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PRINT: Sports
Wednesday, April 24,2013
Embracing the
Sports rock the spring season
Prefontaine'
Spirit
AndrewMillbrooke
Sports Editor
A .M .
SPORTS
AndrewMillbrooke
Sports Editor
Spring is the time o f year
when I ’m reminded why track
and field in Oregon is arch a
sweet thing. Many tremendous
marks were performed at last
weekend’s Oregon Relays and
Oregon men’s dual meet with
Arkansas at historic Hayward
Field in Eugene, showcasing a
wide range o f prep, college and
elite track and field talent
The local enthusiasm far
track and field was built by’
legendary Oregon coach Bill
Bowerman in the 1960s and
it was cemented when Steve
Prefontaine, toe young prodigy
from Coos Bay, grew into a
countercultural icctn in the eariy
70s before prematurely dying at
age 24 in a tragic auto accident.
Eugene has become Ihem ecca o f
track and field ever since.
The spirit o f ‘Pre’ lives on
every year with the naming o f the
Prefontaine Classic, which has
turned into one o f the top meets
in the world. Tins year’s version
runs June 5 at Hayward Field, btrt
it is not the only track meet that
Oregon athletes are shooting for.
The NCAA Championships will
be held from June 5-8 and all six
Oregon high school divisions,
from 6A to 1 A, will compete
together in one o f the largest
meets ever held in Oregon from
M ay 23-25 at the OSAA State
Championships.
Both meets are scheduled
for Hayward Field, making it
one o f the best places to be for
a die-hard trade junkie at the
b e g in n in g o f e v e ry su m m e r. The
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for their size, but for their enthu
siasm and knowledge.
It was hard to pick a high
light o f the two meets, but you ,
know that I’ll try. Oregon prep
record holders now running f o r ,
the Ducks, sophomore Sam
Crouser o f Gresham and senior
Elijah Greer o f Lake Oswego,
both w on their signature events
against Arkansas.
Greer won the 800 meters in
1:46.20, the fastest time in the
nation this season. Crouser won
the javelin and the discus, throw
ing the disc a season’s best 174-2 ,
and the javelin 240-7.
Two former Oregon City
High School stars are performing
well early in their Duck careers.
Freshman Greg Skipper won the
hammer w ith a ’ toss o f 206-0,
while redshirt freshman Trevcr
Ferguson set a personal record in
the longjum pby leaping 24-10.5.
Ferguson also placed third in the ■
110 high hurdles in 14.34.
Current Oregon preps were
well represented at the Oregon
Relays « n u m e ro u s state bests
w ere se t Grant’s sensational
freshman Ella Donaghu defeat
ed S t M ary’s Paige Rice in the
1,500, running 4:31.56 to Rice’s >
4:32.14. They are the fastest
times in the state this year.
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W est A lbany’s
Rachel
Proteau cleared 5-10 in the high
jump, becoming one o f just six ,
girls in stale history to clear that - '
bar. Molalla’s Claire Thomas, an
Oregon signee, placed second in ,
toe 100 hurdles in 14.71 and won
the 300 hurdles in 44.40. X
Jesuit’s M ax Dordevic ran
one o f toe most impressive times
o f toe day, w inning the 300
hurdles in 37,89. The Oregon
boys stepped up in toe distance-
races as well as Westview’s Alec
Smith w on toe 800 in 1:52,80
and Beaverton’s Dan Oekeiman
sped to 3:56.88 in toe 1,500.
While all o f those marks are
state leading times now, all o f
these athletes know that a month
from now they will probably
need to run faster to win a state
championship in their respective
event I’m just glad that I live in
Oregon and will get a chance to
watch it happen.
The Cougar softball team is
back in the thick of the South
Region championship race after
Clackamas unleashed a barrage
of offense in drubbing Clark, 16-4
and 16-0, in a double-header last
week in Vancouver, Wash. The
wins moved Clackamas (19-12,
7-3) within a half game o f Mt.
Hood for the South Region lead.
The Cougars got production all
throughout the lineup in the sweep
of Clark.
