Sports
Distance runners 1st at regionals, 4th in nation
Cougar distancemen cap
tured the Region 18 champion
ship recently for the second
consecutive year which led
them to national competition in
Wichita, Kansas where they
placed fourth.
Setting their goal at rank
ing in the top five at nationals
the Cougar runners didn’t
hesitate to shoot for such an
achievement accumulating a
total of 124 team points.
The Cougar’s were outrun
by Southwestern Michigan
placing first with 64 points,
¡Brevard with 104 and
¡Southern Idaho with 109.
Tony Macey, a CCC
freshman, placed fifth overall
^clocking in at 24:44 and was
the first runner in for
Clackamas.
“Tony ran super,” accor
ding to Coach Kelly Sullivan.
“It was his. fastest five mile this
season and probably the
■ toughest route we’ve run on.”
Macey was also the first All
American, in men’s cross coun
try in CCC’s history followed
by Vance Blow who came in
22nd. “Vance had a great
season,” Sullivan said. Blow
was also conference champion
for the second consecutive
year.
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Photo by Wanda Percival
VANCE BLOW AND two teammates brag their number one ranking as they swept
Regionals in Bush Park in Salem.
Other national contenders
for the Cougar distancemen
were Ken Velasquez placing
32nd, Marco Guiterrez taking
46th, and Jay Marugg who
placed 53rd.
“The competition
really great,” Sullivan
“These were probably
toughest national runners
was
said.
the
from
top to bottom.”
“It was neat we went back
there. We were kind of put on
center stage because it was the
first time CCC was considered
a threat,” Sullivan said.
Clackamas had five All
Conference performers and six
All Region runners this season.
All conference runners includ
ed Blow, Macey, Velasquez,
Marugg and Purdue, while All
Region performers included
the same five and Dave Walsh.
In regional action two
weeks ago, the Cougar’s finish
ed with 41 total team points to
take the title.
Blow did an outstanding
job for the Cougars coming up
with a second place finish
behind North Idaho’s, Cristy
David. Blow expressed a will to
defeat David in national com
petition, but was unable to pull
it off.
Walsh finished as CCC’s
ninth man in Salem with a
22nd place finish in 25:56
while teammate Macey finished
fourth overall in 24:49. They
were followed in by Velasquez,
ninth in 25:19; Marugg, 12th
in 25:29; Purdue, 15th at
25:38; Kevin McDermott, 16th
in 25:43 and Guiterrez who
placed 19th in 25:49.
Sullivan anticipates a
strong distance team next
season as he has seven of ten
men returning, three of which
were in his top five this year.
Debbie Simon leads women’s x-country through nationals
By J. Dana Haynes
Of the Print
Debbie Simon went the
distance for the Women’s
Cross Country team, placing
8th at regionals two weekends
ago and 42nd at nationals last
week. “I was pretty pleased
with the way I ran,” Simon
stated.
Simon’s finishing time has
been fairly consistent, with only
six seconds difference between
her regional and national
times.
“I was happy for Debbie,”
coach Marilyn Linsenmeyer
said. “She’s team oriented and
since we didn’t really send a
team to either meet, it was
tough for her to get up for
them.”
Plagued by injuries, only
three women distancers made
it to regionals which were held
at Salem’s Bush Park. Anna
Muceus and Jenine Tucker
finished 11th and 20th, respec
tively, with Simon breaking the
plane at 11th place, with a time
of 19.23.
“Jenine ran well,”
Linsenmeyer said. “She’s been
running pretty consistently all
year. So has Anna, but she
didn’t have as good a day as
usual.”
Lane Community took the
day at regionals, with a first
place team finish and Janet
Beaudry taking the individual
first. Mt. Hood Community
came in second. Ten schools
ran in the Salem rain, eight
from Oregon and two from
Idaho.
One Cougar who did not
attend the meet was Alice
Hunger, who has been hexxed
by a recurring knee injury ac
quired during high school.
“Originally, I planned on runn
ing in the regionals, but then I
decided it was better not to
push it,” Hunger said.
Alumni game slated
COUGAR RUNNER DEBBIE Simon runs to an eighth
place
at
finish during a recent Regional cross country meet
Bush Park in Salem. Simon placed 42nd at Nationals.
Wednesday, November 18, 1981
The Cougar men’s basket
ball team will hold it’s second
annual Alumni game Nov. 21
in Randall Gym at 8 p.m.
The game is open to
anyone who has played on the
Cougar team in past years and
they’ll challenge the current
Cougar varsity squad.
Thus far, there are about
50 people signed up to play ac
cording to Athletic Director
Chuck Hudson, and it’s free.
For further information
contact assistant basketball
coach Paul Fiskum at ext. 211.
Simon was the only
Cougar to attend nationals,
which were held in Wichita,
Kansas. Out of a field of 134
runners from all over the U.S.,
Simon placed 42nd, with a
finishing time of 19.29. Oregon
was well represented in the up
per echelons, with Dawn
Wilker of Mt. Hood finishing
11th and Tammy King of Linn
Benton placing 13th.
Simon is not finished run
ning the distances for this year.
She’ll be running for the
Cougar track team during Spr
ing semester. “I’ll run 800
yards and 1500 yards, pro
bably,” Simon predicted. And
after that?
“I’m not sure yet,” Simon
said. “I may be going to the
University of Oregon next year.
Right now, I’m looking
around.”_____ ___________
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