Clackamas Print 7
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Sam Krause
went after her,” said McHone. “[She] 4x 100-meter run. Then. in the 4x400-
just happened to make up that little meter, with Mat Tweedy in place of
Co-Editor-in-Chief
bit and catch up to her and still only Wester, the Cougs pulled ahead of
miss it by seven tenths of a second.”
Lane CC and Spokane CC with a
The men’s and women’s Cougar
Durand went on to place third in time of 3:17.29 seconds.
ck and field teams met last week
the high jump, clearing the bar with a
Clayton Herman found himself
Mt. Hood CC for the 2007 height of 1.54 meters.
with a new PR in the 110-meter
1VAACC Championships in what
Javelin thrower Jeeni Schantin hurdle with a third-place finish of
led a solid year.
closed a strong career with the col
15.50 seconds.
“One of the big things for us as lege, throwing 50.24 meters.
Tweedy was in action, too, with a
team is to get peak performances
“Her mark actually qualifies second-place finish in the 400-meter
championship time, so one of the her for the U.SA. Outdoor Track run, raking in a time of 48.7 sec
mgs we look at are personal records and Field Championships,” said onds. In the 400-meter hurdle, it was
e set,” said Head Coach Keoni McHone. “These are the top athletes Wester who squeezed into second
cHone. “We had 31 personal bests in the country.”
with a time of 54.91 seconds.
er the two days.”
Schantin has signed with Seattle
In the field, Mike Simmons,
Men placed third by pushing Pacific University for the next school Quinten Baxter and Chris Dilley per
ar total score to 149 points, get- year.
formed admirably.
g beaten out by Spokane CC (228
The 3000-meter steeple chase
Simmons placed first in the jav
ints), who have placed first for the pulled Lyndsey Mckillip to a second-
elin throw with 68.28 meters, besting
t three years, and Lane CC (202 place finish (11:33.03 seconds) and his earlier performance by more than
ints).
put her ahead of the competition by three meters and earning a PR.
Placing fourth overall and bring- over 10 seconds.
In the hammer throw, Dilley was
“Her personal record lowered the able to throw a distance of 52.18
; in 107 points, the Lady Cougs
tie out with strong performances school record by three seconds. They meters, placing first, and Baxter
m the entire team.
went out pretty slow in the first 800 came in with a third-place throw of
Rachel Hemphill made the grade meters, and for her to have to drop 51.31 meters, taking home a PR .
placing in four of her events, the hammer by that much is pretty
Dilley ended up taking second in
mphill pulled a PR in the 200- good,” said McHone.
the discus throw, pulling off 44.72
iter dash with a time of 25.77
The men’s team put on just as meters.
»nds, placing third. She continued good of a show for the audience.
Gobel sprung into second place
In the 100-meter dash, Kenjamine in the high jump, raising the bar to
r PR streak in the 400-meter run,
jpping it from 58.27 seconds to a Jackson garnered a first-place time
1.9 meters.
of 10.68 seconds, with teammate
le of 57.52 seconds and stepping
“It was just an awesome meet,”
Wesley Keller (10.86 seconds) grab said McHone. “This is my first year
o second place.
Burg and Hemphill participated bing third.
as head track coach. A lot of these
Jackson also recieved a second- athletes weren’t necessarily recruited,
the relays with Stefani Ditmar.
so they just kind of showed up. These
e forcefbl trio found themselves place finish in the 200-meter dash.
icing first in the 4x100-meter relay Keller came in third with 22.06 sec
guys did very well and came on this
onds.
th Megan Durand, and later placed
team just because they wanted to do
The men’s relay team came track.”
and in the 4x400-meter relay with
through with first-place finishes in
lisonBody.
This year, the Cougs were made
“When Jamie got the baton [in the both the 4x100-meter run and 4x400- up of mostly freshman and suffered
from slow recruitment, but a lot of
K)0 relay], they were down by two meterrun.
Gobel, Jackson, Keller and Stan the team is excited about next year.
1 a half seconds, and they were
Wester ran a time of 41.47 seconds,
“The incoming freshman class is
ining against the second top per
another PR for Clackamas in the looking really strong,” said McHone.
mer in the conference, and Jamie
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TOP LEFT: Long jumper Matt Dotson grimmaces as he lands
after a long jump.
ABOVE: Lyndsey McKillip competes in the steeple chase.
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Blazers win
lotto, set to buy
thoroughbred
Mike Guldlce
Sports Editor
Eight days ago, the great
est news an Oregonian could
receive was announced:
The Portland Trail Blazers,
despite possessing bet
ter odds of getting struck
by lightning or dying in a
plane crash, were awarded
the number one pick in the
2007 NBA Draft.
Soon after the news
spread across the country
from New York, pandemo
nium ensued as the people
of Portland erupted in a
state of pure, unadulterated
euphoria.
As if last year’s cash
crop of stellar young talent
derived from the draft was
merely a preamble to the
main course, the Blazers
now have the opportu
nity to select either Ohio
State
freshman
center
Greg Oden, or Texas fresh
man guard/forward Kevin
Durant. Both are potential
ly franchise-saving talents
who cannot be overlooked.
Oden, who led the
Buckeyes to the NCAA
championship game, is
coming off a year that saw
him carry the team, despite
recovering from right-wrist
surgery that caused him
to shoot free throws left
handed for much of the
regular season. Despite the
nagging hindrance, Oden
was able to overcome the
challenge and excel.
Dominant big men are a
rarity, and will always be
in high demand. Finding
a player who is not only a
space-eater, but a skilled
and dominant force inside
is something that only
occurs every fourth leap
year - or every time some
one assumes Clay Aiken is
straight.
The other upside of
drafting Oden would be
that it would almost assure
the departure of incumbent
team leader/cancer Zach
Randolph. With Oden and
LaMarcus Aldridge holding
down the post positions,
the Blazers could part ways
with Zeebo and hope that
Darius Miles retires or ...
dies.
Durant, who led the Big
12 with nearly 26 ppg and
more than 11 rebounds,
earned AP national play-
er-of-the-year honors. He
would fill the void at small
forward if the Blazers are
not able to lure Rashard
Lewis away from Seattle
or re-sign Travis Outlaw.
Durant could also play
sparingly at shooting guard
and power forward.
With comparisons to
Tracy McGrady and Kevin
Garnett, the bar is set high
for Durant. Coming out of
a primetime program like
Texas, and being equipped
with a lanky 6-10 frame,
should equate to immediate
NBA success.
Despite
needing
to
improve his defense and
passing, as well as hit
the weights, from day
one, Durant was destined
to play, and star, at the
next level. While Durant
would add a more exciting
and entertaining offensive
threat, inside and out, the
Blazers cannot pass on the
dominant center from Ohio
State, Greg Oden.
Once upon a time, a
long while ago, the Blazers
drafted a center with the
number one pick in the
draft. His name was Bill
Walton, and he led the
team to their only NBA
championship. I realize it’s
early to make any serious
prognostications, but if the
Blazers draft Oden, they
will be on the fast track
back to respectability; that,
and so much more.