P R IN T : Sports
4 ífr Wednesday, April 24,2013
P R IN T : Sports
Wednesday, April24,2013
Records fall as
Cougars hit their stride
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
Clackamas distance coach
Jerret Mantalas has been expect
ing a fast 800-meter race from
sophomore Austin Collins this
season. On Friday night at the
Oregon Relays in Eugene, expec
tations met reality for Mantalas
as Collins broke a 29-year old
school record by placing fourth
in 1:50.84 in a race won by
Olympian and former Oregon
Duck Andrew Wheating in
1:49.24.
“It’s the race that we all knew
he was gonna have eventually,”
said Mantalas. “He hit it. He’s
got so much more left in the tank,
the way he ran it, he can come
close to that ever daunting 1:49
barrier.”
Collins was followed imme
diately by CCC redshirt Badane
Sultessa in 1:50.85, who also
dipped under the former school
record from 1984 by Yul
Provancha of 1:50.90. Sultessa
is running unattached while red-
shirting, so he must wait until
next season until his times count
towards the CCC record books.
“With 120 to go, Austin catch
es a lane up the inside and Badane
catches a lane on the outside and
they basically both rally past six
guys,” said Mantalas. “It’s really,
really cool that we have two guys
on this team right now, granted
one redshirting, that both of them
have now run faster than anyone
else at Clackamas has ever run.”
The Cougars turned right
around on Saturday, hosting the
Cougar Open at Oregon City
High School’s track stadium.
Athletes from eight different
schools competed as Clark CC,
SWOCC, Mt. Hood CC, Lane
CC, Central Oregon CC, Oregon
State and Western Oregon joined
CCC in fielding competitors.
The highlight of the meet for
Clackamas came midway through
the running events as the Cougars
swept both the men’s and wom
en’s 800 races. First, Clackamas’
Randi Chance took over with
500 to go in the women’s race,
before running away from the
field on the homestretch to win
in 2:30.00.
Then in the men’s race,
Clackamas’ Austin Peila and
Chris Stash held back early before
cruising to a 1-2 finish in lifetime
personal bests for both runners.
Peila won in 1:57.88, about an
hour after placing fifth in the
1,500 in 4:06.97— another life
time best. Stash finished second
in 1:58.62, also running barely
one hour after a 1,500 race.
“I was way stoked. It was
a really good race,” said Peila.
“It was really fun running with
Chris, because we were looking
to go fast today. I think the 1,500
really helped me get loose for the
800.”
Shelby Grubb, normally a
100/200 runner, dug deep on the
homestretch of the 400 in a neck
and neck battle with Mt. Hood’s
L.T. Avants, to win with a great
time of 50.23 to Avant’s 50.25. It
was only Grubb’s third 400 of his
life, but after running a great time
it might become his new event.
“Shelby had a great race,” said
Peila. “He’s never really ran open
400s really, so just to see him go
out and run 50 point something,
it was great.” Grubb has always
focused on the shorter sprints, but
that might be changing.
“I didn’t think I ever was a
400 runner. He (Coach Keoni
McHone) just put me in just as
a workout,” said Grubb. “I tried
my best and I felt really good.”
Asked if more 400s are in his
future, Grubb was up for improv
ing on his time.
“Absolutely, my coach will
probably put me in it,” said
Grubb. “I’ll try to get better, get
into the 49s.” Peila said that see
ing Chance and Grubb win their
races just before his inspired him
up to do well.
“It was really cool to see all
my teammates do really well and
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it kind of got us fired up to con
tinue to do well,” said Peila.
The Cougar men placed well
in numerous events in the meet.
Joey Haynes won the Hammer
with a toss of 152-11. Jake
Cleverly won the 200 in 23.20
and placed third in the 400 in
51.21. Chase Davis placed third
in the pole vault, clearing 14-0,
and fourth in the 110 high hurdles
in 16.66.
