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Track takes Chico Twilight in strici
Nic Delzell
S ports E ditor
The Clackamas track team had
an excellent weekend as many of
the runners and throwers finished
near the top in their respective
events.
The team traveled to* Chico
State University last Saturday to
participate in the Chico State
Twilight.
“Well it was about 90 degrees
at Chico,” Assistant Track Coach
Keoni
McHone
said.
“Considering we haven’t been
acclimated to it, I think that we
faired pretty well.”
On the men’s side, Cougar run
ner Troy Sexton finished Second
overall in the 110 meter hurdles
and third overall in the 400 meter
hurdles. In the men’s Pole Vault
Scan Jones tied for first with three
other competitors; his vault was
exacdy 16 feet;
The men ruled the Javelin
throw as Stewart Powell- won the
event and Thomas Sparks placed
fourth. Powell was able to bust out
a personal record throw on a grass
runway.
McHone said that Cougar run
ner John Butkey ran a solid time of
15:10.79 in the men’s 5,000 meter.
. “The long-distance runners did
well in the heat,” McHone said.
“They didn’t race till the evening
but they had to sit in the sun all
day waiting.”
The women’s side also had a
fine showing as Leslie Bartell and
pate in the Ken Shannl
held at the UnivJ
Washington. Then, onl
the Cougars will travel t|
for
the
Southern I
Championships.
“The women arc goit’1
the mix at the Southel
Championships,” McHI
“We think it’s bci^
Spokane, Lane and Ch
depends who’s in that <1I
hoping to finish in the t<l
we can get a trophy.” I
Tiffany Passi finished 10th and
11th respectively in the 5, 000
meter. The women were also able
to take home first place in the
javelin as Nicole Sprauer won the
event. McHone said this was
Sprauer’s first time throwing in
competition in two weeks.
Monday and Tuesday the
Cougars participated in the
NWAACC-
Multi-Fvent
Championships. Results were not
available at press time.
This Saturday they will partici
Cougar runner Troy Sexton battles with a runner from Chico State University during the 400 meter hurdles on May 1 at the Chico State Twilight. Se|
placed third overall with a time of 57.36. The Cougars will travel to Seattle this weekend to participate in the Ken Shannon Invite.
Tillman deserves
propers from outside
the sports spectrum
Nic Delzell
S ports E ditor
Pat Tillman lived the hard
hitting life of the NFL, but the
events of 9/11 stirred some
thing inside of him. That stir
ring told him to enlist in the
United States Army. Then he
was sent to Afghanistan and
never returned.
On April 22, U.S. Army
Ranger Tillman was killed in an
ambush.
Tillman walked out of a $3.6
million contract with the
Arizona Cardinals in 2002, only
two years after his NFL career
began. After a tour of duty in
Iraq, Tillman returned briefly to
the United States, and then he
and his Ranger unit were sent to
Afghanistan.
On April 30, the U.S. Army
posthumously awarded Tillman
the Silver Star, our country’s
third-highest award for bravery
in combat, for leading his unit to
a successful rescue of his com
rades; Tillman was the only one
who
didn’t
survive
the
encounter with the enemy.
A memorial service was held
last Monday in California. His
father and brother, both spoke at
the service, as well as sports
journalist Jim Rome. But the
most compelling words rnay
have been said by Chief Petty
Officer Steven Davis, who
served with Tillman.
Tillman’s brother-in-law Alex
Garwoo(d also spoke, using some
profanity during his time on the
mike to the tunc of applause.
“This (expletive) sucks, what
sucks is that we lost Pat,”
Garwood said.
And 1 must agree with him: It
does suck when we lose anyone
in combat.
There arc few people who 1
know that would make a sacrifice
like this. 1 give Tillman the utmost
props and think he should be hon
ored by all. At the very least, peo
ple who don’t care about sports
should know his story.
Put all• of your views about
the war in Iraq aside, put your
politics’ aside and holler at
Tillman, or at.least holler about
him. Tell your friends and fam’
about the NFL player who died
in combat, instead of living the
easy, chillin’, mackin’ and tacklin’
life of playing a game for a liv
ing, doing something the major
ity of us could and would only
drcam of.
I would just like to end by
saying that Tillman reminds me
of something Tupac Shakur
once said.
‘‘Who know what tomorrow
brijigs? In a world where every
one’s dying, the good die young,
the good die young.”
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1 p.m.
May 7: Mt Hood CC
3 p.m.
May 18: Chemeketa CC
1 p.m.
May 8: Lower Columbia
2 p.m.
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(no, home meets remai:
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