Hiring of Male Coach To Lead Combined Track Programs Sparks Suit

A former University of Oregon women's track and field coach has sued her former employer for gender discrimination, citing a pattern that most recently culminated with the hiring of an allegedly less qualified male coach to replace her.   Sally Harmon, a UO graduate and a women's throws events assistant for 18 years, was fired in the spring of 2003 after the athletic department consolidated the men's and women's track programs.   Harmon threatened to sue the university in October and f