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M ay 8, 2002
TT i E CI ac I c AMAS P rìnt
Track faces tough hurdles at Regionals
J.J.PEARSON
Staff Writer
Dasha Wakefield looks to lead the women to the Southern
Region title on Friday and Saturday.
LINFIELD INVITATIONAL MAY 4
WOMEN
f00-1, Shemi (PSU) 2, Taylor
(PSU) 400-1, Moore (Linfield) 2,
Gunderson (PSU) 3, Yancoskie
(CCC) 800-1, Rodgers (PSU) 2,
Smith (UP) 1500- 1, Rissmiller
(CCC) 2, Rodgers (PSU) 5000-1,
Goeres (GFU) 2, Metzen (UP) 3,
Wea/(CCC)100HUR-1,
Boatright (GFU) 2, Wakefield
(CCC) 400HUR-1, Vandagriff
(Chemeketa) 2, Tiffany
(Chemeketa) HJ-1, Leineweber
(Willamette) 2, Gunderson (PSU)
4,-Evers (CCC) PV- 7, Wakefield
(CCC) 2, Rowse (CCC) LJ-1,
Baron (GFU) 2, Setser (CCC)
TJ- 1, Setser (CCC) Hammer-1;■
Fuhrmann (PU) 3, Rowse (CCC)
MEN
championship this past fall.
Danny Dobra is the defending
cross-country champion and is
probably the favorite in all the
long distance runs.
“We’re going to have to wear
him down by putting a fresh guy
on him in every race,” said
Kegg. “We’ll be using all the
tactics we can to slow him
down.”
Clackamas’ Isaac Frederick is
the fastest guy in the NWAACC
this year in the 200-meter dash
and is the favorite heading in to
the weekend. Andre Williams,
Rusty Pruden and Kyle Holland
are some of the best 800 runners
in the conference and are going
to have to control the race if one
of them wants to win. Pruden is
also a tremendous runner in the
1500 and should challenge for
first place.
The track team will be
vying for the Southern Region
title against the rest of the divi
sion this weekend, May 10 and
11, at 1 p.m. Friday in our own
backyard. The Cougars are opti
mistic about their chances.
“We’re going to have to win
with a team effort,” said Head
Coach Jack Kegg. “We have the
top person in each event. And
we have a great supporting cast
that will give us the extra points
we’ll need to win the team title.”
The best women athletes in the
conference include Clackamas’
Kari Rissmiller, Dasha
Wakefield, Sara Rowse, Tiana
Setser, and Elisabeth Malsey.
Rowse and Wakefield are the
top two vaulters in the confer
ence and are “significantly better
than anyohes” said Kegg.
Wakefield also will compete in
the high jump, 100-meter hur
dles, and the javelin.
Rowse is the leading hammer
thrower in the conference, and
Rissmiller is one of the best long
distance runners in the
NWAACC. Setser is the top ath
lete in the triple jump and is sec
ond to Malsey in the long jump
on the Cougars team.
But if you add up the numbers,
Mt. Hood js the team to beat oti
the women’s side, and Clark is a
very tough opponent to chal
lenge the top spot. Clark’s
Sheila Perletti and Crystal
Dennis will face Rissmiller in
the long distance runs.
“We have good individuals, but
we may not have enough ath
letes to contend for the women’s
title,” said Kegg.
Mt. Hood’s men’s long distance
crew won the Southern Region
400-1, Gioanni (Linfield) 2,
Robinson (PSU) 3, Schaffroth
(CCC) 1500-1, Rolin (UP) 6,
Brohlin (CCC) 400HUR-1. Fipps
(Linfield) 2, Beardsley (GFU) 3,
Dean (CCC) HJ-1, Schooler
(L&C) 2, Yeager GFU) 3, Swim
(CCC) PV-7, Dean (CCC) 2,
Cummings (Will Stricter) 3, '
Hodgen (CCC) LJ-1, Robinson
(GFU) 3, Walker (CCC) 4, Knez
(CCC) TJ-1, Sideris (PSU) 2,
Wadlow (GFU) 3, Groff (CCC)
SHOT-1, Matheney (Unattached)
5, Howlett (CCC) Hammer-1,
Barley (Unattached) 4, Howlett
(CCC) J a vel i n-1, Olson
It doesn't get any
better thadjkisli
The best match-up is in the
men’s hammer throw, where the
second- and third-ranked junior
college throwers in the country
will highlight the meet, and
Clark’s Ryan Bruhn and
Clackamas’ Paul Etter will strut
their stuff. It is nearly a guaran
tee one of them will walk away
as the winner.
Corey Swim is “pretty impor
tant to the team,” said Kegg,
because he competes in the long
jump, triple jump, javelin, and
high jump and places high in
each event. And the Cougars are
Strong in the pole vault with the
top five men and the two best
women in the conference, which
should lead them to first place
after the first day.
7o reach J J. Pearson e-mail dou-
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