SPORTS
Clackamas Community College
April 27,1988
Page 7
Cougar track teams qualify 30 for state
by Mark Borrelli
Staff Writer
The Clackamas men’s track
team continued their domina­
tion over league opponents,
cruising to an easy dual meet
victory to end their league
season with a perfect 17-0
record.
The Cougar men finished
with 104-1/2, while second
place Linn Benton finished with
57-1/2. The undefeated season
marked a first for coach Mike
Hodges. “This is my first
undefeated season as a coach. It
is definately one of the better
seasons that a Clackamas team
has ever had.”
The five team field included
Clark,
Linn-Benton,
Chemeketa, SWOCC, and
Western Oregon State College.
“Western has the best small
four year college program in the
state.”
Highlighting another suc­
cessful Clackamas meet was the
return of Keith Ferrell. Ferrell
returned in fine fashion, turning
in a first place finish in the stee­
ple chase (9:35.06). He then
turned in his fastest ever 5000
meters, covering the distance in
15:08.7. Gabe Crane continues
to shine for the Cougars,
finishing first in the long jump
with a leap of 22’8”. He turned
in a personal record time in the
400 meter hurdles, finishing
first with a time of 55.3. He also
placed second in the high
hurdles, and anchored a winn­
ing mile relay team.
Tory Bland once again
dominated the sprint events,
winning the 100 meter run in
10.8 seconds. Bland also won
the 200 meters with a time of
22.4, and ran a leg on both of
the winning relay teams. Steve
Miller placed third in the 200,
crossing the line with a time of
22.7. Shawn Hartley finished
fifth in the 400 meters, but his
time Of 50.05 qualified him for
the State Championships. In the
800 meters event, Victor Vieele
turned in a season best,
finishing fourth with a time of
2:07.03. Jack Kegg finished.off
the running events with a first
place finish in the 1500 meters,
turning in a personal record
time of 40:8.8. Nate Golden
kept the Clackamas points ad­
ding up, finishing second in the
400, with a personal record of
48.8. He also ran a leg on both
relays and finished second in the
long jump with a leap of 21’9
1/2”. Bryan England was close
behind Golden in the 400,
finishing third with a clocking
of 48.7.
Clackamas also fared well in
the field events, Jim Baker got
things off to a good start with a
third place finish in the Hammer
throw, tossing it 142’2”. He also
placed third in the shot put with a
heave of 44’2” and placed second
in the discus with a mark of
137’9”. In the javelin throw,
Warren Behymer finished third
with a toss of 179’10”. John
Pahlke finished fifth with a mark
of 178’6”. Rick Flemmer finished
first in the high jump, jumping
over the bar at 6’8”. Steve Miller
finished the gréât day for the
Cougars with a second place
finish in the triple jump, with a
45’7 3/4” mark.
With the regular season over,
the men have already qualified 20
men in 37 events and there are
still three weeks until the State
Championships at Mt. Hood
Community College May 13-14.
“I was very pleased with our
season. We knew that we would
be strong, but we never counted
on being undefeated.” Even with
their outstanding season, Hodges
feels that his team could have
been better. “We were never at
full strength. We just got Keith
back and we lost Wille Hewson
to an ankle injury.” Hodges feels
his team will be the team to beat
in the State Championships. “We
should be the favorite. The way
we have handled everyone this
season.”
While the men were
dominating their opponents, the
women were not doing too bad
either. “That was the finest
women’s performance in several
years,” observed Coach Hodges.
Freshman Gina Passadore lead
the way for Clackamas, winning
the javelin throw with a mark of
141’3”. She won the triple jump
with a jump of 31’5”, she finish­
ed second in the shot put with a
toss of 33’3 1/2”, and she ran a
leg on Clackamas’ second place
400 meter relay team. Another
freshman, Jodi Martini also con­
tributed to the cause, placing se­
cond in the 100 meters with a 12.8
which qualified her for the State
Championships. She finished
third in the 200 with a time of
27.6, her best of the season, and
she ran on both relay teams.
