The Clackamas print., October 16, 2002, Page 11, Image 11

Cross Country looks to NWAACCs
“We’re fighting with Mt.
Hood for second place,” Coach
McHone said. “We do have the
potential to beat them.”
Other runners on the team
share in Coach McHone’s goals
for the season.
“We need to get faster,”
sophomore Ben Oakerman said.
“Our goal is to beat Mt. Hood.”
With only three runners on
the women’s team, this does
not seem to lower the team’s
hopes of success at the
NWAACC championship meet.
“We have three girls right
now and two incoming,” Coach
McHone said.
Despite the lack of runners,
the team has their goals for the
championship meet.
“We’re looking forward to
NWAACC’s,” sophomore Kari
Rissmiller said. Rissmiller is
the defending NWAACC cham­
pion.
“We hope she defends her
title,” Coach McHone said.
“On average, she is 30 to 40
seconds ahead of the second
place runner.”
As for the last two meets of
the season, the girls’ have a
positive outlook.
“We’re in it to win it,” soph­
omore Rebekah Yanco$kie
said.
The Southern Regional meet
is Oct. 26, followed by the
NWAACC championship meet
on Nov. 9 in Battle Ground,
WA.
Keoni McHone Contributed
Pat Searing (14) leads a pack of CCC runners in last weekend’s Pacific Lutheran
University meet. Clackamas finished sixth out of the 18 teams that competed.
prove difficult however due to can,” Searing said.
injured runners on the men’s
The men’s cross-country
side and a shortage of runners team is currently ranked third
Staff Writer
on the women’s side.
in the NWAACC standings,
For
the
men,
captain
Pat
behind
Mt. Hood and Spokane.
Placing
high
in
the
Northwest Athletic Association Searing has a plan to help his Spokane currently leads the
team out at the upcoming conference and has been picked
of
Community
Colleges’
to win the, conference title.
(NWAACC) conference- meet is Southern Regional meet, _
“At the Southern Regional-, According to Coach McHone,
a realistic goal, according to
Keoni McHone Contributed
the men’s and women’s cross­ we should win against Mt. however, placing second over Rebekah Yancoskie was one of the three Clackamas
country teams and their coach, Hood as long as everyone is Mt. Hood is not out of reach for women who were able to compete in the PLU meet in
running what they possibly the men.
Keoni McHone. This might
Tacoma last weekend.
Volleyball gains
momentum
Staff Writer
The Clackamas volleyball
team came out of the Bellevue
Tournament this last weekend
with numerous successes, both
by the team and individually.
Freshman Jaime Herrera was
named Cougar Player of the
Week.
“She has been putting an
outstanding effort into this
team,” Head Coach Kathie
Woods said.
Freshman Lindsay Shiely
was also recognized this week­
end* as a tournament All-Star.
At the Bellevue Tournament,
the Cougars had reasonable
success as they were the only
team to defeat Spokane CC.
The Cougars also had key vic­
tories over Bellevue CC and
Tacoma CC.
“To be able to beat Spokane
and Bellevue were the high­
lights,” Woods said. “We need
this kind of momentum at this
point in the season.”
Currently, the Cougars are
ranked fifth in the latest
Northwest Athletic Association
of
Community
Colleges’
Coaches’ Poll, but Woods is
enthusiastic about the team’s
current situation.
“At the top, there’s more
pressure for more success,”
said Woods. “I’m pretty com­
fortable with our current posi­
tion.”
In league standings, the
Cougars are in fourth place
with a 4-2 record. The team’s
overall record is 23-10, includ­
ing an unexpected loss to
Whatcomb CC in (he Bellevue
Tournament.
“They’re ranked eighth in
the league and we should usu­
ally beat them,” Woods said.
“We learned a lot though, and
we’ll be ready next time.”
The Cougars are already
focusing on their next oppo­
nent, Mt. Hood CC.
“That’s a huge game,” said
Woods. “They’re undefeated in
league. It’d be helpful if a lot
of people showed up to that one
to help us out.”
Clackamas has practice
every day until that match on
Oct. 18 at 7 p.m., in the
Randall Hall gym.
Coach Woods is also looking
for athletes to participate in the
intramural program here at
CCC; Sign-ups will be until
Fri4 Oct. 18. The sign-up
sheet is located at the intramu­
ral bulletin board, in the lower
level of Randall Hall.
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