COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD ROUNDUP

At the Pacific 10 championships:

Oregon takes lead--The Ducks scored 78 points in the men’s competition on the first of two days at UCLA’s Drake Stadium, with Washington second with 45 and UCLA third with 38. USC is in eighth place.

“I wouldn’t say it’s insurmountable,” UCLA Coach Bob Larsen said of the Ducks’ lead. “Obviously, Oregon had an outstanding first day. The points were where I thought they would be.”

UCLA’s Mark Parlin won the shot put with a mark of 64 feet 8 inches, one of three Bruins to place in the event, and teammate Scott Slover won the pole vault at 17-4 1/2.

In the first event of the day, Trojan throwers went 1-2 in the hammer as Balazs Kiss won and Bengt Johannson finished second.

In the women’s competition, Oregon leads with 75 points, USC is second with 47 and UCLA has 33.

UCLA’s field-event athletes scored 28 of the team’s points. Two defending NCAA champions won: Amy Acuff in the high jump and Valeyta Althouse in the shot put.

Emebet Shiferaw of USC was the surprise winner of the 3,000 meters in a time of 9:12.97.