Nugenheads for nation
Cougar trackster Mark Nugen qualified
himself for National competition in the
decathlon when he placed third with his
5951 point total in a two-day contest in
Pendleton last weekend.
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which was worth 717 points, an W
100 meter dash, which earned
points, 625 points earned from a
jump, and a 400 meter run of I
610 points.
The second day's competitio
Nugen, a freshman at Clackamas, traveled
to the competition held at Blue Mountain 9:30 a.m. and Nugen started ¡to]
CC with hopes of scoring high enough to earning 621 points in the 110
qualify for the upcoming Region 18 meet. hurdles with a 17.5 time. The
However, he surpassed his expectations and was where Nugen picked up
tallied up enough points to send him to the score. A twelve-foot vault brougt]
National Junior College Athletic Association points. His lowest score was 399f
Championships which will be held in Hou toss of 88'6". The day's tota
was rounded off by a 597 total p
ston .Texas on May 19, 20 and 21.
a 155'6" javelin throw and 524p
At the end of Nugen's first day at Pendle a 4:40.2 1500 meter run. When|
ton, the lone competitor from Clackamas his 415 point total in the shot
had tallied 3077 points. Highlights of that put of 30'8" from the first day'j
first half were a 21' 4 1/4" long jump. tion, Nugen had a 5951 grand tota
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Mark Nugen
. . .qualified for national competition in
decathlon
Cougars win three, split double
Clackamas Community College's base
ball team rode the hot hitting of Mickey
Wilson and strong pitching of Bob Tollefson
and Jim Coffman to three wins as the Cou
gars hung onto second place in the Oregon
Community College Athletic Association
standings.
Clackamas used the talents of Tollefson
and Coffman to get by a tough Concordia
club in a doubleheader, 6-1 and 5-3.
Against Chemeketa CC on Saturday, the
Cougars had a tougher time of it as they
could only manage a split, winning the first
game 4-0 and losing the second game in
extra innings, 6-4.
Gals win relays
The Cougar women's track team finished
first place out of 12 teams at the Mt. Hood
Relays track meet held last Friday, April
22.
Tough competition from Idaho and Wash
ington held down the Clackamas women's
dominance, but over all depth tallied 62
points, enough for a six point lead over
second place team, Olympic.
Barbara Johnson ran a winning 14.9 in
the high hurdles, breaking her old school
record of 15.2. Johnson also ran legs on
the third place 880 yd. relay and the third
place 880 yd. medley relay.
Verna Simon ran in four relays, the mile,
distance medley, sprint medley, and quarter
mile which placed first, second, third and
fourth consecutively.
The mile relay squad of Simon, Debbie
Leathers, Tammy Likens and Amanda Eggle
ston smashed their old school mark of 4:17
by seven seconds with their first place
finish.
Thus far on the season, Clackamas has
won three meets, finished second twice and
won a dual meet with Linfield. Next meet
for the Cougars will be the Portland State
Invitational at Lewis and Clark College
where the team is figured among the favor
ites.
The Cougars also had a non-league en
counter with the Linfield J.V.'s as Clack
amas swept the doubleheader, 5-0 and 8-2
behind the strong efforts of Bob Simril and
Steve Shirley.
In the first game against Concordia,
Mickey Wilson, Lynn Dyer and Rick Jones
led the way with a total of seven hits and
four runs batted in to back Tollefson's two
hit pitching.
In the second game, Mickey Wilson's
two run homer in the fifth inning broke a
3-3 tie as the Cougars went to win behind
Coffman's three hit pitching.
Against Chemeketa CC on
Saturday,
Wayne Snoderly's triple, followed by back
to back doubles from Tim Wach and Shawn
Riley, gave Gary Fiorante all the support
he needed as he struck out seven to even his
record at 2-2.
In the second game, a fielder's choice
with a man on first, a single and a costly
error led to two runs as Cheme
in 9 innings, 6-4 as Tollefson sJ
first loss of the year when he gavel
unearned runs which makes him]
for the year.
The loss overshadowed Wilson's)
noon as the sophomore continued!
hottest hitter in the league.
At one point during the weeke
had a string of nine consecutiv
raise his average to an unbelievablj
30 hits on 58 times at bat.
This week the Cougars have t
most crucial games of the season
face Umpqua on Tuesday at Ross’
then they host Lane CC on Saturn
last home twin ba 11 of the season
and Lane are the two teams that
gars are tied with for second pl
identical 12-4 marks
with Lio
leading with their 11-3 record.
INTRODUCING
The Bridge-Keeper Inn
Ballroom and Family Steak House
*Live Music Nightly
*Two Stainless Steel Dance Floors
* Dance Contest every Thursday Night
*Win the Dance Contest and a Trip to Hawaii
*Watch the paper each week for new specials
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