Swimming Holds Tiny Lead in Oregon Voting -- October 30, 2002

By Phillip Whitten

EUGENE, Oregon, Oct. 30. SWIMMING maintained a shrinking lead over gymnastics in the voting on the University of Oregon web site for the addition of a women's sport.

Early this afternoon, swimming led by a mere 14 votes, out of about 156,000 votes cast. Here's the latest vote count:

1. Swimming & Diving (184) - 38.8% (61,328 votes)
2. Gymnastics (64) - 38.8% (61,314 votes)
3. Water Polo (29) - 20.3% (32,049 votes)
4. Lacrosse (77) - 0.5% (841 votes)
5. Rowing (84) - 0.5% (785 votes)

Based upon voting patterns, it appears to me that gymnastics is about to make a big, get-out-THE-vote push.

If swimming is to win, we'll have to match that effort.
Swimming should win this vote: there are more registered swimmers in this country than regsitered athletes in gymnastics.

Judging by voting patterns, I doubt that swimming's lead will last the night. We need swimming fans to continue voting!

YOU can help create a new Women's Swimming and Diving program at Oregon by voting at the school's web site below.

www.goducks.com

You can help further by passing this article along to five friends and asking them to vote.