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Section SANDY, OREGON, THURSDAY, M AY 21, 1981 The SWrkty Post Sports and Recreation Oregon City teams favored as Timber Valley League district meet begins Friday by M \R K FI.O Y I) Oregon City w ill be playing a game of King of the H ill when the Tim ber Valley League d istrict track meet un folds Friday at Pop Rannow Stadium in Sandy Oregon City is a heavy favorite to defend its boys crown and its g irls team is picked to unseat Sandy as district champs West Linn figures to be in the thick of things in both team races The Lions actually won the TVL girls dual meet title, but w ill go into district as underdogs to the Oregon City depth. Sandy should also challenge Oregon City and West Linn for the firs, three places in the girls competition “ Oregon City has a slight edge over West Linn because of the big meet com petition,’’ Sandy coach Randy Hut chinson said "West Linn has some quality people but Oregon City has a lot of depth We (the Pioneers) should be th ird , mavbe second “ We re going to surprise some people," he added “ The kids are really primed for the meet With a little luck, we could be right in there for second ’’ Sandy’s girls won the meet last year, but gone are Michele ( leland and Christie E llio tt, who combined for five district titles as well as some important relay points Back to defend one title, though, is ju n io r Gayle Roth Roth w ill try for her second consecutive boo meter crown and her third straight d istrict title She won the 400 as a freshman But it won’t be easy; Canby's Teresa Kat terheinrich and West Linn's Donna Gentzler have faster times going into the race Roth has the second fastest tim e in the 300 hurdles to OC s Denise Wheatley and could score points in the high jum p Sandy’s best bet at a district title could be Stephanie Hagstrom Hagstrom was second to Cleland in the javelin last year and her 137-4 is tops in the league by some 20 feet She should also score in the shot and discus The top m ark in the shot belongs to Sandy sophomore Paige Daugherty, who also is near the lead in the discus Daugherty owns the league's second best javelin throw as well Sandy is tra d itio n a lly strong in the throwing events and that is where many Pioneer points are usually won But if Sandy hopes to make a dent in the West LinnO regon City stronghold, it may come on the track The 800, 1.500 and 3,000 are critic a l races," admitted Hutchinson “ We hope to score some big points there I've got a lot of confidence in the kids we have running those events Gayle. Donna ( Nelson), Laura (Stnngham ) and Renee (Hess) are all experienced runners who perform well in big meets ” Nelson's appearance on the track is amazing in itself Less than two weeks ago, she was in a serious car acci dent. suffering severe cuts and bruises But the gutty sophomore has made a rem arkable recovery and could be a factor in the 3,000, even against the TV L's prem ier distance runner. West L in n ’s Kathy Nichols. 