On the women’s side for
CCC, Taylor Ballard placed sec
ond in the pole vault by clearing
8’11.75, while garnering fifth in
the 100 hurdles in a personal best
16.64. Lexie Govert placed third
in the 400 in 62.26, while Morgan
Grubb placed fourth in the 100
in 13.80.
Several other Cougars also
turned in top ten all-time school
marks during the Oregon Relays
at Hayward Field. Sophomore
distance runner Cia Bywater
moved up to third on the 5,000-
meter list with a time of 17:56.84
and moved into fifth spot on
the 10K list with a time of
39:13.96. Bywater’s performance
in the 5,000 set a personal record
by almost one minute for an
unbelievable improvement.
Freshman jumper Elizabeth
Venzon is ranked sixth all-time
in the triple jump with a mark
of 36’ 4.25 and now ranks tenth in
the long jump with a jump of 17’
3.25. Sophomore thrower Tiffany
Forbito is now ranked fifth all-
time in the javelin with a throw
of 148’3.
In earlier events this season,
sophomore hurdler Mariah Villa
moved into tenth with a time of
15.30 in the 100m hurdles while
sophomore distance runner Brad
Prettyman turned in a time of
3:52.69 at the Willamette Invite
to move into the seventh spot on
the men’s 1,500m top ten list.
The Cougars head to the Titan
Twilight at Lane CC in Eugene,
OR on Thursday, April 25, before
hosting the NWAACC Multi-
Events Championships April
29-30.
Tiffany Forbito, javelin and long jump personal bests
- Ranked No. 1 in javelin in NWAACC
Matt Brown, hammer throw (16' personal best)
- Ranked No. 2 in NWAACC
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Seth Buck, decathlon (6,004 points)
- Ranked No. 1 in NWAACC
Brad Prettyman, 5,000m (Personal best in 15:09)
- Ranked No. 1 in NWAACC in 5K and 1,500m, No. 2 in 800m
A.J. Dickson, long jump 22-4.5 and triple jump 44'2
- Ranked No. 3 in LJ and No. 2 in triple jump in NWAACC
Nettie Wayne, sprints - 100m 12.73, 200m 25.88
- Ranked No. 1 in 200m and No. 4 in 100m in NWAACC
Elizabeth Venzon, long Jump 16'7 and triple Jump 36'4
- Ranked No. 1 in heptathlon and triple jump in NWAACC
Taylor Ballard, pole vault 9'8 and 100 hurdles 17.29
- Ranked No. 4 in pole vault in NWAACC
CCC sophomore Austin Collins, fa r left, broke a 29-year old school record by running 1:50.84 in the 800-meters to finish fourth at the Oregon Relays in Eugene on Friday.
Badane Sultessa, secondfrom right, also went under the old school record in 1:50.85fo r fifth place, but he must wait fo r his time to become official in the record books, because
he is redshirting this season. The Clackamas runners were racing with fa st company as 2008 and 2012 Olympian Andrew Wheating, fa r right, won the race in 1:49.24.
Scott Kalanikai77ie Clackamas Print
CCC freshman Austin Peila, No. 141, ran a smart race in his 800 meter victory on Saturday at Oregon City High
School. Peila stayed back in the pack on the first lap, before taking control ju st before the final straightaway and run
ning to the victory over teammate Chris Stash, fa r left. Both Peila and Stash set new personal bests in the race. Peila
ran 1:57.88 to win while Stash came through in 1:58.62fo r second place.
Cougar sophomore Randi Chance took control o f her 800 meter race with
500 meters left and then outsprinted Lane ’s Blair Harris down the final
straightaway to win in a new personal best time o f 2:30.00.
Cougar sophomore Shelby Grubb races around the final comer on his way to
a personal best time in the 400 meter dash. Grubb defeated Mt. H ood’s L.T.
Avants by .02 seconds, 50.23 to 50.25.
Cougar freshman pole vaulter Chase Davis flies high in the sky over the bar on Saturday at the Cougar Open at
Oregon City High School to finish third overall by clearing a new season best 1 4’.