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--------- Sports — Clackamas cross country begi ___________ 15 WedNEsdAy, OcTobER 10, 2001 TI he ClAckAMAs P rint with a bang ELENA BORYSKA Sports Editor senting on their home turf. Saulie- Rohman took 1st place in a race with runners from Western Oregon and The CCC cross country teams Willamette, who have proven to be opened their 2001 season at the Idaho tough competition in the past Rissmiller Invite on Sept 7. They are die defend helped CCC land a one and three fin ing champs on both the men and ish by coming in 3"* place. Rebekah women’s sides, and will be trying to Yancoskie, Stacy Hopkins and Alyssa win their second title in a row. Anderson ran more as a group in this Although they race, which were the only junior helped to raise college at the entire the women’s meet, the Cougars score. The men didn’t let the bigger didn’t fare as schools get in their well, with none way. For the women, of them placing freshman Kari very high, but Rissmiller and Holly McHone isn’t Saulie-Rohman fin worried. ished in the 5th and 6th “This gave Keoni McHone positions, respec us a chance to Cross Country Coach tively. On the men’s start striving for side, Patrick Searing something. We finished in a decent got to see what 12lh place position but surprised many Mt Hood is going to look like, and people by making it that close to the now we have our goal set,” said front He began die race toward the McHone. “It was a good chance for us.” back, in about the 45"' spot of the 65 runners, but worked his way into the Hie next stop for the cross country top 15. teams was the Sundodger Invitational The cross country coach, Keoni in Seattle on Sept 22. In this high-level meet Clackamas McHone, is happy with the way his teams handled their first performances. saw some different four-year colleges “I think they ran really tough for it and how each of them performed. being their first race against four-year Saulie-Rohman finished in the ninth schools,” he said. “They handled the place position, while Rissmiller took 13d’. McHone said Saulie-Rohman’s pressure well, being that both teams time of 18:20 was a good showing for a are mostly freshmen.” After their trip to Idaho, the teams freshman. headed back home for the New Bal Matt Solosabal ran in the number ance Festival of Champions on Sept. one spot for CCC, but McHone is 15. This event is a combination of col working with him to slow down his lege and high school races, with about pace. As the number two runner for 2,000 people watching from the side Clackamas, Brolin turned his ankle and lines. Even with the added pressure of fell, which slowed down the men’s time thelarge amount of spectators, considerably. Even though he was in Clackamas still did a fine job of repre obvious pain, Brolin thought of his "They handled the pressure well, being that both teams are mostly freshmen. ” PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KEONI MCHONE Cougar cross country runner Alyssa Anderson tries to outrun the competition. Over the weekend, the Cougars raced at the Willamette Invitational in Salem, Oregon. team and continued to finish the race. Even with a sprained ankle, Brolin wants to stay in shape and was run ning instead of resting after lhe meet. The Cougars got a week off and spent it preparing and training before they headed off to the laigest cross country race on the west coast known as the Willamette Invite. At this meet, the Cougars did really well, setting some seasonal and life time bests. Kyle Holland improved 45 seconds over his most recent time, while Rissmiller improved by seven seconds. For the women’s results, Rissmiller finished in the 21a position, followed by Saulie-Rohman in 29dl and Hopkins was the next'closest finisher forClackamasatthe 174th spot Forthis meet, the women’s team ran incom plete, competing without the injured Yankoskie,whq was out with a strained abdominal muscle. On the men’s side, Solosabal ran close to one and a half minutes faster than his time from this race last year. With that improvement, he broke the 26 minute mark for the first time in his career. Brolin did agood job bouncing back from his ankle in jury, finishing in the 109th spot. From their performances at these meets, McHone is confident in his team’s abilities. He puts the Clackamas men in the 3rd spot out of NWAACC This week’s players of the week are: schools, behind Mt. Hood and Spokane. As for the women, McHone thinks that there is a very real possibility that they are the team to beat. He says that it is very tight between the Cou gars, Mt. Hood and Spokane, with only about a five point spread separating the three teams. “I would like to be confident in saying that we are probably right up there at number one, as lqng as we close up the back three, four and five spots,” said McHone. ■•-I Previous Players of the week- Week One- Pat Searing and Rari Rissmiller Week Two- Ryan Hennessy and Holly Saulie- Rohman " z 7^ z - -z ä Week Three- Mike Schwoebel and -Sophmore from Eisenhower High School -Team captain and # 1 runner for CCC -Been having undesirable results due to going out too fast on first mile, but ran a more patient race at Willamette Invite -Ran a lifetime PR by 25 seconds -Freshman from Tigard High School -Ran confident as a freshman against seniors at NCAA Division 1 schools -Helps her teammates get the most out of themselves -Great competitor and hard worker • lark Invite at Lewisville Park, Washington ' '
