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WEdNEsdAy, MAy 17, 2000
perfect
Clackamas' men and women finish
second at the region championships
Freshman Becky Holiday breaks the school record in the pole
vault two weeks ago at the Mt. Hood Open. Holiday improved her
personal and school record on at the Southern Region
Championships last week.
PHOTOS BY JOHN THORBURN / Clackamas Print
MANDY GOOD
Sports Editor
Just when you thought they
could not get any better,
Clackamas athletes are taking
track and field to new heights,
qualifying for NWAACC and
breaking personal and school
records.
The team competed in the South
ern Region Championships in Sa
lem, May 12-13. The men and
women’s teams walked away tak
ing second plaice in the meet. Lane
took the meet on the women’s side,
Mt. Hood took the meet on the
men’s side.
“They give trophies to the top
two teams, and the last time that
We brought home two trophies was
in 1994. So we made good pro
gression in that sense,” said Head
Coach Jack Kegg. “We thought
that our women had a chance to
win and they lost by only 9 1/2
points; it's a fourth and a fifth place
finish in one event.”
“Our men were figured to get
second and probably be 70 points
He should be screaming
at the top of his lungs
behind but they ended up being
34 behind, so they did better than
we guessed going in,’’explained
Kegg.
Coach Kegg’s competitors are
having such a good season it is
hard to give them all recognition.
“That’s part of our problem: we
have so many good marks that it
is hard to go through and high
light them,” said Kegg. “I felt that
the women had a lot of personal
bests. They rose to the challenge,
they knew that Lane was going to
be tough. But they went out there
and got after it. It was an incred
ible day. It is a new experience for
me to see our women’s program
be that competitive, and the ath
letes that competitive,” said Kegg.
“I think that they are a little angry
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that they did not win the Southern
Regions; so I think that they are
going to turn it up another level
for NWAAGCs. I would expect
our women to come back with a
fury.” I
Here are some of the highlights:
Trina Roger took the Southern Re
gion title in the Javlin (153’3”);
Mary Murphy took first in the
High Jump (5’4” personal record,
and #5 school record) beating
Amy Hill from Lane for the first
time this year. Hill and Murphy
are the favorites going into
NWAACCs.
Whitney Bond placed third in
the High Jump (5’2”, personal
record, #10 school record). Bond
had a great meet, beating her per
sonal best in all three of her events
and qualifying for NWAACCs in
three events.
Rachel Austin placed third in
the 100m Hurdles (15.47) with a
personal best, competing with the
two fastest women in the
NWAACC.
Krystal Schneider took second
in Shot-Put (40’9 3/4”, personal
record, and #6 school record).
Schneider took fifth in the Ham
mer (131’2”, personal record and #
4 school record).
Becky Holiday was first in the
Pole Vault with 11 ’2” with a meet
record and a school record. Holi
day beat her personal record set
last week.
“It’s great to have that suc
cess. I have been here coaching
track since 1995, and this is prob
ably the best overall team, men
and women, that I have had since
I have been here,” explained
Kegg. “It’s special in that since,
it is a full program. It’s a bunch
of people that get excited for
each other and support each
other; I think that is why they
are being so successful.”
On tire men’s side, David Lemen
was first in the Long Jump (24’,
personal best and #2 school
record). Lemen was first in the Pole
Vault with 15’9” and first in the 110
hurdles with 14.89 (personal record
and # 4 school record). Mike
Bonadurer took first in the men’s
High Jump (6’11”), breaking the
meet record, personal record and
# 2 in the school record. Trevor
Dodge took first in 1500m (3:59.30)
with a personal record and quali
fied for NWAACCs. Ryan Hoyt
won the 400 with 48.60. Eric
Anderson won the 400m hurdles
(52.19) with a school record.
“We just really had some great
stuff happen, it’s pretty hard to
talk about everything that hap
pened,” said Kegg. “Probably
the most exciting thing about the
whole meet was the mile relay.
Mt. Hood, who has the fastest
time by less than a second, did
not run a team, so we thought
that we would win with no prob
lem. Through the third leg we
were up by 70m; with that kind
of a lead, we dropped the baton.
Eric and Ryan had the presence
of mind to slow down and pick it
back up. Ryan found a way to
hold off the Chemeketa runner
behind him and he wound up
beating him by a tenth of a sec
ond. Ryan showed some real
presence of mind and some real
confidence, to just calmly pick up
the baton; he just ran a smart
leg.”
These Clackamas athletes have
a week to practice and rest up for
the NWAACCs Thursday and Fri
day, May 25-26 at home.
“I think that we showed our
mettle in a lot of the competition
this weekend; I think that we
showed that we really are con
tenders for the NWAACCs, by
coming up with really big perfor
mances in a championship situa
tion,” said Kegg.