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Show Daily Utah Chronicle 8 WOMEN'S been unable to live up to the continued from page 5 hype, showing every sign of a team on the decline. Absent an unlikely victory of the MWC title in the conference tournament, BYU will spend this postseason at home. The Utes were also picked to be a highly competitive squad at the outset of the season, but unlike the Y, the U has lived up to the hype. Now standing just one win away from clinching at least a share of the MWC regular-seaso- n title and sporting an RPI in the lower 30s (No. 32 at last count), the Utes are a shoo-i- n for the No. 1 seed in the conference tourney and a lock for an bid to the NCAA Tournament, should the Utes fail to win the automatic bid provided to the MWC Tourney winner. tsmith(Schronicle. utah. edu . In a reversal of roles from the first time the two teams met this year, the Utes took advantage of weak interior defense by the Cougars to find numerous open layups ind rebounds. Little was involved in many of these situations, using her aggressive style of play to overpower the Cougars. "I'm so proud of Mandie. She's a bulldog," Elliott said. "She's never going to quit and she'll take it right at you. She's undersized and outmanned and it doesn't matter." The game marked an intersection of two teams on entirely different paths. Expected at the beginning of the season to be a highly competitive squad, the Cougars have "t'V s' ""' UNIVERSITY UTAH ' I: 1 Smith Sports Writer '", Tye ilT Senior r Nellie Hammons wrapped up one of the most dominant indoor track seasons in the history of the U last weekend with a gold medal in the 800 meter run at the Mountain West Confer- ,i . l ence Championships. In a conference with three squads ranked in the top 15 nationally, Hammons completed an amazing undefeated season in the 800. Results for the rest of the squad were not quite as good, but the women's team did set a school record for total points scored at an indoor conference championship with 67 good enough for a f " , I I . We are seeking healthy women for a research study of an investigational vaccine to prevent genital herpes disease. fifth place overall finish. BYU swept both the men's and women's team titles scoring 223 points, followed by San Diego State (129 points) and Colorado State (103 points). Going into the meet, Utah head coach Lisa Archer was confident that the Utes would set a team record for points, but she was hoping for individual titles in up to four events. With Hammons as the e finisher, a few only Ute hopefuls were left wondering what they could have done better. Senior Katie Decker, who holds the seventh-bes- t high- - 4 HEALTHY WOMEN NEEDED Senior Veronique Leclerc scored her first career 10.0 on the floor exercise at the Huntsman Center Friday night. 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The crowd of 10,257 really Regence BlucCrossBlueShield ofUtah 2004 1, Women set school record at V GENITAL HERPES PREVENTION STUDY THE Monday, March seemed to effect the Aggies on their first event, the bars, but they rebounded nicely and managed their third best score of the year (195.475). It was all Utes Friday night though. Five different gymnasts set single event career highs, including freshman Stephanie Lim, who set two. It was a meet for the Red Rocks to remember and for first-plac- the other gymnastics powerhouses to take note of. "I think it was good for this team to make a statement to others in the country that we haven't gone away, we're going to be a team to contend Be a part-tim- e newswriter. mouellette championships, and with wins in the last two events preceding this year's MWC championships, she was considered one of the favorites to win the event. All in all, the meet was considered by Archer as a success. The Utes had several key performances from some of the younger athletes on. the squad, giving the coaches hope for an even brighter future. "This was one of Utah's strongest showings ever at a conference meet," Archer said. "Some of our most im pressive performances were from young athletes." "With such great young athletes, our team should continue to improve for the future," Archer added. On the men's side, the Utes finished last in a field of six schools. With a highly undermanned staff, the men's team's top accomplishment at the conference championships was senior Nephi Tyler's finish in the run with a time of 4 minutes, 16.54 sec" onds. tsmithchronicle. utah.edu fifth-pla- ce www.dailyuthachronicle. Apply Union with," Marsden said. jump mark in the entire country, finished third, with a jump of 1.7 meters in an event that she had dominated throughout the year. Decker won the high jump at last year's MWC dailyuthachronicle.com-www.dailyuthachronicl- e. 240. chronicle, utah.edu w. 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