By Roland Lechner Arizona Daily Wildcat May 13, 1998 UA track squad promises successful season finale Wildcat File Photo Arizona Daily Wildcat Amy Skieresz The Wildcat track and field teams are saving the best for last this season. After coming off a mediocre indoor season, where only a few athletes qualified for the NCAA Indoor Championships, things started to work out once outdoor meets began. Ranked third in the nation on the men's side and No. 12 on the women's side, Arizona has moved into the role of one of the favorites at the upcoming NCAA Outdoor Championships in Buffalo, N.Y., in June. "We had a very good season so far, especially on the men's side, but the big events are still to come. We eagerly await the NCAAs because we have the amount of quality athletes to rank really high," UA head coach Dave Murray said. Arizona's strength in field events, particularly the javelin, pole vault, discus and shot put, was mainly responsible for the huge improvement of the overall team performance. "I'm very happy that I didn't have any setbacks through injuries this season, so I was able to practice really hard," freshman Esko Mikkola said. Mikkola stunned all his opponents by rocketing the javelin to a new school record and automatic NCAA performance of 250-1 feet. The shot put and discus tandem of seniors Chima Ugwu and Doug Reynolds dominated most events with 1-2 sweeps. On the women's side it was another year of enjoying Amy Skieresz's unlimited potential over the distance races. She qualified automatically without any problems in the 5,000 and 10,000-meters, where she will try to remain NCAA champion. Sophomore Carolyn Jackson has qualified provisionally for the NCAAs with a lifetime best of 52.56 in the 400.