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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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