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Wednesday,
June 3, 1998
All-American Cougars finish strong
MS
Team:
Scores
Men
Spokane
CCC
Highline
Clark .
Lane
144
114
98
96
93
Women
Spokane 215
Lane
119
Clark
109
■ Hood 89
CCC'
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JOHN THORBURN
Sports Editor
A track team usually has to have a
phenomenal day to win a league cham
pionship.
It usually has to break barriers.
It usually has to rewrite the record books.
Usually.
For the Clackamas track and field
team, it was an unusual day.
The Cougars competed in the 1998
Northwest Athletic Association of
Community Colleges [NWAACC]
championships in Spokane, Wash, two
weeks ago.
Clackamas entered the meet with the
strongest squad of sprinters in the
t I
northwest.
Spokane, however, combatted that
by having the strongest squad of dis
tance runners in the northwest.
The host Sasquatch won the two-
day-long event —defeating the second
place Cougars in the men's division by
30 points and runner up Lane in the
women's division by 96 points. Clacka
mas finished fifth in the women's com
petition.
Ricardo Colon was the meet's total
points winner with a second-place fin
ish in the 100m, a third-place finish in
the 200m, second in the long jump and
also competed in short relay teams
which placed second and third.
"Ricardo had just an awesome
meet," said Clackamas Head Coach
Jack Kegg. "It's very rare that you have
the athlete that wins the most points in
the meet and still not win the meet."
Colon now holds the school record in
the long jump with his mark of 24' 1/2".
David Lemen won his second title
of the year in the pole vault.
His mark of 16' 6" puts him at #2 on
the school's all-time list and also gives
him the freshman record.
Lemen won the NWAACC Decath
lon last month.
Heath Fisher captured the javelin title
with a throw of 204' 1" which puts him
at #3 on the Clackamas all-time list.
Dante Betha closed out his Clacka
mas career with a second-place finish
in the 200m in 21.56. The mark moved
him into the #2 spot on the all-time list.
Keenan Coleman recorded a per
sonal best in the triple jump with a leap
of 47' 3'V1 This mar-k-moved him into
#4 in the school's record books.
Colon, Phil Elie, Robin Peters and
Betha placed second in the 4x 100 with
a time of 41.23. That time gave the re
lay team the school record.
On the women's side of competition,
Kevin Philbrook finished fourth in the pole vault
with a mark of 15' 6".
Jennifer Rea finished Second in the 10K
with a time of 39:31.
Freshman All-American David Lemen won the NWAACC pole
vault title two weeks ago. The victory was the second straight
pole vaulting title for Clackamas.
Jon'L Day high jumped her way to
second place with a leap of 5' 1 3/4".
Jennifer Gardener threw the javelin
143' 7" for a second place finish while
Tristan Sharp finished second with a
Seven of those All-Americans are
freshmen.
throw of 141'.
In all, 11 Clackamas athletes were
named All-Americans for their perfor
can do next year.
"We're going to have a very strong
team. We should be able to win the title
mances.
next spring."
"We had a very young team," noted
Kegg. "We had a lot of success this sea
son. It should be fun to see what they
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when
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Perhaps the best thing about the WWF
Images were changed, champion
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[New World Order]
being separated into
the NWO Holly
the last couple of months is the ongoing
How many of you call yourselves
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I mean real wres
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Back in the day
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tainment at its best.
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The WWF is left with Stone Cold
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So, what does he do? He throws him
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Tell me, why in the world of staged
wrestling, would anyone care to watch
a wrestler feud with its owner.
The WCW is pro wrestling enter
wood and NWO
Wolfpack? As if one
NWO
wasn’t
enough, they had to form another.
vs. evil" feeling. There is no clear lines.
You’ve got losers like Hogan and the
truly born in America.
Thesq are all products of what I like
The fans are split because the Vvrestlers
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Giant against the “good guys” of Sting and
to call the "now-defunct WWF."
In the 1980's, the WWF was really
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WCW took the backseat to its rival
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Wrestlers change teams almost
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If you've watched wrestling earlier
ing their lips for more..
In the era of Jerry Springer and
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Who better to symbolize that trash
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than the Macho Man himself?
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Lex Luger and the rest of their little crew.
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feud between Austin and Vince McMahon,
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Obviously, everything that goes on in the
WWF and WCW is planned and it’s all
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moves, but you can usually guess what’s
going to happen. In almost every match,
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it adds to the excitement for the fans at the
arena. That’s what it’s all about, selling tick
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The WWF dominates the WCW and
“That’s the bottom line ‘cause Stone Cold
anybody can do.
said so!”
Today's
Stars
Stone Cold
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The
Undertaker
Kane
The Rock
Legion of
Doom 2000
Hollywood
Hulk Hogan
Macho Man
Randy
Savage
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w Luger
Bret the Hit
Man Hart
Goldberg
Sting
The Giant
Stars of
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The Iron
Sheik
Sergeant
Slaughter
The Four
Horsemen
Andre the
Giant
Wednesday, June 3, 1998