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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.
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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
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