10* The Clackamas Print • May 7, 2003
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Now with more real Cougar!
Gillespie shines bright at multi-event
finals; rest/of track team prepares for
Southern Region Championships
Elena Boryska
Sports Editor
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NWAACC
Championships
at Delta Park
Saturday, May 1 0
at Linn-Benton
@ 1 p.m.
At the NWAACC multi-event
championships on April 28-29,
Clackamas was represented well
by freshman Kasie Gillespie as she
won the Southern Region title and
placed second in the conference.
“Kasie had a great meet,” Head
Coach Jack Kegg said. “She had
personal bests in six of the seven
events, and her total score of 4350
is number three all-time at
Clackamas. That’s [also] the num
ber two mark for a freshman in our
school history.”
Gillespie’s total was higher than
the score of last year's winner,
which is evidence of how competi
tive this meet was. According to
Kegg, this year’s meet was the best
junior college heptathlon to have
ever taken place in the country,
with the top five women all top
ping the 4,200 point mark going
into the last event.
Gillespie’s run to the top was
highlighted with many impressive
finishes. The first event that she
competed in was the hurdles,
where she ran 15.83; prior to this
performance, she had never run
under 16 seconds. In the shot put,
which is not a particularly good
event for her, she threw a five foot
PR, with a new best of 27-3. In the,
last event of the first day, Gillespie
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at Spokane, Wash.
had a time of 26.87 in the 200. She
had never been under 28 seconds,
but this time she saw over a one
second improvement.
On day two, she had a long
jump of 17-11 % . which is a PR for
her as well as the number three all-
time in school history. In the
javelin, she threw 97-4 to set a 20-
foot PR. She also ran 2:27.5 in the
800 to win the event outright; the
first time that she ran the event a
month ago, she came in with a time
of 2:48.
“We could win
the Southern
Region if we
have some
luck...”
Jack Kegg
Head Track Coach
Trouble came up in an unex
pected place for Gillespie and hurt
her chances for the heptathlon win.
In the high jump, where she ranks
third in the NWAACCs despite
only learning the event this year,
Gillespie had a disappointing fin
ish of 4-11.
She has topped five feet every
other
time
she
competed.
According to Kegg, this low mark
cost her the win. A good finish
would have landed her the win out
right. Even though she was unable
to capitalize on an event that was
one of her best, Kegg still knows
how well she competed.
“She did a great job,” said
Kegg. “She competed like a cham
pion - just didn’t have a little
luck.”
Elisabeth Malsey and Tiara
Krisamundo also represented CCC
at the multi-event championships,
finishing just outside of scoring in
the 9th and 10th spots in the
Southern Region.
On May 3, the track teams trav
eled to McMinnville to take part in
the Linfield Open. Many athletes
were taking it easy in preparation
for this weekend’s Southern
Region Championships, so there
were only a few improved individ
ual marks.
Rusty Pruden had a qualifying
run in the 800; his time of 1:56.6 is
a three second improvement over
his earlier best time of year. Ryan
Brandel had a PR in the javelin as
he won the event with a distance of
195, the fourth best in the
NWAACC. Cedric Löhrmann had a
PR in the pole vault with a finish of
13-1114, which is just % of an inch
short of the postseason qualifying
mark.
Chelsey Fuller had a good meet
overall after coming back from an
injury. She didn’t run her fastest
but she got back in the swing of
things, according to Kegg. She
won both the 100 and 200, as well
as running legs in the short and
long relays, which the Cougar
women also won.
Malsey vaulted well, grabbing a
qualifying mark. She also ran in
the long relay and took fourth in
the 100. Malsey has been working
on. getting back after taking time
out for a hamstring injury. Jill Etter
ran in the short relay, but she is
also working on getting completely
healthy.
Next up for Clackamas is the
Southern Region Championships
on May 9-10. The top two teams at
the meet get a trophy, and Kegg is
optimistic about how the women
will do.
“I think our women have a
chance to win a trophy,” said Kegg.
“We could win —the Southern
Region if we have some luck and
everyone is ready to go. I think
we’re really shooting a little past
that towards the NWAACC
Championships and try to win a tro
phy, so I don’t know that we’ll all
be ready by Friday, but we definite
ly made a big step this weekend in
having those people healthy.”
Baseball sinks to fifth place in South
Nic Delzell
Tuesday, May 1 3
at Chemeketa
@ 1 p.m.
SPORTS
Clackamas baseball remains fifth
in the Southern Region after a 3-3
week left the Cougars 9-15 in league
record and 14-19 overall.
Mt. Hood visited the Clackamas
baseball diamond last Tuesday. The
teams split the doubleheader.
Game one went to Clackamas 2-
1. Pitcher Jesse Gaylord hurled the
win. Cougar bats managed six team
hits. Clackamas defense held its
own with only two errors.
In game two, Mt. Hood was on
point and won 4-1.
Last Thursday, the Cougars swept
a make-up doubleheader against Mt.
Hood 5-2 and 3-1 at home.
In game one, freshman first base
man Tyler Smith went 2-for-3 and
scored twice.
Catcher Barry Humphrey and
outfielder Chris Kosmas both had
big RBI doubles, according to Head
Coach Robin Robinson.
✓
Brad Neffendorf pitched eight
plus innings for the win. He gave up
five hits, two runs and two walks.
He also struck out four Mt. Hood
batters.
Smith came up big again in game
two. He wenf 2-for-2 for two doubles
with two RBI. According to Coach
Robinson, Gaylord played another
great game as he went l-for-3 at the
plate.
Lane CC, the current league
leader, came up from Eugene to hand
the Cougars two shutout losses on
Saturday, 15-0 and 2-0.
In game one, the Cougars were
no-hit by Lane’s pitcher Troy
Grimmer.
“In this league you need to show
up every game,” said Robinson.
Th game' two, freshman shortstop
Jason Chan went l-for-4 with two
stolen bases. Humphrey Was once
again effective, going 2-for-3.
“We have guys who are playing
well. Humphrey is playing excep
tionally well,” said Robinson.
Weather has been a problem all
year.
Without a tarp, some
Clackamas practices have been held
in the gym, and some games have
been either canceled or postponed.
Cougar baseball has six games
remaining. They need to win five of
six to capture third place in the
region.
“At this time of the year we need
to get great pitching. We are hoping
someone steps up,” said Robinson.
So far Clackamas baseball has
not had the best season but Robinson
remains optimistic for next year.
“We are currently involved in the
recruiting
process, find
ing places for
the
sopho
mores to go as
well as trying
to bring in
some
good
freshman,”
said Robinson.
Cougar
baseball
played a dou
bleheader at
home Tuesday
against Linn-
Benton CC.
Results were
not available
at press time. The Cougars will trav
el to Albany on Saturday to play a
doublehead^r against Linn-Benton.
NIC DELZELL Clackamas Print
Above: Brad Neffendorf goes
through his motion during a
May 1 win over Mt. Hood.
Left: The Cougar bench lines
up to congatulate Matt
Bennett on his RBI sacrifice
that helped Clackamas beat
Mt. Hood 5-2. The Cougars
swept the doubleheader but still remain under .500, sit
ting with a 14-19 record overall.