Sports
Cougar places first in Invitational
By Dave Holmes
Of The Print
“I didn’t know I could be at
the top of the field,” said Sue
Spriggs through a blushing
smile.
Recognizing potential is
something that’s becoming in
creasingly familiar to Spriggs,
number one runner on the
College’s womens’ cross coun
try team.
Spriggs is a 1985 graduate of
LaSalle High School in
Milwaukie who says that the
transition from high school to
college athletics has been plea
sant. She gives womens’ coach
Marilyn Wynia credit in help
ing her to make that change.
“I like the way she’s
coaching,” Spriggs said of
Coach Wynia, “I used to push
myself overly hard during
workouts in high school. She’s
showed me that I don’t have to
out-do myself every time I go
out.”
in the afternoons,” Spriggs
said.
Earlier in the season, Coach
Wynia said that Spriggs has
the potential to do some
“great things”. And great
things she already has done.
Spriggs has placed first in
three junior college meets this
season. Her times have shown
consistent improvement as she
has raced her way to five con
secutive personal records, the
latest being a time of 18:21.1
at McIver Park during the
Clackamas Invitational Cross
Country Meet last Saturday,
which was also good for first
place honors. While running
is a big part of her life, Spriggs
is anything but one
dimensional. “I’m really in
terested in art,” she said,
“especially design and com
mercial art.” Other interests
include horseback ridings
“hanging out with my
friends,” and dancing.
Long, slow morning runs
have become a staple to
Another of Spriggs’ interest
Spriggs, who hadn’t run them is travel, something she knows
as part of training previous to a good deal about. Last
this season. “They (the long December, Spriggs was part of
runs) help to get me loosened
up before the speed workouts
an international sports ex
change team made up of
SUE SPRIGGS (LEFT) fights for first place with Tammy Olson of Bellevue C.C.
Photos by Dan Wheeler
double-A high school athletes ners. “I hadn’t given it much self-aware Spriggs than the
from the West coast. The team thought until then, but I might one that raced earlier in the
spent 12 days touring and run want to run in a marathon season says she is ready for the
ning in the People’s Republic someday,” she said, “It was a competition.
of China.
great job because I got to meet
“I’ve improved and I think
a lot of people, which is I’m prepared for the race,”
“It was a lot of fun and we something I like to do.”
Spriggs said in a serious
were treated really nice by
Spriggs will have an oppor fashion. She said nothing for a
everyone,” said Spriggs, tunity to meet a lot of people moment, then, she looked up
“though in Canton we had to not unlike herself in the up and, blushing slightly said, “Is
stay in the tour bus. Security coming Regional Champion that all? I really can’t think of
ships. A more confident and anything else to say.”
was very tight.” Spriggs plac
ed in the top ten at a 4.7
kilometer Youth Friendship
race sponsored by the ex
change program, the only
Oregon runner to do so.
ROB DURKEE (RIGHT) is congratulated by mens cross coun
try coach Jim Kissee after placing 3rd.
During this last summer,
Spriggs worked at The Foot
Locker in the Lloyd Center
where she met many people,
including a few marathon run-
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