By Tyler Pell
In the final event of the day the 4x400 relay team beat Spokane by six seconds and finished their sweep of the relays. Photo by STACY DAVIS/The Torch
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Long jump champion Trent Davis soars for a 23'4" mark. Davis, a freshman, beat Deonta Edwards of Spokane and earned 10 points for the Titans. Photo by STACY DAVIS/The Torch
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LCC freshman Andrea Gruber had a busy day at the NWAACCs, taking sixth place in the 1,500-meter run, fifth place in the 5,000 then finishing second in the 10,000. Photo by STACY DAVIS/The Torch
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Mary Vaughan finished her strong season in the pole vault with an 11'4.5" mark, good for third place. Photo by STACY DAVIS/The Torch
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Leah Twombly picked up 10 points for the Titans. The sophomore finished in fourth place in both the 1,500-meter run and the 5,000. Photo by STACY DAVIS/The Torch
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Bryan Harper (111) trails teammate Chris Stubbs (127) in the 200-meter dash. Stubbs edged Harper for first place, giving the Titans a 1-2 finish in the 200. Photo by STACY DAVIS/The Torch
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Sophomore Tyler Lindgren took first place in the hammer throw with a 189'2" toss at the NWAACC Championship. Photo by STACY DAVIS/The Torch
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The Titans had one overarching goal heading into the 2009 track season: knocking off the Community Colleges of Spokane as the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges champions. "They are the juggernaut," Head Coach Grady O'Connor said before the season began.
The Titans got their shot at Spokane over the Memorial Day weekend. Unfortunately, LCC couldn't unseat the defending champions. Spokane won both the men's and women's titles and the Titans were runners up once more.
"We said before we came into this that we just want to see the kids put it all on the line, compete hard. That's exactly what they did," Assistant Coach Travis Floeck said.
Floeck expressed pride in the athletes as individuals.
"This is a sport where you can't hide behind teammates. What you do is in the results right next to your name. The fact they just laid it all out there, they didn't worry about times, they didn't worry about how they were gonna place as individuals, they just competed hard for the team. It was inspiring, and I'm extremely proud to be a part of it," Floeck said.
The men scored 251 points, a number that will usually win a track meet easily. But they came in 26 points behind Spokane's 277.
"It was hard to swallow, scoring so many points and still coming in second. But we were really happy with our effort and performance," Floeck said, explaining that 251 points was the highest LCC has ever scored at the NWAACC meet.
The women scored 179, second to Spokane's 224.
The Titans beat Mt. Hood Community College by almost 50 points, the same team that beat the women by two points at the Southern Region Championship two weeks ago.
"They got us by two points at the regional meet, and we wanted to go out and beat them this time. To accomplish that goal was pretty sweet," Floeck said.
LCC's Chris Stubbs was the only four-medal winner at the meet, for that he was named the Male Track Athlete of the Meet.
Stubbs won the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.78 seconds, just beating Spokane's Michael Vetter who came in at 10.82. Stubbs also won the 200, edging out teammate Bryan Harper. He picked up his other two medals in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays, which the Titans dominated.
"In the 4x4 they just blew it open, it was such a great way to end the meet. It was the last event of the meet and they won by six seconds. They just dominated everybody," Floeck said.
Seth Lindquist shared the Male Field Athlete of the Meet award with Spokane's Deonta Edwards. Lindquist took home first in the triple jump, second in high jump, third in long jump and fifth in the pole vault.
One of the question marks leading into the meet was Bruce Burbank. The sophomore won the decathlon at last years NWAACC meet, and used a first-place finish to help him score 30 points for LCC at the regional competition two weeks ago, more than any other athlete.
But Burbank was slowed by a hyper extended knee, and was limited in the NWAACC meet.
"He wasn't really able to do a lot, but the fact that the guy was able to out it out on the line, was amazing. In the pole vault he limped down the runway got a bar and scored a point for our team. It was really impressive," Floeck explained.
Pole vault was the only event Burbank could compete for the Titans.
"There's always going to be ups and downs, always going to be spots where we look back and say 'we could've gotten points here, we could've gotten points there,' but overall, we're just extremely happy with our effort," Floeck said.
The Titans will head into the off-season the same way they did last year, looking up at Spokane. But Floeck and the rest of the Titans won't stop competing.
"Although this is the best team I think we've ever had. I feel like we're building momentum and getting better every year. If we can get this same type of attitude we're going to be really tough in the future."
