Oregon hosts Wushu
championships
The Oregon Club Sports Wushu team is hosting the 6th Annual Collegiate Wushu Championships beginning 9 a.m. Saturday in Room 220 Gerlinger Hall.
The event will include more than 100 competitors from universities across North America. The Oregon Wushu team will be competing against UC-Berkeley, UC-Davis, Stanford and UCLA for the team championship. There is also a men’s and women’s all-around championship competition.
Competitors from Arizona, Washington, Simon Frazier University, have registered for the championships. The U.S. and Canadian national teams will also be present.
Wushu is a contemporary, traditional and internal Chinese form of martial arts, according to the Oregon club team.
Soccer signs 10 recruits
Ten high school student-athletes have signed national letters of intent to play soccer for the Ducks. Oregon head coach Bill Steffen landed four players from California, three from Utah, two from Oregon and one from Hawaii.
“They will substantially raise the level in which we will play and compete,” Steffen said. “We’re looking for these kids to jump in and contribute quickly.”
The Ducks were 8-8-2 last season, which was tied for the sixth best increase in wins from the previous year out of 278 Division I teams. It marked Oregon’s best record since it added the sport in 1996.
The recruiting class: Katie Abrahamson (midfielder, West Linn, Ore.); Carlie Ashcraft (midfielder, Salt Lake City); Jessica Fetzer (defender, Salt Lake City); Mele French (forward, Mililani, Hawaii); Caitlin Gamble (midfielder, Salt Lake City); Cristan Higa (midfielder/forward, Diamond Bar, Calif.); Salina Karia (forward, Portland, Ore.); Cassidy Kolb (forward, Camarillo, Calif.); Valerie Mayer, midfielder/defender, Pleasanton, Calif.); Andrea Valadez (forward, Torrance, Calif.).
Oregon golfer tied for first
Senior Aaron Byers fired a 5-under 67 and was tied for the lead after the first round of the Taylor Made Waikoloa Intercollegiate, played Wednesday at the 7,074-yard, par 72 Waikoloa Kings’ Course in Hawaii.
Byers had an eagle, four birdies, 13 pars and only one bogey as he shared the first day lead with Troy Matteson of Georgia Tech, who is the No. 5-ranked individual in the country.
As a team, the Ducks were tied for ninth with Rhode Island after the first day, carding a 3-over 291.
— from staff and wire reports