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COUGARS SHINE BRIGHT IN FIRST MEET COUGARS EXCELL IN THEIR FIRST TRACK MEET, HOPEFULLY A FORSHADOWING OF ACHIVENENTS TO COME STORY AND PHOTOS WILLIAM FARRIS THE CLACKAMAS PRINT ’ Track and field season is.under way at Clackamas Community College and the first meets have left students and coaches excited for the coming season. With great performances and hopeful outlooks, this year is shaping up for the track and field team. Coach Keoni McHone shared his pride in the excellent performances of the athletes has high hopes for the rest of the season by saying “ It’ s going pretty good so far, we’ve had some pretty strong performances in a lot of different event areas?’ Performances like that of Jordan G lo d e n , who got a th r e e -fo o t personal best in the long jum p and ran a well executed 110-meter high hurdle race in his first meet. A nother student Lydia Pavlenko ’ ' . » ~ ’ continues this display of excellent achievement by winning the triple jum p even t, along w ith another strong perform ance in the m en’ s triple jump from Kwan Carter and Devin Meade. The women fo u r-b y -o n e took second in their com petition while the mens four-by-four took second by only two-hundredths of a second such a close race that the athletes didn’t even know who crossed the line first until the results were posted. “ It was a really tight finish, with Carter chasing the guy down at the fin ish ,” McHone said full of glee “ It was good solid performances, so we’ll see how things keep progressing.” “ Coming in}l I think we have a solid team this year,” track team member “ It was good solid performances, so we’ll see how things keep progressing.” -Keoni Mchone J ' ~ .... Kashta Booker said.“ Our last meet was at Linfield, the ice breaker, and we did pretty good against all the, you know, D-three schools and all the other community colleges.” Most of his teammates shared his upbeat view for the rest of the season as they took advantage of the warming weathei to practice on the field for their upcoming meets. “ This last m eet I th in k we did really good, and being the first couple m eets and were already im p ro v in g , e v eryo n e ’ s g e ttin g new P .R ’ s [personal records] I am honestly excited to see how this ls going to go,” freshman William “JJ” Walker said. A ll these great perform ances, attitudes and this is only the pre I X ? T s'‘¿A season. Their meet on March lo a t Pacific U niversity, followed by an open event at Lewis and Clark college. For a full list of dates and events, as well their latest results you can go to the athletics section under “ track and field” and click on the “ schedule and results” section. From there, you can keep up with the events and performances over the coming m onths, and where you can go to show some support for the team. Make sure you check it out and support the team in the doming weeks as they work hard to improve and get ready for whaUs to come. W ith the drive „and perform ances that have been shown so far, i t ’ s shaping up to be a spectacular season for the Cougars. Dan Goggins Women & men are welcome to audition ■V g Call 503-594-3153 with questions and to schedule your timeslot! Auditions March 22,2018 Callbacks on March 23rd 6:30-9:30pm Call to schedule a 10 minute tim es® ,- Perform a one-minute song o f youf choice-(accompaniment provided) -Perform a one-minute comedic monologue j William Walker attempts a pole vault Clackamas Print March 6. 19600 Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045 (Niemeyer Building Lobby) th edackam asprint.net J L Clackamas C om m unity College TH E A TR E D E P A R TM E N T _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ March 14, 2018
