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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
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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
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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.”
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