Track
By Jackson Smith Web Editor With spring coming into bloom, track & field gets ready to open up the lanes for the upcoming season. The Clackamas Cougars’ track & field team will be attending their first meet of the season on Mar. 6 at Linfield University. This season the team has 50 athletes and counting…
By Alexa Wilkins Staff Writer From early season meets anxious about what’s to come, to qualifying for the state championships; the Clackamas Cougars track and field team turned up the heat this year meet by meet. The Cougars took part in various events at the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC) Track and Field Championship at…
By Tashanique Barrs Staff Writer Corban University held its first meet at its brand new track and field facility on Saturday, April 26, allowing the opportunity to set numerous facility records. The schools competing were Clackamas Community College, Oregon Tech, Evergreen State, and Southern Oregon. The Cougars won three events out of 22,…
by Jacob Graves Staff Writer I had always imagined throwing a javelin would be a cakewalk. I have always wanted to learn how to throw a javelin, as to me the practice has always looked effortless. I was very, very wrong. I decided to take on participating in a track and field practice because four…
By Gabriella Vigil Sports Editor The Clackamas Community College track and field team hosted a javelin and hammer throw event as part of their track and field season. The event, consisting of men’s and women’s teams from several Oregon colleges including Pacific University, George Fox University, Southern Oregon University, Western Oregon University, Lewis and…
Clackamas Community College Track and Field athletes took on the High Performance trackmeet hosted by Oregon State University, competing against 42 other teams. Overall, the teamdid quite well, with four athletes setting new personal records. Along with setting personalrecords, Freshman Dillion Potter placed 2nd overall in the Hammer Throw, only 1.06 metersbehind first place.
After the deeply disappointing cancellation of spring sports at Clackamas Community College, Jim Martineu wrote in an email that, “All spring sport athletes who participated before the cancellation will get their year of eligibility back.” Initially, this sounds like great news, but it further complicates things for sophomore athletes. Transfer decisions have become even harder…
One of the largest effects COVID-19 has had on Clackamas Community College was not only cancelling in-person classes, but also all spring sports for their entire season. Jim Martineau, Director of Health/PE/Athletics said in an email, “[that] the NWAC conference first suspended and then cancelled all spring sports.” NWAC called it off on March…
Story by Riley Buerk Clackamas track and field has not hosted a home event in 17 years, but that will all change on March 21. Clackamas will be hosting a home track meet at the Oregon City CCC campus, instead of Oregon City High School. The school decided last spring after weighing its options to…
Clackamas Community College’s track and field program hosted the Cougar Open at Oregon City High School’s Pioneer Stadium Saturday, April 20. The meet was the eighth meet the Cougars have competed in this season. Overall Clackamas has qualified 12 athletes in 16 events for the NWAC Championships. The most prolific athlete on the men’s or…