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Track team improving marks
Andrew Millbrooke
Sports Editor
Track and Field
The Clackamas C om m u nity
College track and field teams
split up last weekend as they
prepare for the championship
meets beginning this weekend.
Some athletes went to Eugene for
the Oregon Twilight on Friday,
while others stayed closer to
home and competed at the Pacific
Twilight on Saturday.
Many athletes picked up
key marks to move up in the
NWAACC season rankings.
Mark Medgin ran 15 minutes and
36 seconds in the 5,000-meters to
move up to third on the NWAACC
list. Matt Brown unleashed the
hammer 160-feet 2-inches to
move into second place.
Distance
runner
Brad
Prettyman leads the CCC men’s
team as the top ranked NWAACC
performer in the 1,500, 3,000
steeplechase and 5,000-meter
run, while ranking second in the
800. Austin Collins is the top
800 runner and ranks just behind
Prettyman on the 1,500 list.,
Two freshman 800 runners
moved among the NWAACC
leaders at the Pacific Twilight.
Chris Stash (1:56.32) and Austin
Peila (1:57.77) are now ranked
fifth and seventh, giving the
Cougars four of the top seven
runners in the NWAACC.
Thomas Sutherland leads the
Cougar sprinters, ranking third in
both the 100 and 200. Sutherland
also runs on both Cougar relay
teams that are ranked third. Jumper
A. J. Dickson is the second ranked
performer in the triple jump with
a mark of 44’6.25. Seth Buck
tossed the javelin 184’7 during
the decathlon competition last
week to move into third place.
The women’s team also moved
up the NWAACC rankings in
many events this weekend at
Pacific. The 4x100 relay team is
now ranked second with a 49.80
clocking.
T he
w o m e n ’s
long
relay, the 4x400, is also ranked
second. Sprinter Nettie Wayne
ran 1:01.01 in the 400 to move up
to fourth in the rankings. Wayne
is also ranked third in the 200 and
fourth in the 100.
Cia Bywater ran 4:53 in the
1,500 to move up to third in the
NWAACC rankings. Bywater is
also ranked fourth in the 5,000.
Tiffany Forbito ran 1:06.43 in the
400 hurdles to move up to second
place. Forbito leads the javelin
rankings with her toss of 148’3,
while Lexie Govert is ranked
with a throw of 123’2. Elizabeth
Venzon is tied for first in the high
jump with a leap of 5’6 and ranks
second in the triple jump with a
best mark of 36’4.25.
The Cougars picked up some
key points during the NWAACC
Multi-Events Championships
last week at Oregon City High
School. Venzon won the women’s
heptathlon, while Forbito and
Govert placed fourth and fifth,
respectively, to give the Cougars
18 points. Seth Buck placed
second in the men’s decathlon to
give the Cougar men eight points
heading into the NWAACC
Championships.
The Cougar track and
field team is heading into
championship mode as they
travel to Lane CC in Eugene on
Saturday for the Southern Region
Championships.
Clackamas’
final meet of the season is the
NWAACC Championships in
Spokane, Wash, on May 20-21
at Spokane Falls Community
College.
Wrestling
Clackam as
Com munity
College’s Beau Roberts signed a
national letter of intent at the end
o f April to wrestle at Division I
Northern Colorado next season.
R oberts, a n atio n al runner-up
at 149 pounds for the Cougars
this season, just completed his
freshman year o f eligibility and
will have three years to compete
for the Bears.
“We are so excited for Beau
as he moves on to Northern
Colorado and we wish him all
the best on his new team,” stated
CCC head coach Josh Rhoden
in an email. “Beau has given us
many great memories and gritty
efforts.”
The Cougar wrestling team
has been busy reloading its roster
with some of the nation’s top
prep wrestlers as it prepares for
another season at the top of the
Juco rankings. The Cougars have
gone far and wide to sign five
wrestlers for the 2013-14 class;
182 pounders Kyle Bateman of
Sandy and Adrian Salas of Clovis,
Calif., 174 pounder Sisto Pina of
Kennewick, Wash., 145 pounder
Kenny Martin of Lincoln, Neb.,
and Robbie Rizzolino of Easton
High School in Pennsylvania.
“Our goal here at Clackamas
is simple: get these kids a solid
educational foundation, help them
win on the mat and move them on
to the next level,” stated Rhoden.
“We have been very purposeful
about our mission here and it has
been working out very well for
us over the seven years we have
been at Clackamas.”
The Cougars won the 2011
NJCAA Championship and
have finished in the top eight
at nationals for seven straight
seasons during Rhoden’s tenure,
including third place in 2013.
“It was big. We haven’t had a
sweep at home this whole year,”
said freshman third baseman
Skyler Barkdull. “It was nice,
everybody was up today. It’s
nice ending our season at home.
This nice weather has been
bringing a better atmosphere on
the team. Hopefully we can keep
it up.”
“It feels great, were finally
coming together as a team,”
added catcher Thomas Kelly.
“You got to love home field
advantage, especially when it’s
nice like this and the fans are out
here cheering for you.”
“It’s awesome,” said Carter.
“It’s our first time playing this
well at home. I wish we would
have played this well earlier.”
Carter pitched a complete game,
giving up seven hits and one run
in seven innings while striking
out four. Carter is 2-5 on the
season with a 4.33 ERA.
Kelly went all nine innings
in the first game, allowing e ight
hits and three runs to improve
his record to 4-5 with an ERA
o f 3.70.
“They were hitting their
spots,” said Barkdull o f the two
freshman pitchers. “They are
our two go to guys. Whenever
they are on the mound it gives
us a chance.”
Barkdull hit a triple with no
outs in the sixth inning o f game
two, scoring the winning run
on Scott Myers sacrifice fly a
couple batters later. Leadoff
hitter Josh Combs was a huge
spark in both games, going 5
for 6 with two runs scored and
two runs batted in. Combs had
a two-out single in the third that
tied the first game 1-1.
Combs is now leading the
team with a .311 batting average,
just ahead o f Thomas Kelly’s
.304. Kelly threw out a runner
at first base, the third time in
a week that he has picked off a
base runner. Kelly said that it is
no accident that he has been so
good at picking off runners.
“I am always looking to help
the team out in any way I can.
When you can throw guys out
like that it kind of takes away
their momentum,” said Kelly.
“Me and my third baseman
and first baseman are always
communicating to see how far
off they get. We have signals
and w e’ve practiced it a lot.”
Although the Cougars (7-15
in South Region, 11-23 overall)
still have eight games remaining,
they are realistically out o f
the playoff race. The Cougars
hosted Linn-Benton at home on
Tuesday at 1 p.m., but results
were not available at press time.
Clackamas travels to Salem
on Saturday to face Chemeketa
at 1 p.m. before returning home
for its final home contest on
Tuesday, May 14 against Mt.
-Hood at 1 p.m.
The final home game
for CCC baseball:
vs. Mt. Hood
May 14 at 3 p.m.
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