Page 8 Portland Observer, September 8, 1982
Oregon International draws champions
Eugene, Ore.— American track
and field tans may be treated to a
number o f rare performances at the
Oregon International Meet at Hay
ward fie ld Sept. 25. A star-studded
field o f athletes is capable o f pro
ducing the best marks ever seen in
the United States.
Although injury has forced Steve
Ovett to withdraw from the her
alded mile, world-record holder
Sebastian Coe w ill be on hand.
Recent races have demonstrated
that he’s near the level which
brought forth his record o f 3:47.33
last year. W ith the likes o f Tom
Byers and Thomas Wessinghage in
the field, the race seems a sure bet to
be the fastest ever run in this coun
try. Jim Ryun’s then-world record
of 3:51.1, set in 1967, still stands as
the fastest run on U.S. soil. Byers,
fresh from his Fifth Avenue Mile
road win over Steve Scott, John
Walker and Sydney Maree, recently
clocked 3:50.84 for the mile. Byers
hopes to become the third American
to dip under 3:50. Wessinghage, o f
West Germany, has run 3:50.19 this
summer.
Kenya’ s Peter Koech and Univer
sity o f Oregon's Bill McChesney w ill
meet in the 5,000. Koech is third on
the all-time world list at 13:09.50
and McChesney turned in a 13:14.80
last month despite get'ing knocked
o ff the track in the final lap. The
Eugene runner is taking aim at a
sub-,3:10 clocking which would
eclipse former UO teammate Alber
to Salazar's American record o f
13:11.93 and threaten Henry Rono’ s
U.S. all-comers’ mark o f 13:08.4, a
former
w orld
record.
Should
McChesney set the American rec
ord. he’ d be the third Oregon ath
lete to do so this year. M att Centro
witz held the record briefly, running
13:12.91 in Eugene’ s Prefontaine
Classic last June. The 5,000 field al
so includes Julian Goater who has
clocked a 27:34.58 at 10,000 this
year. Paul Cummings (13:19.61 this
season), Doug Padilla (13:20.55),
Don Clary, Todd Harbour and
John Tracy, the two-time world
cross-country champion.
Pro football in New York experienced a kind of renaissance lest
season as the Jets got their act together after opening the seeson
with three losses. This season they are chasing the Super Bowl.
M eantim e, the Giants suddenly got tough and stunned Philadelphia
in the playoffs. New York fans must be looking forw ard to the fall
season.
W orld leaders in the throwing
events w ill threaten a number o f rec
ords.
Bob Roggy has been on a roll this
summer, raising the American jave
lin record to 314-3, just 3’ I ” shy o f
Ferenc Paragi’ s world mark o f two
years ago. Roggy launched a field
record o f 302-5 on his last visit to
Eugene and w ill be after Paragi’s
mark in this meet. Oregon’ s preco
cious Brian Crouser, the 1982
N C A A champion as a freshman, is
in the field, w ith his best o f 282-11,
along with a pair who've bettered
290 feet, Rod Ewaliko and Tom
Petranoff.
Dave Laut, who just equalled
Brian O ldfield’ s American record o f
72-3 in the shot, w ill take aim at
Udo Beyer’s world record o f 72-8,
set four years ago.
The discus field includes four
throwers who’ ve bettered 223 feet
this season, w ith A rt Burns current
ly second on the ’ 82 world list at
229-6. He’ ll be up against the man
who’s thrown the discus the fa r
thest, Ben Plucknett (237-4 PR; 224-
9 season best), as well as Mac W il
kins, the former world-record hold
er (223-9 this season), Ken Stadel
(223-2) and John Powell (224-2).
I t ’ s particularly fitting that we’ ll
have such an outstanding group of
throwers because most o f the pro
ceeds from this meet w ill go directly
towards resurfacing the runways at
Hayward Field,” said meet director
Gary Trigueiro o f the Oregon Track
Club.
The 12-event meet also includes
the 800 with James Robinson and
David Mack, the hammer throw
w ith Ed Burke and John M cArdle,
the 100 and 200 with Mel Lattany
and Jeff Phillips, the pole vault with
Steve Smith, the women’ s javelin
with Karin Smith and the women’ s
800 with Chris Mullen. The meet be
gins at 1 p.m.
"O u r fields are not completely
filled yet,” said Trigueiro. “ We’ll
be in contact with some o f the top
performers in the European Champ
ionships this week in Athens and
should have more announcements
next week.”
Tickets have been going fast for
the Oregon International. Some
6,300 reserved seats had been sold
by Sept. 3 with 2,900 remaining.
Five thousand general admission
tickets w ill go on sale at the UO
Athletic Ticket O ffice at 9 a.m. on
Sept. 20. Reserved seats are $7;
general admission is $5 for adults
and $3.50 for students.
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