Britz anchors mile relay to a third place
Some of the College's top
track and field athletes competed
in the Portland Indoor Invita
tional Track Meet Saturday at
the Memorial Coliseum.
The participants, both men
and women, were entered by
their coaches on the basis of
their ability and readiness.
"We went into the Indoor
with a loose approach," said
Roger Smith, womens' track
coach.
"We're geared toward
regionals and nationals, It's too
early in the season to get up
for this kind of meet."
"Barbara Johnson ran well
in the hurdles," Smith said. Also
competing in the hurdles was
Verna Simon.
According to Smith the sprin
ters have an easier time getting
up for these kinds of meets, but
he was also pleased with the dis
tance runners.
Amanda Eggleston and Raela
Rogers took part in the sprint
competition while Lisa Nickel,
Vickey Paddock and Jean Sand
wick ran the mile,
Sally Arthur and Angella
Cotton both ran the 1000 me
ters in the day meet. No women
competed in the night meet.
Karen liames was the only
field event competition for the
women. According to Smith, she
used the meet exclusively for a
warmup to the season.
"Last year we had to let
everyone know we had a track
program," Smith said.
"This
year, they know."
Bringing home third place
honors in the mens'college mile
relay was the team of Dave
Rudishauser, Don Brown, Joe
Jones and Kelly Britz. They
ran a 3:36:2 behind Mt. Hood
and Lewis and Clark Colleges.
Britz won his heat of the
1000 meters in the day meet.
"I ran a 2:32," Britz said. "I ran
good, but it was a little slow."
"Kelly won the race. He
controlled it and just ran nice.
He cruised along and then just
blitzed at the end," said Buck
Monroe, assistant track coach.
"I was really impressed with
Doug Oberst," Monroe said. "He
was just one second behind the
winner. He had to run around
people, the traffic was really
bad. He should be a strong three
miler for us."
With four seconds left. Cou
gar Tom Tirrill fouled Pat Fin-
dall and he sank both ends of a
44 feet in that event.
Dan Jackson and Randi
linger rounded out the fie
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very pleased with him,"
said. "Dan also looked I
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one-and-one to give Lane their
second lead of the game at
67-65.
Slick and Coffman led the
way with 20 points apiece and
Martin grabbed eight rebounds
to lead the team.
The Cougars as a team, shot
50 percent on 27 of 54 and they
also connected on 11 of 14
free throws.
A key factor in
the game was the Cougars 25
turnovers to Lane's I8.
The Cougars had a much
tougher game earlier in the week
as they traveled to Bend to take
on Central Oregon.
Clackamas'
29
turnovers
proved to be the difference as
COCC took advantage of the
Cougar miscues for an easy 106-
89 victory.
Easy was a good word to
describe it as Central Oregon
shot .584 percent on 47-82 from
the field. A lot of those points
came on layins created by the
23 steals that Central Oregon
had off their pressing defense.
Shooting was not a problem
for the Cougars as Clackamas
hit on 40 of 74 shots, or .545
percent and 9 of I5 free throws,
or 60 percent.
Slick led with I9, Martin
hit on 8 of 13 shots for 16
pts and 9 rebounds. Coffman
and Mark Schroeder had 12 each
while Tirrill had 7 assists.
The Cougars travel to Pendle
ton to take on Blue Mountain
Community College, Wed., Feb.
I. They also are part of a basket
ball double-header on Fri, Feb. 3
as both the mens and women's
team take on Linn-Benton Com
munity College.
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Men lose close games
Lane got the ball and with
seven seconds left on the timer,
called a time out.
meters.
In the mile Brown and
Wanvig ran times of 4:28 1
4:39 respectively.
Sprinters Roosevelt White
Steve Maynard both tool!
in their 60 meter heats. I
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sports
The College men's basketball
team fell to 4-6 in league play
as they lost to co-league leaders,
Lane Community College and
Central Oregon, in action last
week.
In Saturday's game at Clacka
mas, Lane led only twice but
it was the second time they did
the Cougars in, as they lost in
the closing seconds, 67-65.
After tieing the score at two,
Clackamas led throughout the
game and even held a 16 point
lead at 33-17 with 6:30 left to go
in the first half.
However, with Preston Mar-
, tin's third personal foul, Lane
was able to outscore the Cou
gars 17-6 and only trailed at the
half, 39-34.
In the second half,Clackamas
held a 53-47 lead before Lane
rallied to knot the score at 57.
From then on, the two teams
virtually traded baskets with one
another.
Dan Slick's three point play
and Jim Coffman's free throw
gave the Cougars a 61-57 lead
with five minutes left to play.
With 4:50 left, it was 63-59
Clackamas. With only two min
utes remaining, Lane had tied
the score at 63.
With only :22 seconds re
maining, and the score tied at
65, Coffman was boxed in and
was forced into a jump situation
with Lane's Steve Halverson.
Alan Knoop, a Clackafl
dent but running unatj
also
competed in the!
Clearing the last hurdle successfully Verna Simon steadily ey
finish of the 60-meter hurdles.