May 14, 2003 • The Clackamas Print • 7
SPORTS
Track finishes fourth in Southern Region
KEONI MCHONE Contributed
Paul Etter captured the win in the hammer throw with this meet record-breaking 189-
foot launch at the Southern Region Championships. Etter also won the discus and
took third in the shot put to help the men’s team take fourth place overall.
Elena Boryska
Sports Editor
Fourth place finishes for both the
men’s and women’s track teams at the
Southern Region Championships
marked the countdown to the end of the
season.
Mt. Hood CC hosted the event and
swept both of the team totals. The
men’s team scored 244 points and the
women scored 217. Meanwhile, the
Clackamas men’s team finished with
123 points and the women had 145.5;
the women’s score was a little less than
what Head Coach Jack Kegg was
expecting, but it still wasn’t a bad
score.
“We competed well. We just didn’t
expect other people to do some of the
things they did,” Kegg said. “We had a
lot of good performances and a lot of
good improvements in our qualifiers.”
The women had some strong per
formances. In the pole vault, Erin
Schafer went 12 feet for the win, which
is the fourth best height ever in school
history as well as her season best.
Elisabeth Malsey and Natalie Walruff
tied for fourth in the event as both fin
ished with 11-foot vaults; these were
season bests for both women. Kim
Provost tied for eighth with her
NWAACC qualifying vault of nine
feet.
Kasie Gillespie had a good overall
meet and finished just a half point shy
of being the high scoring athlete of the
meet, according to Kegg. Gillespie fin
ished second in die long jump with a
distance of 16-6 34; she also took sec-
ond in the high jump with a height of 5-
2. Additionally, Gillespie came in
fourth in the 100 hurdles, sixth in the
400 hurdles and ran a leg of the fourth
place 4x100 relay.
Chelsea Fuller won the high jump
and qualified for the NWAACC cham
pionships in the 100 and 200 after tak
ing seventh in both events with two of
her fastest times of the year. She ran
13.22 in the 100 and 27.17 in the 200.
Kari Rissmiller won the 1500 in
4:43 with a nine-second lead over the
closest competitor. She took second in
a very competitive 3000, finishing just
a second slower than the first place fin
isher, coming in at 10:34.77.
Rebekah Yancoskie finished sixth
in the 1500, while Jen Peterson came in
right behind her at seventh. Yancoskie
also competed in the 800, finishing,
third; Peterson finished in sixth place
after running a lifetime best of 2:24 in
the 800-meter preliminaries to get into
the finals.
Jenna Bird came in fifth in the 100
hurdles, as well as finishing with a
three-second PR in the 400 hurdles to
take second. Her time of 65.45 is the
third fastest in the conference.
Kerby Boschee had a 115-9 throw
in the hammer to take sixth.
I Ashlin
Lofting took sixth in the shot put with a
throw of 36-1, which is six inches off of
her season best.
For the men, Pat Searing ran a life
time best of 33:25 in the 10,000 to take
second. In the discus, Paul Etter won
with a 149-foot throw and David Arndt
finished fourth after a lifetime best of
138-1.
The men’s hammer was a huge
point grabber for Clackamas; altogeth
er die men scored 22 points in the
event. Etter won with a meet record
setting 189-9. Kelly Howlett finished
right behind him with a throw of 160-6.
Arndt had a lifetime best of 124-8 to
take sixth and Jason Peterson made his
first college final, finishing in eighth
place with a distance of 106-1.
In the shot put, Arndt won with a
lifetime best of 49-10 Vz. Etter placed
third in the event with a throw of 48-4.
Josh Carlson came in six inches
short of first place in the javelin with a
throw of 206-1, while Ray Kauffman
took fourth with his season best per
formance of 189-1. Ryan Brandel
claimed the fifth place spot.
In the 400 hurdles, Nate Henry won
with a time of 56.11; he is ranked sec
ond in NWAACC going into the final
meet. Clackamas also had three men
finish in the top eight in the 800. Josh
Redinburg was fifth, Rusty Pruden fin
ished seventh with a time of 201.27,
and Andrew Meng came in eighth after
going a lifetime best in the preliminar
ies of 159.2.
All in all, this meet was a good
chance for the teams to prepare for the
NWAACC meet that Clackamas is
hosting on May 22-23. The Cougars
had 24 NWAACC improvements on
the qualifying list - either as new qual
ifications or improvements on previous
qualifying marks.
“That’s a good sign for us,” said
Kegg. “We’re going the right direction
at the right time of year. Basically the
most important thing we can do is get
rested up. If we get rested, we should
have a pretty good NWAACC meet.”
Playoffs still unclear Softball preps for playoffs
for Cougar baseball
Frank Jordan
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Nic Delz.ell
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Clackamas baseball postseason
hopes got dimmer yesterday when
Chemeketa defeated them in game one
of their doubleheader 4-2. Results for
the second game were not available at
print time.
