Late News
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TRACK: David Lemen broke the national
junior college record enroute to winning
his second NWAACC championship in the
WEdNEsdAy, M ay 5, 2000
decathlon yesterday.
Track team waits
Cougars hang on to 2nd
for championships
JOHN THORBURN
MANDY GOOD
Sports Editor
The Clackamas track team was
split into thirds in the past week to
compete in three separate competi
tions.
Four athletes traveled to Spokane
to compete in the Multi-champion-
ships, May 1 -2. The remaining ath
letes competed at Western Oregon
and the University Of Oregon Invi
tational.
“At the Western meet we had a
couple of very good performances,”
explained Assistant Coach Mike
Hickey. “Mike Bonadurerjumped
6'6" in the high jump. He had good
attempts at 6'8"; when I spoke with
him earlier he said that he felt like he
had a good meet. I believe that
placed him second in the meet.
Kendal White ran 10.28 in the 3000,
and in the last two laps made up
about 25 meters from the girls in front
of her. From what I heard, it was a
pretty exciting race.”
Coach Hickey was not able to
travel to Western Oregon with the
athletes who competed there. He
traveled to U of O to assist the ath
letes there.
“We had a great meet at U of O,”
said Hickey. “The day started off with
Trever Dodge, who ran 41.27 in the
1500 meters—he made a really good
run at it and finished strong. That was
his third time running 401, so he has
put himself in a pretty good position
to make a run at the championships in
the 1500 meters. Andy Kessinger ran
1:55.49 (third in conference) in the 800
of the day session, which at the time
was the fastest time in the conference.
We had Eric Anderson in the evening
session come back and run 1:53.19, so
he ended up coming back and win
ning the number one time in confer
ence.”
According to Hickey, the meet as
a whole was a success and reflected
the team ’ s ability to move into cham
pionships with high hopes.
“I felt like we got out there and
raced well,” Hickey continued. It’s
nice to see us move into our cham
pionships. It’s that part of the sea
son and we are racing well like those
gentlemen did.
“I felt like they were very competi
tive in a high level meet, which is nice
to see. All of the top athletes in the
Northwest were there,” continued
Hickey. “Andrew Wall ran a 15:12.57
in the 5k, which ranks him number four
in the conference. Hehadagreatrace;
he has continued to progress. I think
that he has put himself in the hunt for
the championships.”
“I feel like the highlight of the
meet for us here at Clackamas,”
added Hickey, “ was our 4x4 team
running 3:16.60, which is number 5
all time in Clackamas Community
College history. It was a stellar per
formance by all four of the legs. We
sat down the night before and talked
about the best case scenario and
they actually surpassed our goal. So
when athletes do that it is obviously
a great day."
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The #4 ranked Cougar women's
softball team is learning to accept
the situations they can control and
those they cannot.
After a week of tough breaks, the
squad had a team meeting to dis
cuss its goals and tackle the diffi
cult issue of coping with bad days
and bad calls.
The result: two straight double
header sweeps of division opponents.
After experiencing their worst
stretch of the season two weeks ago,
the Cougars looked to rebound
against the Centralia Trailblazers.
The host Blazers stunned the
second-place team with 3-2 and 5-
0 victories.
Melanie Warthen and Laura
Casper picked up the losses for the
Cougars.
"We had a lot of tough breaks
against Centralia," noted Head
Coach Paul Fiskum. "It was one of
those days when you're hitting the
ball—-just right at somebody. We
had a tough time generating any
kind of offense."
On Saturday, the Cougars trav
eled to Salem to face the Storm of
Chemeketa.
An up-and-coming team in recent
weeks according to Fiskum, the Storm
were shut down as Warthen pitched a
12-1 win and Melissa Borde threw a
two-hitter in a 4-0 shutout.
Sunday, Clackamas hit the long
road to Coos Bay as they faced the
Southwestern Oregon Community
College [SWOCC] Lakers.
In the first game, the Cougars, who
were down 5-1 at one point, jump-
started their offense to a 13-7 victory.
Warthen picked up her 15th win
of the season.
In the second game, Borde had
little trouble handling the Lakers as
she pitched six innings giving up
only one run in a 7-1 victory.
Casper threw two strikeouts to
earn her first save of the year.
JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print
Sophomore Kirsten Richards plays defense at first base. The
second-year starter has been a hot hitter in recent games for the
Cougars, according to Head Coach Paul Fiskum.
This Friday, Clackamas will take
on Misty Velke and her #1 ranked
Lower Columbia squad.
Velke has literally shut down the
Cougars' offense in three previous
victories for the Red Devils.
In those games between the two
teams, Clackamas scored a total of
two runs. Lower Columbia College
[LCC] scored 22.
According to Fiskum, however,
the key to a victory over the Red
Devils is not hitting.
"We have to show our best pitch
ing and our best defense to beat
LCC," noted Fiskum. "They're a
good hitting team but not a great
hitting team. If we shut down their
offense, we should be able to
scratch out a few runs."
Pitching has been the question
mark for the Cougars this season.
Warthen [15-3], the Cougars #1
pitcher this Spring, has been among
the best in the league.
However, Clackamas still doesn't
have a dominating #2 pitcher.
After Darby Needham injured her
hip flexor a month ago, Fiskum has
looked to Borde to be the second
ary thrower.
While Borde [3-3] is better than most
pitchers around the league, according
to the veteran coach, the squad still
lacksasolid 1-2 punch, something they
will need at the championship tourna
ment in two weeks.
Needham is scheduled to make a
return to the lineup this‘week.
Late scores: Melanie Warthen picked
up her 16th win of the season in a 6-
2 win over Grays Harbor yesterday.
Scores for the second game were not
available at press time.