Track and Field 2006

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• Lane takes seconds at NWAACC meet -The Eugene Register Guard: May 24, 2006.
  SPOKANE - Colin Cram was the top scoring men's athlete of the meet and Kristina Ely and Charlene Moody were named the top female athletes as Lane Community College finished second in both the men's and women's standings at the NWAACC track and field championships on Monday. Cram, the former Siuslaw High standout who had already won the decathlon, scored in six different events to lead the Titans to 242 points. Spokane won the meet with 287 points. Spokane also won the women's team title, scoring 266 points to Lane's 206. advertisement Ely won the 400 meters for the Titans in 57.35 seconds, was second in the 200 (26.24) and ran the anchor leg on the Titans' winning 4x400 relay. Moody won the shot put with a mark of 40 feet, 4 3/4 inches and was second in the discus with a toss of 121-7. Lane's Natalie Rombach won the discus with a mark of 124-5. The Titan women also got an individual victory in the javelin from Whitney Harris (155-0). Heather Frigaard finished second in both hurdles races, finishing with a time of 15.66 second in the 100 high hurdles and 1:05.68 in the 400 hurdles, just ahead of teammate Megan Steube. Cram was all over the place for the Lane men. He finished third in the 110 high hurdles, long jump and pole vault; fourth in the 400 hurdles; seventh in the javelin and was part of the Titans' sixth-place 4x100 relay team. Marcus Dillon won the 200 meters in 21.96 seconds, finished second in the 100 in 10.83 and ran the first leg on the Titans' victorious 4x400 relay. Nathan Ingrao ran the anchor leg on that relay and also broke the tape in the 400 meters, finishing in 47.95 seconds. He was also third in the 200 (22.24). Lane's David Morgan added a victory in the 10,000 meters, in 31:57. In the field events, Lane's Brian Wuethrich won the shot put with a mark of 51-7 3/4 and was second in the javelin (194-4). Jarrett Axelrod won the high jump, clearing 6-8 3/4 , and Darryll Evans cleared 15-5 to win the pole vault. Lane's Grady O'Connor was named women's coach of the year. Spokane's Larry Beatty was named top men's coach.
• Lane men and women second at track meet -The Eugene Register Guard: May 23, 2006.
  SPOKANE - Lane was second in the men's and women's team races after Monday's first day of the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Track and Field Championships. Whitney Harris of Cottage Grove threw the javelin a school-record 155 feet, 4 inches to win for the Titan women, who also got a victory in the shot put from Madras' Charlene Moody (40-4) en route to 82 points and a seven-point deficit to Spokane. Spokane led the men's team race with 108 points to Lane's 84. The Titans' Darryl Evans of South Eugene won the pole vault at 15-5 and David Morgan of Ashland won the 10,000 in 31 minutes, 57 seconds.
• Lane sweeps regional track titles -The Eugene Register Guard: May 14, 2006.
  GRESHAM - Lane Community College won 25 of 38 events Saturday to win the men's and women's titles at the NWAACC Southern Region Championships at Mount Hood College. Lane coach Grady O'Connor won coach of the year honors for both the men and women's teams. Collin Cram scored 44 points as the Lane men finished with 308 points. Clark was second at 139.5 and Mount Hood third at 127.5, followed by Clackamas at 110 and Southwestern Oregon at 37. Kristina Ely scored 40.5 points as the Lane women finished with 276. Clark was second at 153, followed by Clackamas at 95, Southwestern Oregon at 79 and Mount Hood at 26. Cram won the 110 high hurdles, was second in the 400 hurdles, third in the pole vault and fourth in long jump. For the women, Ely won the 200, 400 and anchored the winning 4x400 relay. She was second in the high jump and on the second-place 4x100 relay. advertisement Heather Frigaard won the 100 hurdles and 400 hurdles, and joined Ely on the winning 4x400 relay.
• Lane athletes win NWAACC titles -The Eugene Register Guard: May 3, 2006.