However, if Mt. Hood CC won the
two games they played yesterday
against Linn-Benton CC
and
Clackamas wins its game two, then
there is still a possiblity for a three-way
tie for third in the Southern Region. If
“Mason was
the stud of the
day.”
Robin Robinson
Head Baseball
Coach
this is the senerio, a three-way playoff
will take place tomorrow featuring
Clackamas,
Linn-Benton
and
Chemeketa.
The Cougars pulled out two wins in.
four games against Linn-Benton last
week. The Cougars’ record is now 16-
22 overall and 11-18 in league play.
The Cougars played their first dou
CalencTärc
bleheader of the week against Linn-
Benton last TUesday.
The Cougar offense came up short
and lost the opener by a score of 9-1.
In game two the Cougars were able
come up with 3-1 victory. Tim Dumas
hurled a complete game to get the win.
The Cougar team managed six hits and
committed only one defensive error.
Clackamas traveled to Albany on
Saturday to play another doubleheader
against Linn-Benton.
Game one resulted in a 4-1 victory
behind Nik Mason’s arm. He struck
out four and allowed only one run.
“Mason was the stud of the day.
His arm didn’t feel well but he pulled
through and pitched a great eight
innings,” said Head Coach Robin
Robinson.
Jason Chan and Chris Runyon each
went 2-for-5 at the plate. Chris
Kosmas went 1-for-l with two walks
and one RBI.
“Kosmas had a great day offensive
ly,” said Robinson.
The Cougars managed eight hits
and had a stellar defensive perform
ance once again as they committed
only one fielding error.
The second game went 9-2 in Linn
Benton’s favor. The only Cougar runs
came in the first inping when Runyan
singled and Humphrey came up with a
two-run blast, his first homer of the
year.
“It was pretty big, but we didn’t
win the game,” said Humphrey.
Clackamas softball won its last four
of five games to close the 2003 regular
season on an upbeat note, and will enter
the Northwest Athletic Association of
Community Colleges postseason tour
nament on Friday against Blue
Mountain CC.
Clackamas traveled to Lower
Columbia College last Wednesday to
complete a suspended game. The
Cougars trailed the Red Devils 5-1 in the
top of the fifth with two runners on base
and one out. Melissa Gibson shuck out
to begin the day, then Morgan
Huffstutter walked to load the bases and
Brooke Comstock singled to drive in a
run. Carla Lillis took a called third strike
to end the rally and LCC scored three
more times after that to win 8-2.
“We had great hopes on coming
back in the game, but we fell short,” said
Head Coach Paul Fiskum. “LCC has a
great team, and they showed it on that
day.”
Last Friday, the Cougars played
Pierce College (0-32 league, 0-36 over
all) at home and swept the Raiders by
scores of 15-0 and 14-0. Carleen
Lessard and Brieanne Thum threw a
combined two-hitter in the first game.
Miranda Gillaspie and Thum tossed a
combined no-hitter in the second game.
“Everyone played in the two games
and everyone contributed. It was nice to
see the girls continue their focus and not
play down to the level of their competi
tion,” said Fiskum. “We hit the ball hard
and often, our defense was great and as
usual, we got great pitching. It was a
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Saturday,
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Playoffs
Morgan
Huffstutter
hurries to
cross the plate
during the
Cougars’ final
game before
heading to the
postseason.
Clackamas
won both
games against
Centralia on
Saturday to
end the year
with a 32-11
overall record
and a 26-6
league record.
great day all around.”
Saturday was the first annual
Alumni Day celebration and approxi
mately 25 former players were in atten
dance as Clackamas played Centralia
CC (14-18, 14-18) in the final double
header of the season. The Cougars
defeated the Trailblazers 9-1 and 10-0 to
finish a 32-11 season.
Clackamas came out aggressive in
the opener, scoring two in the first
inning, four in the second and three in
the third. Gibson provided the big blow
in the second inning, clearing the bases
with a triple to deep center for three RBI.
Gillaspie and Thum combined on a
four-hitter on the mound, striking out
five.
Lessard and Thum combined on a
two-hitter in game two, while the
Cougars opened with seven consecutive
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base hits, scoring seven runs before
committing the first out of the game.
Randi Middagh went 3-for-3 with a
double and three RBI, while Lillis went
2-for-2 with two RBI.,
“It was a terrific day all around and
the girls closed out the season with a
strong performance,” Fiskum said.
Clackamas (26-6, 32-11) finished in
second place in the Southern Division,
two games behind division champ
Lower Columbia (28-4,36-4).
The Cougars open NWAACC tour
nament play on Friday against the Blue
Mountain CC Timberwolves (14-14,
18-18) at noon at Delta Park in north
Portland. If the Cougars win, they will
take on the North Division champion
Highline CC Thunderbirds (31-1,31-4)
at 2 p.m. on Friday.
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