturday, defeating Arizona and
Northern Arizona in the annual "Dual
in the Desert" in Tucson.
The Sun Devils defeated the Wildcats,
104-96, and the Lumberjacks, 130-60.
Despite the loss, Arizona had one of
its top meets of the season, recording
28 conference qualifying marks and 22
NCAA Regional qualifiers.
Senior Matt Wagner was impressive
with the javelin for the Wildcats, win
ning the event with a throw of 225-2.
Freshman Daniel Cook won the 110
hurdles (14.79) and also finished third
in the 400 hurdles (55.94).
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given the speed needed to run 100
meters in between 10 and 13 seconds.
Attempt to run 5,000 meters, or
a little more than three miles, in a
test of endurance and finish in
around 14 to 17 minutes.
But what is the toughest overall
track and field event to excel at, con
sidering all factors?
This question was asked by
ESPN .corn's Page 2, which pertains
to all sports. They asked eight sports
"experts," including three journalists
and one current athlete, baseball
player and former football player
Brian Jordan.
Why only one current athlete was
asked to participate, who knows.
Of all the track and field events,
they listed the pole vault as the
most difficult and ranked it 16th
overall when considering all sports.
They cited its power, flexibility and
nerve as the three main attributes.
In the spirit of the track and field
season, I asked several members of
the Oregon women's track and field
team at the Oregon Twilight meet
Saturday this very same question.
Many of the athletes mentioned
the triple jump, high jump and the
javelin as some of the hardest to suc
ceed in. However, the general con
sensus and the first event that came
to mind of most was the pole vault.
Take a shot at mnning full speed
on the runway with an enormous
pole in your hands and propel
yourself over a bar that sits 12 to 18
feet high. Then prepare for the land
ing from up above straight back
"1 11 jump on the pole
vault bandwagon. I'd
give it a try — but I think
that's the toughest."
Jill Hoxmeier
Oregon thrower
onto the ground.
Pole vaulters Kirsten Larwin and
Emily Enders both agreed to this as
sessment, trying not to be favorably
biased toward their own event.
Freshman Enders pointed out
the intricacies that go into the event.
"I have to say the pole vault just
because it's so technical," Enders
said. "Everything you do, there's a
perfect way to do it and we're all
striving to get that. I think there's 11
things you have to think about in
the 30 seconds it takes to do a vault.
It's much more a mental challenge
than a physical challenge."
Senior Larwin concurred, also
mentioning the discus as another
event she felt was difficult.
"The pole vault and the discus
are the two most technically frus
trating, complicated, millions-of-as
pects events that I can think of,"
Larwin said. "One thing can go
wrong and it's done. I think a lot of
people will agree — it's not just the
polevaulters."
I^arwin proved to be right.
Junior Rachael Kriz, a high
jumper and a javelin thrower, said
almost all the field events were hard
to excel in.
"All of (the events) have their own
difficulties," Kriz said. "It's hard to
pick one from another, but I think
pole vaulting is especially difficult."
Senior Jill Hoxmeier, a thrower
who competes in the hammer and
discus, also agreed with her team
mates, but says she has no fear
whatsoever if she were to be asked
to compete in the pole vault.
"I'll jump on the pole vault
bandwagon," Hoxmeier said. "I'd
give it a try — but I think that's the
toughest."
The issue of depending on a
bent pole to boost yourself into
the sky and avoid coming into
contact with the bar is enough to
scare most people off.
First-year Duck and junior Bree
Fuqua said it best when she was
asked the toughest track and field
event overall.
"I would say the pole vault just
because it seems a little scary to
me," Fuqua said.
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pitched a one-hitter in the second
game, facing the minimum num
ber of batters with the help of a
double play.
"For us it's going to be a chance
for us to get some extra games in,
for people to get some innings
that they haven't been getting, but
mostly it's just a start to the end of
our season," Nyhus said.
The Ducks are coming off a 1-2
weekend to close their eight-game
homestand. So far Oregon is 3-3,
including wins against No. 1 Ari
zona and No. 7 Washington.
Friday, Oregon lost to No. 3
UCLA, 2-0, on a pair of home runs
in the fourth inning.
Hie Ducks had an offensive out
pour Saturday with a 10-2, five-in
ning victory against then-No. 7
Washington. Shortstop Breanne
Sabol hit a three-run home run in the
midst of a seven-run second inning.
Oregon lost Sunday's game 1-0
in eight innings off a home run by
Husky Sarah Hyatt. The Ducks
won the series with Washington, 2
1, taking back-to-back series'
against the Huskies for the first
time in program history.
"We had a pretty lethargic week
end," Nyhus said. "We need to
come out and use the Portland
State games as extra innings for us
to come out and be competitive
and play the way we know we can."
Nyhus became the fifth Duck
since 1976 to win 20 games in a
season with Saturday's victory.
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