B
S PORTS
Section B
Wednesday, JUNE 14, 2017
South Lane County Sports and Recreation
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Oregon women grab Triple Crown in nail biting fashion
EUGENE – Coming into
the fi nal day of the NCAA
Track and Field Champi-
onship, the Oregon women
were supposed to have a stress-free and com-
fortable route to the title. While the team ended
up victorious-- winning the team title became
the fi rst women’s NCAA team to ever win the
Triple Crown consisting of a championship in
cross-country and both indoor and outdoor track
and fi eld in the same academic year-- it was nei-
ther stress-free nor comfortable.
“I would have rather had it put away before we
even got here,” joked head coach Robert Johnson.
“Coach Powell said we’re getting good at this
By Zach Silva
For The Sentinel
winning by one point, harkening all the way back
to cross-country.”
Oregon had 14 entries on the fi nal day and as-
suming everything went according to the form
chart, the team was set to cruise to victory. It
wasn’t that simple.
“The big shock and the big surprise where
everything got tainted didn’t start until after the
200,” said Johnson.
In the 200, Oregon’s Ariana Washington and
Deajah Stevens were looking to fi nish fi rst and
second. With about 20 meters to go Stevens was
in fi rst place but suddenly tripped and fell onto
the ground. Washington fi nished in second behind
Florida’s Kyra Jefferson.
“I saw [Stevens] fall and my very fi rst instinct
was to turn around and go get her but I had to
fi nish my own race fi rst,” said Washington. After
Washington fi nished, she did go back to hep her
up which then caused Stevens to be disqualifi ed
from the race.
Because of this race, Oregon’s victory was no
longer a guarantee. Their main competition, Uni-
versity of Georgia, was having their way with the
jumps. The Bulldogs fi nished in fi rst and second
in both high jump and long jump and also had a
fi rst place fi nish in triple jump. This set up for an
all-important 4x400 fi nal.
Georgia did not have a team in the race but had
62.2 points which meant the only way that the
Ducks could beat them was with a fi rst place fi n-
ish. And that’s just what the Ducks did.
After the fi rst leg Oregon’s Makenzie Dunmore
had the team in second as she handed the baton
to Stevens. Stevens stayed in it with USC and got
the baton to Elexis Guster in fi rst. USC battled
back and when Oregon’s Raevyn Rogers, who
earlier in the day had won the 800, received the
baton she was locked into a battle for fi rst.
“I really had to stay calm and stay composed
and really just run my race and focus on myself,”
said Rogers. “My legs in the last 50 meters were
all over the place but whatever I had to do, I had
to get to the fi nish line.“
Kendall Ellis of USC had surged ahead of Rog-
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A THLETE OF THE W EEK
SARA WITTY
Congratulations to senior Sara Witty. Witty is a four-year letter
winner and state qualifi er along with her horse "Rocket."
During her senior year with OHSET, she was District Champion
in Keyhole, Second Place in District in Figure 8, First Place District
in Drill, Third Place in District in Canadian Flags and Second Place
in District Team Penning.
She also competes with Rocket in gaming shows including BAM
Gaming Series, Al Barber Memorial Gaming Series sponsored by
the Cottage Grove Rodeo and the Saddle Up Gaming Series. In the
2016 -2017 years, she has won the A Division 14-18 in the BAM
Series in Eugene three times.
She plans to continue with Rocket at OSU as part of the universi-
ty's drill team. Congratulations Sara!
Wild West Modifi ed Shootout Set For 2017 Campaign
By Ben Deatherage
For TheSentinel
If you’re looking for the best
IMCA Modifi ed drivers in the
Pacifi c Northwest and abroad
then look no further than the
Wild West Modifi ed Shootout
from June 23rd to July 1st. Sev-
en races will be conducted in
eight nights at some of the best
fi ve race tracks in the country.
The tour will fi nish things
out with a massive three-day
extravaganza at Lebanon, Ore-
gon’s Willamette Speedway.
Last year would witness utter
dominance by Kellen Chad-
wick. The Oakley, California
native would pick up four of
the six shows while on his
way to the Wild West Modi-
fi ed Shootout title in his fi rst
ever time participating in the
speedweek.
2017 should be an exciting
year for the Wild West Mod-
ifi ed Shootout as it is quickly
becoming one of the most
anticipated and talked about
racing dates in the land. Below
you will fi nd out all of the
information that you will need
whether you plan on travelling
for just a single race or all
seven of them. If you are com-
petitor and have any questions
at all feel free to contact Series
Director Bob Valencia at (360)-
470-6113.
2017 IMCA Wild West Mod-
ifi ed Shootout Schedule
Friday, June 23rd-Siskiy-
ou Motor Speedway-Yreka,
California
Saturday, June 24th-Southern
Oregon Speedway-White City,
Oregon
Sunday, June 25th-Cottage
Grove Speedway-Cottage
Grove, Oregon
Monday, June 26th-Cottage
Grove Speedway-Cottage
Grove, Oregon
Tuesday, June 27th-Night
Off/Travel Day
Wednesday, June 28th- Sun-
set Speedway Park-Banks,
Oregon
Thursday, June 29th- Wil-
lamette Speedway-Lebanon,
Oregon
Friday, June 30th- Willamette
Speedway-Lebanon, Oregon
Saturday, July 1st- Willa-
mette Speedway-Lebanon,
Oregon
Former IMCA Wild West
Modifi ed Shootout Champions
2011- Brian Poppa
2012- Jesse Williamson
2013- Jesse Williamson
2014- Alex Stanford
2015- Jesse Williamson
2016- Kellen Chadwick
All-Time IMCA Wild West
Modifi ed Shootout Win List
Jesse Williamson- 8
Alex Stanford- 6
Kellen Chadwick- 4
Brian Poppa
Travis Peery- 2
Ken Schrader
Mark Wauge
Mark Carrell- 1
Ryan Gaylord
Braedon Hand
Scott Lenz
Brad Martin
Anthony Restad
Nick Trenchard
Collen Winebarger
JUNE 16TH IS KAGE KARTS
AND FREE GENERAL ADMISSION
JUNE 17TH IS
FATHER’S NIGHT AT THE RACES
Dads that bring their kids will be Free -
Wingless Sprints, Late Models, Street Stocks,
Quality RV Hornets