The Jesuit girls high school cross country team from Portland will be going for their 9th-straight big-school Oregon state championship this year and they spent the past week training in Central Oregon. I caught up with (they weren’t running at the time – otherwise I wouldn’t have caught up with them) seniors to be Annamarie Maag, Payton Schutte and Shannon Mahoney while they were in C.O.
Maag is the two-time defending Class 6A state champion and her teammate Schutte is the second-fastest XC runner in the entire state. Mahoney is the 5th fastest senior in 6A based on last year’s state meet. While they were here the girls and their Jesuit teammates enjoyed runs on the Deschutes river trail, a loop through Drake Park, a hike up Smith Rock and lots of other C.O. activities including floating the river.
“It’s nice to switch it up and do something different,” said Schutte, who noted that they log a lot of miles running in the same places in the Portland area.
Jesuit, under coach Tom Rothenberger, has its sites set on more than just another state title. They will be looking for big post-state success, including a strong showing at the Nike Team Nationals at Portland Meadows racetrack. Expect another monster year from the Crusaders!
Fresh off of leading Jefferson to a third-straight state basketball title, by beating Mountain View in the Class 5A final, Terrence Jones was named to the Nike Hoops Summit team.2010 Nike Hoop Summit — Just The Facts
Awesome and inspiring Nike commercial with the lyrics, “Everybody gets knocked down, how quick are you gonna get up?” The song is “All In The Jungle” by Hours.
Bend’s Max King took 11th at the USATF Cross Country National Championships on Saturday in Spokane, Washington.
Danthan Ritzenhein of team Nike won the 12K race with a time of 34 minutes, 34 seconds. King clocked in @ 35:58.
Shalane Flanagan of Nike won the women’s 8K with a time of 25:10.
800-meter specialist Emily McMahon, a Mountain View graduate, was 46th in the women’s 8K (31:00).
BEAVERTON —The Oregon Sports Awards, an annual show honoring the state’s best performers and performances, will return to the Nike World Campus on Sunday, Jan. 31. The two-hour event, which begins at 7 p.m. in the Tiger Woods Center, salutes the state’s top athletes, coaches, teams and more for their efforts in 2009 or lifetime achievements. Winners will be announced in 16 categories. A total of 80 finalists and winners were chosen by a statewide panel.
Among the major categories: the Bill Hayward Amateur Athletes of the Year (male and female), the Harry Glickman Professional Athletes of the Year (male and female) and the Slats Gill Sportsperson of the Year.
The Johnny Carpenter Prep Athletes of the Year category has doubled in size, as separate awards will be presented to athletes from the larger and smaller classifications. Eight boys and eight girls from both Class 6A-5A and Class 4A-3A-2A-1A have been selected as finalists.
