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Harmon said. "It's really dry and the
air is really dusty and dirty but every
body has to compete in it. I wish I
would have felt better."
Harmon was not happy about her
race despite adding points to Ore
gon's team score. She said it was really
difficult to remain hydrated during
the heat of the day.
"I did definitely push the fluids a
lot," Harmon said. "I just didn't feel
that great. Going into the rac^ I was
mentally prepared. Physically I knew
I was prepared, but I wasn't feeling it
after awhile."
The Oregon women took seventh
overall for the second straight year after
scoring 58 points. UCLA won its eighth
consecutive conference championship
after accumulating 174.5 points. The
Bruins are ranked No. 1 in the nation,
according to theTrackwire 25.
Harmon said afterwards she felt
her team was much better than what
they showed.
"1 definitely knew we wanted to do
better than that," Harmon said. "Giv
en what we were expected to do, I guess
it was good. But I think we set expecta
tions a little bit higher than that."
Good times
As her final year at Oregon culmi
nates, pole vaulter Kirsten Larwin is
determined to leave with a stamp on
her four-year career.
Larwin finished with her highest ever
Pac-10 placing in the pole vault when
she cleared the bar at 13 feet, 6 1/4
inches. The mark beat her prior person
al best by nearly three indies, achieved
in April at the Texas Relays. Larwin
placed fourth, right ahead of teammate
Emily Enders, who deared 13-2 1/4.
"I was really happy," Larwin said. "I
couldn't be happier actually. I couldn't
wipe the smile off my face. It's been a
long time coming. It was my third at
tempt, so it was do or die."
"I did definitely push the
fluids a lot.... 1 just didn't
feel that great. Going into
the race, I was mentally
prepared. Physically,
knew I was prepared ..."
Laura Harmon
Oregon runner
Larwin admitted to being a little
rattled toward the end of the competi
tion. At her last two heights, she
cleared the bar on her third and final
attempt. Larwin credited Enders and
pole vault coach Mark Vanderville for
keeping her focused.
"They knew I could do it," Larwin
said. "Mark just seemed so calm about
this whole thing, and he wasn't worried
when it came down to it and that gave
me confidence Emily just told me 1 was
ready and it was time to do it and jump
high. "Washington's Kate Soma won the
event over heralded UCIA sophomore
Chelsea Johnson with a mark of 14-2.
Despite being competitors, Larwin said
all of the women pole vaulters support
ed one another throughout the day.
Larwin said Soma is a very good
friend of hers and they gave advice to
each other along the way.
"Pole vault is unique and it isn't
like any other event," Larwin said. "Of
course, you're out there to do the very
best to try to win every single time,
but the best girl wins on the day. I'm
just really happy with how I did and
(Soma) was cheering for me and I was
cheering for her."
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at alextam@dailyemerald.com.
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SPORTS BRIEFS
Club baseball allotted
$6,400 for Florida trip
In order to fund their trip to the Na
tional Club Baseball Association World
Series in Bradenton, Fla., Oregon's Club
baseball team members Tory Caputo,
Travis Chock and Jon Loomis present
ed their request for $6,400 at the Stu
dent Senate meeting on Wednesday.
The Club was granted the full
amount of their request after it passed
unanimously by a 13-0 vote.
"This is a once and lifetime oppor
tunity for us," Caputo said while ad
dressing the Senate.
The team began the 2003-2004
school year with $3,800, which was
allotted to them from Club Sports.
Loomis explained to the Senate that
the baseball program's operating
budget is $ 15,000 and that was calcu
lated before a trip to the NCBA's Re
gional Tournament in Kaysville, Utah,
and to the World Series.
The team has been contacting team
alumni to fund raise for other costs.
Loomis said any money raised be
fore the tournament — which runs
from May 26 to 31 — "will go to re
lieve personal player costs to attend
the tournament."
Women's Club lacrosse
takes 11th at Nationals
A Northwest Region conference ti
tle. A winning record. A berth in the
US Lacrosse Intercollegiate Associates
National Championships.
The Oregon women's Club Lacrosse
team wanted just one more thing to cap
off a stellar season — a win at the Na
tional Championships in St. Louis.
Following two close losses, to No.
5 Texas A&M and No. 9 Pittsburgh,
the Ducks won their final game
against No. 11 Texas at the Anheuser
Busch Sports Center on May 14.
With four seconds left in the match
and with No. 12 Oregon behind 9-8,
senior Traci Geist scored a goal in the
last seconds to tie the game. With her
goal forcing a three-minute overtime,
Geist scored again 11 seconds into
sudden death play to give Oregon its
first win of the tournament, 10-9.
With a 1-2 tournament record, Ore
gon captured 11th place.
"There was no way we were going
to end a great season on a loss," jun
ior Marissa White said.
For Oregon's six seniors — Mary
Beebe, Louisa Dorsch, Geist, Liz Har
rison, Anya Janowsky and Tara
McGann — the win was a fitting end
to a better-than-average season.
— Kirsten McEwen
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