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Wednesday,
April 30, 1997
Cougars prepare for championships
Track
team
• Champion
ships at
Clackamas
May 9,10.
• Armstrong
placed second
in the 1500
meter,
14:48.85.
• Kendel
White place
second in the
1500,4:47.99.
CHRISTINA MUELLER
Feature Editor
Last weekend at the Western Oregon
Open the track team performed well
and managed to set a few records. The
meet was not scored but it was still
good practice.
On the men’s team, Travis
Armstrong is one step closer to his goal
after placing second in the 5000-meter
run. Armstrong’s time of 14:48.85
placed him second in the race. This
put him on the all-time list as number
eight. His time was a nine-second per
sonal record. Armstrong now holds
school records in four out of five dis
tance events; he is the first person in
Clackamas history to accomplish this.
Bill Hurford, competing unattached,
placed first in the pole vault with a
height of 16’4".
Also in that event was Bill Jones. He
placed second with a height of
15’8.25".
Eli Townsend placed fourth in the
pole vault at a height of 15'.
Next in the event was Vasili
Tsirimiagos who placed sixth with a
height of 14’6" and set a personal
record.
In the javelin, Heath Fisher placed
first with a distance of 189’9". His dis
tance was a personal record and re
placed his previous number six all-time
JOEL C0RES0N / Clackamas Print
The track team will host the Clackamas Invitational. It will begin Saturday
at 11 a.m.
record with an improved score.
In the men’s 1500, Andy Bradley
placed second with a time of 4:01.95.
In the hammer, Shawn Davis came
in sixth place with a distance of
175’6”. 'Davis also placed fifth in the
shot put with a distance of 45’33.75”.
Bradley placed second in the 1500
meter with a time of 4:01.95.
In the men’s 400 meter, Dante Betha
placed third with a time of 50.09.
Betha also placed second in the 200
meter with a time of 22.35.
On the women’s side, Kristi
Suyama-powered Cougars
return to fundamentals
Clackamas is
in a three-way
tie for second
place in the
Southern
Division.
JOHN THORBURN
Assistant Sports Editor
JOEL CORESON / Clackamas Print
Softball
Baseball
MAY 3
at LBCC
1:00
MAY 4
vs. SOSC (9 innings)
1:00
MAY 6
at Lane (9 innings)
1:00
MAY 10
vs. Chemeketa
1:00
MAY 13
at Mt Hood (9 innings)
3:00
MAY 15
at SWOCC
1:00
May 22-26
NWAACC Championship
Tournament
at Lower Columbia
TBA
Track
MAY 1
vs. South Puget Sound
3:00
MAY 2
at Mt. Hood
3:00
MAY 3
vs. Green River
12:00
MAY 6
at Grays Harbor College
TBA
MAY 10-11
Division Play-offs
TBA
MAY 16-17
NWAACC Championships
at Irv Lind Stadium
TBA
MAY 3
Clackamas Invitational
—Southern-Region Championships ’
Bold=home games
Bold—home games
* ALL GAMES DOUBLEHEAD
* ALL GAMES DOUBLEHEAD
NWAACC Championships
ERS EXCEPT AS NOTED
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Wednesday, April 30, 1997
Chamberlen placed sixth in the shot
put with a distance of 38’4.75”. In the
discus, she placed seventh with a dis
tance of 116’6”. In the hammer,
Chamberlen placed fourth with a dis
tance of 115’9”.
In the high jump, Jaimee Brown
placed second with a height of 5’.25”.
Tristan Sharp placed third in the jav
elin with a distance of 135’4”.
In the 3000-meter run, Jennifer Rea
placed second with a time of 10:57.08.
Mishe Simantel placed fourth in the
3000 with a time of 11:20.24.
In the 1500-meter run, Kendel
White placed second and made sev
enth place on the Clackamas all-time
list with a time of 4:47.99.
Rebecca Graham placed sixth in the
1500 with a time of 4:57.42.
Brown placed sixth in the 400-meter
run with a time of 1:02.82.
In the 100 meter, Amanda Bradley
placed fourth with a time of 13.34.
White placed second in the 800
meter with a time of 2:21.65.
In the 400-meter hurdles, Rebecca
Graham placed third with a time of
1:10.17.
In the 5000-meter run, Rea placed
second with a time of 18:41.63.
Simantel placed third in the 5000
with a time of 20:15.76.
“Our performances are really coming
to the peak that we want them at for the
end of the season,” Hodges said. “Our
athletes are right where we want them
to be and I’m very pleased with them.”
On Saturday, Clackamas will host
the Clackamas Open beginning at 11
a.m.
After Saturday's meet there will be
two championship meets left: the
Southern Region Championships in
Gresham on May 9 and 10 and the
NWAACC Championships.
The Cougars will hoste the
NWAACC championships on May
22 and 23.
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ERS EXCEPTAS NOTED
The baseball team is going back to
the basics.
After falling to Lane Community
College in a doubleheader on Saturday
by a combined score of 30-8,
Clackamas Head Coach Robin
Robinson felt the need to work on the
team's fundamentals.
"Right now we just need to get back
to the basics," said Robinson. "We have
to get back to the fundamentals of play
ing good baseball. On Monday, we
played a wiffle-ball game in the gym
for practice to let the guys have some
fun."
In the opening game of the afternoon,
left-handed pitcher Ryan Mann [2-2]
took the loss for the Cougars 18-7.
Ryan Suyama led Clackamas by driv
ing in three RBI's.
The Cougars fell in the nightcap 12-
1 with Jeff Williamson [3-1] taking his
first loss of the season.
On Friday, Mann drove in the win-
ning run in the bottom of the seventh
inning in the second half of a double
header against SWOCC. Chris
Bentley [3-2] was credited with the
win.
Suyama has been the bright spot for
the Cougars [7-7] as of late, providing
the team with reliable firepower.
On Friday, the 6'1", shortstop was 3-
5 with three RBI's and two triples in
the opening game against SWOCC. He
then went 2-4 at the plate in the second
game while scoring the game-winning
run.
On Saturday, Suyama hit 4-7 with
three RBI's in two games against Lane.
"He's had the hot bat lately," said
Robinson. "Ryan's been hitting the ball
real well for us."
Clackamas finds themselves in a
three-way tie for second place in the
Southern Division with six games
scheduled against Linn-Benton and Mt.
Hood. The Cougars are in a deadlock
with both teams.
The Mt. Hood Saints will play
Clackamas on campus at 1 p.m. tomor
row.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
❖The Volunteer Center seeks volunteers to help organize the Sth Annual Human Race, held in
August. Proceeds from the event benefit hundreds of nonprofit organizations in our community.
Call Kris Hudson 222-1355.
❖Clackamas Service Center, which provides emergency services for low or no-income people
in north and west Clackamas County, needs daytime helpers for reception and/or light clerical
work, organizing the clothing room and interviewing clients for eligibility for services. The
Center also has openings for members of their Board of Directors.
❖Camp Fire Teen Parent Program-Mt. Hood seeks adult mentors to work with teen parents in
a friendship relationship. Volunteers are also needed to do child care while teens are in a peer
support group (minimum age 12). Also, you can help out by supplying treats for the meetings.
Transportation, mailings and special event assistance also welcome. Call Anne Dueltgen 656-
2530 ext. 17.
❖Volunteer tutors needed. Eneigetic people needed to tutor adults in reading and writing
approximately two hours a week. Contact Joe Vanzutphen at ext. 2724.
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