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repeated as 4A girls champion
in both hurdles races and the
long jump, while running a leg
Lakeridge claimed a very on the winning long relay team.
tight 6A girjs race to win the
“It’s the best feeling know-
team title with 48.5 points, fin ing that this is where I ’m going
ishing just ahead of Barlow (46), to be everyday next year,” said
Sunset (44.5) and Jesuit (44). Thomas. “If gives me goose
Barlow ’s Danelle Woodcock bumps thinking that this is my
earned 6A girls high point scor home and I ’m really excited to
er by winning the 100, finishing see what I do next year for the
second in the long jump and Ducks.”
triple jump, while running a
Thomas’ 32.5 points was
leg on the victorious short relay good for high point scorer
team. Barlow ’s 4x100 relay among 4A girls, just outdistanc
tinie o f 47.61 is second fastest ing North Valley junior Venessa
in Oregon prep history.
D ’Arpino’s 30.5 points. Thomas
It Was a meet to remem set meet records in both the
ber as the first ever OSAA all 100 and 300 hurdles, while
classification (6A-1A) State D ’Arpino sped to the day’s fast
Track and Field Championships est times in any classification in
were held last Thursday, Friday the 100, 200 and 400.
and Saturday at Hayward Field
LaPine’s Jeremy Desrosiers
in Eugene. More than 23,000 was the 4A boys high point scor
spectators came out over the er with 30 points. Desrosiers
three-day meet, including an won the 200 and 400, while
announced 11,000 for the 4A, placing second in. the long jump
5A and 6A finals on Saturday.
and running a leg op the second
Brosseau was impressed with place short relay.
the; crowd’s size and intensity.
Marist junior Liam Henshaw
He is also unfazed about his had the top pole vault mark of
reception when he returns wear the meet at 15-6, while also
ing the rival purple Husky col winning the long jump and plac
ors.
ing third in the 110 hurdles
“It’s a whole different beast and fourth in the high jump to
down here. It’s crazy. The become the 5A boys high point
crowd, they get going and all scorer with 30 points.
their clapping, it gives you
Hermiston’s McKenzie Byrd
goose bumps,”' said Brosseau. placed first in the javelin, sec
“I ’m still happy to be able to ond in the shot put and third in
compete. I know they’ll bring the high jump to claim 5A girls
me in with open arms down high point scorer with 24 pdmfsif
here.”
Summit High School of Bend
One athlete that knows she won its seventh straight 5A girls
will be welcomed with open championship and third straight
arms next season in Eugene is 5A boys title. Gladstone won
Molalla senior Claire Thomas. the 4A girls title, while Siuslaw
Thomas, who has signed with won the 4A boys team champi
Oregon to do the heptathlon, onship.
Claire Thomas, a University o f Oregon bound recruit from Molalla High School, won fo u r events at the OSAA State
Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene fo r the second straight year. Thomas set meet records
in the 100 hurdles and 300 hurdles, while winning the long jum p and running a leg on the victorious 4x400 relay
team Thom asistransitioning to the multi-events and will compete in the heptathlon fo r the Ducks next year.
C lackam as tra c k team s
place w ell a t NWAACCs
The Clackamas Community
College track and field team per
formed well at the NWAACC
Championships in Spokane on
May 20-21 in what was eventu
ally a three-team race as Lane,
Clackamas and Spokane filled out
the top three spots in both the
men’s and women’s standings.
Lane Community College claimed
both the men’s and women’s titles
as the Cougar women took second
place and die men garnered third.
Spokane Community College was
second in the men’s and third in
the women’s standings.
The men’s meet was clos
er, b u t. Lane’s (227.5) superior
depth outlasted Spokane (222)
and Clackamas (171.5) with Mt.
Hood (41) a distant fourth. The
Titan women dominated with
252.5 points to Clackamas’ 173,
with Spokane (96.5) and Everett
(91.75) third and fourth.
Spokane’s Wes Bailey was
high point scorer in the men’s
meet, as part of five winning
events on his way to 35 points.
Bailey won the 200, 400, long
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• MLS: Wilmington
at Portland Timbers
7:30 p.m.
750 AM, 940 AM
Jeld-Wen Field
• Randall
Fitness C enter:
Downstairs in
Randall Gym, Open
Hours: noon - 8 p.m,
• Randall Fitness
CenterzOpen Hours
8:30-10 a.m.
1-8 p.m.
F R IB A Y 5/31
• CBB: S. Dakota
State at Oregon
6 p.m.
• CBB: Texas-San
Antonio at Oregon
State, 5 p.m.
• T & F: Prefontaine
Classic, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY-6/1
• NWSL:
Chicago Red Stars
at Portland Thoms
2 p.m.
Jeld-Wen Field
• T& F: Prefontaine
Classic at Hayward
Field in Eugene
12:22 p.m.
jump and was a key leg on both
winning relay teams. Lane’s Kara
Hallock was the meet’s high point
scorer, placing in six events to
tally up 42.5 points. Hallock, fin
ished second in the heptathlon,
100 and 400 hurdles, high jump
and long jump, while running
a leg on the winning long relay
team.
Numerous Clackamas athletes
were ranked in the top 10 of the
total points scored in the meet.
Freshman Elizabeth Venzon,
winner of the heptathlon, added
another title in the high jump
while scoring in five events to fin
ish second overall with 35 points.
Sophomore Tiffany Forbito
won her specialty, the javelin,
while scoring in four events to
gamer 27 points, good for fourth
overall. Freshman Lexie Govert
scored in five events to rack up 24
points in sixth place.
Sophomore Austin Collins led
the men with wins in both the
800 and 1,500-meter runs, while
anchoring the long relay to third
place. Collins scored 21.5 points,
SU N D A Y-6/2
• MLB: Seattle
at Minnesota Twins
11:10 a.m.
which was good for third overall
on the men’s side.
Freshman Seth Buck, fresh
off a second place finish in the
decathlon, placed in three more
events to gain 18 points, good for
eighth overall. Sophomore Brad
Prettyman won the 3,000-meter
steeplechase and added a third
place in the 1,500 to score 16
team points, good for ninth over
all.
Final Team Scores
AVomen:
Lane
252.5,
Clackamas 173, Spokane 96.5,
Everett 91.75, Mt. Hood 75,
Treasure Valley 42, SW Oregon
32.25,. Olympic College 23,
Green River 13, Clark 11, Skagit
Valley 1.
Men: Lane 227.5, Spokane
222, Clackamas 171.5, Mt. Hood
41, Everett 40, Clark 32, Treasure
Valley 26, Olympic 22, SW
Oregon 19, Green River 18.
— Compiled by
Andrew Millbrooke
M O N D A Y-6/3
TUESDAY-6/4
• MLB: Chicago
White Sox at Seattle
Mariners, 7:10 p.m.
• MLB: Chicago
White Sox at Seattle
Mariners, 7:10 p.m.
• Randall
Fitness C enter:
Downstairs in
Randall Gym, Open
Hours: 8:30-10 a.m.,
1-6 p.m.
• Intram ural
S occer: 11 a.m.
in the field next to
Hwy. 213