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Polk County Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • July 12, 2017 13A Campbell: First time living on the West Coast Continued from Page 12A “I thought back to the places I enjoyed the most,” he said. “I love being on a college campus. I enjoy the environment being on a campus. I wanted to work in higher education. Then, it was a matter of what area do you want to work in? I al- ways liked athletics and thought it would be a good place to work.” Campbell earned his mas- ter’s degree in student affairs administration. Upon graduating, he re- ceived a job offer — just not the one he was looking for. “My first job as a full-time professional was as a resi- dence director at Virginia Tech,” Campbell said. “I kept sending out resumes and applying for athletic jobs.” Campbell would get his shot working with an ath- letics department at the University of Minnesota in 2000. “It was my first job (in col- lege athletics), so I was real excited,” Campbell said. “To start out with a program that had around 750 student- athletes, it was a great op- portunity.” At the time, Minnesota had two separate athletic departments for men’s and women’s sports. Campbell, who worked in the Academic Counseling and Student Services sec- tion, was one of two units that worked with both de- partments. “I didn’t realize how unique that was at the time,” he said. “But it was a great place to learn, a great place to see how they do things at that level. It prepared me for when the time came for me to look at other opportuni- ties.” Since then, he has served as athletic director at nu- merous locations, most re- cently at Tuskegee Universi- ty in Alabama. Now, he’s ready for a new challenge in Monmouth. — Campbell’s goals are sim- ple. “I feel that we have two primary responsibilities in athletics,” he said. “We want to graduate students and win championships. Every- thing we do here should be working toward one of those goals.” Achieving those goals re- quires a unified front, Campbell said. For now, he’s learning the department’s strengths and weaknesses and plans to meet with every coach and staff member within the de- partment on an individual basis. “You never want to come in and make a lot of changes right off the bat,” Campbell said. “Through these sit- downs, I will find out about their area and what’s going on. If I hear a consistent thing from each of the coaches that something doesn’t work, for example, you can see that something is broken and, through these meetings, I can figure out what should be priority one.” Once he does that, the focus will shift toward creat- ing and executing plans to address those priorities. “I’m excited to be here and I look forward to meet- ing the alums, the fans in the community, and anyone who is willing to help our program,” he said. “I plan to go out and get in front of as many people as I can to tell the story of WOU athletics and get support for our pro- grams.” DALLAS ATHLETICS Larson supports field turf project Dallas athletic director excited about potential new turf field By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — Efforts are un- derway by the Dallas Boost- er Club to raise money to in- stall a turf field at Dallas High School. The club, and turf advisor Bill McNutt, have touted ad- vantages — mainly being able to hold significantly more events on the field throughout the year — to try and raise an estimated $850,000 in money and in- kind labor for the project. The Dallas School Board voted to install a new track when the turf field is in- stalled. Dallas athletic director Tim Larson said he is excited about that prospect of hold- ing a higher number of events throughout the year, but he also sees another po- tential benefit. “The grass field looks great due to the efforts of the district maintenance team and has come a long way as compare to years past,” Larson said. “But as soon as the rains come, the field gets real soft and muddy. When that happens, it turns amazing athletes into average players. Look at what happened when we played against Corvallis on our field (a 2-0 win in rainy and muddy conditions) compared to our playoff game we hosted at Central on the turf field (a 50-14 victory). It was a night-and- day difference in perform- ance.” District Facilities Director Kevin Montague declined to comment on the project di- rectly. “I will say my job is to en- sure whatever projects we do in the district are done correctly and comply with all the necessary codes and regulations to ensure the best value for district stake- holders,” Montague said. “This is a standard which applies to all the current projects we have going on, as well as any upcoming projects, whether done in- house, contracted out or by volunteers, and is the per- spective I apply to every project.” There would be a cost as- sociated with upkeep of the turf field. A turf field would come with an estimated cost of $5,200 each time mainte- nance is provided. The school and district would not have to perform any maintenance, McNutt said. It would not require down months to allow for grass re- generation. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer file Dallas’ football team hosted a playoff game at Central High School in 2016. PREP ATHLETICS Committee reveals new classification draft Itemizer-Observer staff report WILSONVILLE — The OSAA released its latest draft for a new classification sys- tem on June 20. The current draft, No. 18, features a six-classification system. Dallas and Central would remain in 5A in the Mid-Willamette Confer- ence along with current league members Corvallis, Crescent Valley, Lebanon, Silverton and South Al- bany. North Salem would join the league. Falls City and Perrydale would remain in 1A in the Casco League and be j o i n e d by C . S . L e w i s , Crosshill Christian, Jewell, Kings Valley, Livingstone Adventist, Oregon School for the Deaf, St. Paul, Veri- tas and Willamette Valley Christian. There would be 23 teams in Class 5A and the OSAA stated it would be looking to increase the number of teams but will wait until new ADM fig- ures are received to deter- mine how best to accom- plish that goal. The OSAA will hold two future classification and dis- tricting committee meetings in Wilsonville on Aug. 28 and Sept. 25. The committee will make a final recommenda- tion to the executive board on Oct. 16. The committee previously considered a five classifica- tion system, but has since tabled the idea. Once the reclassification is approved, the new system would take place starting in the 2018-19 school year. Mini-Marathon results Mini-Marathon Results Tuesday, July 4 2.6-mile race Runners Overall (top 10) 1, Zane West, 14:04; 2, Gavin Grass, 14:55; 3, Myk Rose, 15:05; 4, Toby Primbs, 15:10; 5. Dam Meireis, 15:17; 6, David Del- more, 15:22; 7, Hunter Bens- man, 15:39; 8, Jaydon Aydelotte, 15:51; 9, James Julian, 15:51; 10, Josh Peterson, 15:53. Walkers Overall (top 10) 1, Christian Carrillo, 17:53; 2, Erica Burger, 22:17; 3, Reilly Glat- ter, 22:24; 4, Jack Chapman, 32:32; 5, Travis Chapman, 32:36; 6, Fenny Roberts, 33:00; 7, Beth Giddens, 33:13; 8, Anita Mc- Clanahan, 34:31; 9, Felipe Richards, 35:13; 10, Iva Grenya, 35:53. Awards were handed out to age groups in male and female divisions. A break- down of age category win- ners were not available as of press time. Full results available on- line at www.runsignup. com/Race/OR/Monmouth /4thofJulyMiniMarathon. STEPHANIE BLAIR/Itemizer-Observer The Monmouth-Independence Mini-Marathon attracted hundreds of runners and walkers on July 4.
