Holmes, Colgan selected as
All-American tracksters
Decathlete Jim Holmes was
a major part of the Cougar
men’s track and field team this
past season. He was the only
College team member to par
ticipate in the decathlon, but
there isn’t a much better partici
pant a person could ask for
than Holmes.
In the Oregon Community
College Athlete Association
Men’s Track and Field Cham
pionships, H dimes totaled
7041 points, the second
highest in the nation, only to
bteak that personal record in
national competition in thé Na-
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New school records set
in women’s track year
During the whole stretch of
the Cougar women’s track
season, the national qualifiers
kept multiplying. It seemed
almost every week there was at
least one new person on the list
of qualifiers.
Three of the national
qualifiers placed high enough
in the National. Junior College
Athletic Association WomerCs
Track and Field Champion
ships to earn places on the All-
American second team. The
highly skilled tracksters vyere
McCormick, as she tossed the
javelin 144’5” for third place;
Hanneman, who grabbed
fourth in the 400 at 56.4; and
Reynolds, who wets fourth in
the 5000-meter—event at
18:22.
One other group of
tracksters who placed in the na
tional meet was the 400-meter
relay team of Richardson,
Howard, Dennis, and Han
neman who gave a 49.1
eighth-place time.
The times and distances of
others who competed in the
nationals are as follows:
Kokesh, 4:57- in the
1^00-meter event; Ziemba
heaved the shot put 37’9”;
Simon had a time of 22.7 in
the 200 event; Dennis had a
time of 58:56 in the 400.
Also, while setting a new
school record in the
1600-meter relay with team
mates Kokesh, Simon, and
Hanneman, Dennis was in
jured. Thé new school record is
now 3:56.73.
tional Junior College Athletic
Association Men’s Track and
Field Championships.
It was there, in the NJCAA
Championships that Holmes
proved that he was the second
best decathlete in the nation,
and set an NJCAA record for
points collected in second-day
events.
The men trackster who earn
ed the right to compete in the
nationals included: Holmes in
the decathlon, Jim Colgan in
the steeplechase, Larry Psick,
Dan West, Dan Martin and Jeff
Johnson as a 400-meter relay
team, and Mike Miller , in (
800-meter event.
Holmes, of course, took se
cond in the decathlon, while
setting a record of 3710 points
for second-day events, for a
meet total of 6977. Colgan
nabbed
sixth
in
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Hixson battles books,
golfers at nationals
The week of June 2-6 is a
terribly busy one for Dan Hix
son. For not only will he be bat
tling the books as he prepares
for finals, but he will be battling
an estimated 260 other golfers
for the NJCAA golf champion
ship at Henry Horton State
Park in Chappel Hill, Tenn.
Women netters first in state, region
Toward the beginning of the
Cougar women’s tennis
season, Coach Gladys Michael
was thinking on the lines of se
cond or third in state. But in
stead, her team gave her even
higher success as they became
the number-one team in the
state and region, to go on to
.
national competition.
As individuals in the state
and region tennis tourney, all
the Cougars who played in
singles action were victorious;
Pat Philpot defeated her oppo
nent 6-0, 6-3, Diane Krax--
berger won 6-2, 6-2, Bonnie
Dillman topped her opponent
6-1, 6-4, as did Lisa Liechty
6-1,4-6,6-4.
Cougar doubles teams
weren’t quite as fortunate as
they both went down in defeat.
The tables were turned a bit
on the Cougar tennis players
when they traveled to Ocala,
Fla., to compete in the Na
tional Junior College Athletic
Association Women’s Tennis
Championships. This time it
was the College’s singles player
who went down in defeat, and
the doubles team who felt suc
cess to go onto doubles action.
It was Philpot, Kraxberger,
Dillman and Liechty who
would bow out after the first
round of action in the national
tourney. But it was Philpot and
Kraxberger teaming up who
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would take the number-one
seed.
The Cougar team of Dillman
and Wendy Young also won in
their first round of doubles play
but were defeated in the se
cond round by fifth seeded
team from Roane State in Har
rison, Tenn.
After the NJCAA Cham
pionships had been cpmpleted,
Michael stated, “It’s been a
very gratifying season.”
Team awards were given at
the Cougars awards banquet
last Wednesday night. Most
valuable Cougar netters were
Philpot and Kraxberger.
Philpot was undefeated at
league and regiopals play in
first singles and Kraxberger was
undefeated in second singles.
Shari Penberthy was voted
by her teammates as the most
improved player of the season.
This was Penberthy’s second
year of play. “She improved a
great deal from last year’s play,
practiced very hard and put in
a lot of time,” said Coach
Gladys Michael. “She very
much deserved the award.”
Most inspirational Cougar
netter was Debbie Birdsall.
“She displayed continuous en
couragement and backing to all
the players during the whole
season,” said Michael. “She
picked up practices with her
enthusiasm and was super sup
portive during practice and
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The 19-year old sophomore
shot a record 145 at the Region
18 tournament to qualify for
the top tourney in junior col
lege golf. Hixson left on a jet
plane Sunday with the troupe
from Mt. Hood Community
College, who will compete as
the Region 18 champions.
Hal Moe (Linn-Benton's golf
coach) will serve as the adviser
due to the College’s budget
limitations^ “We (the College)
overspent the travel budget to
the nationals,” admitted golf
Coach Jim Hudson. It was due
to the large amount of teams
that went to the state, regional,
and national tournaments.
OSU is trying to snag Hixson
into going to the four-year
university. He wants to con
tinue his education at a four-
year school, but prefers
somewhere like Portland
University . “He’s very capable
of being in the top 20,” Hud
son said.
The finals conclude June 5.
Just in time for Hixson to take
his finals. A lucky man, indeed.
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steeplechase, the Cougar
relayers were eighth in their
400-meter event, while team
mate Mike Miller was among
the top 12 runners to complete
the 800-meter in the national
championships.
Because of their high place
ment in the national track
meet, Holmes and Colgan
received the honor of being
named All-Americans.
With trying to get as many
athletes qualified for the na
tionals as possible, there were
many times that team points
were given up and top Cougar
tracksters were pulled from a
race to allow other individuals
to achieve success. Assistant
Coach Kelly Sullivan stated
about the regions, “We’ll
sacrifice points for individuals.”
And that’s how the" Cougar
relay team made the
nationals.
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The women’s track team held
its awards banquet Monday, at
the home of Coach Marilyn
Linsenmeyer.
Awards were presented to:
Loretta Elbert for most improv
ed, Sue Hanneman, most in
spirational^ and Shavon Dennis •
for most valuable. The banquet
was informal and only athletes ’
and coaches attended.
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