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WedNEsdAy, N oveniòer 14, 2001
Cross Country
Volleyball
Brad Brolin
Sarah Entenman
Freshman from Tigard High School, Tigard
Sophomore from Crescent Valley High School, Corvallis
Sophomore from Oregon City High School, Oregon City
-Finished the year as 2001 women's NWAACC
Champion, with a time of 19:09.
-Was the number one finisher for the CCC men at
NWAACCs.
-Setter/Outside Hitter.
-Finished 19th at Oregon Cross Country
Champions(high school) in 2000.
-Led the team to a second place finish at the Southern
Region Championships.
-Great competitor and hard worker.
-His time of 26:16 was good enough for 7th out of all
NWAACC men.
-Quick to the ball, is very demanding of herself and is a
hard worker.
-Strong in athleticism, leadership, loyalty and dedica
tion.
omen win NWAACC Championship, men grab third
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ELENA BORYSKA
Sports Editor
d the 2001 Northwest Athletic
jciation of Community Colleges
/AACC) championships, the
- :kamas women’s cross country
i was rewarded with a first-place
h, while the men landed at third,
d Cross Country Coach Keoni
lone was also named the
ten’s cross country coach of the
alleges from all over the North-
including rivals Mt. Hood and
■cane, were at the champion-
s, which were held on Nov. 10
iwisville Park in Battle Ground,
h. Spokane and Mt. Hood fin-
1 ahead of the Cougar men, but
: numbers two and three behind
’ougar women.
I thought it went really well,”
McHone. ‘They were focused
knew what they needed to do.”
Kari Rissmiller was the 2001
IXACC champion on the
inen’s side. Her time of 19:09 was
E than 10 seconds faster than the
pber two finisher, Holly Saulie-
■nan. Stacy Hopkins’ perfor-
le was a lot better than ex-
Kd. She finished in the 12th
which was a couple places
>nt of the girl that she was aim-
or. Rebekah Yancoskie rolled
nkle and was visibly in pain,
ucked it up and kept running,
lone compared her persis-
tence to that of Olympic gymnast
Kerri Strug.
Although everything came to
gether for the women, it took some
strong performances from them to
grab the victory.
“There were a couple times in
there where it looked like it wasn’t
going to turn out the way we
wanted it,” said McHone.
While the men didn’t come out
as
NWAACC
champions,
McHone said that was what they
were expecting.
“We were aiming for second, but
it wasn’t quite our day," said
McHone. "I think that we went out
brave...knowing that’s what we
had to do, and we just didn’t have
it.”
Brad Brolin was the number
one finisher for the men’s team; he
finished in the 7th spot overall.
Russ Pruden finished right behind
him in the 8th position. Mike
Schwoebel was next for the CCC
men in the 16th place. Pat Searing
was the 21st finisher, Ben Oakerman
was 24th, Matt Solosabal was 27th
and Kyle Holland was 33rd. To
gether all of these finishes were
good enough for third place out
of all of the NWAACC men's
teams.
Besides a 1st and 3rd finish of
his teams, McHone was also hon
ored as the 2001 women’s coach
of the year. He was slightly sur
prised that he won, since it’s only
his first year as a head coach. But
he Turkey Trot is <
ming!
te Annual Turkey Trot is coining to CCC
Nov. 20. Participants meet at lower level
ndall parking lot at 12:10p.m. and must
ng one canned food item per entry. The
1 is 2.2 miles in length and there are prize
keys for the male and female winners.
or prizes will also benanded out.
with the CCC women's team win-
ning the Southern Region Cham
pionships
and
now
the
NWAACCs, McHone has shown
that he is a deserving recipient. His
coach of the year title is also a re
flection on how well the Cougar
women have done this year.
“I think it shows their willing
ness to cooperate with each other
and work as a team,” said
McHone. “They did a really good
job of bonding together and show
ing support for each other.”
After such a successful year as
this, McHone is ready to go again
next year. With the return of some
key runners, next year looks to be
very bright for Cougar cross coun-
try.
“With the return of Kari, Holly
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KEONI MCHONE
and Rebekah, we’ll need a couple
of other good girls and we’ll be Kari Rissmiller helped her team win the NWAACC
championship by finishing first out of all women runners.
set to go again,” said McHone.