  Lane Community College's Collin Cram and Heather Frigaard swept the individual titles at the NWAACC multi-event championships at Lane on Tuesday. Cram, the former Siuslaw High standout, easily won the decathlon title with a total score of 6,551 points, nearly 500 points better than runner-up Philip Noble of Treasure Valley. Alex Schley finished fourth for the Titans with 5,048 points, Javin Dimmick was fifth with 4,802 and Leighton Blackwell was sixth at 4,734. Frigaard, the first-day leader in the heptathlon, beat Spokane's Amber Nash by 1.5 seconds in the 800 meters, the final event, to beat Nash for the title by four points. Frigaard finished with 4,085 points, Nash with 4,081. Frigaard fell behind after leaping only 14 feet, 3 1/4 inches in the long jump, but moved into contention by uncorking a throw of 89-7 in the javelin. Lane's Kristina Ely was third with 3,904 points, and LeAsia Jones and Sara De Bit finished ninth and 10th, respectively, for the Titans. The Southern Region championships will by May 14 at Mount Hood Community College, and the NWAACC championships will be May 22-23 at Spokane.
• Lane's Alexander, Dillon appear Oregon bound -The Eugene Register Guard: May 2, 2006.
  With the impending graduation of seniors Matt Scherer, Richard Del Rincon, Travis Anderson and A.K. Ikwuakor, the Oregon men's sprint corps will be looking for new faces next season. Apparently, the Ducks won't have to look too far. Lane Community College track and field coach Grady O'Connor said Monday that two Titan sprinters - Phillip Alexander and Marcus Dillon - have signed national letters of intent to compete at Oregon next year. Both sprinters will have two years of eligibility with the Ducks. Alexander, a former Class 4A state champion in the 200 and 400 from McNary High School in Keizer, has PRs of 10.54 in the 100, 21.00 in the 200 and 47.40 in the 400. He is redshirting this year after completing his eligibility at LCC. Dillon arrived at Lane this spring after competing at Barton County Community College in Kansas. The New Orleans native, who has a personal best of 46.79 in the 400, is expected to compete for the Titans at the Southern Region meet on May 14 at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham and the Northwest Athletic Association of Community College championships, May 22-23, at Spokane.
• Lane men and women sweep track meets -The Eugene Register Guard: April 2, 2006.
  VANCOUVER, Wash. - Lane Community College swept double dual men's and women's track meets with Mt. Hood and host Clark on Saturday. The Titan men beat Mt. Hood 122-51 and Clark 96-65, and the Titan women downed Mt. Hood 130-30 and Clark 112-56. Former North Bend star Brian Wuethrich won the shot put (47-6) and javelin (183-2), Nathan Ingrao took the 100 (11.38) and 200 (22.11), and Dan Stowers won the high hurdles (15.59) and intermediate hurdles (56.67). Former Siuslaw athletes Collin Cram (21-10 in the long jump) and Adam Pino (15:56 in the 5,000) also won. In the women's meet, Kristina Ely won the 200 in a time of 26.60, Megan Steube captured the intermediate hurdles in 1:06.25, and Charlene Moody won the shot put with a 39-6. Toma Starodubtseva, formerly of Churchill High, won the 800 in 2:27.75. Whitney Harris (Cottage Grove) claimed the javelin (137-10) and Tiffany Gibson (Thurston) was victorious in the 1,500 (5:12).
• Lane kicks off track season at Mount Hood Open -The Eugene Register Guard: March 12, 2006.
  GRESHAM - Freshman Nathan Ingrao won the 200 and 400 meters, and classmate Adam Pino took second in the 1,500 to lead the Lane men at the Mount Hood Open track and field meet on Saturday. Ingrao, from Sandy, took the 200 in 22.62 seconds and the 400 in 49.04. Pino, from Siuslaw High in Florence, ran 4:06.77 in the 1,500. For the Titan women, Sarah DeBit, a freshman from Newport, won the pole vault with a clearance of 9 feet, 6 inches. Whitney Harris, a Cottage Grove freshman, was third in the javelin at 139-7.
• LCC's Cram wins decathlon at Chico State track meet -The Eugene Register Guard: March 4, 2006.
  CHICO, Calif. - Lane Community College's Collin Cram finished with 6,095 points to win the Chico State Multi-Event decathlon on Friday. A freshman out of Siuslaw High in Florence, Cram had the best score in three events, winning the long jump (21 feet, six inches) shot put (37-9 1/2 ) and javelin (167-1). The Titans' Darryl Evans finished seventh with 4,977 points, Javin Dimmick was eighth with 4,948 and Leighton Blackwell was 11th with 4,645.
• Lane pole vaulters place at Reno meet -The Eugene Register Guard: January 30, 2006.
  RENO, Nev. - Five pole vaulters from Lane Community College placed in their divisions in the Reno Pole Vault Summit, which ended late Saturday night. Chris Voogd finished first in the open men's No. 6 division at 14 feet, and LCC pole vault coach Dan West was first in the age 50 division and fourth overall among the master's competitors at 13-9. Darryl Evans was fifth for Lane in the open men's No. 3 division at 15-7, and teammate Colin Cram was ninth in that division at 14- 1. The Titans' Sara Debit was seventh in the open women's No. 4 division at 9-4.

