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P R IN T : Sports J Wednesday, May 1,2013 CCC Technique Of The Week Each week The Clackamas Print features a step by step breakdown of techniques from different sports. Players and coaches give their experienced advice and explain the develop mental process of building com petitive tools. This week head track and field coach Keoni McHone gave insight into‘some specific pole vault drills. Freshman pole vault- er Chase Davis proyied an exam ple of vaulting technique. “A lot of it is swinging activi ties, rotating from the hands, a whole body swing like gymnastic rings or high bar. They do a lot of what’s called ‘stiff pole’ drills, when they takeoff and the pole bends. They work with the pole straight, swing up right where legs don’t swing underneath, so they takeoff, start and stop the swing, the pole flexes to the out side and body swings straight through the hole. A mistake would be swinging to the outside. Takeoff leg should hit the pole to stop the legs.” S o ftb a ll lead s south region Andrew Millbrooke Sports Editor In the second game, Breann Morrison (6-2) scattered seven hits over five innings to get the 5-2 win. Baldovino excelled in relief again by pitching two scoreless innings. Lehman was 2 for 4 with an RBI and Megan Malvick added a two run double for the Cougars. The Cougar softball ; team starts a three game home stand with a doubleheader on Saturday at Noon against Lane, before hosting Mt. Hood at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7. The defending NWAACC champion Clackamas Community College softball team is eye ing another championship after sweeping Chemeketa on Saturday in Salem, 11-3 and 5-2. The wins increased Cougars (22-12 overall, 9-3 in region) lead in the South Region standings to two games as they look to win their 10th Track and Field Region Championship in the last 21 seasons. Three Cougars won their Clackamas was hot at the plate in the first game, rapping out 13 respective events as the CCC hits as four players got at least track and field team travelled to two hits apiece. Rashaun Sells Eugene on Friday to compete led the way, going 4 for 4 with 2 in the Titan Twilight at Lane runs batted in. Sells is now bat Community College. In her sea ting a team leading .488 after the son debut, sophomore Ashleigh doubleheader, good for tenth in Anderson won the javelin with a toss of 121-feet 1-inch. the NWAACC. Anderson took some time off Nicole Lehman, Taylor Gould and Tasha Silvius also added two at the beginning of track season hits apiece in leading the Cougars. after earning All-Region hon Silvius is hitting .472 and leads ors for the Cougars NWAACC the Cougars in home runs (9) and runner-up basketball team this RBI (41) on the season. Silvius winter. CCC’s other winners were is among the NWAACC leaders men, as distance runner Brad in both categories; ranking fourth Prettyman won the 3,000-meter in RBI’s and is tied for fifth in steeplechase in a NWAACC lead ing 9 minutes, 34 seconds and home runs. Alyson Boytz (8-3) held the Matt Brown won the hammer Storm to four hits and three runs throw with a toss of 153-2. Both 4x100 meter relay over four innings to get the win, while Lucy Baldovino came on teams ran well as the men fin in relief to pitch three hitless ished second and the women garnered third. The quartet of innings. Shelby Grubb, John Koch, Jake Cleverly and Thomas Sutherland ran a solid time of 42.91 in the men’s race. The women’s team of Morgan Grubb, Taylor Ballard, Bridgette Rusnac and Nettie Wayne ran 51.22 to place third. The Cougars also had multiple individuals perform well in their respective events. Sutherland ran 10.93 to take second in the 100, while placing fifth in the 200 in 22.35. Wayne finished third in the 100 in 12.40 and fjfth in the 200 in 26.19. Tiara Fuller ran 15.48 to place third in the 100 hurdles. Grace Viuhkola impressed in a distance double, finishing seventh in the 1,500 in 4:55.44 and fifth in the 800 in 2:27.29. D ’Nara Jones leaped 17-0.5 in the long jump for seventh place. Pole Vaulter Daniel Fauss cleared 14-11 to tie for third place, while Chase Davis cleared 14-1.25 to finish seventh. The Cougars hosted the NWAACC M ulti-E vents Championships on Monday and Tuesday at Oregon City High School. Seth Buck and Elizabeth Venzon were both in second place after day one. For full results, visit TheClackamasPrint.com The track team will split up this weekend, with some athletes headed to the Oregon Twilight at Hayward Field in Eugene on Friday, while others are going to the Pacific Twilight in Forest Grove on Saturday. u McHone described another possible mistake: “Helicopter swings around pole or swings off to the side. They are making sure they are straight on takeoff.” McHone explained another drill that helps prevent mistakes: “Inversion, going upside down, the whole body goes straight up and down then they land on their back, getting them use to swinging fast, they want to (A successful vault): 1. Initiate takeoff with straight pole. 2. Quick swing. 3. Rotating around the pole. ” sw ing fast to keep pressure on the p o le s a n d it g e ts t h e m in v e r te d . Also helps them to be completely comfortable with being com pletely upside down.” Keoni McHone Head track and fie/d coach — Compiled by David Beasley Finish your degree at WSU Vancouver MM ■ ■ ■ Scan the code to hear what transfer students, like Morgan, think about WSU Vancouver. http://www.youtube.com/watc Call. V isit. A p p ly, van co u ver.w su .ed u W ashington S tate r ä UNIVERSITY VANCOUVER
