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S ports 10 • T he C lackamas P rint M arch 10, 20041 Wrestlers tear it up at nationals I will be behind him afl the way. The most solid wrestler that we had all season.’ Maginn lost e^fly in the tourna ment, but battled back through the consolation roi/nds to take home an Frank Jordan eighth-placeTinish and achieve All- American status. T he C lackamas P rint “Mike had a rough go of it, he The Clackamas wrestling team had to wrestle three tough matches finished in 14*^ pl ace at the National on Friday to finish where he did and Junior College Athletic Association he showed just plain old-fashioned national championships Feb. 26-28 guts. He was really tired and bruised in Rochester, Minn, and three and battered, but he hung tough,” Cougar grapplers took home All- said Haluska. “He just absolutely American honors. refused to lose, plain and simple. It . “It was a good tournament all 'was a really impressive performance around, we couldn’t have wrestled by Mike.” any better than what we did,” said Siefke also lost earl; he had won a Head Coach Mike Haluska. “The match in the consolation round but four guys competed as hard as any didn’t finish because he took an one there and all performed very injury default in his next match. well. I am very proud of them and “1 really don’t know what hap their efforts.” pened to Shawn. He seemed fine Shawn Siefke at 165 pounds, one minute, then all of the sudden, Chris Kidby at 174, he.started to com Mike Maginn at 184 plain of. chest pain- and Bridger Sacher and dizziness,” said “It has been a at 197 competed for Haluska. “The'. the Cougars at long season. We Mayo Clinic, was. nationals. Sacher just down the street' had a lot of followed up his from us and doctors injuries but we sixth-place finish of there looked at him last year with a and gave him a fought through fourth place in his clean bill of health. them together. ” Whether weight class for a it was second All- something medical, Mike Haluska American honor. or maybe a little Head Wrestling Coach “Bridger had a anxiety, I just don’t great tournament. know. Shawn is a There were eight great wrestlers in tough kid, and he will be back to go his class and any one of those eight to war again. He was having a great could have been champion on any tournament, but sometimes things given day. This past weekend just happen.” wasn’t Bridger’s weekend.” The Cougars return several Kidby finished up a superb sea wrestlers for next year, while the sta son with an eighth place finish at tus of some may continue to be up nationals. in the air, Haluska is glad with this “Chris is one of those kids that year’s results. are a coach’s dream. He comes to “It -has been a long season. We work every single day. He also had a had a lot of injuries, but we fought great tournament. He just had a through them together. But 1 will couple of bad breaks,” said Haluska. tell you this, if these kids wrestle the “He is not only a great athlete, but is way we have through the regionals also a good student. He is being and nationals, then I can take the recruited heavily by four-year long seasons, because the results are schools. Yes, I would love to see worth it. Nationals were really a him come back, but if he moves on, great way to end the season.” Cougars bring home three All-Americans from Nationals EARL ENGLAND CONTRIBUTED A Clackamas wrestler grapples with his competion earlier this year during the CCC Open on Jan. 17. Three wrestlers placed at nationals, each earning All-American honors. Track runs competition into ground at Willamette, Chico State Nic Delzell S ports E ditor The Clackamas track team had a stellar week, qualifying 27 ath letes for NWAACCs between the Willamette Four-Way and the. Chico State Multi-Event meets. “I think we have a very talented group,” Head Coach Jack Kegg said. “They sometimes don’t know how good they really are. We have a young team and they need to. find where they stand.” The men’s and women’s team had a good showing on March 6 at the Willamette Four-Way meet in Salem. On the women’s side, Elise Megale qualified in the 800 meter run and Leslie Bartell qualified in the 5000 meter run. Jenna Bird finished first overall in the 400 meter hurdles and also qualified for NWAACCs. Efin Shafer won the women’s pole vault and Kerby Boshee won the women’s discus throw. The men qualified Eli Nevarez ih the 1500 meter run. Troy March 13 March 20 March 26 April 2 April 10 KEONIMCHONE CONTRIBUTED Clackamas men’s relay runner Ryan Richards starts off the men’s 4 X 400 Meter Relay at the Willamette Four-Way. Sexton was victorious in the 110 meter hurdles and as a team Clackamas placed first over all in the 4x100 meter relay. Ryan Brandel, Ryan Richards and Stewart Powell all qualified in the javelin throw; they finished first through third, respectively. In the triple jump, Kreig Holland placed first. -Holland par ticipated unattached in the Willamette Four-Way, but will run for Clackamas during spring term. “I thought Willamette was a good first meet,” Kegg said. “Some good things happened.” At the Chico State meet last Thursday in Chico, Calif., Brian Bernard placed first overall in the decathlon with a score of 6,792. His score was good for fourth best in Clackamas history. Bernard won six events and accomplished personal records in eight decathlon events. On the women’s side, Kasie Gillespie placed sixth out of 17 participants in the heptathlon. “Overall, we had a pretty good showing at Chico,” Kegg said. 2003-04 C lackamas T rack S chedule (March and April) Mt. Hood Open @ Gresham Oregon Preview @ Eugene Stanford Invite @ Palo Alto, Calif. Willamette Invite @ Salem Mt Hood Relays @ Gresham April 17 Cougar Invite @ Home April 23 Western Twilight @ Monmouth KEONIMCHONE CONTRIBUTED Clackamas relay runner Chelsey Fuller anchors the 4 x 400 Meter Relay at the Willamette Four-Way on March 6. The women were victorious in this event with a time of 4:19.41.