'Donna s back and it is like the accident never happen ed,” marveled Hutchinson “ She ran last week and she wasn't even lim ping.” Stnngham qualified for state in the 1,500 last year and w ill be chasing Oregon C ity ’s T ricia Sliger, who has a best time of 4 56 Stringham is two seconds behind and Nichols w ill also run the 1,500 Hutchinson is also looking for points in the jum ping events and feels that freshman Sharon Jensen is ready for big things in the long jum p She has a best of 16-2, fifth in the league to date Sandy should also pick up points in the relays and needs to break through in the sprints or hurdles to pull o ff an upset in the team race West Linn w ill be paced by sprinter K im Klein, who should be favored to win the 100, 200 and possibly the 400 The Lions w ill also field favorites in the long jum p and high jum p and Nichols w ill be favored in the 3,000 West Linn's relay teams are also among the d is tric t's bests Oregon City is strong everywhere Wheatley is a solid bet in the hurdles. Sliger is strong in the distances and Can Heppler should score in the sprints Kay Yoder w ill be tough in the throwing events for Oregon City Oregon City, on paper, should walk away w ith the boys competition The defending champs have everyone back and have added even more depth West Linn has some quality athletes, but it is unlikely that the Lions or any other team w ill have enough horses to unseat Oregon City. Several other teams have good individuals as well, in cluding Sandy The Pioneers' Scott Skipper heads the list, topping the rankings in the javelin His 199 5 is some 20 feet ahead of his nearest com petitor Skipper's 498 in the shot put is second in the TVL behind West Linn's T erry Schmeiser (Continued on Page2) photos by Mark Floyd Some of Sandy's tup entries at district are (clockwise from tup) shut putter Scut, Skipper, distance runners Steve Metelak and Sam Romey, sprinters Crystal Caulkins and Sharon Jensen, Sandv 3,000 meter record holder Donna Nelson, hurdler Steve Brader and javelin ace Stephanie Hagstrom. Distances, throwing events strong for Sandy 100 meters Ryan Coombs, 117; Don Bennett, 12 1; Chris Crabtree. 12 4 200 meters - Bryan Prosser, 24.2; Ryan Coombs. 24 8, Don Bennett 25 3. 400 meters - Russell Fork, 54 0; B ry a n P ro s s e r, 55.1; P a t Tombleson. 55 5 800 meters - Steve Metelak, 2:01 5; Steve Swanson, 2:05 9; Sam Romey, 2 05.5. 1500 meters - Sam Romey, 4:18.4; Phil Burk, 4:37.0; Ed Grenier. 4:57.9. 3000 meters - Bob Grieve, 9-58.0; Kent Reick, 10:09.0 110 hurdles - Steve Brader, 17 0; Dan Ixinglois, 19.2. 300 hurdles Steve Brader, 42 7; Russell Fork, 44 3, Chris Crab tree, 47.4. Shot Put Scott Skipper, 498, Dale R asm ussen. 47-3; Locke Christman, 41-11. Discus - I,ocke Christman, 134-6; Mike Marleau, 133-3; Scott Skip per, 1297 Ja ve lin - Scott Skipper, 199 5; Richard Doering, 167 11; Dale Rasmussen, 1361. High jum p - Bob Nippert, 6-0, Doug Baucom, 5-9 Ix>ng jum p Don Bennett, 190; Ryan Coombs, 18 10; Russell Fork 18-8. T riple jum p Bob Nippert, 39-9, Dan Langlois, 37 5; Phil Burk. 36-8 Pole vault - Chris Crabtree, 11-0, 400 relay - Steve Brader. Ryan Coombs, Mike Marleau, Scott Skipper, 47 0, 1600 relay - Russell Fork, Steve Metelak, Steve Swanson. Pat Tombleson, 3:37 4 Sandv (¿iris 100 meters Sandra Peterson, 13 4, Sue P hebus, 13 4; C ry s ta l Caulkins, 13 5 200 meters - Sandra Peterson. 27 7; Gretchen M arter, 29 1; Tammy Lindsay, 29.3 400 meters - Sharon Jensen, 1 03 7; Darby Binder, 1 03 5 800 meters - Gayle Roth, 2 20 8 Shelby Dries, 2:32 6 1500 meters - I^aura Stringham 4:58.9. 3000meters Donna Nelson, 10:58.3; Renee Hess, 11:01.7. Javelin Stephanie Hagstrom, 137 4; Paige Daugherty, 116 8; Bonita Connelly, 103 3 110 hurdles L o rrie Shelton. 17 9; Kecia H arris, 18 1; Margaret Blackburn, 18 2 High jum p Gayle Roth, 5-0; Shelby Dries, 4-10; Shauny Thoreson, 4 10. Ixrng jum p • Sharon Jensen. 16 2; Crystal Caulkins, 14-5; Ixvrrie Shelton. I . 