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TRACK: Cougars compete well in Eugene
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The
biggest
difference
between this, meet and most
others is the sheer number of
people. While many track&neets
might draw a few hundred on a
good day, th&Oregon Relays has
thousands in attendance, and
they aren’t shy about making
theniselyes heard.
„ “The atmosphere is definitely
different from most meets,” said
Brandon Sherier, who ran a .per
sonal best in the 800 meter run,
and finished second just behind
teammate Badane Sultessa.
“Most meets its just your par
ents there or a few people in
the stands and here, it’s full o f
people that all love trade.”
The roar o f the «crowd
may have contributed to sev
eral highlight performances by
Clackamas athletes, including
the one-two finish by Sultessa
and Sherier and a win in the
1500 meter run by Sultessa. The
Cougars also saw huge improve
ment in the long jump by AJ
-D ick so n w h o jumped 22-07
for the second best mark in the
NWAACC.
“O ur mbn’s 4x100, I think
one o f them said they ran almost
a full second faster than they
have all year,” said Mantalas.
“They ran really, really well and
competed really, really well.
They were in the hunt at least
going into the last exchange and
were in the hunt with some
pretty damn good teams.”
Cougar Open
The Oregon Relays weren’t
the only track and field event
happening
on
Saturday.
Clackamas also hosted a meet
o f their own, one. that according
to head coach Keoni McHone,
is one of the few destinations
for athletes other than the ineet
in Eugene, and provides a good
event for those not attending the
Relays. Because of the number of
Clackamas athletes down south,
Clackamas didn’t have much of
a presence at the Cougar Open,
which is held at Oregon City
High School’s Pioneer Stadium.
Much o f . the meet was
dominated by Warner Pacific
College,. Concordia University
and CorbanUniversity. Warner
Pacific had an outstanding show
in the men’s high jum p with
Treavone Bowie taking first place
with a height of 1.90 meters,
followed by Connor H art of
Warner Pacifiqwith ah eig h t of
1.85.
The men’s shot put and ham
mer throw are where Concordia
really shined, and they took
both first and second in both of
those events.
- Jacob Ybarra of Corban took
first in the men’s triple jump
with a jum p o f 13.20 meters
and Jordan Hatfield took second
with a jump o f 13.02.
. O ther than a few strong
showings by Concordia ana
Corban, Warner Pacific was the
team to beat as they took first
place finishes in a majority o f
the other events.
The most exciting event of
the day was watching Ahrlin
Bauman o f Bowerman Athletic
Club and Cesar Perez, unat
tached, compete ' in the men’s
1500 meter run. Bauman had
the lead for the most of the
race until the last stretch. That’s
where Perez caught him and
managed to take the lead for
the win.
For Clackamas, the highlights
came in the women’s 1500 meter
run and the women’s hammer
throw. Caitlyn Lewis won the
women’s 1500 with a seasonal
best time of 5:15.67, and sopho
more Katie Higgins won the
women’s hammer throw with
a mark just shy of her seasonal
best at 46.62 meters.
Up next for Clackamas is the
Pacific Twilight, which will be
hosted at Pacific University on
April 27-28. For full times and
stats of both the Oregon Relays
and the Cougar open, visit
www.TheClackamasPrint.com.
Top: Kyle Vpksich participates in the 400 meter run with his
flowing locks. His 2012 season best is 49.95 seconds, which
was achieved at the Oregon Relays in Eugene.
Left: Ingrid Bergmann shows her pole vaulting skills, plac
ing third w ith a height o f 2 .4 5 meters a t the Cougar Open.
She tied her personal .record.
Softball wins three o f four at NWAACC crossover
B y Joh n W illiam Howard
board. From there, Clackamas
starting pitcher McKenzie
Marshall pitched a shut out,
Fourth-ranked Clackamas only giving up two more hits,
Community College softball and striking out seven batters.
continued their success this The Clackamas bats carnè.alive
season, winning three - straight in thé bottom of the fourth
games at the NWAACCicross- inning, getting five runs to give.
over tournament ih Yakima, die Cougars a, 5-1 edge. Two
Wash, before falling to Walla innings dater, Clackamas put the
Walla Community College on game away with six runs in the
Sunday afternoon. Clackamas inning, capped by a home run
(20-8, 8-1 south) now sits atop by Tasha Silvius for a final score
the southern region standings.
of 11-1. .
O n Saturday, their first match
The hurried tournam ent
was against Pierce College. schedule didn’t give - much
Things started out slow for both time to celebrate, as Columbia
teams, as neither team scored Basin College was ready and
until Kimmie Courneya hit a; waiting to start the next game.
home run to put Pierce on the This game was much Tighter,
Sports Editor
with Clackamas a close‘Contest
behind another highlight perfor
mance from Silvius, who batted
in- two runs and scored .another
o f her own to givethe Cougars
the 3-0 victory.
From there, .the pressure
turned up as Clackamas moved
on to face fifth ranked Bellevue
College in their last game of
the evening. Things got even
tenser as the offensive numbers
continuedto dip and the pitch
ing improved for both sides.
Clackamas managed only one
run, but it was enough to dis
patch Bellevue 1-0 to stay per
fect in the tournament.
Sunday didn’t fare so well for
th e Cougars, as their next oppo
nent was Walla Walla, a team
that has gone‘27-5 so far this
seasonand sits above Clackamas
in The poll at third. Walla Walla
buried’ Clackamas early, scoring
three runs in* the first and six
runs in the second to make "it a
9-1 lead for the Warriors. A t that
point, to many it might have
seemed- like, things were lost.
However, th e Cougars didn’t get
their heads down,
“We kept a positive attitude
knowing that we had a lot of
game left,” stated freshman
Delaney Johnson. “We weren’t
going to give up because we
wanted to play to the best of our
ability.”
Clackamas made a push in
the fifth inning when Marshall
hit a home run to bring in
three scores, but Walla Walla
added another run ih the top
of the seventh inning to end
the Cougars’ unbeaten streak at
nine games by handing them a
10-4 loss,
While the loss drops them to
20-8, they have still only lost to
a team ranked below them just
once, and that was the-second
game of the preseason. They’ve
won 14 of the last 16 games,
and twelve times so far this sea
son have outscored their oppo
nents by at least eight points.
They will next play on April
25 vs. Chemeketa Community
■College.