Lane men capture sixth straight South track title

Courtesy The Eugene Register Guard
Posted to Web: Sunday, May 10, 2009 09:51PM
Appeared in print: Sunday, May 10, 2009, page C4

COTTAGE GROVE — With nine of the meet’s top 11 point scorers, the Lane men easily breezed to their sixth straight Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges South Region track and field championship at Cottage Grove High School on Saturday.

Bruce Burbank, who led with 30 points, won the 110-meter hurdles as nine Titans posted individual firsts along with the 4x400 relay on their way to 317 points. Mount Hood was second with 130.

Other Lane event winners were Seth Lundquist (triple jump), Chris Stubbs (200), Dennis Olstedt (400 hurdles), Bryan Harper (400), Ty Lindgren (hammer), Trent Davis (long jump), Chris Billett (discus) and Scott Elliott (pole vault). Olstedt, Stubbs, Harper and JJ Rosenbeg comprised the winning relay.

On the women’s side, Mount Hood finished with 2201/2 points to Lane’s 218 to win the team title.

Leah Twombly led the Titans to a 1-2-3 finish in the 5,000 that pulled them within one-half point of the Saints with one event remaining. However, Catherine Sims, the meet’s high scorer with 58 points, anchored Mount Hood’s winning 4x400 relay to secure the team victory.

Rocksi Miller was Lane’s lone double winner with firsts in the hammer and javelin throws. Lane’s Kim Wilson won the triple jump.