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1 SANDY (O f* ) POSI Thur* May 21 1901 (S*< 3) - M ill M < K ----- District Drama follows district meet I Continued from Page 1) Richard Doering is also ranked in the javelin for Sandy and Dale Rasmussen is among the leaders in the shot put Oregon C ity's Rich Gaiser is a heavy favorite in the discus, but the rest of the places are wide open Skipper. Mike Marleau and Locke Christman are a ll over 130 feet and could place. In other field events, Sandy could make a breakthrough in the high jum p where Bob Nippert has a best of 6-0 Nip pert could also place in the triple jum p by M A ltK FLOYD Sports Editor In the distance events, freshman Sam Romey has the best chance of scoring points He is ranked sixth in the 1,500 meters and is capable of surprising a few people in a big m ert, according to Hutchinson "Sam is an extremely tough competitor during a ra ce ," Hutchinson said "H e runs intelligently and you can always depend on a 110 percent effort at the end He doesn't know his potential yet. nobody does " A much im proved Steve B rader could make a breakthrough for the Pioneers in the hurdles and Hutchin son is hoping for points in the relays The district track meet may be the most exciting time of the year in Sandy sports. Perhaps it is because Sandy High School has hosted its league’s district meet for the past umpteen years. Perhaps it is because track has so many different events that athletes of all kinds can participate. Or Oregon City w ill offer Bret Wilson in the sprints, Dan perhaps it is the combination of team com Doherty in the jumps. Gaiser in the throwing events and petition, individual races and the quest for Dan Fund and Scott Isaac in the distances All are favored personal goals in the most im portant meet of to w in one or more events the year. West Linn points should come from its depth in the Likely, it is a little of each When the first distance events. Schmeiser, 400 meter champ Hiram call for the first event goes out over the O ilar and jum per Jeff Washington F riday's events w ill begin at H a m and include finals loudspeaker Friday, it w ill tingle the nerves in the pole vault, long jump, discus, high jump, shot put ol some 250 athletes from eight teams, not to and javelin Saturday's events w ill begin at 12 30 p m mention the many coaches w'ho have been sweating bullets for the past week Track is just about an individual sport as you can get within a team fram ework. Cer tainly, sports such as wrestling, are in dividualistic, but a wrestler can coast through a match with a weak opponent. I rack meets and results are measured in Sandy High had several numbers. the discus, 97-6, and fourth in w in n e rs in la st w eek's the ja v e lin , 78 0. C in d i Track athletes often must compete against T im b e r V a lle y League Rasmussen was th ird in the themselves. The numbers don’t lie. Team d istrict meet for freshmen shot, 25-6, and th ird in the coaches, and opposing coaches, can chart an and ju n io r v a rs ity com disc, 79-8 Shannon Clow was pet i tors athlete’s progress and find out if he or she is fourth in the disc, 78 5, and In the freshmen meet, fifth in the 400, 1.18 0 Caryn im proving during the year or faltering Steve P ettingill set a district F uller was fourth for Sandy The numbers mean everything at the end record in the discus w ith a in the 200 w ith a 30 8 tim e of the year. And they mean nothing. 133-9 throw He also placed Kevin Weister won the l imes, distances and heights w ill get an second in the shot put. 39-2. boys javelin for Sandy w ith a athlete a district seed, but they won’t help at Sandy’s T erry Grant was 140-3 toss Roland Aumeuller third in the disc. 96 8, and the meet itself. It has to be done over again; was second in the shot put, Wally Nicholson was fifth , 40-2, and B ill Bowman was against everyone, not just one team D istrict 91 9 second in the high jum p, 5-6 meets breed pressure and the good athletes Rod Edwards was fifth in Bowman also placed th ird in are the ones that survive, even thrive on the the pole vault, 9 0, and in the the 300 hurdles, 45.3, and pressure. girls meet, Jacqui Pullen fifth in the 110 hurdles, 19 4 was fifth in the 300 hurdles J hat may be what makes the d istrict meet. Steve Ackerman was se 47 6 cond in the 100, 12.3. and the W ho w ill survive and who w ill succumb to the In the ju n io r varsity meet, 200, 25.5 Em ery Sutton was pressure? I t ’s not always a question of winn Pullen won the high jum p at fourth in the 100. 12.7, and ing a title or not. For some athletes, a district 4-8, was second in the 100 fifth in the 200, 26.3. D arwin title is merely a dream They don’t have a hurdles, 18.3, and second in Collins was th ird in the 400 the 300 hurdles, 54 7. chance. But to break a personal best under 56 3. Denise Proctor won the Sandy was second in the pressure, or to beat an opponent who has shot for Sandy w ith a meet 1600 meter relay w ith a beaten you during the season, can be an ac Sandy sophomore L au ra S tringham ran down West Linn's record 29-6. took second in 3:52.7 time .hM am e ru n n e , K a ttn No ,...... dual mee, h H ^ X complishment of equal satisfaction team s last week S tringham won in a season's best tim e of C5H.5. the second fastest tim e in the T im b e r Valley League this D istrict meets are not without drama. For season. every large story, there is a smaller, hidden tale which few people know about. The 19K1 I im ber \ alley League district meet has such a story and the