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Weather impacts practice times
CLACKAMAS STUDENTS, ATHLETES LOSE FIRST WEEK OF CLASSES DUE TO WINTER WEATHER
BY TRAVIS DAVID V WHITTAKER
photo by Austin Boltz
W ith Clackam as Com m u nity College
students having foiif weeks o ff after fall
term due to the holiday break, many who
were looking forward to the next term had
to wait a bit longer.
O n the evening o f Tuesday, Ja n . 10,
snow began to fall around the Portland
metropolitan area, and it piled up quickly.
Oregon City received eight inches of snow.
The temperature dropped over the next
few days, staying below freezing, which
led to canceled classes until Wednesday,
Jan. 18.
The inclem ent weather affected staff,
faculty and the student body, including
athletes who are either working towards
a strong finish to the season or working
hard in the preseason to be ready for
spring sports.
W hen the campus closes forw eather,
all o f the buildings are shut down and
unavailable for any use.
“ I f you have already
missed one class, the
expectation is that you
have to s till g e t that
workdone.”
- Jim Martineau
According to head wrestling coach, Josh
Rhoden, it affected his athletes in the
practice room, but also parts of the team
were unable to travel to Pacific University
in Forest Grove for the Boxer Open on
Sunday, Jan. 15.
“ We m issed quite a few w orkouts,”
Rhoden said. “ Fortunately some o f the
guys liye in apartment complexes that
have fitness centers and were able to
work out.
“ Some of the other guys were able to
-hit up N elson’ s N autilus over by Fred
Meyer o ff of Beavercreek Road here in
Oregon City and utilize their swimming
and fitness center facilities.”
For la st w eek ’ s m eet at P a cific
University, not all key members of the
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team were able to make it.
Rhoden noted that grayshirt 141-pound
freshm an, Jerry Mealey, was unable to
compete because he lives in Corbett.
The Clackam as athletic director and
head w om en’ s basketball coach, Jim
Martineau, said that his team w as still
able to get a practice in at a gym that the
team uses for situations like this.
“ Everybody is in the same boat, not
just us, but all of the other community
colleges,” Martineau said. “ We were lucky
that we didn’t get behind. A lot o f the
other schools that had home games had to
postpone games, and they will now have
to be made up at a later date.”
Both of Clackamas’s basketball teams
were lucky that they had a bye in the
middle o f the week. Then they played
a game in Eugene at Lane Com m unity
C o llege on Ja n . 14. A ll eigh t o f the
women’ s team players who had planned
to suit up were able to make the trip.
Martineau is concerned not only about
student athletes, but allstud.ents, because
of the possibility o f falling behind and
tryin g to play c a tc h -u p . M artineau
brought up Tuesday night classes as an
example, which are only offered once a
week.
“ If you have already missed one class,
the expectation is that you have to still
get that w orkdone,” Martineau said. “ It
puts a lot of work on a student. ”
The head track and field coach, Keoni
M cH one, said that w ith classes being
canceled after only two days into the term,
they had to start over after having another
w eek o ff o f training. They base their
training plan on the number o f weeks
before the conference championships.
“ We are now having to revamp our
training for the next three to four weeks,”
McHone said.
The track and field team will compete at
an indoor meet on Feb. 12 at the University
of W ashington. The team usually sends
around 30 members to the event.
W ith w in ter term now underw ay,
everyone seems relieved that the snow
and ice are gone. But more snow could fall
before the term is over. W hat’ s another
snow day? Maybe a delayed midterm?
Brittany McCormick drove the ball to the hoop on Wednesday, Jan. 18. Clackamas
defeated Mt. Hood Community College 64-37.