Douglass leads men’s track to state champs
By J. Dana Haynes
Of The Print
II
The men’s track and field
team blitzed vitually every
other team in the state at the
Oregon Community College
Athletic Association Cham
pionship meet held in Gresham
last Friday and Saturday.
The Cougars took first
place for the first time in the
school’s history, with 194
points. The nearest competi
tion was Mt. Hood, who
hosted the meet, and ended up
with 174 points. Third place
went to Lane Community with
80 points.
To add to the Cougar
celebration, head .coach Buck
Monroe was named Coach of
the Year, and Marcell Douglass
was voted Most Oustanding
Performer.
“I’m very excited,”
Monroe said. “However, the
other coaches, Kelly Sullivan,
Dale McGriff, and Les Tipton,
helped so much, they all
deserve the award.”
Douglass garnered the title
of Most Outstanding Performer
by taking first place in the
Decathalon, Long Jump, and
Pole Vault. His long jump and
pole vaults were new school
records. Douglass was respon
sible for 30 of the team’s 194
points.
_ .
In the steeplechase, Steve
Gogl took t first place with a
school and meet record time of
9:05.8. Jay Marugg came in
third with 9:27.4.
In the 400 meters, Jeff
Johnson of Clackamas took
first with 48.4. Daniel West
followed at 48.9 for second
place.
Scott Williams of Mt.
Hood came in first in the 100
Marceli Douglass
meter
with two
Mike Hortsch came in first
Cougars, Les Taylor and Larry in the shot put by tossing the
Psick, taking second and third put 52-4, and Roger Barnhurst
with respective times of 10.9 took second in the javelin with
a throw of 218-4.
and 11.0.
In the 400 meter in
In the 1600 meter relay,
fermediate hurdles, Mark Mt. Hood’s team took- first
Barlow took second with a place, followed by the Cougars
school record run of 54.0, at 3:17.6.
following Paul'Webb of Mt.
At that point in the com
petition, the Cougs were
. Hood.
In the 200 meters,
behind Mt. Hood in total
Williams of Mt. Hood again points. However, in the next
event, the 5000 meter race,
took first, followed by Les
Taylor of Clackamas with a the rest of the field fell like
time of 22.0.
wheat before the scythe.
Douglass took first in the
Steve Gogl of Clackamas
Pole Vault, with a vault of took first place with a time of
15-0. He also took first in the
14:54.8, followed by Ken
long jump with a leap of 23 Valasquez
in
second
feet.
(15:01.4), Tony Macy in third
Vance Blow took first in
(15:10.2), Vance Blow in fifth
the 10,000 meter run with a
(15:24.6) and Jay Marugg in
time of 32:24, followed by sixth (15:32.3). /
Marco Gutierrez in third with a
“I expected us to do well
time of 32:38.
Steve Gogl
Staff Photos by Mike Cato
in the 5000 meter,” Sullivan
said, “but to go one, two,
three, five and six was gteat!” It
was that event which put the
Cougs in first place in total
points.
Although there were nine
teams participating in the two-
day competition, it was prac
tically a two-team meet.
Clackamas took first in nine
events, and Mt. Hood took
eight firsts. The other seven
schools won a combined total
of three events.
“We expected to do well,”
Sullivan said. “We figured we’d
win by about 20 points, and we
did.”
Sullivan is very excited
about this team, and last
weekend’s competition. The
National Association of Inter
collegiate Athletics also held
their conference champion
ships last weekend, with most
of the four-year schools from
the general area participating.
Out of 20 events at the NAIA
meet, only three had better
times than their OCCAA
counterparts.
“This level of competition
draws kids who aren’t ready to
go to the major colleges around
the country, but who are better
than some of the four-year col
lege runners,” Sullivan explain
ed.
Jf that is true of community
colleges in general, then the
College seems to have more
than its share of outstanding
athletes. That includes
.Douglass and Gogl, who
achieved the second best Na-
tional Junior College Athletic
Association time in the
steeplechase..
“We have some, terrific
athletes,” Sullivan said . “If you
get one or two good people, it
draws more good people to
you. This year, we won
because we wanted to win. It’s
neat to see a team win by in
dividual efforts. That’s what
track and field is all about.”
Perhaps the one young
star most likely tò- excel is
Douglass, who will be hack
next year. “His jump of 15-0 in
the pole vault was great, but I
wouldn’t be surprised if he goes
over 16 feet in thè next week,”
Sullivan said.
Now the Cougars must
look toward the regionals,
which will be held this weekend
at Lane Community College in
Eugene, The competition will
include the usual ÒCCAA
schools, as well as Ricks Junior
College, North Idaho, South
Idaho, and Treasure Valley.
State track meet filled with personal bests
By Rick Obritschkewitsch
Of The Print
The women’s track and
field team took fourth place in
the Oregon Community Col
lege Athletic Association meet
last Friday and Saturday.
Lane came out as the state
champions with 176 points,
followed by Mt. Hood with
147, Linn-Benton with 114,
and Clackamas with 69.
Cyd McCormick came
through with a second place
toss in the discus, with a whirl
of 122-4. She also took third in
the long jump with a distance
of 32-8, and a fourth in the
javelin with a throw of 130-5.
McCormick is the only Cougar
who has qualified for nationals
competition so far.
One other Cougar who
has a chance at making it to the
nationals is Denise Wheatley.
Wheatley was the fourth
woman across the finish line in
the 100 meter hurdles, with a
national qualifying time of 15.2
Coach Marilyn Wynia
said, “It’s possible she’ll be able
to do it again, she did it last
weekend,” referring to
Wheatley qualifying for na
tionals.
Wheatley was also a
member of the Cougar relay
team which set a personal best
by taking third in the 400 meter
relay, with a time of 50.5. The
same group also took fourth in
the 1600 meter relay, coming
in at 4:08.9. The other
members were: Debbie Simon,
Terri Kelly, and Petra Johnson.
One team member who
Wynia is especially pleased
with is Alice Hunger. Hunger Wynia feels her team will be squad will be using the
ran the 5000 meter in a time of able to take fourth in the
19:09.6 for second place, and regionals. “I don’t think we’ll be regionals as an attempt at
qualifying for the Nationals.
took fourth in the 3000 meter
with a personal best time of able to reach Linn-Benton,” The Region 18 Championships
10:56.4.
Wynia said. Linn-Benton took will take place this Friday and
Saturday at the University of
Debbie Simon’s day in third in the OCCAA meet.
Wynia said the Cougar Oregon.
cluded a third place finish in the
800 meters at 2:20.2 and Terri
Kelly tossed the javelin 124-10
for a personal best.
Wynia said the Cougar
squad “did quite well overall,
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