Cami. White set personal
records in the high jump,
Damascus Hopes cruisec across the finish line.
finishing third with a 4’8” jump, they’re improving every week.”
set another personal record in the Hodges feels that his team has
400 meters with a clocking of come a long way from last
63.7, and she ran on both relay year’s performances: “We have
teams. LeAnn Hopkins finished gained a lot of ground since last
fifth in the 400 with a time of year on some of the tougher
71.2. Christa Caraher finished teams. I’m really proud of our
fifth in the 800 and 1500 with progress.” Clackamas suffered
times of 2:52.7 and 5:29.1 - both an injury to distance runner
season’s bests. In the 5000 Dena Raddle that will put her
meters, Jeanne Barnett placed out for the rest of the season^
fifth with a time of 19:47.6, her but Hodges hopes his women
season’s best. Wendy Johnson will do well at state. “We set a
finished sixth with a personal goal to finish third and we think
record time of 20:16.6.
it’s a legitimate goal.”
The women have qualified 10
Both the men and women will
women in 11 events for the state be back in action, getting ready
meet to date. Hodges feels that 1 for the state meet May 13-14 and
the women’s team is just now the Northwest Championships
reaching its peak: “This team is May 27-28 in Spokane.
stronger than last year’s and
Softball split doube-header
by Christopher Curran
Design/Sports Editor
Cougar runner recovers from race.
photo by nm zwney
centimeters
In Tuesday action Clackamas
swept their double-header against
Grays Harbor.
In the first game the Cougars
topped Grays Harbor 8-2 behind
the pitching of Leslie Johnson,
who increased her record to 5-4.
Clackamas scored 11 runs in
the fifth and sixth innings en
route to a 12-4 smothering of the
Chokers. Yvonne Johnson in­
creased her record to 6-4 with the
victory.
The Clackamas softball team
split a pair of double-headers
over the last weekend and came
away with a two win two loss per­
formance in doing so.
Friday saw the Cougars in
Bremerton, Washington to match
talents with Olympic Community
College.
In the day’s opener Clackamas
pitcher Yvonne Johnson allowed
just four hits by Olympic’s bat­
ters as she tossed her way to a 3-2
triumph. Those four hits came
cme each in the first, second,
third, and fifth innings.
The Cougars trailed 2-0 from
the first inning until the seventh
inning when they earned three
runs off five consecutive hits.
Leading the batters for the
Cougars were Trina Hutchinson,
Leslie Johnson, LeAnna Helvig,
and Angie Downey, who all
pounded two hits apiece.
The second game against
Olympic turned out to be a com­
plete departure for Clackamas.
There was very little the Cougars
could do as Olympic overwhelm­
ed them 9-0.
Olympic started early, scoring
three runs in the top of the first
inning. They pulled one more out
of their hat in the second inning
and if that weren’t enough,
mastered five runs during inning
number five.
For the Cougars, Leslie
Johnson suffered the loss which
put her season tally at 4-4.
Yvonne Johnson pitched both
games at Highline Community
College because Leslie Johnson
was out with a sore shoulder.
In the first game of the double­
header at Highline in Tacoma,
the Cougar defense allowed only
one run in the first four innings
and claimed a 2-0 lead at that
point, but were mauled by four
runs in the fifth inning and one in
the sixth. They could never
recover and they fell to defeat for
just the sixth time this season.
The second game was more to
the Cougars’ liking. They were
able to come back from the
earlier loss to conquer Highline
5-3 on another excellent pitching
performance from Yvonne
Johnson.
The Cougars claimed eight
hits, four of them in the first inn­
ing and took control of the game.
Two runs in the fourth inning
sealed the victory for the
Cougars. Yvonne Johnson allow­
ed Highline batters to it just .154
on four hits out of 26 at bats.
COUGAR NOTES: Clackamas
pitcher Yvonne Johnson had a
busy week, pitching four of six
games. She went 3-1 for the
week... Leslie Johnson was
hampered by a sore shoulder and
didn’t pitch in either of
Saturday’s contests. However,
she pasted a 1-1 record last
week...Merry Ferguson was a
bright spot in Clackamas’ 9-0
defeat in the second game against
Olympic Friday as she claimed
two of the Cougar’s three hits for
that game.