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(LEFT)Jon Butkey
(14) leads the pack
out at the NWAACC
Championships in
West Seattle last
weekend. (RIGHT)
The Clacakamas
women’s team cele
brates their No. 1
finish. Left to right:
Head Coach Keoni
McHone, Leslie
Bartell, Lyndsey
Bartell, Ashley
Adams, Tiffany
Passi, Sam Cox and
Jessica Harper.
1 N. P. Delzell
11 Sports Editor ■
Ending an already awe
inspiring season, the Cougar
cross country team proved they
can stomp with any NWAACC
school.
Last
Saturday,
at
the
NWAACC Championships in
West Seattle, the women’s team
ran their way to a NWAACC
team championship. The men’s
team flowed their way to the No.
2 NWAACC position and Jon
Butkey won the men’s overall
title. As a combined co-ed team,
the Cougars finished No. 2 over
all.
Butkey finished with a time
of 24:55 setting an NWAACC
Championship record.
“No one has ever broken 25
minutes; he’s the first to do
that,” Head Coach Keoni
McHone said. “He’s done what
he was expected to do.”
McHone said that Mark
Currell from Spokane CC was
able to pass Butkey at one point
in the race. However, Butkey
was able to stay under control
and overtake Cuirell’s surge.
Hipolito Gonzales finished
sixth overall. Gonzales and
Butkey were awarded All-
American status.
Cougar Josh Cobb busted out
with a ninth place finish.
Following Cobb was Chris
Smith who finished No. 30,
Trevor Snook in the No. 31 posi
tion, James Stevens was’able to
seize No. 43 and Terran
Swehosky was No. 46.
On the women’s side, Ashley
Adams had a stellar perform
ance coming in seventh overall
with a time of 19:56; she was
also awarded All-American sta
tus.
Lyndsey Bartell banked her
way home with a ninth place fin
ish and Tiffany Passi finished
No. 10, Leslie Bartell was No.
12, Jessica Harper was No. 13
and Samantha Cox captured No.
20.
McHone has stressed running
as a team this season and accred
its the women’s success with
learning how to run together.
“It was interesting ... all the
other NWAACC teams were
intimidated because of the way
the women run together,”
McHone said.
With the exception of one
runner, McHone said that all of
his runners on the women’s side
have taken turns running in the
No. 1 position for the team.
Even McHone shined at
NWAACCs as he was voted the
Women’s Coach of the Year for
the second time in four years.
“It feels good,” McHone said.
“The women have kind of
redeemed themselves ... their
only loss last year was at
NWAACCs and)
they lost to Lam
Clark, so you c
really put it toget
time.”
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Volleyball team takes out Hood, prepares for tourna
N. P. Delzell
Sports Editor
The Cougar volleyballers are
headed into NWAACCs with
their mind on a title and a title
on their mind.
Tomorrow the Cougars will
participate in the NWAACC
Championships held at Mt.
Hood CC, in Gresham. The
Cougars are the No.
1
NWAACC volleyball team and
will play the North’s No. 4
team, Edmonds CC, at 9 a.m. on
Thursday.
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“It’s great the girls are recog
nized,” Head Coach Kathie
Woods said. “They are all doing
well in school and working hard
on the court. We want to gd out
on Thursday and see how far we
can go.”
If the Cougars can beat
Edmonds CC they will play the
winner of Clark CC and
Columbia Basin on Friday at 10
a.m. Please check nwaacc.org
for more times and schedules.
Last Thursday, five Cougars
were voted to the South’s
Chuck Taylor team. All-Stars
N. P. Delzell Clackamas Print
The Cougar front line gets ready for action during a recent home game. Jessica
Heidenreich (2) and Brianna McLeod (6) and Kristen Diehl (hidden) throw their hands
up in anticipation of the incoming serve.
included Brianna McLeod, who
was voted first team all league.
Becky Hom and Lindsey Girod-
Burgess were voted second
team all league. Karrin Orr and
Kristen Diehl were honorable
mentions. Woods was voted
Southern Region Coach of the
Year.
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