photo by Doug-Fry
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Charlie Gilpin, No. 16, leads the pack in the 4 0 0 meter dash.
Brittany Coleman strides into her triple jump.
Cougars track down school records
BY
DOUG FRY
C lackam as C om m u nity C ollege track
and field joined teams from all over the
Northwest to compete in the 2017 Oregon
State High Perform ance M eet on April
28 and 29.
In a track m eet that consisted of PAC
12 schools such as Washington, Oregon
State and Oregon, Clackamas was able to
hold its own.
The Cougars had 10 athletes compete in
eight events over the course of the tw o-
day m eet. Both the m en and w om en ’ s
teams had great success during a record-
breaking weekénd in Corvallis. .
Head coach Keoni McHone w as very
pleased.
“ Things are goin g really w e ll,” said
McHone. “ So far every racé wé’ve. either
had a lifetime,PR (personal record) or a
season’ s best. W e’re also gettin gh n oúr
top 10 perform ance list o f all tim e for
the school. It’ ¿b ee n a really solid’ m eet
for us so far.” .
Clackamas set two school records on
Top o f the season and lifetim e bests in
the meet.
The m en’ s 4 x l o o m eter relay is now
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tied No .7 in school histo ry w ith their
finish over the weekend. To add to that,
Emerson Liburd was also able to tie the
No. 7 time in the 110 m eter high hurdle.
Freshman hurdler Liburd acknowledged
his performance but still knows there is
work to be done.
' “ I t ’ s gone great,” said Liburd. “ I really
like how I performed. I got a great start
out of the block and I think it was a great
finish for me personally. I’m confident
now .”
Sophom ore A ll-A m e rica n B rittan y
C olem an p erfo rm ed w e ll, d esp ite a
delayed start on the season.
“ I’m really late coming into the season,
so I’m irritated that I’m not where I’m
supposed td be yet, but I’m working on
it,” said Colem an. “ I definitely need to
work on m y first phase. It was a little too
high and have to practice my technique.”
Coleman was also able to set a season
best in her second atfem ptan the triple
jump.
Even after a successful weekend, both
coaches and athletes know there is still
have a lot of technique to be perfected.
One large focus for the Cougars is to
m a k e su re they are healthy going into
the Southern Region Championships.
“ So far every race we’ ve
either had a lifetime PR
(personal record) or a
season’s best. We’re
also getting on our top
10 performance list o f a ll
time for the school.”
-K e o n i McHone
Sophom ore, sp rin te r M argaryo n ta
Kilcup has excelled in the 100 m eter dash
and added all factors of preparation to his
training regimen w ith only a few weeks
left in the season.
“ I’ve gone sub l i (Seconds) for 3 or 4
w eeks in a row. I’m w orking at getting
b e tte r fo r c h a m p io n s h ip s co m in g
up so o n ,” said Kilcup. “ A l o t o f icing,
trainin g, liftin g , recovery, rehab and
getting prepared to go run against some
of the top guys in the league.”
Liburd also knows w hat he needs to
w ork on to continue to perform at his
highest level possible.
“ I got to w ork on m y technique. My
speed is there, I just got to work on my
form; how I go over the hurdles, how I
finish races, h o w to get out of the block,
all those littie things are going to add up
to get me to do the best I can do,” said
Liburd;
Other notable performances on day two
o f the m eet include a 3rd place finish by
the m en’ s 4 by 100 m eter relay time and
a 2nd place finish in the javelin by Easton
Christensen.
C la c k a m a s ’ h e p t a t h l e t e s a n d
decathletes competed May 1 and 2 in the
NWAC m ultievent championships, then
the team will return to action on May 5 at
the Oregon Twilight meet hosted by the
University of Oregon.