Sports

Varsity track doesn’t stand up to competition at Lakeridge

Christian Marvin
May 13, 2013

The West Linn varsity track team visited Lakeridge High School Wednesday, May 8 to compete against Clackamas, Grant and Lakeridge. The boys team finished last, while the girls team finished third, ahead of Grant.

The team earned ten top three event finishes including West Linn’s only first place performance of the meet by Connor Cushman, senior, in the 3000 meter run. Cushman completed the race with a time of 9:23.73.

Along with Cushman, West Linn had many strong performances on the track. The girls had of the two top three finishes in the 400 with by Cara Boucher, senior, and Juliana Guthner, freshman, placing second and third respectively. They finished with times of 58.05 and 1:00.14. The boys team also had a second place finisher in the 3000 meter with Grayson Ollar, freshman, who finished in 9:26.56, 2.83 seconds behind Cushman.

The team was also successful in relay events. One of the boys relay teams (Kurt Moon, sophomore, Tristan Stallcup, sophomore, Lucas Evans, sophomore, and Mason Craig, freshman) finished second in the 4×100 relay with a time of 44.77. The girls team had two relay teams finish second in their events. The relay team finished the 4×100 with a time of 50.04. Their second relay team (Juliana Guthner, freshman, Kerry Plunkett, freshman, Isabella Reicher, freshman, and Boucher) finished the 4×400 with a time of 4:03.72.

The boys team contributed one more top three finish in discus, where Gavin Anderson, junior, threw for 119’07”. Julia Boyd-Helm, senior, finished third in shot put and from Emily Hamel, freshman, was third in the pole vault. Boyd-Helm threw for 26’9.5”, and Hamel vaulted for 8’6”.

The track team’s next meet will be in the Three Rivers League Championships at Oregon City, May 16.

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Christian Marvin, Athletics Co-Editor

He aims, he shoots, he scores – basketball is one of many activities that Christian Marvin, junior and Athletics Editor, has an affinity for. In fact, a life full of friends, church and sports is one that he leads daily. With his hands full of engaging activities, in and out of school, Marvin looks forward to an exciting year.

This school year, Marvin has a full schedule on his hands. Physics is his favorite class because it is less rigorous than a handful of his other AP and Honors classes. He enjoys being on Amplifier because he “likes to write and there’s always something to do”.

Though he does not know exactly what path to take in the future, he does know that he wants to try his best in high school and start from there.

“I’m really want to get good grades this year, especially because I’m taking some hard classes,” Marvin said. “I also want to be more involved in service projects too.” At home, Marvin prefers to eat, relax and then do homework. He and his sister have two fish: Marvin’s is Flo, and his sister’s is King Triton. Despite his busy schedule, Marvin always finds time to spend for himself and with his family. Marvin enjoys eating chicken alfredo and drinking root beer and Dr. Pepper as well.

Out of school and home, Marvin is an avid participator in his church. Every Sunday, he teaches kindergarten at church, and attends youth group every Wednesday. In addition, Marvin also goes to Night Strike, a program in which he feeds homeless in downtown Portland.

“I like getting to play with the kids and teaching them,” Marvin said. “The kids are really fun and I like getting to know them.”

As for the sports aspect of his life, Marvin plays basketball. He prefers not to play on a school basketball team, but rather plays for enjoyment. Marvin’s specialty is shooting half-court shots and dunking on a ten foot net. He enjoys playing with friends because it is more fun, and there is a friendly competition.

Marvin hopes to complete his junior year and enjoy his last year in high school. He believes that can get through his high school life with the help of his family and friends. In all aspects of his life, he hopes to be successful and take the next step of his life.