Women runners
fall to Mt. Hood
Although the lack of first
places’ seems unimpressive on
paper, Wynia is'pleased with
her athletes’ performancB
Five members of the team
qualified for tinals, including
McCormick for the Javelin and
discus, Kelly for Javelin,
Hunger in the 5,000 meter
race, Wheatley for the 400
meter hurdles, and the C igar
1,600 meter team.
By J. Dana Haynes
Of The Print
The women’s track team
hosted a meet last weekend,
but lost to Mt. Hood Com
munity despite strong in
dividual performances.
“We had some excellent
times, but just not enough to
beat Mt. Hood,” Coach
Marilyn Wynia said.
Perhaps the most im
pressive performance was for
Johnson, who had regional'
qualifying times in the 100
meter, 200 meter, 100 meter
hurdles and a qualifying
distance in the long jump. I
The strong performances
included a 2nd place in the 200
meters for Petra Johnson with
a time of 26.1 seconds.
In the Javelin, Cyd Mc
Cormick took 2nd with a toss
of 130’5”, followed by Terri
Kelly’s 4th place throw of
119’0”.
WITH A BACK-UP, softball pitcher for the Grafites, Gary Klapel attempts to catch
the independences out, during last Thursday’s game. The Grafites won 21-0.
Staff Photo by Duane Hiersche
Douglass stars in decathlon
By Tracy Sumner
Of The Print
Cougar track and field
man Marcell Douglass took his
considerable athletic talent to
Albany last week where he
competed in the Conference
Decathlon Championships last
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Douglass came home with a se
cond place finish after what
assistant track coach Kelly
Sullivan called a “superb” per
formance.
Douglass completed the
10 event competition with
6,952 points, just 103 shy of
the school record set last year
by Jim Holmes. He also eclips
ed his own personal best by
nearly 700 points.
“His
score
was
phenomenal for a freshman,”
Sullivan said. “He improved in
every event (over his last
decathlon).” Sullivan also said
that Douglass’ score would
have placed him second in the
up-coming Nationals.
His performance placed
him second to Conny Silfver, a
25-year-old Swede from Ricks
Jr. College in Idaho. Silfver
now holds the world standard
in decathlon competition with a
performance of 7,814 points.
In decathlon competition,
athletes compete against
established time and distance
standards, instead of each
other. Points are scored on the
basis of 1,000 for each event.
The athlete with the most
points at the end of the com
petition wins the decathlon.
Despite Douglass’ stellar
Alice Hunger finished 2nd
in the 5,000 meter race, with a
time of 18 :51.
The Cougar team took
first in the 1,600 meter relay,
v .ui Denise Wheatley (61.0),
Petra Johnson (62.3), Debbie
Simon (59.7) and Terri Kelly
(63.0) and a team time of
4:07.1.
performance, Sullivan still
looks for him to improve even
more.
“In every event he can do
better,” Sullivan stated. “All his
bests (in individual events)
would equal 7,500 points.”
son, Dan West, and Manuel
West teamed for a 3:17.1 time
in the 1600 meter relay to take
first in that event. Taylor also in the javelin with a toss of
teamed with Larry Psick, Jeff 209-1.
Johnson, and John Martin to
Les Taylor, and Larry
set a season record in the 400 Psick finished 2-3 in the 100
meter relay. The run earned meter dash with times of 10.7
the men first place in the meet. and 11.0, respectively. Taylor,
Dan West set a new school Dan West, and Psick also plac
record in the 400 meters with a ed 2-3-4 in the 200 meters.
“We possibly could have
sprint of 48.3. West’s run broke
the record held by Randy won the meet,” assistant coach
Kessler set in the 1972 season. Kelly Sullivan said. “Right
now, we’re not too concerned
Cougar distance runners
totally d »minated the 5,000 about it.” Now the team looks
meter event. Tony Macey and forward to the conference meet
Steve Gogl set personal held~this weekend.
records as they ran Nationals-
“We’re looking to win con
qualifying times of 14:40 and ference,” Sullivan said, “Mt.
14:43.4, respectively. Vance Hood is our competition. We
Blow, Kevin MacDermott, and don’t have the depth they do,
Jim Zumwalt placed 3-4-5 in but we have the talent.”
the event.
The men travel to
Roger Barnhurst con Gresham for the Conference
tinued a fine season taking first meet beginning this Saturday.
Despite superlative per
sonal times and distances, the
Cougars suffer from that which
ails most community college
teams: lack of people.
“This is about the average
size of a community collage
team,” Wynia said. “Our pro
blem is that we don’t have any
depth. We don’t have five
hurdlers or five javelin
throwers. We’ve got one or two
in each position.”
Wynia, who is on her third
year as coach of the Cougafe,
said that this problem "is
average for most two-yiar
schools. “We have the talent
for the first-place finishes, but
we don’t have the people to
take the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
places. And that’s how you \|ln
a meet,” she said.
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By Tracy Sumner
Shot putter Mike Hortsch,
Cougar relay teams, and 5,000
meter runners for Clackamas
dominated their events here
last Saturday, but it wasn’t
enough as the men’s track and
field team finished second in
the team’s only home meet of
the year.
Mt. Hood took first with
82 points followed by
Clackamas with 71 and Lane
CC with 60.
Hortsch again placed first
by putting the shot 50 6 7/8.
He also took third in the discus
with a throw of 1361/«.
Les Taylor, John Ander
The regionals competitfen
is slated to be held in two
weeks at Lane Community
College.
The 400 meter relay went
to Lane Community, with the
Cougs taking 2nd with a time
of 51.1. The team consisted of
Wheatley, Loretta Elbert,
Johnson and Simon.
McCormick took 3rd in
Sullivan backed his the shot put competition with a
statements by comparing throw of 33’9”.
Douglass’ personal bests with
In the 100 meter hurdles,
his decathlon performances.
Every personal record surpass Wheatley took 3rd with a time
ed his performance of Tuesday of 15.4, followed by Johnson
in 4th place, with 15.5.
and Wednesday.
Wheatley also competed
Sullivan demonstrated in the 400 meter hurdles, with
Douglass’ awesome athletic a 4th place time of 66.6.
talent by comparing his speed
In the long jump, Johnson
in development with Holmes.
took the 4th with a leap of 16.0
“It took three years to get feet.
Holmes to 7,000 points,” he
said. “It took Marcell three
In the discus, McCormick
weeks.”
took 2nd, with a toss of 120’.
And finally, in the 100
meter race, Johnson grabbed
first place, being clocked at-
12.6.
Tracksters finish second;
look ahead to regionals
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Moreover, every event
that Johnson competed in net
ted her a personal record for
the year, according to WyniH
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