Roster

NAME -Men	YEAR	EVENT	HIGH SCHOOL
Jarret Axelrod	SO	Jumps	Wilsonville H.S.
Spencer Bowers-Biasi	FR	Sprints	Tigard H.S.
Evan Carman	FR	Distance	Elmira H.S.
Joe Churchill	FR	Distance	Riverside H.S. (WA)
Collin Cram	R-SO	Decathlete	Siuslaw H.S.
Javin Dimmick	SO	Decathlete	Mohawk H.S.
A.J. Dutra	FR	Sprint/Jumps	Sherwood H.S.
Ryan Erickson	FR	Distance	Churchill H.S.
Darryl Evans	SO	Pole Vault	South Eugene H.S.
Chris Fanger	SO	Javelin	Newberg H.S.
Cameron Federline	SO	Jumps	Pendleton H.S.
John Figueiredo	FR	Distance	Humbolt (CA)
Matt Fitzgerald	SO	Hurdles	Sheldon H.S.
Jayce Giddins	FR	Pole Vault	Junction City H.S.
Joe Hockema	FR	Distance	Philomath H.S.
Cyrus Hosteltler	R-FR	Javelin	Newberg H.S.
Curtis Johnson	FR	Sprints	Benson Tech
Sergio Jones	R-FR	Sprints/Jumps	Jesuit H.S.
Tony Keller	FR	Decathlete	Elmira H.S.
Craig Kochis	FR	Distance	Kelso H.S. (WA)
Ryan Lewis	R-FR	Sprints	Damascus Christian
Bryan Martin	R-FR	Jumps	Benson Tech
Jordan McNamara	R-FR	Distance	Riverside H.S. (WA)
Jason Mentzer	SO	Throws	Cascade H.S.
Dustin Moore	R-FR	Distance	South Eugene
Joel Moorhead	FR	Hurdles	Sheldon H.S.
David Morgan	SO	Distance	Ashland H.S.
Ben Poffenroth	R-FR	Distance	Ferris H.S. (WA)
John Randall	SO	Mid-Distance	Sheldon H.S.
Matt Romey	SO	Mid-Distance	Sandy H.S.
Mario Sanchez	FR	Throws	Willamette H.S.
Matt Schryvers	FR	Throws	Thurston H.S.
Jake Turner	FR	Distance	Tigard H.S.
Daniel Stowers	SO	Hurdles	Seaside H.S.
Eddie Strandberg	SO	Distance	Tigard H.S.
Kelly Thompson	FR	Sprints	Ione H.S.
Travis Thompson	FR	Sprints	Newport H.S.
Joe Volpi	FR	Pole Vault	Crook County H.S.
Alex Schley	SO	Jumps	Central Catholic H.S
Women
Danica Bates	R-FR	Heptathlon	Pleasant Hill H.S.
Heather Bishop	FR	Sprints	Churchill H.S.
JoLena Boatsman	R-FR	Pole Vault	Kelso H.S. (WA)
Kaylee Boren	FR	Throws	Elmira H.S.
Chelsea Craig	R-FR	Heptathlon	Gypson H.S. (CO)
Sara deBit	SO	Pole Vault/Javelin	Newport H.S.
Katie Gallagher	R-FR	Hurdles	Corvallis H.S.
Shalene Fine	SO	Distance	Oakridge H.S.
Nikki Gledhill	SO	Distance	Junction City H.S.
McKenna Hering	FR	Jumps	Hood River H.S.
Whitney Harris	SO	Throws	Cottage Grove H.S.
LeAsia Jones	SO	Heptathlon	Oroville H.S. (CA)
Tara Krempley	FR	Mid-Distance	Sherwood H.S.
Ashley Ludden	R-FR	Distance	Sand Point H.S.(AK)
Charlene Moody	SO	Throws	Madras H.S.
Calie McVicker	SO	Sprints	South Eugene H.S.
Angela Rear	R-FR	Hurdles	Junction City H.S.
Nattisia Reynolds	SO	Sprints	Willamette H.S.
Rachel Salsbery	FR	Distance	Siuslaw H.S.
Molly Sedlacek	FR	Heptathlon	Siuslaw H.S.
Tamara Starodubtseva	SO	Churchill H.S.	Churchill H.S.
Erika Stratton	SO	Pole Vault	Summit H.S.
Ashley Taylor	FR	Sprints	Benson Tech H.S.
Kori Wilgus	R-FR	Sprints	Churchill H.S.