final chapter won’t be written until late Saturday afternoon. Ask any of the Sandy coaches and they w ill The West Linn Lions flex tell you that Donna Nelson is one of the best put this year She also The Sandy boys also came ed their muscles, Thursday, Coombs snuck in for a placed second in the discus hardest working athletes they have ever up with some good individual and handed Sandy a dual third place long jum p finish and th ird in the javelin efforts, but fell to the West coached Nelson is a sophomore, a distance with a leap of 18-9, meet loss in the final tuneup The javelin was won by Linn depth runner and a g<Mxl one. While most of her b e fo re th is w e e k e n d 's Sam Romey set another te a m m a te S te p h a n ie Mike Marleau paced a T im b e r V a lle y League S andy H ig h fre s h m a n teammates were enjoying the warm summer H agstrom w ith a 109-5. Sandy sweep in the discus, district meet record, placing second in the days last year, she was out running a regular H agstrom also won the winning w ith a strong 133 3 West Linn's girls won 81 4« 1,500 meters with a tim e of discus, 97-4, and was second schedule and following a strict diet. throw Scot Skipper, 129-11, while the Lion boys came out 4 : 18 40 He also placed third in the shot put. 32 9 When the season rolled around, she was in was second and Locke 104-41 winners in the 800 with a personal The Pioneers' only other Christman. 122 1. was th ird better shape than anyone. Her times best of 2 05 5 The meet's highlight may- win came from Roth, who S k ip p e r c la im e d the have been the duels in the reflected it and three weeks ago, at the Russell Fork was th ird in ran a season best 47 «9 in the Pioneer boys only other win girls distance events Sandy the 400 meters, 54 90, and Barlow Invitational, she cracked the school 300 m e te r in te rm e d ia te of the day with an 11 81 in the Bob Grieve was th ird in the sophomore Laura Stringham hurdles 3,000 meter record. 100 meters Freshman Ryan broke the five minute bar 3,000w ith a tim e of 9:57 83 West Linn's Kim Klein Then came the accident. Nelson was a Coombs was second in 11 96. A s p e c ia lty I ” rie r and defeated Lion ace Steve Brader placed third won the loo, 200 and 400 Richard Doering cut loose passenger in a car which skidded out of con Kathy Nichols in the 1,500 for Sandy in both hurdles Logging • Dump truck • Long haul • Local meters and anchored the w ith a lifetim e best throw of trol and crashed. She suffered deep puncture meters She was timed in races, w ith a 44 42 in the 300 Lions' winning mile re lay 167 8 for second place in the 4 58 50, two seconds ahead of intermediates, and a tim e of wounds on her legs and bruises so severe that team javelin and Skipper locked Nichols 18 31 in the 110-meter highs I riA she could scarcely walk. Sandy had some good se up with West Linn's T erry Gayle Roth ran her fastest West Linn was paced by cond and th ird place perfor A couple of days later, though, distance Schmeiser in shot put duel 800 meter tim e of the year Jeff Washington. a winner in mances Renee Hess ran a Schmeiser fin a lly won with a coach John White had worked out a for Sandy, but was nipped at the long jum p, high jum p personal best 11.01 68 in the 50-0'a toss, but not before rehabilitation program for Nelson. She walk the wire by West Linn's Don and t r ip l e ju m p . Wes 3,000 to place second behind Skipper had extended his na Gentzler, a winner in Sealand claimed the 1,500 ed, liftt'd weights and stretched, and when Nichols Sharon Jensen was personal best to 49-8, good 2:20 75 Roth was timed in and 3,ooo meters the pain was bareable, she ran. Now, just two second in the long jum p, for second place 2 :20 80. 39041 Proctor Blvd., Sandy, OR 668 5527 Sandy won the ju n io r v a r 15-7, and Ix irn e Shelton was weeks after an accident that would have C h ris C ra b tr e e a ls o The rest of the meet went sity contest 65 58. while the third in the loo hurdles shelved a normal person, Nelson is ready for recorded a lifetim e best, largely according to form West Linn g irls ju n io r varsi 17 82 clearing 11-0 in the pole vault district. j The Lions dominated the ty was a 75-35 winner One of the top marks of the for second place West Linn sprints while the Pioneers It s hard to say what she w ill do in the 3,000 day went to (ientzler. who swept the trip le jum p, but scored heavily in the throw meters The competition w ill be tough, but claimed the long jum p with a Sandy went two-three in the 3 5 YEARS OF PROVIDING ENERGY ing events Paige Daugherty d istrict best 17-3 Nichols Nelson is determined. She w ill probably have high jum p as Bob Nippert uncorked a throw of 36-3 in .TO OREGON AND HER PEOPLE came back and won the 3,000 to break her own school record just to place and Doug Baucom cleared the shot put. the league's B U R N S BROS. in an impressive 10 48 20 5-10 and 5-8 respectively. in the top two and qualify for state. But it would be foolish to bet against her deter [TRUCK PLAZAS mination. Donna Nelson is what the district track meet is all about Pioneers fare well at frosh district meet binai dual m eet Lions subdue Sandy spikers Sandy Insurance Agency ’ Independent & Home-owned” — < W“ - ? Prep of the Week Sandy High senior John Ma rh n re c e n tly was named to the T im b e r V a lle y League a ll-s ta r baseball team fo r the second year He plays center field and batted a blistering 310 Congratula tions, John’ JOHN M XRTIN CHECK IT OUT !! 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