Track team fares well
competing on the road
by Steven Zfolkowsld
Suiter, also from Clackamas,
took first in the 800.
The bus loaded at dawn and
Jim Baker, Clackamas
when Coach Hodges called roll Freshman pulled down a first in
one teammate was missing. the shot put, discus, and hammer
Sleepy track and field greats doz throw. Teammate Brian Johnson
ed in their seats. There was impa placed third in the hammer
tient chatter at the back of the throw, second in the javelin, and
bus. Finally, the missing runner for a first time ever competition
sprinted into the bus and the in the shot put placed third.
Clackamas College Special was
Erin O’Donohue, Clackamas
on the road toward the Coos Bay team member placed fourth in
Meet.
“This is life on the road,” said
Hodges. It’s a long ride to Coos
Bay. As the bus hummed down
the freeway and the sun climbed
up the sky people awoke. One
group played cards - fish. Further
back, they played poker. Some
read books, the sports section
from the morning Oregonian was
passed around. Breakfast snacks
were shared.
At the first rest stop runners
piled out the front and back
doors stretching cramped legs.
When everyone was back aboard
lunch was passed out. It was 9:00
am.
“O.k., gang,” Hodges said,
“This is it until dinner.” College
box lunches held two chocolate
chip cookies - worth the most in
trade - an apple, and ham and
cheese on whole wheat. The Um
pqua River rolled past outside the
bus windows. A conversation
started about salmon and
steelhead fishing. Someone trad«
ed a sandwich for two cookies.
At North Bend High School,
home of the Bulldogs,
Southwestern Oregon Communi
ty College Track Coach Hunter
Fales greeted participants. The
day was windy and sunny. Too
windy for some. “Maybe we’ll
get one good day for running this
year,” said Eric Christen,
Clackamas team member.
Runner Jackie Harper was
back in the race after recovering the women’s discus and Dena
from a knee injury in the triple Raddle took a first in the
jump two weeks ago. She placed women’s 3,000-meters. Raddle
first in the 800-meters. Greg was joined in a first place finish
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by Christa Caraher in the 1,500.
Eric Christen took first in the
long jump and Rick Flemmer
first in the high jump. Keith
Kimberlin bucked the wind for
a first in the 110 high hurdles.
Ken Griffin placed second in the
100 meters and teammate Jeff
Faust placed third. Clackamas
men took the 4x100 and the
1,600 relay.
Back aboard the bus again,
showered and dressed for din
ner, everyone commented on
the amount of wind and sun
they had gotten - mostly wind.
“This time of year, it’s always
cool and the wind always blows.
Later in the summer the wind
drops and then the temperature
really rises,” said Hodges.
After dinner the team visited
the Simpson Gardens, planted
on the ocean front nearly one
hundred years ago. Hodges
talked about past history and
current history in Coos Bay,
“Most of the old growth has
been logged out now and
workers, the ones who have
jobs, travel much farther to
work?’
Then it was onto the beach
for some serious wading and
tide pooling. Along the rocks
pools contained sea urchin,
anenome, and small crabs. An
unsuccessful attempt to dump
Raddles in the surf - she was-too
fast - capped the adventure.
Not to outdo the fine time in
Coos Bay, the tour included an
unscheduled rest stop in Curtin,
while the bus company sent
another bus from Canby.
Mechanics diagnosed a cracked
block. The waitress at the all
night diner patiently poured
coffee. Luckily there was a row
of seven pay phones, filled to
capacity while folks called
home. Two and a half hours
later sleepy track and field
greats dozed in their seats. It
was dawn when the bus pulled
into the College.
Photo by Von Dotili
Goal: Mt. Hood
Members of staff pedal pushing in the mountain climbing condi-
tioning program.‘
by Steven Ziolkowski
Staff Writer
Assistant Track Coach
Marilyn Wynia shouts above
the William Tell Overture tell
ing staff members to rotate their
circuit training stations.
Like a game of musical
chairs, everyone chooses a dif
ferent seat. Circuit weight train
ing is only part of the program
in the Mountain Climbing Con
ditioning for the Staff Develop
ment class.
“It helps people taking the
dass to have a goal and the Mt.
Hood climb is a great goal for
people to get in shape,” Wynia
says. “It’s also an opportunity
for staff that normally don’t
have the opportunity to par
ticipate together to get to know
the new people.” She says that
about 32 staff members express
ed interest in the class.
Circuit training is not the on
ly conditioning excercise. The
staff meets Monday, Wednes
day, and Friday for one hour of
is jogging and walking and step
ping up the bleachers.
“There’s great cooperation,
because they want to improve
themselves. On the whole I
don’t have to coax staff as
much as students,” Wynia says.
Wynia is pretty motivated
herself. “I was interested in
structured excercise. Inside
there are bench steps and bicycl
ing besides the circuit weight
training stations. Outside there
leading the class and I want the
experience of the climb. This
conditioning is a start for some
and a continuation for some.
It’s a good beginning for some
who may want to continue for a
later climb.”
The enthusiasm in the weight
room is con|agious. One faculty
member says gleefully, “I’ve
dropped a few pounds already
since I started this class.”
“Many people also work o
on their own. Some run, swim, i
bicycle, but everyone will have
make the Larch mountain hike i
May.”
Climb leaders Chuck Adar
and Gary Nelson offer two nig
courses in safety, equipment ai
technique. “If they can make t
Larch Mountain hike, they a
go ahead with the climb,” Wyi
says seriously. “We’ll also have
snow practice day on N
Hood.”
The conditioning coach si
that the goal is developing e
durance or aerobic capacity. I
strength, abdominal strengt
flexibility (particularly in the hi]
and an iron will to keep goii
“It’s going to take an iron will
make it,” says Wynia.
Marilyn Wynia leads stuff<
ditioning class, preparing
Mt. Hood climb.
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