Schedule

Date	Day	Competition	Site
1-2 Mar	Thurs.- Fri.	Chico State Decathlon/Heptathlon	Chico, CA
3-Mar	Sat.	Southern Oregon Univ. Invite	Ashland, OR
10-Mar	Sat.	Mt. Hood CC Open	Gresham, OR
17-Mar	Sat.	Oregon Preview *	Eugene, OR ( U of O)
31-Mar	Sat.	Clark vs. Mt. Hood vs. Lane Tri-Dual	Gresham, OR
6-7 Apr	Fri.-Sat.	Willamette Univ./ UO Mini Meet	Salem, OR
14-Apr	Sat.	Willamette Univ. Tri-Meet	Salem, OR
20-21 Apr	Fri.-Sat.	Oregon Invitational *	Eugene, OR (U of O)
27-Apr	Fri.	Western Oregon Twilight	Monmouth, OR
30-1 Apr/May	Mon.-Tues.	NWAACC Heptathlon/Decathlon *	Spokane, WA
5-May	Fri.	Oregon Twilight *	Eugene, OR (U of O)
12-May	Sat.	Southern Region Championship	TBA
17-May	Thurs.	Willamette Last Chance Qualifier	Salem, OR
24-25 May	Thurs.-Fri.	NWAACC Championships *	Gresham, OR

Stats 2006 Men's Season Bests 2006 Women's Season Bests

Track and Feld Records Complete all-time top 10 list (updated)

Men				Women
100m	Andrew Banks	10.39	1977	100m	Jackie Hunter	11.88	1995
200m	Phil Alexander	21.00	2005	200m	Kelli Stonelake	24.87	1990
400m	Pat Lanning	46.79	1986	400m	Nicole Barrote	54.74	1995
800m	Jose Luis Barbosa	1:44.10	1986	800m	Debbie Roth	2:13.70	1972
1500m	Jose Luis Barbosa	3:45.0	1986	1500m	Jeanie Higinbotham	4:37.98	1984
3000m	David Henderson	8:21.60	1982	3000m	Debbie Roth	9:49.80	1977
3000mSC	Nathan Morris	8:49.70	1983	5000m	Sandy Dickerson	17:33.00	1980
5000m	Ken Martin	14:22.30	1978	10000m	Janet Beautry	36:02.00	1982
5000m	Dave Magness	14:22.30	1979	100mH	Katie Rowlett	14.40	1997
10000m	Ken Martin	29:40.30	1978	400mH	Nicole Barrote	60.56	1995
Marathon	Dave Magness	2:25.09	1979	Shot	Jessica Marable	47-7	1996
100mHH	Romund Howard	14.44	1983	Discus	Lisha Lass	161-10	1981
400mH	Mike Ewing	50.60	1983	Hammer	Emily Brown	167-11	2005
Shot Put	Curt Denny	58-11	1983	Javelin	Whitney Harris	155-3	2006
Discus	Al Shibley	169-9	1976	L. Jump	Trisha Hough	19-9	1994
Hammer	Nic Anastasiades	186-4.75	1988	T. Jump	Amy Bruhn	37-5	1989
Javelin	Rich Wolf	241-10	1979	T. Jump	McKenzie Winkle	37-5	2004
Javelin	Eric Nelson	214-2	1986	H. Jump	Loi Brumley	5-9	1982
L. Jump	Kellen Kennedy	24-9	2003	Pole Vault	Christina Bell	11-6	2002
T. Jump	Jon Maher	49-4	1995	Pole Vault	Jennifer Bolton	11-6	2003
H. Jump	Kelly Graham	7-0	1976	Heptathlon	McKenzie Rae Winkle	4698	2004
P. Vault	Keegan Burnett	16-5.25	2005	4x100mr	Hough,Traver,Barrote,Hunter	47.34	1995
Decathlon	Tom Pappas	7499	1996	4x400mr	Williams,Rowlett,Fleming,Wasylnka	3:52.50	1997
4x100mr	Howard,Grant,Dannis,Ewing	40.94	1983	------	----------------------	--------	-----
4x400mr	Hunnicutt,Creech,Lanning,Barbosa	3:11.12	1986	------	----------------------	--------	-----

