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sports Women’s cross country faces regionals By Doug Vaughan Of The Print The Clackamas Com munity College Women’s cross country team had an im pressive showing at the Col lege’s annual invitational as they finished second to the highly regarded University of Portland Pilots last Saturday. The field contained four teams including the Cougars, Pilots, Willamette University and Western Oregon State College. Cougar Coach Marilyn Wynia said that in other years there was more of a turnout, but due to the timing of the invitations and other cir cumstances the teams did not show up. Attendance at the only home meet was more than Wynia expected. She said there was not a large crowd, but a lot of runners came out to see the Cougars. One advantage the Cougars had was running their home course. Wynia said that because they knew the track and knew what to expect, they didn’t have to guess what was next on the course. Another advantageous feature the College’s 'course possesses is that it is flat. Most the races that the Cougars have taken part in have been on hilly courses. “By knowing the course and running a flatter course our times should be better as a whole,” Wynia said. The ma jority of the times were better, Wynia said, but some of her runners had bad days. Pacing the Cougars was Vicki Anderson who ran a 19:36 in the 5000 meter race setting a personal record and capturing eighth place in the in LOCATED AT ■ 656-8966 DANIELSON HILLTOP CENTER Cordially Invites You To A SB ICC A TRUNK SHOWING vitational. Also running a stong race with a personal best was Suzi Graham who placed 11th with 21:15 time. Rounding out the team scoring was Michelle Fobert (21:36, 12th), Debbie Koffel (22:02, 13th), Shari Hilton (24:22, 14th), Julie Pearson (25:05, 15th) and Tami Arbini (27:47, 16th). “As a whole we ran really well; individually some could have done better,” Wynia com mented on the Cougars show ing. The next major race for the women’s team is the Regional Tournament in Coos Bay Saturday, Nov. 6. The Wynia-led Cougars will face about seven teams in a quest for a Nationals berth. To qualify for Nationals the Cougars will have to earn first place at regionals. To Wynia this is next to impossible. “If we run as well as we can I expect to bring back a se cond place trophy. To say we are capable of geting first would be unrealistic,” Wynia explain ed. “Lane (Community Col lege) will be tough to beat, as they are every year. And we’ll have to beat out Mt. Hood (Community College) for se- TWO DAYS ONLY Come in and see the entire SBICCA collection and special order your favorite style! And, register for $100 SBICCA Wardrobe! HOURS Mon.-Thurs. Fri. 10-6 1Ô-9 Sat. 10-6 THE SHOE MARKET l Danielson Hilltop Mall, Oregon City 656-8966 page 10 our times. If we concentrate we cond.” “We will be working on should run a more evenly pac our mental concentration the ed race.” The team will be working next two weeks. We have not been working on it too much out heavily the remainder of this week but we will be,” • the week before slowing down •Wynia said. “It should show in ' and resting for Regionals. Cougars slowed by injuries; manage home-meet victory By Tim Sytsma For The Print Running without their top runners, the College men’s cross country team again managed to dominate the field in the annual Clackamas Invita tional held last Saturday. Placing second for the Cougars, and setting a new school record on the Clackamas course was second year man Steve Gogl, who finished in a time of 19:31. Fri. Oct. 29-Sat. Oct. 30 Women Cross Country runners near the start of last Saturday’s Clackamas Invitational Other Coug finishers in cluded Ken Velasquez finishing fourth with a time of 19:37, Kevin MacDermott at sixth in a time of 19:52, and Hugh Red man who finished tenth in a time of 20:07. Dropping from the number one ranking which they held earlier in the year to number two in the nation doesn’t have Cross Country Coach Kelly Sullivan worried. “We still have the potential to take first place in regionals, and we should be able to take first nationally also,” Sullivan stated. “If we don’t have any injuries to worry about, and we reach our full potential with everyone healthy I don’t forsee any problems in the national meet.” Sullivan said. . • “I gave our top four run ners, who have had a busy meet schedule the last couple of weeks, the meet off to have them rested and ready for regionals,” he stated. Steve Gogl, who has been injured since early in the year, ran a very impressive race, set ting the school record on the four mile Clackamas course. A stong point for the Clackamas team this year has been the strong competition they have faced. Top-ten con ference members include Col lege of South Idaho, ranked third nationally, and North Steve Gogl Idaho, ranked fifth in the na are November 6th, in Coos I tion. Another top ranked op Bay at South Western Oregon I ponent Clackamas races in the Community College. From I conference competition is Lane Community College, who has there the top seven who qualify spent most of the season rank will progress to the National meet which is held in Utica, I ed sixth. New York, November 13th. “I don’t feel like its over “We will have everyone confident to say that, if things go as planned, there is no back and healthy, Tony Macy, reason that we shouldn’t be na .John Hansen, Brian Abshire, tional champs. I feel with the and Jeff Frank will all be back people we have, and the way that they have been perform 100 percent, and with everyone else we ought to do ing, that it’s certainly within our really well,” remarked Sullivan ! grasp,” Sullivan said. “I just don’t forsee any big pro ! Regionals for the Cougs blems.” Clackamas Community Collège
