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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.