Sports
The CÍAckAMAS P rint
WedNEsdAy, MARch 6, 2002
Size doesn’t matter
Clackamas' track and field team, though outnumbered, puts up an impressive showing at the Bearcat Invitational in Salem on March 2.
________ NICK BARRON
Business Manager
SALENA DE LA CRUZ / Clackamas Print
Kelly Howlett practices the shot put, an event in which he placed
fourth at the Bearcat Invitational, held in Salem on March 2.
Howlett placed second In the hammer throw at the meet, for the
record ninth-best performance at Clackamas.
Quantity does not always mean
quality, as Clackamas’ track and
field team illustrated March 2 at
the Bearcat Invitational in Salem.
Although the majority of the
five teams participating in the
meet had more athletes than
Clackamas, the Cougars roared
past their competition. Clackamas
had 31 of its 49 athletes qualify
for the event.
The Cougar women placed
third, with a total of 85 points.
Kari Rismiller finished first in the
women’s 1,500 meter run with a
time of 10:50.88, and teammate
Lan Evers scored third in the
women’s high jump. In the relays,
Clackamas placed second in
both the women’s 4X100 meter
and 4X400 meter races.
Sarah Rowse finished first in
the women’s,hammer throw, as
well as first in the women’s pole
vault with a height of 3.66 meters.
In the women’s long jump,
Elisabeth Malsey placed third
with a jump of 4.98m, as did Maria
Skipper in the women’s javelin
throw.
Clackamas’ men’s squad
placed second at the meet with
176 points, with Isaac Fredrick
winning first in both the men’s
200 meter dash and 400 meter
dash. In those same events,
Cougar softball hits season with positive outlook
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A & E Editor
The softball team will start its pre
season play this weekend in Ontario
and then will travel to Arizona for
two double headers against Pima
Community College and Chandler-
Gilbert Community College.
Coaching staff and players alike
are excited about what is to come
from this season’s play, which is
set to open at home March 29,
against Mt. Hood community col
lege.
“We are really excited about this
group,” said Head Coach Paul
Fiskum.
The team has a strong roster this
season with eight returning sopho
mores and a respective number of
talented incoming freshmen.
Seven out of the eight freshmen
were first team all-conference play
ers in high school and three were
first team all-state.
“We have as good of depth as
we ever had,” said Fiskum. “I con
sider this to be within the top two
freshmen classes that I have
coached.” With the hopeful fresh
men and the solid-returning
sophomores, Fiskum says he feels
“really good about our team.”
Freshmen include Megan
Brusco, an outfielder from Lake
Oswego high school; Breu Makin,
outfielder and Lindsey Burke,
catcher, both from Canby high
school; Lindsey Vanbramer, short
stop from Westview High School;
Brooke Comstock second
baseman from South Salem high
school; Kelsey Bisbing from
Aloha High School, outfield;
Lindsey Burke, a catcher out of
Canby High School; Morgan
Huffstetter, first base and outfield,
from LaSalle; and Miranda
Gillaspie, both pitcher and first
baseman, from Redmond High
I
"We have as good
of depth as we
ever had."
Paul Fiskum
Head Softball Coach
School.
Sophomores include Lindsey
O’Byrne, second base and out
field; Nikki Staley, third base;
Vanessa Holm, pitcher; Cathy
Lawrence, first base and out
fielder; Casey Lapp, pitcher; and
Erin Murphy, short stop. Two last
minute additions to the roster are
Carla Lillis, a freshman catcher from
Redmond High School, and sopho
more outfielder, Lisa Hickman.
Even with a roster loaded with
so much talent, the ladies still have
their hardships to overcome.
Sophomore outfielders Tiffany
Lepschat and Cheristy Hargrave
will both be sitting the season out
due to injuries. Both girls will be
missed said Fiskum. Hargrave set
the school record in hitting last
year and was number two in team
RBIs.
“She (Hargrave) was very impor
tant to us. Her loss will be felt, “
said Fiskum.
In addition to Lepschat and
Hargrave’s injuries, the team suf
fers from a few sore arms and a
few girls are currently ineligible to
play. These problems should be
remedied by season play, accord
ing to Fiskum.
Fiskum said that the cougar’s
main challenge this season should
be against Lower Columbia Col
lege.
“We have been rivals for years,”
says Fiskum. So far CCC has been
the defending champion in this
war. He also voiced his concern
with Chemeketa and Mt. Hood
Community Colleges. Chemeketa
has both their pitchers returning
from last year, one being the MVP
of the conference last year. Mt.
Hood has also done well for them
selves in the past three years.
“I just don’t know what he (the
coach) has,” Fiskum said about the
skills Mt. Hood may have. Accord
ing to Fiskum, the turnover of play
ers at a community college is just
too high to keep accurate track.
“We should be optimistic, and
we are,” said Fiskum. He and his
team are ready to start playing ball,
and will begin with the Treasure
Valley CC Tournament on Fri. and
Sat., March 8 and 9.
Jonas Welsch placed second
with a time of 22.5 in the 200 meter
dash and 50.62 in the 400 meter.
Rusty Pruden finished with a
time of 4:08, good for first in the
men’s 1,500 meter run, while Matt
Solosabal came in fourth in the
event. Just as the women placed
well in the relays, so did the men,
coming in second in the 4X100
meter relay. As for the 4X400,
Clackamas finished nearly a sec
ond before the competition, gain
ing first place with a time of
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Mt. Hood Open
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3:28.60.
The Cougars’ Cory Swim ended
with first place in the men’s high
jump, along with placing first in the
men’s javelin throw with a distance
of 59.99m. In pole vaulting, Jesse
Dean finished first with Tuk
Hodgen placing third in the same
event.
Steve Groff grabbed first in the
men’s triple jump. In the men’s dis
cus throw, Paul Etter took first, as
well as placing first in the men’s
hammer throw. Kelly Howlett fin
ished second in the same event.
Etter’s discus and hammer
throws put him fourth all-time at
Clackamas, with Howlett’s perfor
mance in the hammer becoming the
ninth best all-time for the Cougars.
Rowse’s throw in the hammer
places her third all-time at
Clakamas, as Swim’s javelin throw
is the seventh best all-time.
Rissmiller’s achievement in the
1,500 meter is the eighth greatest
of all-time at Clackamas.
While Howlett was pleased with
his performance in the hammer, he
believes he is capable of scoring
higher in that event.
“I’d like to throw farther. I had a
couple of higher throws the day
(before the event) in practice, so I
do have a further throw in me,”
Howlett said.
Looking ahead, the Cougars will
travel to Gresham for the Mt. Hood
Open on Mar. 9, to compete with
area community colleges. Team
scores are not totaled at Mt. Hood,
but Clackamas head coach, Jack
Kegg, feels his squad will still look
strong at the meet.
“They won’t team score it, so
we’re not running a lot of events
and just trying to specialize in one
or two areas for each person.
We’re hoping to get some more
qualifying marks,” Kegg stated.
To reach Nick Barron e-mail
barronoru@hotmail.com or
drop by B-104.
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