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WedNEsdA^ ApRil 17, 2002
TM e ClACkAMAS P rínt
Track: Men excel, women Baseball team drops
stumble at Mt. Hood CC four straight games
J. J. PEARSON
Malsey rounded out the top three
Staff Writer
places. In addition to the pole vault,
Wakefieldplaced first in the high jump
and finished the day with an amazing
24 individual points.
Corey Swim busted out of his slump
in the javelin when he tossed the
pointy stick 185’11”. Earlierin the year
he threw die javelin 196’ 10”, which is
the second-best throw in the North
west Athletic Association of Commu
nity Colleges this season. Swim
complemented his javelin victory with
a first-place tie with teammate Matt
Tondreau in the high jump, each leap-
ing6’2”. Swim finished the meet with
a notable 19 individual points.
Paul Etter threw the hammer 189’8”,
beating his own school record by 10
inches. He also placed third in the dis
cus, tossing it 151’9”. Kegg said the
strength in their field events gave the
Cougars an advantage over their op
ponents. He added that Saturday’s
Cougar Invite will bring some of the
best competitors of Oregon's smaller
schools to campus, including Portland
State, from Division I-AA, Western
Oregon (Division II), Willamette (Divi
sion HI),and Mt. Hood (junior college).
Kegg is confident that individually, his
team will be able to compete with the
It was a gloomy, gray and wet after
noon this past Saturday, April 13, when
the Cougars’ track and field teams
fiercely competed at the Mt Hood
Relays. The men’s team repeated as
champions, running away with the tide,
while the women competed without
three of their best athletes, which left
them wondering what could have been.
The men out-dueled Highline(117-
95) for the top spot and the women
finished fourth, 85 points behind first-
place Spokane. Head Coach Jack
Kegg said he thought the women could
have finished in the top two or three if
Rebekah Yancoskie (out with an ankle
injury),. Maria Skipper and Christy
Strout (both needed rest) wereableto
participate for Clackamas. CoachKegg
was very pleased with the way the
team had prepared themselves for die
relays. “Everyone was very self-moti
vated, it was nice to see,” said Kegg.
Once again the women swept die
top three spots in pole vault. Dasha
Wakefield, quite possibly die most
impressive Cougar athlete this week,
lead the way with a personal-best leap
of 12’0”. Sara Rowse and Elisabeth
better athletes. Saturday's meet begins
at 10a.m. at Clackamas.
Other Cougar top finishers: Lan
Evers (50") finisned second in the
women’s high jump. Steve Stenger
(20’4”) finished in second-place in
the men’s long jump. In addition to
her second-place finish in the pole
vault, Rowse had a personal-best
throw in the women’s hammer
(141 ’7”),. which landed her third on
CCC's all-time listjbr the event. Jesse
Dean, Seth Marshalek and Matt
Muravez swept the top three spots in
the men’s pole vault. The men’s
3,200m-relay team finished third with
a time of7:56.46, and the400m-relay
team (43.59seconds) placed second.
The women’s sprint medley relay team
finished three seconds behind Spo
kane for second place. The men’s
1,600m relay team (3:19.47) ran the
second-fastest time in the. NWAACC
this season and eighth all-time in
school history. The men’s 6,400mrre-
lay team placed second, jive seconds
ahead of Mt. Hood And the men’s
throwers 400m relay team finished
first, one second in front of Clark
To reach J. J. Pearson e-mail
cccprint@clackamas.cc.or.us ort
drop by B-104.
ELENA BORYSKA
Sports Editor
With some assistance from
Oregon’s unpredictable weather, the
Cougar baseball team was only able
to play one of the two doublehead
ers scheduled this week, while mak
ing up a pair of games that was post
poned from April 9.
On April 11, Clackamas traveled
down to Eugene to take on the
Southern Region leaders, Lane CC,
in a series that was delayed from two
days prior. The first game was a rout
by the host Titans, with the Cou
gars falling 12-1. Matt Paulsen was
credited with the loss. After that
beating, the Cougars kept the next
game a lot closer, but were still un
able to overtake Lane, losing 3-4.
Brandon Gleich picked up the loss
in this game.
On Saturday, April 13, the Cou
gar diamond men took off to Salem
to try to steal two games from
Chemeketa and even out their
league record at six wins and six
losses. However, Chemeketa wasn’t
about to let that happen. The first
game was another Cougar loss, 2-0,
with Jordan Denney being handed
the loss» After a short intermission,
the Cougars came back in the next
game to take even more of a beat
ing, falling to a four point loss, 5-1.
This loss was put on Jeremiah
Beckert’s shoulders.
After playing all of these Way
games, the Cougars came back on
April 14 to try to makeup a rainout
from April 7. While both teams.were
ready to play, the weather wasn’t
ready to comply, forcing this game
to be rescheduled once again. There
was also a scheduled doubleheader
on Tuesday April 16 against South
western Oregon CC. Results were
unavailable at press time.
The four games that the Cou
gars were able to play this week
added to their lopsided league
record, which is now 4-8, and 7-13
overall. This record puts them at
the second to last position in the
Southern Region of the Northwest
Athletic Association of Commu
nity Colleges. Lane is at the top of
the standings, followed by
Chemeketa, Mt. Hood, Linn-
Benton and Clackamas, with
Southwestern Oregon holding
down the bottom spot.
This week’s scheduled games
include a repeat of Tuesday’s
games at Southwestern Oregon CC
on April 20, and a set of home
games against Mt. Hood on April
23 at 1 p.m.
To reach Elena Boryska e-mail
crazyforlance@hotmail.com or
drop by B-104.
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