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Sports TkiE CL ac I< amas P rint WEdNEsdAy, ApRiL 5, 2000 Ringing i a new vea David Lemen makes a bid for the Olympic Trials and leads a steady, talented team to victory JOHN THORBURN I Clackamas JOHN THORBURN Editor-in-Chief The Clackamas track and field squad is off and running this spring. It’s doing a little more than that. With a team that boasts equal success on both men’s and women’s squads, the Cougars are etching their names in the history books and challenging regional and national marks in what could be one of the school’s most suc cessful spring seasons. On the men’s side of events, no other athlete could be more pro lific this season than sophomore David Lemen. The lean, 6'2", bleached blond looks like he was born on a California beach but ac tually hails from a high school north of Seattle. A Northwest Athletic Associa tion of Community Colleges [NWAACC] champion in the de cathlon in 1998, Lemen is well on his way to claiming a second title as he recorded personal bests in the javelin, high jump, long jump and hurdles events at meets over spring break. “The national junior college record for the decathlon is 7499,” noted Head Coach Jack Kegg. “Lemen scored 7212. He won that decathlon against a lot of four- year schools by more than 1000 points. That’s a pretty significant mark. He’s made a big push and we’re hoping to get that national record at the NWAACC Champi onships in Spokane. 7600 is the minimum to go to the Olympic Tri als. So, if he gets the national record, there’s kind of this peck ing order, we’ll see if he has a shot at qualifying [for the Olympic Tri als]. We think he has chance at both of them. Before this past week end, he was leading the NWAACC in five events. “I think the NWAACC record for points scored by an individual is 68—that was Dan O’Brien when he was at Spokane. We’re looking at Lemen probably try and go for 70. He’s going to compete in a lot of events.” "Qualifying for the Olympic Tri als would be a great experience for my future at a four-year university next year," said Lemen. While Lemen is pushing to wards his goals, the rest of the squad is bumping athletes from the famed Track & Field All-time list at the college to make room for their own. “We had some pretty incredible things happen over the break,” said Kegg. “As a team, we had some outstanding marks.” Paul Kezes, the defending Southern Region champion in the 1500m race, moved up to #3 on the David Lemen and his Olympic ring tattoo on his left shoulder have raised the level of competition in the Northwest. The sophomore athlete from Washington could qualify for the Olympic Trials this spring. list in the grueling 5K event. finisher for Clackamas in the in At Stanford, Trina Rogers, the dividual short races was second defending NWAACC champion in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and junior college record holder in and 1500m races. Clackamas ath the javelin, threw 148' for 8th place letes won the 5K race, Intermedi in the national invitational meet. ate Hurdles, Long and Short Re “That was 18'farther than she threw lays, High Jump and Pole Vault at Stanford last year at this time,” noted events. Kegg. “She’s started out with a strong Shawn Trimble recorded a per spring after joining a few weeks late sonal best in the pole vault, win from basketball.” ning the event over the weekend The women’s 4x400 relay team with a mark of 15'6". moved up to #3 on the all-time list. For the women’s team, three Both the men’s and women’s freshmen stood out last weekend. short relay teams are conference Rachel Austin became the con ference leader in the 200m race with leaders. “We were very competitive with her time of 26.1 seconds over the the California junior colleges, weekend. which is a good indicator because Krystal Schneider won the dis they tend to run a lot faster,” said cus and shot put and placed fifth Kegg. “Our men’s mile relay team in the hammer throw. Her marks ran and beat most of the California moved her to the #4 spot in the junior colleges. They were laugh discus and the hammer throw. ing at us before the meet started in Mary Murphy moved to #9 the training room saying ‘You on the all-time list with a 5'2" guys are running the mile relay leap on the Clark College cam with four white guys? 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