WedNEsdAy, ApRil 24/2002
The ClACkAMAS P rìnt
Personal records broken, men win at Invite
J J. PEARSON
Staff Writer
J.J. PEARSON / Clackamas Print
Dasha Wakefield set personal records in both the javelin
and pole vault Saturday. She tossed the javelin 110feet, 8
inches and vaulted an NWAACC-leading 12 feet, 1 inch.
The Cougar Invite was held on
campus Saturday, April 20, and the
men’s team had a very strong
showing against several four-year
schools, finishing in the top spot,
while the women had good indi
vidual efforts but finished last as
a team.
The track coach, Jack Kegg,
said his team isn’t very deep in
each event, but they have at least
one excellent athlete who consis
tently finishes in first or second
place, boosting the overall score
for the team. The Cougars are more
than halfway through the track
season and have qualified 19 of 28
men and 12 of 15 women for the
upcoming Northwest Athletic As
sociation of Community Colleges
championships.
“Our goal is to qualify 25 men
and all 15 of the women,” said
Kegg. He added that there has
never been a single team to qualify
the maximum 25 competitors for the
NWAACC championships. “They
implemented the maximum 25 rule
(several years ago) because pre
viously we have qualified more
than that.”
Isaac Frederick, at 21.70 sec
onds, blazed the track in the men’s
200-meter dash and finished first,
two-tenths of a second ahead of
Portland State’s Anthony
Robinson. Clackamas’ Rusty
Pruden placed second in the men’s
1500 at 3:58.64, which is the fast
est time in the conference this year.
In the same event, Matt
Solosabal’s time (4:04.34) qualified
him for the NWAACC champion
ships.
In the field events, Paul Etter,
who is rated the best freshman and
third overall in the nation for jun
ior colleges in the hammer throw,
finished second with a throw of
"Our goal is to qualify 25
men and all 15 of the
women (for the NWAACC
Championships)."
Jack Kegg
Head Track Coach
185 feet, 1 inch. Etter also finished
second in the shot put and first in
the discus. It was a four-inch im
provement on his discus throw
and a two-inch improvement in the
shot put.
Dasha Wakefield vaulted a per
sonal best of 12-1 in the women’s
pole vault, which ties her with team
mate Sara Rowse for the highest
mark in the conference this sea
son. Wakefield improved in the
javelin, throwing 110-8. Kegg said
she has been working hard to im
prove her javelin throw for the up
coming heptathlon meet next Mon
day and Tuesday at Lane Commu
nity College.
Kari Rissmiller ran 10 minutes,
34 seconds to first-place in the
women’s 3,000, which was her per
sonal best time and it placed her
eighth on Clackamas’ all-time list.
Stacy Hopkins (11:26.50) and
Jennie Hardie (11:31.40) had
NWAACC qualifying times in the
event.
Tiana Setser set several high
marks in the women’s triple jump,
including the third-best leap of all
time at Clackamas. In addition, it
was an NWAACC qualifier and is
the best jump in the conference
this year. Because of hardships, it
was Setser’s first meet in nearly
two years. She just became eli
gible to participate on Friday, April
19.
The men’s and women’s track
teams have several meets to attend
this weekend and early next week.
Some athletes will be heading to
Eugene to participate in the Uni
versity of Oregon Invitational, oth
ers will go to the Western Oregon
Open, and some will simply rest
for Monday and Tuesday’s
heptathlon and decathlon events
at Lane, which are crucial in quali
fying for the Southern Region and
NWAACC championships.
To reach J.J. Pearson e-mail
doublejay67@hotmail.com or
drop by B-104.
Cougar baseball tries to climb out of a slump
ELENA BORYSKA
for the rainouts of April 16. Jeremiah
Beckert went out and pitched a good
game, grabbing the win and snap
fter several players went ping the losing streak that Clackamas
down with injuries, the had fallen into. Beckert only gave
baseball team lost three up seven hits, walked two and
out of four games on the road, struck
with out three, while getting some
a one-point margin on each loss. strong offense from Scott Hunter,
After the losses, the Cougar men Matt Paulsen and Jesse Gaylord.
After coming back from a one-run
had a record of 5-11 in league
deficit going into the seventh, it
games. •
To start the road trip, the Cou looked as though the Cougars were
gars went to Southwestern Oregon about to sweep the Sunday double
Saturday, April 20, to play a regu header as they led 4-2 going into
larly scheduled doubleheader. Al the bottom of the seventh.
though the Cougars got pretty But somehow Southwestern came
good offense. out of J.R. back to retake the game, winning 5-
Richardson, who was two-for-four, 4. Jordan Denney pitched a great
and Colin Griffin, who was a per six innings, according to Head
fect five-for-five with two RBIs, Coach Robin Robinson. Paulsen
they left 12 men standing on base, came in to relieve him and ultimately
waiting to come home. This in picked up the loss. Dewey Steinmetz
ability to score helped Southwest hit a home run as well as a double,
ern overtake Clackamas by one but Clackamas still left six men on
point, making the final score a very base.
For the Cougars, this was their
close 5-4.
The second half also went 16lh loss of the season, and they are
Southwestern’s way. While the now at the basement of the South
Cougars had seven hits, they left ern Region of the NWAACC stand
eight men on base. Beau Holstad ings. The next baseball games the
was two-for-four and Tom men played were on Tuesday, April
Henderson was two-for-three with 23, on the home diamond. The Cou
two RBIs, but they were unable to gars lost the first game by a score of
lead their team over Southwestern, 6-5, but results of the second were
unavailable at press time
falling again 5-4.
To reach Elena Boryska e-mail
The Cougars came back the
next day to play Southwestern crazyforlance@hotmail.com or
once again, this time to make up drop by B-104.
Sports Editor
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PHOTO BY MIKE POLLOCK
Josh Gaylord pitched against the Mt. Hood Saints on April 23, where Clackamas added to
their 16 losses with the Saints holding on to the win with a score of 6-5.