8 300 hurdles - Gayle Roth, 47 7; Margaret Blackburn, 51 8, Ixirrie Shelton, 54.3. Shot put - Paige Daugherty, 36-3; Stephanie Hagstrom, 32-11; D ar by Binder. 26 7 Discus - Paige Daugherty, 112-5; Stephanie Hagstrom. 109-1; D ar by Binder, 84-1. 400 relay - Tam m y Lindsay, Crystal Caulkins, Gretchen M arter, San dra Peterson, 53.2. 1600 relay - Sharon Jensen, Darby Binder, G ayle Roth, Sandra Peterson, 4:14.3. The league’s best marks Tough individual battles set at district Boys’ Bests One of the top distance runners in the league. Oregon City’s Tricia Sliger is hoping to lead her team to a district title. 100 meters - 1) Bret Wilson (OC) 10 9; 2) Jim Nelson (Can) 114; 3) Jeff Matychuck (OC) I I 5. 200 meters - 1) Wilson (OC) 22 5 ; 2) Hiram O ilar (W L) 23 1; 3) Jeff Tressler (W L) 23 3 400 meters - 1) Howard Hornbeck (OC) 51 3; 2) Tressler (W L) 51.5; 3) Tim Gerkman (OC) 51.7. 800 meters - 1) Mark Buswell (E st) 1 59 2; 2) T yler Radtke (W L) 2:010; 3) Steve Metelak (San) 2:01.5. 1500 meters - 1) Dan Fund (OC) 4 09 0 . 2» Scott Isaac (OC) 4 09 6, 3) Sheldon Steward (SH) 4:10 7. 3000 meters 1) Isaac (OC) 8 52 9 . 2) Buswell (E st) 9:01.5; 3) Jim Ed mark (S il) 9 02 7. 400 relay - 1) Oregon City 43 6 ; 2) Canby 45 I; 3) West Linn 45 7. 1600 relay -1 ) Oregon City 3:25.1; 2) West Linn 3 29 7; 3) Sweet Home 3:35.2. Pole vault - 1) Doug Fisher (W L) 12-6; 2) Tom Beard (OC> 12-6 three tied at 12 0. 300 hurdles - 1 ) Scott Stapleton ( E 40 2 , 2) Dick Hauser (WL) 41 3) Scott Fish <OC) 41 5 110 hurdles • 1) Fish (OC) 15 3; 2) Mark Frickey (E st) 15 4, 3) Stapleton ( Est) 15 6, Shot put 1) T erry Schmeiser (W L) 50-8, 2) Scott Skipper (San* 49 8. 3) Gary Smith (OC) 48 0. T rip le jum p - 1) Dan Doherty (OC) 43-8, 2) F rickey (E st) 42 5; 3) Jeff Washington < WL) 42 5 Discus - 1) Rich Gaiser (OC) 161-9; 2) Jim Don (OC) 141-5; 3) Locke Christman (San) 134 6 High jum p - 1) F rickey ( Est) 6-5; 2) Carl Ebeling < Mol) 6-4, 3) Doher ty (OC) 6-3. Javelin - 1) Skipper (San) 199-5; 2) Ron Kikel (SH) 1794. 3) Derek Andrus < WL) 173-0. Ixjng jum p - 1) Doherty (OC) 21 4; 2) F r ic k e y (E s t) 20 10; 3) Washington iWL> 20-5 100 meters - 11 Kim Klein < WL) 12 7; 2» Petra Johnson (Sil) 12.7; 3) ('a n Heppler (OC) 13 0 200 meters - 1) Dawn Smoot (Sil) 26.7; 2) Klein (W L) 26 8 ; 3) Kelley Wright (SH) 26 9 400 m eters - 1) Teresa K at- terheinnch (Can) 1 00 0, Donna Gentzler (W L) 1:01.1; 3) Klein (W L) 1:01.1. 800 m eters - 1) Teresa K at- terheinrich (Can) 2:17.6; 2) Gent zler (W L) 2 20 7 ; 3) Gayle Roth (San) 2:20 8 1500 meters 1) T ricia Sliger (OC) 4 56 0; 2) l^ u r a Stnngham San) 4 58 4; 3) Kathy Nichols (W L) 3000 meters - I) Nichols (W L) 10 45 7; 2) Donna Nelson (San) 10 58 3; 3) Rachel C arlile (E st) 11:04 7. 400 relay - 1) Oregon City 52 0; 2) West Linn 52 8, 3) Silverton 52 8. 1600 relay • 1) West Linn 4 07 4; 2) Oregon City 4:07.9; 3) Sandy 4 14 3 Shot put - 1) Paige Daugherty (San) 36-3; 2) Kay Yoder (OC) 35-3; 3> Stephanie Hagstrom (San) 32 11 Ixtng jum p - 1) Gentz 1er <WL> 17 2, 2) Margie Park (OC) 16 11; 3) Lisa Zornado (E st) 16-7. 110 hurdles - 1) Denise Wheatley ((X?) 15 0; 2) Johnson (Sil) 15 9, 3) Tracey Shrives (OC) 16 6 300 hurdles - D Wheatley (OC) 45 3; 2) Roth (San) 47 7; 3) Johnson (Sil) 48 2 Discus - 1) Toni Ormsby (SH) 118 7; 2) Daugherty (San) 112 5; 3) Yoder (OC) 111-8 Javelin -1 ) Hagstrom (San) 137-4; 2) Daugherty (San) 116 8, 3) Sandy Walton (W L) 113-2 High jum p - 1) Sue Schuabauer (W L) 5-4; 2) Barb McDonald (OC) 5-2; 3) Sue Eastlund (SH) 5-2