Freshman Breann Morrison
excelled on the mound and at the
plate in game one, hitting her first
home run of the season to go
along with four runs batted in
while pitching five innings to get
the win. Sophomore Tasha Silvius
added two more hits and four RBIs
to continue her torrid hitting on the
season. Silvius is hitting .465 after
the doubleheader. Both Silvius and
freshman Rashaun Sells (.481) are
among the NWAACC leaders in
batting average and Silvius is tied
for third in home runs with eight.
Nine players got hits in the
nightcap against Clark as fresh
man pitcher Alyson Boytz gave up
four hits in five innings while not
allowing a run to get die win. The
Cougars took advantage of nine
Clark errors, scoring nine runs in
the first inning to jump all over the
Penguins. Two sophomore middle
infielders did the most damage, as
shortstop Megan Malvick and sec
ond baseman Kara Hilton had two
hits apiece to lead the Cougars.
The
Cougars
travelled
to
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for the NWAACC. Crossover
Tournament, playing four games
against non-South Region oppo
nents. The Cougars played well
in the tournament going 2-2, with
two one-run losses.
On Saturday, the Cougars
beat Walla Walla 8-3 and lost to
Wenatchee Valley 8-7, On Sunday,
Clackamas lost 5-4 to Douglas
College after rallying from a 4-0
Michael Kelly, freshman from Huntington Beach, Calif., targets a pitch against Linn-Benton earlier this season.
Kelly stands 2-5 with a 4.77 ERA on the season.
hole to tie it in the sixth inning,
only to see Douglas win i t in the
seventh. Clackamas drubbed Blue
Mountain 14-3 in the final game
Sunday. The Cougars jumped all
over die Timberwolves, scoring
four runs in the second and six in
the third to break the game open.
Upcoming Schedule: The
Cougars travel to Salem on
Saturday for a doubleheader against
Chemeketa at Noon. Clackamas
returns home on Saturday, May 4
with a doubleheader against Lower
Columbia College at Noon.
ule and results here http://depts.
clackamas.edu/athletics/Baseball/
schedule.asp
four straight games after a four
game winning streak had put them
back in the mix in the conference
race. The Roadrunners outhit the
Cougars 25 to. 8 during the sweep.
The Cougars didn’t start the
second half o f South Region play
on the right foot last week, losing
a double header to Lane at home,
9-1 and 4-1. The Cougars had a
chance to move in front o f the
Titans with a sweep o f their own,
but Lane handled Clackamas eas
ily for the second time this season.
Lane (13-13, 9-5) has swept all
CCC Volleyball
Alumni Tournament
The 2013 CCC Alumni
Volleyball Tournament is sched
uled for this Saturday in Randall
gym with play beginning at 9 a.m.
and ending about 6 p.m. Eight
teams a re' signed up as Yakima
Valley CC, Mt. Hood CC and the
current Clackamas team will battle
five CCC ahimni teams with vary
Check out full softball sched- four games against the Cougars,
ule arid results h e r e .http://depis." ouiscdringCiackamas^^T^mihe
clackamas.edu/athletics/Softball/
schedule.asp
Baseball
| Halfway through league sea
son, the Cougar baseball team
continues-to struggle for consis
tency after getting swept by Linn-
Benton on Saturday, lf-4 and 6-2,
Clackamas (8-18, 4-10) has lost
ing graduating years from 1985 to
process.:
Upcoming Schedule: The
Cougars travel to Gresham to face
rival Mt. Hood in a doubleheader
on Saturday, before returning home
for games on Tuesday, April 30,
starting at 1 p.m. against SWOCC.
The Cougars played Chemeketa
yesterday at hottie, but results were
not available by press time.
Check out full baseball sched
2009. Admission is free so come
tin down to Randall Gym and
support your Cougar volleyball
team on Saturday. Donations are
being taken to support “Diggin
Pink,” a fundraiser for Southgate
Animal Clinic. Check out all o f
your Cougar Volleyball news here.
http://depts.claekamas.edu/ath-
letics/CougarNews/Volleyball.asp
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