Track and Field
The track and field program has a competitive history. The men's and women's teams have finished in the top three on 14 occasions in the past 18 years. Clackamas athletes do well at CCC and beyond. Clackamas has strong academic programs. There are more than 140 majors. We also have an athletic academic advisor to help student-athletes stay on track with their academic plans.
Clackamas track has had three valedictorians in the last three years as well as many athletes who graduated high school with 3.8 GPA and above. We have a strong medical staff with an athletic trainer and team doctor to keep the athletes healthy. We compete against four-year programs on a regular basis. The coaching staff believes that every action is circular. Positive behaviors create other positive behaviors, which leads to strong performances.
If you're interested in joining track and field, contact Coach Keoni McHone at 503-594- 3273 or keonim@clackamas.edu.
2018 Media Guide
Track and Field Coaching Staff
Keoni McHone
503-594- 3273 | keonim@clackamas.edu
Coach McHone is the head track and field coach/ director of cross country at CCC. He spent six years as the head cross country coach and seven years as an assistant track and field coach before becoming the head track and field coach.
Since McHone took over as the head track and field coach, he has built the team roster from 35 to 80 athletes. McHone was voted the Southern Region Coach of the Year for 2011. He has had 145 NWAC All-American performances while the head track and field coach. He personally coached or was the head coach for 124 of the current outdoor top-10 all-time performances and 43 of the indoor top-five all-time performances. He personally coached or was the head coach for 11 of the current outdoor school records and 11 of the indoor school records. Forty-three NWAC Champions have competed for Clackamas since he has been the head coach. He personally coached the NWAC Championship meet record holders in the women's 200m and men's hammer as well as the former meet record holder in the men's discus. His teams continually finish in the top three at the newly named NWAC conference championships.
McHone coached two women's NWAC Championship teams during the six years he was the head cross country coach. His 2004 program earned the Co-ed Combined Team title at the NWAC Championships. His men's teams finished second or third at the NWAC Championships for five straight years. There were three individual NWAC Champions and 18 All-American performances by his athletes. He personally coached nine athletes onto the Clackamas Cross Country Top 20 list, which includes both current record holders. McHone was voted NWAC Women's Coach of the Year in 2001 and 2004 as well as a six-time Southern Region Cross Country Coach of the Year.
McHone was a sprinter at Western Oregon State College (now Western Oregon University), where he was an All-American in the 4 x100m relay. He was a four-time conference champion in the 4x100m relay and won both relays - 100m and 200m - at the Cascade Conference Championships. McHone ran 11.51 in the 100m and 23.50 in the 200m at age 35. He is currently a Class II short track mountain bike racer. He earned his master's degree at age 23, where he did his thesis on Unilateral Versus Bilateral Squat Training Effects on Squat Strength, Countermovement Jumps and Sprinting.
Danny Barley
Coach Barley is entering his eighth year at Clackamas with 13 years of collegiate coaching experience. He is a certified USATF Level One and NWAC coach. He has coached five NWAC champions and four community college school record holders. He has had different women throw 163' 1" in the hammer, 144' 9" in the javelin and 140' 10" in the discus. Barley's efforts have resulted in 34 NWAC All-Americans as well as on four occasions his athletes scored more than 50 points at the NWAC Championships.
On a personal competition level, Barley is the school record holder in the hammer throw at Linn-Benton Community College and was an NAIA All-American in the hammer and weight throw while at Western Oregon University. He has a personal best of 204' 0" in the hammer.
Barley is currently a math instructor at Chemeketa Community College and has taught classes at CCC as well.
Coaching: CCC 2007-present; Chemeketa CC 1998,2003; Linn-Benton CC 1999-2002
NWAC Champions under Barley:
- Katie Higgins - Discus 2011, hammer 2011, 2012 (Clackamas School record 160-2)
- Heather Carpenter - Hammer 2000, 163-1 (NWAC record at the time)
- Jennifer Dionne - Javelin 2002 (LBCC school record 144-9)
- Teanna Andreef - Discus 2003 (Chemeketa school record 140-10)
- David Gregory - Hammer 1998
Tiana Setser
Coach Setser is in her third year coaching at Clackamas. She coached arguably the best women's junior college long jump/triple jump/high jump crew in the country with five women triple jumping 38' 4"-35' 4" and long jumping 19' 4"-16' 4". Her top high jumper went 5'7¼". These were all significant improvements from their high school marks.
Her jumpers set four new school records indoor and outdoor in the 2014 season. In her first year with the Cougars, she led the men's triple jump crew to a 1-2- 3 sweep at the NWAACC Championship. Her jumpers each improved by more than 2 feet from their previous bests to marks to 47'8", 47'2" and 45'10". She also had three women jump over 36' in the triple jump and over 17' in the long jump.
Previously, Setser coached high school for eight years, most recently at Parkrose High School. She competed for the University of Oregon after starting her career at CCC, where she was the school record holder in the triple jump until she coached Jordyn Searle to 38'4". Setser has a strong background in the jumps as a coach and has passion for the sport. She was highly successful as an athlete being highly competitive in high jump, long jump, pole vault and triple jump.
Casey Kauffman
Coach Kauffman is a Clackamas school record holder with a throw of 237'7", which ranked him in the top 25 in the country that year for all levels. He has close to 10 years of javelin coaching experience and has been mentored by Gary Reddaway, who is considered one of the gurus of the javelin across the country.
Kauffman spent some years coaching multiple events in his coaching stint at West Linn High School.