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Davis sprints to 3 wins for SOU By RANDY HAMMERICKSEN ASHLAND -- Southern Oregon University sprinter Mat Davis powered his way to three wins Saturday in the Cascade Conference Track and Field Championships at Raider Stadium. Davis scored 22 points with his wins in the 200 meters, 400 and for his anchor lap of SOU's winning 1,600 relay team. Those points helped SOU run away with the men's team title with 164 points. The SOU women's team finished first in the five-team meet with 182 points. "It's a great way to go out, but I wish it wasn't over," said Davis, a senior who ran in his final home meet for the Raiders. He still has two meets remaining in his college career, but both are on the road (the Oregon Twilight Meet next Saturday in Eugene and the NAIA meet in three weeks at Abbotsford, B.C. Davis cruised to wins in the 400 (48.69) and 200 (21.81.) "The conditions weren't ideal (cool and windy) for the best times," said Davis, a former football and track standout at North Medford High. "I'm pretty happy with my times and winning three events. I had it in my head I was going to do that." Davis' winning time in the 400 was a Cascade Conference record, and his winning 1,600-meter relay team also broke the record with a time of 3:19.7. Former South Medford sprint star Eric McKenzie gave Southern Oregon a victory in the 100 in 11.09 seconds and Brian Kurland of the Raiders finished second to keep the points piling up. Davis wasn't the only multiple-event success story in the meet. Nels Hage of the Raiders won the discus with a throw of 149-6 and he took second in the hammer with a personal-best throw of 168-5. His SOU teammate, Bob Metcalf, won with a throw of 175-4. "I was rooting for Bob to win," said Hage. "It was his last home meet, and I wanted him to get a win. "My problem today was that I couldn't stay in the ring," said Hage. "I was close to some good marks, but I couldn't keep my feet in (the ring). I had one throw go around 178 feet, but I barely stepped out." SOU junior thrower Richard Bailey finished first in the shot put (50-2), second in the discus (145-11), and fourth in the hammer (149-10). The Raiders finished 1-2-3-4 (Metcalf, Hage, Justin Bennett and Bailey) in the hammer to stack up 28 points and 1-2-3 in the discus (Hage, Bailey and Metcalf) for 24 more. "We showed some great depth," said SOU coach Dale Fisher. "The men's team stepped up." In the women's meet, SOU's Nicole Irons set a school record in winning the pole vault at 10 feet, 10 inches. She broke her own previous school record of 10-8. "I was jumping real well in practice this week and I was hoping for a jump between 11-1 and 10-10," said Irons. "I'm happy I was able to do what I have been doing in practice." Nicole Robertson of Southern Oregon won the women's discus at 148-1, Rachel Childers of the Raiders finished second at 135-7 and Daisy Hoffert of SOU was third at 125-4. Fisher was named the men's and women's conference coach of the year following the meet. Heather Werth, a four-event winner (100, 200, long jump and triple jump) for Oregon Tech, was named women's athlete of the year. Jason Follett of Eastern Oregon was selected men's athlete of the year. MEN TEAM SCORES -- Southern Oregon 164, Oregon Tech 140, Eastern Oregon 136, Northwest Nazarene 105, Northwest College 48, Cascade College 16. SHOT PUT -- 1, Richard Bailey, SO, 50-2; 2, Jeff Bentley, OIT, 45-7; 3, Justin Bennett, SO, 43-8. DISCUS -- 1, Nels Hage, SO, 149-6; 2, Richard Bailey, SO, 145-11; 3, Robert Metcalf, SO, 132-4. JAVELIN -- 1, Jeff Bentley, OIT, 197-6; 2, Nathan Cummings, NWN, 190-7; 3, James Thomas, NWN, 184-8. HAMMER THROW -- 1, Robert Metcalf, SO, 175-4; 2, Nels Hage, SO, 168-5; 3, Justin Bennett, SO, 159-10. HIGH JUMP -- 1, James Thomas NWN, 6-7; 2, Jason Scrivner, NWN, 6-3; 3, Joe Woodland, EO, 6-1. LONG JUMP -- 1, Jason Follett, EO, 21-11; 2, Anthony Sizer, OIT, 21-10; 3, Travis Herzog, EO, 21-6. TRIPLE JUMP -- 1, James Thomas, NWN, 44-3; 2, Jesse Lee, NWN, 43-8; 3, Jason Follett, EO, 40-5. POLE VAULT -- 1, Jason Follett, EO, 15-3; 2, Brian Quinn, OIT, 14-3; 3, David Phillips, CC, 14-3. 