Results on the 2009 NWAACC Championship
Team Scores
Women - Team Rankings
1) Spokane CC 224
2) LCC 179
3) Mt. Hood CC 131.50
4) Clackamas CC 84.50
5) Clark College 82
6) SW Oregon CC 48
7) Treasure Valley CC 35
8) Everett CC 24
Men - Team Rankings
1) Spokane CC 277.50
2) LCC 251.50
3) Clackamas CC 69.50
4) Treasure Valley CC 66
5) Mt. Hood CC 64.50
6) Clark College 49
7) SW Oregon CC 25
8) Everett CC 12
9) Highline CC 1
Men:
100 Meter Dash
1 Stubbs, Chris 10.66
5 Norman, Taylor 11.12
8 Christianson, Austin 11.29
Men 200 Meter Dash
1 Stubbs, Chris 21.25
2 Harper, Bryan 21.93
6 Norman, Taylor 23.07
Men 400 Meter Dash
1 Harper, Bryan 47.46
8 Rosenberg, J.J. 50.58
Men 800 Meter Run
8 Head, Spencer 1:54.68
Men 1,500 Meter Run
5 Head, Spencer 3:59.39
9 Churchill, Joe 4:01.20
Men 3,000 Meter Steeplechase
3 Stevens, Travis 9:54.34
Men 5,000 Meter Run
3 Stevens, Travis 15:30.48
11 Jones, Alex 16:10.72
Men 10,000 Meter Run
4 Fenley, Lukas 33:38.63
5 Jones, Alex 33:47
Men 110 Meter Hurdles
3 Olstedt, Dennis 15.09
5 Arnold, Richard 15.33
7 Godfey, Kevin 15.86
Men 400 Meter Hurdles
2 Olstedt, Dennis 54.01
4 Arnold, Richard 55.73
Men 4x100 Meter Relay
1 'A' 41.81
1) Norman, Taylor 2) Stubbs, Chris
3) Christian n, Austin 4) Harper, Bryan
Men 4x400 Meter Relay
1 'A' 3:14.83
1) Rosenberg, J.J. 2) Arnold, Richard
3) Stubbs, Chris 4) Harper, Bryan
Men Long Jump
1 Davis, Trent 23-00.00
3 Lindquist, Seth 22-02.50
6 Rosenberg, J.J. 20-11.25
9 Godfrey, Kevin 20-10.50
10 Turner, Sean 19-07.00
Men Triple Jump
1 Lindquist, Seth 46-08.00
2 Davis, Trent 45-05.25
8 Davis, Kendrick 42-02.75
Men High Jump
2 Lindquist, Seth 6-05.50
3 Davis, Trent 6-02.75
6 Godfrey, Kevin 6-02.75
Men Pole Vault
2 Godfrey, Kevin 14-11.00
4 Elliott, Scott 16-00.
5 Lindquist, Seth 14-06.00
7 Pruitt, Garrett 15-01.00
8 Burbank, Bruce 14-07.50
Men Shot Put
2 Perry, Max 48-10.25
3 Bellitt, Chris 47-02.50 6
13 Rauschert, Cory 38-11.75
15 Turner, Sean 35-06.50
Men Discus Throw
4 Bellitt, Chris 142-05 5
5 Perry, Max 131-00 4
6 Lindgren, Tyler 129-11 3
16 Turner, Sean 91-04
Men Javelin Throw
11 Rosenberg, J.J. 156-05
14 Perry, Max 150-09
Men Hammer Throw
1 Lindgren, Tyler 189-02 10
3 Perry, Max 164-00 6
8 Rauschert, Cory 131-04 1
Women 100 Meter Dash
2 Wilson, Kim 12.61
3 Rodolf, Jessica 12.71
Women 200 Meter Dash
4 Wilson, Kim 26.17
7 Batson, Diana 26.31
Women 400 Meter Dash
4 Batson, Diana 59.90
7 Menzies, Jeanine 63.08
Women 800 Meter Run
2 Bradbury, Mikayla 2:20.08
3 Salyer, Angelyn 2:22.04
5 Hagy, Anne 2:26.49
Women 1,500 Meter Run
3 Bradbury, Mikayla 4:47.42
4 Twombly, Leah 4:50.74
6 Gruber, Andrea 4:53.45
Women 3,000 Meter Steeplechase
3 Krempley, Tara 11:54.33
8 Lee, Sierra 12:52.02
Women 5,000 Meter Run
4 Twombly, Leah 18:24.27
5 Gruber, Andrea 19:53.98
9 Barnhart, Katherin 19:14.15
12 Krempley, Tara 19:41.00
16 Hagy, Anne 19:53.58
Women 10,000 Meter Run
2 Gruber, Andrea 40:34.98
4 Barnhart, Katherine 40:21.05
Women 100 Meter Hurdles
3 Sterling, Katie 15.76
Women 400 Meter Hurdles
2 Hayward, Annie 69.12
5 Nelson, Amy 70.90
Women 4x100 Meter Relay
3 'A' 49.08
1) Sterling, Katie 2) Batson, Diana
3) Rodolf, Jessica 4) Wilson, Kim
Women 4x400 Meter Relay
2 'A' 4:02.46
1) Hayward, Annie 2) Salyer, Angelyn
3) Wilson, Kim 4) Batson, Diana
Women Long Jump
2 Wilson, Kim 17-03.25
13 Rodolf, Jessica 15-10.50
Women Triple Jump
1 Wilson, Kim 38-00.00
Women Pole Vault
3 Vaughan, Mary 11-04.50
Women Shot Put
3 Miller, Rocksi 41-01.00
10 Robertson, Jessie 33-04.00
11 Powell, Tauni 34-04.75
12 Nowak, Kallie 34-07.00
Women Discus Throw
5 Miller, Rocksi 118-06
Women Javelin Throw
2 Powell, Tauni 127-01 8
4 Miller, Rocksi 124-09 5
11 Krempley, Katrina 106-00
Women Hammer Throw
3 Miller, Rocksi 145-03
4 Robertson, Jessie 128-02
9 Nowak, Kallie 120-06
12 Powell, Tauni 108-09
