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About The print. (Oregon City, Oregon) 1977-1989 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1985)
Sports______ Cross Country Ragged performance drag By Dave Holmes Of The Print within 28 seconds of each other. At the start Cougars Rob Durkee and Mark Mohnen were tucked in behind them and rounded out the pack. Keith Ferrell, wearing Levi’s and basketball high-tops, stood on a blustery knoll at Linn-Benton Community Col lege Saturday while his team After 800 meters Coach Jim mates ran in the NWAACC Southern Region Cross Coun Kissee, after a good look at the front-runners and then at the try Championships. windy sky, said, “With the Out with a muscular injury wind what it is today, it could to one of his legs, Ferrell, one be anybody’s race.” of Clackamas’ top three run ners, could only watch and Apparently, “anybody” mutter to himself as the didn’t include Durkee and Cougars plodded their way Mohnen. through the race. At the one mile mark, the lead pack had reshuffled itself “Man, I wish I could run to and showed Durkee to be run day,” he said, “I could be ning shoulder-to-shoulder right up there.” with Collins. But Mohnen, The runners “right up who Kissee had said must run there” were led nearly post to a very good race for his team post by someone Ferrell had to win the meet, was not to be handily defeated earlier in the seen. Sander Nelson, who also season, someone named Rob needed a strong race for Collins from Mount Hood Kissee, faded towards the back Community College, who won of the field along with the five mile race in 26:00. Mohnen on the wet and mar Following right behind him shy course. were Lane Community Col “They (Mohnen and lege’s top four runners that ex Nelson) have got to get back ecuted what could only be call up there,” said Kissee after the ed a “pack attack”. They runners passed the one mile finished second through fifth marker. Somehow, though much too far away to hear, Nelson must have sensed what Kissee wanted. “I, saw Mohnen and (Phil) Jasperson up ahead of me and went after them,” Nelson said after the race. He caught them at about the three mile point and then surged ahead. “I’d never beaten them before and that (going ahead) was the only thing that kept me in the race.” Durkee, who finished seventh in 26:56, seemed to hold himself in the race by sheer will-power. “My legs are just flat. You just can’t start a race in ox ygen debt, and that’s just what happened,” Durkee said refer ring to a condition of muscular fatigue. “Cardio vascular-wise I felt great. I was breathing through my nose most of the way. But I just couldn’t shake the heaviness in my legs. I surged two or three times to try and get it out of my system, but it wouldn’t leave.” Nelson, second for Clackamas and tenth overall in 27:34, also complained of tiredness and being “generally dead”. Cougar Tony Mulbreght said, “This was the worst race of my life.” Immediately after the race, Coach Kissee, when asked what went wrong, said, “If I knew I’d be a millionaire. We just didn’t get up to the challenge, that’s all.” But after a few minutes, Kissee seemed to have collected himself and- began to look toward the NWAACC Cham pionship Meet at McIver Park in two weeks. “We don’t have a meet next week and that bye couldn’t have come at a better time. We’ll probably use that time to do some team distance workouts and rest up for the championships.” Despite their ragged perfor mance, the Cougar Mens’ Cross Country team finished second behind team winner Lane CC, and a mere five points ahead of third place Mt. Hood. Rounding out the team’s effort were Jasperson, twelfth in 27:44; Greg Suiter, fifteenth in 28:01; and Mohnen finished in 28:08 for sixteenth place. Photo by Dan Wheeler Mulbreght took twentieth with 29:26, and Pat Berhdal came in twenty-seventh in 30:52. Mark Shaver, another Clackamas runner, ran unat- tatched with a time of 28:46 that would have been good for eighteenth place. Spriggs places first at regionals By Dave Holmes Of The Print Sue Spriggs at McIver Park Photo by Dan Wheeler Classifieds BEAUTIFUL, FEMALE CALICO cat, 1 yr. old, spayed. Free to good home. Call Andrea ext. 284. ¡FEMALE GERMAN SHEPARD [(free) pure bred with papers ap- [prox. 14 months old. Leave »message (206)574-5521. A drenched course and high winds were the scene of the 1985 Southern Region NWAACC Championship Cross Country Meet held Saturday at Linn-Benton Community College. Right from the gun it was a head-to-head duel between Sue Spriggs of the College’s Womens’ team and Patty Gallup of Linn-Benton. Earlier in the week, Coach Marilyn Wynia had said that i she hoped rain would not be present at the Regional meet. She got her wish on that count, but other things turned LOST FAVORITE AND only Raincoat-short, black nylon with belt in hood. Return to lost and found in community center. With your name and address for $5 reward!!! HELP WANTED: PART-time salesperson. Work experience Capt. Bean interviews from 7-9p.m. Octtober 30 at Clackamas Town Center Community room. No calls please. out less than desirable for the coach. “Times are slower here,” she commented, “And that may be due to the course. It’s so open and the grass is really thick. The wind is bad on an open course like this.” Spriggs and Gallup were in a different race from the rest of the field after only half a mile. Since the course isn’t necessarily a fast one, Spriggs thought that some strategy would be a safe gambit. Though she had beaten Gallup in a race earlier this season, she hung back slightly and positioned herself behind Gallup. “I felt that I had good posi tion. The wind was pretty strong, so I used Patty (Gallup) as a wind shield,” said Spriggs, “I felt really good, really relaxed.” “We talked to each other through most of the race. You know, stuff like ’Good job’ and ’Let’s get going’.” But, as every winner must do, there is a time to pull away. At about the half-way point in the 3.1 miler, Spriggs took the lead, a lead that she was to keep for the rest of the race. Spriggs stretched the lead to nearly 80 yards with a half mile to go, After 19 minutes and 7 seconds, Spriggs clinch ed the Individual champion ship. Gallop finished strongly in second place with a time of 19:25, 30 seconds ahead of the third place finisher. Michelle Mickel, completely healthy after a bout with the flu a few weeks ago, turned in a time of 20:15 for the Cougar harriers, good for the eighth place ribbon. Janet Hess and Dena Nork ran times of 22:24 and 23:36, respectivly. Shelly Lange and Michelle Perriello, running only their second race for Coach Wynia, clocked in at 27:29 and 27:59. 1979 AUDI FOX, G.T.I limited edition. Silver, black interior, stereo, am/fm radio, sun roof. Fantastic cond, one owner. 79,000 miles. Call: 636-7972. 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