110-METER HURDLES -- 1, Dylan Morss, NWN, 15.69; 2, Jason Follett, EO, 16.06; 3, Joe Shiere, SO, 16.31. 400-METER HURDLES -- 1, Casey Clithero, SO, 56.13; 2, Joe Shiere, SO, 58.02; 3, Leonard Ulrich, EO, 58.76. 100 METERS -- 1, Eric McKenzie, SO, 11.09; 2, Brian Kurland, SO, 11.24; 3, Anthony Sizer, OIT, 11.32. 200 METERS -- 1, Mat Davis, SO, 21.81; 2, Paul Ogawa, OIT, 22.56; 3, Brian Kurland, SO, 23.09. 400 METERS -- 1, Mat Davis, SO, 48.69; 2, Jeremy Klegseth, SO, 50.19; 3, Jake Young, NWN, 51.13. 800 METERS -- 1, Billy Leighty, OIT, 1:52.74; 2, Jim Rosenberg, EO, 1:53.11; 3, Amos Sime, SO, 1:53.16. 1,500 METERS -- 1, Aaron Matthias, NWN, 4:02.06; 2, Brett Long, OIT, 4:05.23; 3, Dave Terry, EO, 4:07.52. 3,000 METERS STEEPLECHASE -- 1, Brett Long, OIT, 9:45.71; 2, Ian Manyfingers, NWN, 10:01.59; 3, Ben Gall, EO, 10:01.61. 5,000 METERS -- 1, Pat McCurry, EO, 15:23.73; 2, Brett Long, OIT, 15:33.47; 3, Phil Olsen, NWN, 15:36.21. 4X100 RELAY -- 1, Oregon Tech, 43.96; 2, Northwest Nazarene, 44.80; 3, Eastern Oregon, 45.06. 4X400 RELAY -- 1, Southern Oregon, 3:19.73; 2, Eastern Oregon, 3:26.21; 3, Oregon Tech, 3:28.16. WOMEN TEAM SCORES -- Southern Oregon 182, Oregon Tech 154, Eastern Oregon 130, Northwest Nazarene 98, Northwest College 50. SHOT PUT -- 1, April Haney, EO, 42-11; 2, Mary Ann McDonald, NWN, 40-2; 3, Leah Merrill, EO, 38-7. DISCUS -- 1, Nicole Robertson, SO, 148-1; 2, Rachael Childers, SO, 135-7; 3, Daisy Hoffert, SO, 125-4. JAVELIN -- 1, Leanna Brown, OIT, 116-10; 2, Nicole Mapston, SO, 113-4; 3, Mellissa Barclay, EO, 112-9. HAMMER THROW -- 1, Leah Merrill, EO, 167-8; 2, April Haney, EO, 157-3; 3, Criss Collier, EO, 138-10. HIGH JUMP -- 1, Stacy Lambert, OIT, 5-1; 2, Trina Ogburn, OIT, 5-1; 3, Karie Allen, OIT, 4-11. LONG JUMP -- 1, Heather Werth, OIT, 18-5; 2, Kena Page, SO, 17-9; 3, Laura Lincoln, SO, 16-9. TRIPLE JUMP -- 1, Heather Werth, OIT, 35-10; 2, Trista Christiansen, EO, 34-7; 3, Kellia Sande, SO, 33-5. POLE VAULT -- 1, Nicole Irons, SO, 10-10; 2, Melissa Mills, SO, 10-6; 3, Megan Cummings, SO, 9-10. 100-METER HURDLES -- 1, Trina Ogburn, OIT, 15.65; 2, Laura Lincoln, SO, 16.25; 3, Lindsy Glaze, NWN, 16.5. 400-METER HURDLES -- 1, Mary Glaze, NWN, 1:06.59; 2, Mindy McGrath, OIT, 1:09.3; 3, Laura Lincoln, SO, 1:09.7. 100 METERS -- 1, Heather Werth, OIT, 12.62; 2, Laura Lincoln, SO, 13.07; 3, Trina Ogburn, OIT, 13.10. 200 METERS -- 1, Heather Werth, OIT, 26.16; 2, Brooke Alexander, EO, 26.81; 3, Heather Esposito, NWN, 27.09. 400 METERS -- 1, Heather Esposito, NWN, 59.86; 2, Brooke Alexander, EO, 1:00.69; 3, Mindy McGrath, OIT, 1:00.76. 800 METERS -- 1, Mindy McGrath, OIT, 2:19.42; 2, Jill Heinz, EO, 2:20.72; 3, Korinda Godwin, NWN, 2:21.62. 1,500 METERS -- 1, Korinda Godwin, NWN, 4:52.6; 2, Alice Woolman, NWN, 4:59.65; 3, Alison Garich, SO, 5:01. 3,000 METERS -- 1, Kim Stone, NWN, 10:40.96; 2, Brandee Shoemaker, OIT, 10:53.71; 3, Shelley Gorin, SO, 10:54.78. 5,000 METERS -- 1, Kim Stone, NWN, 19:32.58; 2, Brandee Shoemaker, OIT, 19:36.82; 3, Katlin Lafferty, EO, 19:41.74. 4X100 RELAY -- 1, Oregon Tech, 52.17; 2, Eastern Oregon, 52.19; 3, Northwest Nazarene, 52.46. 4X400 RELAY -- 1, Northwest Nazarene, 4:10.06; 2, Eastern Oregon, 4:12.71; 3, Southern Oregon, 4:15.30. 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