Coaching Staff

To contact any of the Track Coaches please call (541) 463-5550, or email us at o'connorg@lanecc.edu

Grady O'Connor, Head Track and Field Coach, 1998-current

Grady has been the Director of both Men's and Women's Cross Country and Track and Field since 1998. During this time, he has consistently fielded one of the most competitive teams in the Northwest. His programs have produced over 100 junior college All-Americans, seven school records, and several coach of the year honors. Over the past two years, both the men and women were crowned Regional Track and Field Champions.

Prior to Lane, Grady coached at Cottage Grove High School (1995-96). He had an immediate impact, coaching the 4A State 100m Hurdle Champion, Katie Rowlett (14.1).

He was then hired as the multi event coach at Lane (1997), where he began establishing an impressive tradition of Decathletes and Heptathletes. Under Grady's direction, seven decathletes currently hold scores that place in the All-Time Top 10 list at Lane. While his Heptathletes hold five of the top ten positions, including the school record. Many of these multi event athletes have continued on to Division I schools including: University of Oregon, University of Alabama, Michigan State University, UCLA, Boise State University, and Portland State University.

Grady attended the University of Oregon (1989-94). He was a two-sport athlete, competing and lettering in both track and football. As a freshman hurdler, he placed 5th at Junior Nationals (1990) in the 400IH (52.52). He qualified for Pac 10's four consecutive years and placed 4th in the conference (1992) in the 400IH (51.49). He was also a member of both 4x100 and 4x400 relay squads that posted season bests of 40.60 and 3:09.03.

Following his competitive days as a Duck, he joined the Oregon International Athletics Team, and continued to train and compete as a Decathlete. Grady earned his Master of Science degree in Health Education, from Oregon State University (1998). He is also USATF certified Level I and II (Multi Events).

Dan West, Assistant Track and Field Coach (Pole Vault), 1988-1992, 1999-

Dan West is in second stint with the Titan program, having coached at the University of Oregon from 1990-1996, and now back for his sixth year coaching the Titan pole vaulters. He is undoubtedly one of the most respected coaches in the Northwest for the Pole Vault. He has the skill and expertise to coach both beginner and international caliber athletes. Dan coached Britain's top vaulter during the 1991 World Championships, and again for the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. His Lane athletes currently hold both the men's and women's pole vault records. He has coached several NWAACC champions, and has consistently produced All-Americans in the event. Dan is still an active vaulter who continues to vault on the master's circuit.

Ross Krempley, Head Cross Country/Assistant Track and Field Coach (Distance) 2004-

Ross was hired in the fall to coach cross country and mid-distance runners. In his first campaign, three of his athletes secured Cross Country All-American status. He is very active among the local running community, and currently is the president and director of the post-collegiate team called "Team XO" (www.teamxo.com). Ross is also the meet director for the XO Invite and has coached at over 24 full week training camps. As a student, Ross attended the University of Oregon where he received his degree in Psychology and minored in Business, Biology and Special Education. He is scheduled, in the spring, to obtain a masters degree in Education with Biology emphasis. As an athlete in college, Ross was a four time Pac-10 finalist in the 800 for the Oregon Ducks. Upon graduation, he placed 5th in the 800 at the 2003 US Indoor Track and Field Championship.

James March, Assistant Track and Field Coach (Throwers), 2005-

James March is in his second year of coaching the Titan throwers. He is originally from Hillsboro, Oregon where he attended Century High School. In the fall of 1999, James walked on to the University of Oregon Track and Field team, where he went on to become a Pac-10 and Regional qualifier in the shot put and discus. Academically, James earned a degree in History and a Masters degree in Education. He is currently a substitute teacher in Eugene. James has also coached the throws for the past two years for a local track club. James has personal bests of 16.94m (55'7") for the shot put, and 52.38 (171'10") for the Discus.