Oregon golfers
in second after first day
The Oregon men’s golf team wrapped up the first day of the Cleveland Golf Classic on Monday trailing USC by two strokes. This 16-team tournament is being held in Westlake Village, Calif., at Northranch Country Club and hosted by Southern California. Oregon shot a two-round total of 583, while the Trojans are on top leading with 581.
On top for Oregon is senior Aaron Byers leading the Ducks with a four over par on the first round and a two under par on the second round concluding to a total of 144. Byers is also tied for seventh individually.
Junior John Ellis is tied for 15th with a score of 147 and senior Brandon Harnden is tied for 17th with 148. Sophomore Mike Sica and junior Chris Carnahan are both tied at 27th with a score of 150 after the two-rounds of golf today.
USC leads the tournament with 581, Ducks in second with 583, Washington is third with 586, and Fresno State is not far behind in fourth with a total score of 587.
The Cleveland Golf Classic will resume play today with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start off the 1st and 10th tees.
Women golfers sits in 12th
Freshman Johnna Nealy shot a career-low 73 and tied for ninth in the first round of the Spartan Invitational played at the 5,938-yard, par-72 Corral de Tierra Country Club to lead the Oregon women’s golf team. Nealy topped her previous low by three strokes and leads the Ducks at plus-1.
Oregon placed 12th of 16 teams after carding a 308 composite. California led the competition by five strokes after one round with a 289, followed by Pepperdine at 294 and Oklahoma State at 297.
California’s Ria Quiazon took the first round lead with a 4-under 68, while fellow Bear Anna Temple tied for second three strokes behind Quiazon at 71 along with South Carolina’s Kristy McPherson and Southern California’s Becky Lucidi.
— from staff and wire reports
Women’s track dominates
in first outdoor meet
The Oregon women’s track and field squad faced a daunting task this weekend but came through with strong marks in the final indoor competition of the season.
Senior Niki Reed won the pole vault competition with a mark of 13-5 feet and 1/4 inches at the Nebraska Last Chance Qualifier in Lincoln. Reed, a two-time All-American, won by almost six inches over Oklahoma’s Leslie Dunlap.
Sophomore Kirsten Riley placed seventh in the meet at a mark of 11-8, the only other Duck to participate in Nebraska.
In another competition, the Ducks got their first taste of the outdoor season at the Linfield IceBreaker in McMinnville. Sophomore Sarah Malone earned her second-best javelin throw ever at 170-9 and won the competition by more than 11 feet ahead of fellow Duck, Elisa Crumley. Crumley, a freshman from Hillsboro, placed second at 159-4, outdistancing the NCAA provisional mark of 150-11. Junior Charyl Weingarten placed third at 146-4.
In the 100 meters, junior Janette Davis took first at 12.17 seconds, while freshman Michelle Donovan placed first in the 400 at 60.18.
Junior Alicia Snyder-Carlson, as an unattached entrant, took the 800 at 2:19.50, with freshman Laura Harmon taking the 1,500 with a time of 4:48.90.
The list doesn’t end there, as junior Lucretia Larkin won first in the 100 hurdles (15.27), and transfer Mary Murphy claimed the high jump (5-6). Freshman Clarice Hayward-Lee won the triple jump, and junior Mary Etter earned a Pacific-10 Conference invite with a 44-7 mark in the shot put and 160-0 in discus.
Finishing up, junior Jordan Sauvage was first in the hammer at 166-2.
— Hank Hager
Men’s track ends
indoor season on high note
The Oregon men’s track and field squad ended its indoor regular season with its strongest effort of 2002, with a host of NCAA qualifying efforts in the Washington Qualifier in the Dempsey Indoor Center.
Junior sprinter Samie Parker lowered his season best and his ranking in the 60-meter dash on the NCAA provisional list by .04 seconds with his win in the final (6.66 seconds) — a mark which might earn him an entry in next weekend’s NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.
A trio of distance runners also scored their first provisional marks of the season. Freshman Noel Paulson scored a one-second personal best in the mile (fifth, 4:04.31). In the 5,000, junior Jason Hartmann claimed third (14:07.12), just ahead of redshirt sophomore John Lucas, who posted a 30-second personal best and his first NCAA provisional mark of his career (fifth, 14:16.40). Both eclipsed the 14:18.15 minimum qualifying standard, but their marks, like Paulson’s, are outside of the top 20 nationally with usually 16-18 athletes invited per event to the NCAA Championships.
Also among the distance ranks, redshirt senior Ross Krempley made his season debut (800, fifth, 1:53.35) as did redshirt freshman Daniel Seddiqui, (seventh, 1:58.85).
Among other strong marks, junior Micah Harris finished first in the 60-meter hurdles, just missing his season best by 0.03 seconds (8.06).
— from staff and wire reports
