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NUTRITIO
Fruits and vegetables offer many essential vitamins and nutrients that athletes need to stay strong and keep up their energy. Eggs and whole grain bread offer much needed protein and car
bohydrates. Students try to eat well, but who can resist a Doritos taco?
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Sultessa said that he eats a lot
of Ethiopian and Kenyan foods.
Sultessa is lucky to have a mother
who cooks a lot of homemade
Ethiopian food and an aunt who
owns an Ethiopian restaurant on
Hawthorne in Portland.
Injera, a large sourdough flat-
bread that is the staple of the
Ethiopian diet, is usually served
with a wat (stew) that includes
vegetables and spicy meats. The
injera is used to pick up bits of the
other foods, as utensils are rarely
used in Ethiopian culture.
Sultessa, originally from
Ethiopia, moved to Kenya for a
few years before coming to the
U.S., so he enjoys eating ugali
also, which is the Kenyan equiva
lent to injera. Ugali is a cornmeal
dough that is cooked and used in
the same way as injera to pick up
and eat entrees and side dishes.
CCC sophomore volleyball
libero Maeghan Angel, who has
signed a full ride scholarship to
NAIA Lindsey Wilson College in
Columbia, Ky., said she always
ate well on game days with a
breakfast like oatmeal, toast and
orange juice followed by lunch of
a sandwich, usually turkey.
“I feel I eat healthy, but I could
do better,” said Angel. “I was a
NOON
vegetarian for two years, so I had
to think about what I was doing
to get protein. Now, I’m a little
freer, but I watch it. I don’t eat a
bunch of junk. I’m a big snacker.
I eat crackers and fruit throughout
the day.”
Wrestling coach Josh Rhoden
is a big proponent of nutrition and
laments the lack of a full service
cafeteria with longer hours on
campus. It makes perfect sense
that wrestlers, who are forced to
weigh in before each match, are
intrigued by what they put in their
bodies.
“We try to talk a lot about
nutrition,” said Rhoden. “We’ve
got to where we bring in supple
ments. We use protein and oats
after hard workouts with weights.
Without having a cafeteria on
campus, it’s really hard for these
guys to do things right. It’s just
more convenient to just hit up
Haggen’s and the deli or whatever
else.”
Although Clackamas does
have a cafeteria on campus, it
does not have the open hours
or the menu items that Rhoden
would like. Just before the nation
al tournament last season, Rhoden
and his wife even cooked for
some o f the guys on the team.
“Even the last couple weeks,
my wife and I have taken guys
food for dinner,” said Rhoden
recently. “It was like, ‘Here’s what
you’re gonna eat tonight. Make
sure they get a certain amount of
protein and carbs.’”
Rhoden said that 174 pound
national champion Trent Noon
was the most intense about con
trolling his eating habits and I
found it to be absolutely true.
“He’s (Noon) pretty freakish
about what he eats now, because
he came down from 205 pounds
to 174, so he just has to be,” said
Rhoden. Noon said it was a pro
cess cutting so much weight when
interviewed before nationals.
“I started at 200 pounds and
I was still really fit,” said Noon.
“I slowly went down on my por
tions. I snack throughout the day.
I eat oatmeal, a lot of eggs, salad,
chicken and a lot of water, any
thing that gives me a lot of energy.
I eat small portions, eight meals
throughout the day, it feels like
I’m eating a lot and it keeps my
body burning a lot of stuff.” Noon
was weak when he first dropped
the 25 pounds.
“At first, when I first got down
to 174, the weight cut really hurt
me,” said Noon. “After I main
tained it and kept at it, I walk
around now and try not to get
over 185. If I can hold it around
there, that is when I feel good
When I perform.”
Noon is able to keep to a strict
dietary regimen because of his
intense workout routine during
the season.
day off.
That is the kind of attitude
and commitment which lead to a
national title for Noon, so what do
we need to do to get all athletes at
CCC to train and commit to their
diet like that?
McHone has one good idea.
“It would be good to find a menu
plan with the most calories per
dollar.” Whether it is due to cost
or time, young athletes will con
tinue to struggle to find a healthy
balance in their diet, but most
CCC athletes tend to be pretty
smart about what they eat.
, “I w ork out three tim es a day:
workout in morning, then wres
tling practice, then another work
out after wrestling practice,” said
Noon. “That and schoolwork, I’ve
got to stay on top of my stuff right
now.” Noon allows himself one
day to relax during the season.
“Sometimes after a win, I have
one day where I can eat whatev
er,” said Noon. I break it for that
day, but the next day I’m back on
it. I’m always just staying on it.”
Noon said ice cream is one thing
that he usually wilf have on his
ii
I eat oatmeal, a
lot o f eggs, salad,
chicken and a lot
o f water.”
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