Lauren Wimer Senior Photographer
Junior Sofie Abildtrup hugs boyfriend and former Oregon pole vaulter, Piotr Buciarski, at
the Oregon Invitational. Abildtrup has been a key runner for Oregon.
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she's been a superb asset to the envi
ronment and attitude toward the
whole team."
Abildtrup does not plan on coming
back to Oregon next year, as she heads
back to her native Denmark to contin
ue her architecture studies.
Rivals meet again
At the Pac-10 Championships in
Tucson, Ariz., Kayla Mellott reunited
with one of her old high school rivals
to compete at the 400-meter hurdles.
The junior from Bellingham, Wash.,
met up with Washington's Cambrielle
Jensen in the event after the two had
several heated encounters against one
another before college. Mellott said
they both greeted each other with a
handshake and nothing more.
"We're always cordial with each oth
er, " Mellott said. "But we definitely have
been competitors since high school, so
we're not the best of friends."
Mellott ended up having the last
laugh, finishing one place ahead of
lensen in seventh place at 61.27. lensen,
a junior from Arlington, Wash., placed
eighth with a time of 61.95.
"I was really happy I accomplished
several goals that 1 set out to do," Mel
lott said. "I made it to the finals in
(the 400 hurdles) and 1 was a Pac-10
scorer. 1 qualified for Regionals and I
beat my high school rival that I have
never beaten before."
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Oregon head coach Chris Rus
sell thinks every match in this tour
nament is going to be tough.
"Every player in this tourna
ment is good and there will be no
easy matches," Russell said.
" It's good for
us and our program
to have two people
in the tournament...
Manu has been
practicing like he
was going to play
all week anyways
and practicing
against Swin
definitely helps
him out."
Chris Russell
Oregon head coach
Barker comes in hot, having
won his last six matches. He joins
his twin brother, Richard, to form
the top-ranked doubles team in
the country.
Though Swinnen and Barker
haven't played each other this sea
son, their teams did match up in
late February. Swinnen defeated
Rice's top player, No. 35 Robert
Searle, and Barker lost to Kost.
"They know our guy and we
know theirs, so it should be inter
esting," Russell said.
While Swinnen is seen as the fa
vorite, the 66th-ranked Kost will
appear to be the underdog, but
don't tell that to Russell.
"Manu raises his game against
the big guys," Russell said.
Stewart is currently ranked
ninth in the nation and is 23-8
this season, including winning six
of his last seven matches. Two of
those victories came against fifth
Danielle Hickey Photo Editor
Manuel Kost, seen here earlier this season, will head to the NCAA Individual
Championships, which begin today. Sven Swinnen also will compete today in Tulsa, Okla.
ranked Phillip King of Duke.
"Stewart is a very respected player
around the country," Russell said.
Kost also comes into the match
with confidence, making it to the
quarterfinals in what is arguably the
toughest conference tournament in
the nation.
Russell knows Kost is a dangerous
player and has proved it throughout
the season.
"If he gets hot, everybody in this
tournament better watch out," Rus
sell said.
Kost has beaten some of the best
the Pacific-10 Conference has to of
fer this season, including victories
over lOth-ranked Alex Vlaski of
Washington and the very tough
Luben Pampoulov of UCLA.
Kost, originally an alternate,
made it to the tournament as a re
sult of at least three or four players
dropping out due to injuries, Rus
sell said.
"It's good for us and our program
to have two people in the tourna
ment," Russell said. "Manu has
been practicing like he was going to
play all week anyways and practic
ing against Swin definitely helps
him out."
Clayton Jones is a freelance reporter
for the Emerald.
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