FINAL RESULTS

KLAMATH FALLS – Southern Oregon closed out the 2012 Cascade Collegiate Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships with two more individual championships and an overall second place finish for the men's team Saturday afternoon at Oregon Tech's John F. Moehl Stadium.

The SOU men's team finished second in the team rankings as Concordia earned its seventh consecutive championship. Concordia picked up 237 points, with SOU following at 181 and College of Idaho placing third with 121.5. The Cavaliers also took the team title on the women's side, picking up 228 points to outpace College of Idaho (164.5) and Eastern Oregon (131.5). The Southern Oregon women placed fifth in the team rankings with 66 points.

“Everyone competed very hard, and we had season bests for both the men and the women,” SOU head coach Grier Gatlin said. “We won all but one of the distance races over the weekend on the men's side, but we just didn't have the depth to pull out the team title despite all of our great performances.”

Jonz Olander (Grants Pass, Ore./Grants Pass) picked up his second individual championship of the meet, following up his meet record in Friday's 400-meter race with a title in the 200-meter dash. Olander finished the race in 22.12 to beat out teammate Beau Bridge (Placerville, Calif./Union Mine) (second, 22.37) and was named the men's Track Athlete of the Meet.

“Jonz had an amazing weekend,” Gatlin said. “He's a great athlete and teammate.”

Matt Battaglia (Salinas, Calif./Salinas) clinched the title in the 800-meter run, finishing the race in 1:55.08. Max Perry (Florence, Ore./Siuslaw) earned an NAIA automatic qualifier in the shot put, placing second with a career-best throw of 58-2. The men's 4x400 relay team improved on its NAIA auto qualifying time with a second-place finish at 3:15.12, the second-fastest time in SOU history.

Seena Frantz (Ashland, Ore./Ashland) and Alexandra Rudd (North Bend, Wash./Mount Si) finished second and third in the women's 5000-meter, and the women's 4x400 relay team finished second. Mikayla Garrard (Klamath Falls, Ore./Mazama) placed third in the 200-meter dash and Amelia Maguin (Fernley, Nev./Fernley) finished third in the 400-meter hurdles as both earned all-conference honors.

James Johnstone (Lake Arrowhead, Calif./Rim of the World) and Eric Avila (Chula Vista, Calif./Bonita Vista) placed second and third in the men's 5000-meter run to give the Raiders 12 all-conference performances Saturday. For the weekend, Southern Oregon earned nine individual championships and 24 total all-conference performances.

Southern Oregon will return to action in two weeks when the Raiders travel to Marion, Ind., for the NAIA National Championships.

Day Three SOU Results:

Women 200 Meter Dash
3. Mikayla Garrard (Klamath Falls, Ore./Mazama), 25.91

Women 5000 Meter Run
2. Seena Frantz (Ashland, Ore./Ashland), 18:42.42
3. Alexandra Rudd (North Bend, Wash./Mount Si), 18:50.55

Women 400 Meter Hurdles
3. Amelia Maguin (Fernley, Nev./Fernley), 1:04.35

Women 4x400 Meter Relay
2. Southern Oregon (Maguin, Rozario, Cahee, Garrard), 3:57.31

Men 200 Meter Dash
1. Jonz Olander (Grants Pass, Ore./Grants Pass), 22.12
2. Beau Bridge (Placerville, Calif./Union Mine), 22.37
13. Brandon Ritchie (Grants Pass, Ore./Grants Pass), 22.84
19. Nick Perrino (Reno, Nev./McQueen), 23.15
21. Sullivan Stevens (Sparks, Nev./Spanish Springs), 23.26

Men 800 Meter Run
1. Matt Battaglia (Salinas, Calif./Salinas), 1:55.08
7. Chase Bussing (Longview, Wash./Mark Morris), 1:56.94
9. Jared Hixon (Palmdale, Calif./Palmdale), 1:58.82

Men 5000 Meter Run
2. James Johnstone (Lake Arrowhead, Calif./Rim of the World), 15:28.79
3. Eric Avila (Chula Vista, Calif./Bonita Vista), 15:33.69
6. Scott McIntyre (Redding, Calif./Ponderosa), 15:46.82
9. Tyler Van Dyke, 15:58.16
12. Eric Ghelfi (Redding, Calif./Redding Adventist Academy), 16:10.21
13. Brett Hornig (Pleasanton, Calif./Amador Valley), 16:20.16
14. Ian Burgess (Portland, Ore./Franklin), 16:28.07
17. Trevor Lynn (Dana Point, Calif./Dana Hills), 17:01.02

Men 4x400 Meter Relay
2. Southern Oregon (Perrino, Bussing, Bridge, Olander), 3:15.12

Men Shot Put
2. Max Perry (Florence, Ore./Siuslaw), 17.74m (58-2)
7. Michael Ruppert (Winston, Ore./Douglas), 14.26m (46-9)
12. Tyler Tompkins (Adams, Ore./Weston Mcewen), 12.17m (39-11)

Women's Team Rankings:
1. Concordia (Ore.), 228
2. College of Idaho, 164.5
3. Eastern Oregon, 131.5
4. Corban, 85
5. Southern Oregon, 66
6. Warner Pacific, 58
7. Northwest Christian, 43
8. Northwest, 21
9. Oregon Tech, 20

Men's Team Rankings:
1. Concordia (Ore.), 237
2. Southern Oregon, 181
3. College of Idaho, 121.5
4. Eastern Oregon, 108
5. Warner Pacific, 60.5
6. Corban, 58
7. Oregon Tech, 28
8. Northwest, 17
9. Northwest Christian, 5