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november 14, 2013
Mens crosscountry plays spoiler The underdog Titans fell just short of winning their first NWAAC title since 1985 jarrid denney // SPORTS EDITOR After a disappointing finish at the South Region Championships, the Lane men’s cross-country team had a shot at redemption at the Nov. 9 NWAACC championships in Battleground, Wash. They took full advantage. In one of the closest NWAACC championship races in recent memory, Lane finished second with 52 points, just two points behind champion Everett Community College. “Coming into this meet, we knew that nobody believed in us, but we believed in ourselves and that was the biggest thing,” Lane freshman Jonathan Cornish said. “I was so confident in our guys coming in. I knew that we could upset some teams.” Cornish paced the Titans, finishing third with a time of 24:23,
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matt edwards // photographer During the Nov. 9 NWAACC Championships, Lane men took second as a team while the women took third.
and was followed by freshmen Eduardo Juarez, who finished fifth in 24:39, and David Cornish, who was eighth with a time of 24:57. Jonathan Cornish and Juarez borth earned All-American honors for the titans. “I’m pretty proud of these guys. I thought we were looking at third place — maybe even fourth,” Titans head coach Mike Blackmore said. “I still had some apprehensions about the back of our pack, but they got it done today and
Jonathan Cornish finished third for the Titans with a time of 24:23.
“Coming into this meet, we knew that nobody believed in us, but we believed in ourselves and that was the biggest thing.” — Jonathan Cornish Lane freshman obviously our front three raced awesome.” Freshmen Matt Campbell and Efrain Jaime Ramos ran their strongest races of the season for Lane, finishing 15th and 21st with times of 25:22 and 25:38, respectively, to round out the Titans’ top five. “It was eye-opening because I haven’t done that well in a race this year,” Campbell said. “My pacing was little better today. I didn’t go out as fast at the start, and I just started moving up as the race went on.” Campbell and Jaime Ramos both made late surges to pick up crucial points for the Titans, while Jonathan
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EU G ENE , ORE G ON Cornish, David Cornish and Juarez spent the entire race battling Daniel Schofield of Spokane and Jorge Gil-Juarez of Clackamas at the front of the pack. Schofield was crowned champion after running a time of 24:20, finishing just inches ahead of Gil Juarez, who dove across the line in a last-gasp attempt to gain position. “Jonathan tried to steal an individual championship and he came up short by two guys who were just a little better today, and Eduardo and David just ran great races,” Blackmore said. Clackamas was considered by Blackmore to be the race favorite heading into meet, but the Cougars finished third with 69 points, due in part to disappointing finishes by sophomore Badane Sultessa, the South Region’s individual champion, and sophomore Jackson Baker. “Clackamas just tore us up two weeks ago at (regional championships), but I had a feeling that that might have been their championship race,” Blackmore said. With the 2013 season in the books, Lane now has its eyes set on next year’s NWAACC crown. The Titans expect to return their entire team for next season, and will also benefit from the return of redshirt-freshman Javier Velasco, who spent the 2013 season recovering from a knee injury. “Next year is gonna be really good for us I think,” Campbell said. “Honestly, the sky’s the limit for us next year.”
Eduardo Juarez finished fifth for the Titans with a time of 24:39.
OSPIRG, Lane Transit team up to raise recycling awareness WOLFGANG wool // REPORTER
taya alami // reporter Student activists hope artistic recycling bins like this one on the east side of Downtown Eugene Lane Transit District station will encourage more commuters to recycle.
Lane Transit District and Oregon Students Public Interest Research Group are teaming up for a campaign promoting recycling awareness initiative at LTD bus stops in Eugene. The joint effort between LTD and OSPIRG began Nov. 9, with students collecting pledges and giving away energy-saving lightbulbs and reusable grocery bags at Eugene’s Saturday Market. The campaign plans to canvas at Lane’s main campus, the Saturday Market and other local venues for pledges to commit to recycling, said Sharlita Holmes, campaign coordinator for Ride with Recycling and OSPIRG chapter vice chair. The initiative also plans to hold an art contest open to the public focused on images to promote the
need for recycling. The contest will offer between one and three local artists the chance to have their work showcased on LTD buses advertising space appraised at approximately $6,000. “So basically, we’re going to have people submit their art that somewhat embodies recycling,” Holmes said. The campaign art contest will be accepting entries until Dec. 1. “When winter term starts they’ll have it on the side of two buses, inside every bus and on future posters for our campaign,” Holmes said. The final phase of the campaign is a Nov. 23 bicycle ride from the Downtown Eugene LTD Station to the University of Oregon campus and back, culminating in a trash audit to show the community what it throws away, Holmes said.
OSPIRG has performed two prior trash audits on campus, which brought gaps in waste renewal efforts to their attention. This will be its first off-campus audit. “Even at Lane, a very progressive and on-it school, we still have a lot of room to grow,” OSPIRG organizer Alicia Bissonette said. Holmes said she doesn’t think students are aware that a portion of their waste can be used to make compost. “We’re trying to get recycling at their busiest bus stops,” Holmes said. “We want the community to see how much they throw away that doesn’t need to be thrown away.” OSPIRG Campus Organizer Darlene Azarmi said the campaign was written and voted on in May, negotiated over the summer and implemented in August.