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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (April 1, 1979)
1 J I Hale tracksters perform well ■Mark McNeary ■The Print liter being canceled out on ■heir previous week’s meet, L Clackamas mens track came back last Saturday ■capture; a third place finish lie league relays. Iln a meet scheduled for the larch 24 against Ashland, lane Community College, lithwestern Oregon Com- junity College, Southern Igon State College and lasta, the Clackamas Icksters were ready. But the lit prior to the meet all but |o teams dropped out of the impetition leaving only jjckamas and SWOCC to ■pete, which they did, and Ite impressively. |‘We did rather well,” Coach Is Tipton said of his teams’ ■ormance. “Considering all iiat happened we had some ■good efforts.” [One of those efforts was turi id ‘in by Duke Hughes who In a 4:11 1500 meters, his lever time, lame of the other Cougars mo put in good efforts were In Jackson who threw the Icus 150” 10’ and Randy/ Iger who put the shot 50 ■6 inches. Also Jim Holmes ■ vaulted 13’ 9. last Saturday the Cougst Ke in third in a meet against lie Mountain Community Eege, Central Oregon imunity College and Linn- on. The main reason for |is was the fact that kamas did not enter a er-mile relav team. “You might say it was coaching error,” Coach Tipton said. “I didn’t want to strain the team. We could have gotten more points had we entered, but I didn’t want to risk injury.” In the meet, which featured mostly team events, the Cougars pulled off a minor up set in beating Lane in teh two- mile relay with a time of 7:56, .10 better than second place Lane. “We have four or five good half-milers, but Dave Rudischauser, one of our better ones, wasn't there. That made the win even more enjoyable,” Tipton said. . Jeff and Greg Forell placed second and fourth respectively in the long jump while Jeff also finished second in the triple jump with a leap of 42” 5. In the distance medley, Coach Tipton pointed to Dan Cobine’s three-quarter mile time of 3:07, as a key to the overall team performance. “Dan was outstanding in the medley,” he said. “Even though we finished second behind Lane, his run kept us in the race.” Dan Jackson finished first in the discus with a toss of 150’ 11 while fieldmate Randy Bolliger came in first in the shot at 50’ 6. “We competed well and we might have been champions-¡f we had entered enough races,” said Tipton. “I was happy with the way we represented our selves.” I , The mens track team get in some conditioning prior to this week’s meet, photo by Kelly Lauglin During spring break Racket men prep By Chico Escuela Of The Print While most College students were basking in the sun or fleeing to places unknown during spring break, men’s tennis Coach Rich Taylor had his team in Eastern Washington for a series of tough pre-season matches, preparing for the spring campaign. The Cougars opened up the road trip with a decisive 7-2 win over Lewis and Clark College and were forced to regain their strength in just one short hour and take on Washington State. The Cougs were unable to overcome the adverse circumstances and dropped the match 7-2. The men netters came back in the final days of the tour by troun cing. Blue Mountain 6-1, defeating last, year’s regional champs, Northern Idaho, 6-3 but ended the tour on a sour pote with a 7-2 loss at the han ds of Coeur d’Alene Tennis Association. Coach Taylor commented, “the spring trip was primarily designed to see how we com pared with the other teams from around the area, and to have our team members get to know each other.” The Cougar mentor pointed to Tim Qualls as the outstan le Browning returns a serve in womens tennis prac- ding player of the tour as he I maintained an unblemished 5- •amas Community College centimeters Colors by Muriseli Color Services Lab 0 record. John Hazelett and David Long also performed well on the trip, as both com piled 3-2 marks in singles com petition. In summing up the “spring warmup” Taylor noted, “it was an overall good trip although we were without our number one singles player, Steve Anast, who is out with a back injury.” After gaining a forfeit win over Mt. Hood Community College in their first match back at Clackamas, the Cougar netmen were thrashed by Lewis and Clark last Friday. There were a couple of bright spots in the Cougars’ loss, namely David Long and Tim Qualls. Coach Taylor said Long played his most im pressive match of the season as he defeated Lewis and Clark’s number one man 4-6, 6-0, 6- 0. Not to be outdone by his teammate, Qualls defeated last year’s NAIA champ, 6-7, 6-4, 6-2. Although Taylor was hesitant to mark his team as the “team to beat” he felt that the other coaches in the league would probably choose Clackamas as the pre-season favorite for the league crown. Taylor commented on the progress of his team so far, saying, ' “we still need to gain some consistency down the ladder. This year’s team has more talent than last year’s squad but at times rely on talent alone. It’s just going to depend on how hard they want to work.” he added. The Cougs will open up their league schedule on Friday against Chemeketa who Taylor sees as one of the year’s tougher opponents and a possible obstacle enroute to the league crown. The men will come back the following day with a match against Concor dia. Both matches are scheduled for 3 p.m.- on the Cougar courts. TRI-CITY BOWL MOLALLA AVE AT WARNER MILNE RD PO BOX 292 SEV HARKSON TRAIN* FOR A JOB SKILL Heavy Equip. Operation Air Cond JRef rigeratlon Small Engine Mach. (503)659-5181 Owner Manager Pinball Pool Bowling 656-5229 Page 13
