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SPORTS BRIEF
Two Oregon golfers
qualify for U.S. Amateurs
Oregon golfers Erin Andrews and
Eric Hastings qualified for their respec
tive women's and men's U.S. Amateur
Championships that begin this month.
Andrews, who will be a junior next
season, will compete in the women's
championship at the Kahkwa Club in
r
Erie, Pa. starting Aug. 9. She is sched
uled to tee off on Aug. 10 at 11:05
a.m. and 6:20 a.m. Andrews will be
paired with 2003 women's Mid-Ama
teur runner-up Shannon Ogg and for
mer UCLA golfer Gina Umeck.
The tournament is slated to end
Aug. 19.
The Las Vegas native was Oregon's
top women's golfer last season with a
76.8 scoring average.
On the men's side, Hastings will
compete at the Winged Foot Golf Club
in Mamaroneck, N.Y. on Aug. 16.
Hastings, who will be a sophomore
next season, advanced to the U S. Am
ateur Championships after finishing
first at a qualifying tournament at
Emerald Valley Golf Club in Creswell.
The Spokane native competed in
three events for Oregon this past sea
son and had a 76.2 scoring average.
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At the Junior Olympics, California's Alex Van Dyke team runner Kenny O'Neal crosses the r
finish line with the fastest time in the Young Men’s 100-meter preliminaries at 10.40 seconds.
O'Neal went on to finish second in the Young Men’s 100-meter finals with a time of 10.49.
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dock said. "I had a great year and
hopefully I can keep it up.
"I can't get far ahead of myself be
cause there's always someone out
there trying to beat you."
He said several Pacific-10 Confer
ence schools have courted him, along
with a couple East coast schools, but
has yet to make a decision regarding
what college he will attend.
In addition to Craddock, several
other athletes broke records through
out the week.
On the first day of competition, Eu
gene native Erin Gray was one of three
athletes to break the national record
in the 2,000 meter steeplechase for
the Young Women's division (7 min
utes, 34.02 seconds by Suezette Lue
vano in 2003).
The 17-year-old Gray, who goes to
South Eugene High School, won with
the best time of 7:15.97, breaking the
record by over 18 seconds. Luevano
finished second in the event at
7:17.80.
"I am so excited because I wanted
this since I was nine years old," Gray,
who represents Track City Track Club,
said to representatives of the USA
Track and Field Website:
www.usatf.org. 'I feel like I can run 10
miles now. I waited until the very last
barrier to run hard. I knew I could
catch (Luevano) with one lap to go. I
did not want to go too hard too early."
The second day was highlighted by
Long Beach's Shana Woods' victory in
the intermediate girls heptathlon af
ter scoring a total of5,052 points. The
score broke the 12-year-old record
(4,986 points) by 66 points.
The 16-year-old Woods finished
first in four of the seven heptathlon
events, including the high jump, long
jump, 100-meter dash and 200-me
ters. Her high jump mark (5 feet, 5
inches) was the only clearance at the
height, her long jump mark (18-9.75)
was the only mark over 18 feet, her
100-meter time (14.97) was the only
one under 15 seconds and her 200
meter time (24.31) was the only one
under 25 seconds.
The third day saw the field events
take over the spodight.
In the Midget Girls' division javelin
throw, 11-year-old DeeDee Robinson
tossed 116-03 to break the previous
record (115-10) set in 2001 by five
inches.
In the Young Men's division triple
jump, Kenneth Hall of Future Track
Club based in Baton Rouge, La.,
broke the 13-year-old national
record (52-6 by Ron Jones, 1991)
with four of his six attempts. His
best mark was his wind-aided fourth
attempt (56-2, wind: 4.6 mph),
which trounced the competition
and second-place finisher Nicholas
Brown of Chicago Zephyrs (50-2) by
more than six feet.
On the fourth day, Jordon Hasay of
San Luis Distance Track Club set a
new Youth Girls' record of 4:34.02 in
the 1,500-meter qualifying round,
which bested the eight-year record set
in 1996 by Rebecca Mitchell (4:36.90)
by a little over one second.
In the Midget Boys' 3,000-meters,
Portland native Musa Ahmed, 12, of
Pride Sports Track Club won the event
by a little more than one second
(9:39.77) over Roblet Muhudin of
Blazers Track Club (second, 9:40.84).
On the fifth day on Saturday,
Hasay set another Youth Girls record
— this time in the 3,000-meter fi
nals after running 9:48.77 to break
Deresa Walters' record by a little less
than 10 seconds..
In the 200-meter dash, Bianca
Knight of Jackson Jaguars in Mississip
pi, set a new female record with her
time of 23.06.
"I just run like I know I can and I
did," the 15-year-old Knight said ac
cording to www.usatf.org. "I am mo
tivated to do better every time I step
on the track. My start is what I want
ed it to be. I just went out there to
run my race and not worry about
anyone else."
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