Show Student Life Wednesday March 29 1978 Page 15 Bloisdell pulls away from everyone but Utah s Mark Robinson (not in the 200-metdosh Bloisdell placed second in his heat and Kevin third overall pictured) Fieldmen pace USU in outdoor opener by Doug Robinson Sports editor PROVO — Utah State University opened its outdoor track season with a surprising third place finish Saturday at the eight-teaBrigham Young Invitational As has been the practice this Season no official team scores were kept but an unofficial BYU first with 120 points lloowed by Idaho State 52 USU S3 Utah 22 Weber State 22 Ricks 11 and College of Southern Idaho tally-place- ?" Although USU has no high Jumper or pole vaulter the field (events produced a majority of t'SU" s scoring providing 19 of the Ags" points on the strength of three personal best performances Coach Ralph Maughan's expertise in the weight events was evident as 16 of those points came from a youthful core of weight Specialists Under the coaching of Maughan himself a former weight man for USU three newcomers have already-producecareer best performances two of them on Saturday Dan John threw 177 feet 7 inches in the discus for second place five feet farther than his previous best Iast season that throw would have qualified him for the NCAA championships however this season the standard has been raised to 180 feet Freshman Kent Bendixen last year's Utah high school champion in the javelin threw a career best 219 feet 5 inches for another second place Freshman Martino Catalano John and freshman Jack Hark-nes- s finished third fourth and fifth in the hammer to give USU six points Earlier Catalano who came to USU from Toronto C'anda with Darkness specifically to seek out the coaching of Maughan finished fourth in the shot put at 53 feet 42 inches Sophomore Doug Briggs re- - boosts record to 11-- on road trip USU By Dale Bublitz Edde came back without any In winrest to toss a the Ags Edde dominated ning the game striking out seven and giving up only a last inning hit In the nightcap the Ags came back after trailing 2 in the bottom of the seventh to win their tenth straight With one out Pam Duncan singled Sherry- Redwine walked and Rene Iindberg singled to load the bases A Kelley single and a walk to Edde cut the Oregon lead to 54 The Oregon pitcher obviously intimidated by the Aggie outburst walked Jane Cowles and Shirley to force in the tving and winning runs With the confidence of winning in road games in California the Ags now take to the road again this time to face four conference foes They will face New Mexico New Mexico State Arizona and Arizona State before returning one-hitt- The Utah State softball team arrived home fresh from a road trip that extended their winning streak to 10 with double header 12-g- back-to-bac- k sweeps in California Bv taking twinbills from Sacramento State and Oregon the 'Ags exceeded Coach John Hor- an's expectations by coming home with an 1 record Horan before leaving had hoped to come 11-- t home with eight wins On Friday the Ags began their sweep of Sacramento beating them behind Pam Edde’s three hitter Edde did not walk a batter struck out two and had a shutout going into the last inning Only two hits and an infield out surrendered the lone run In the nightcap USU put together an thriller to com1 plete the sweep ace Jerri Ag winning Kelley went the distance to record her sixth win without a loss A great stop of a hot smash by shortstop Pam ®irley late in the game kept USU alive “They refused to lose yen though they were dead tired nine road games” Horan fl 5-- home 230-fo- ot range John has threatened the school record in practice on several occasions one hitting 286 feet five feet short of the school record But no one could have anticipated the kind of performance Bruce Dart produced in the long jump On his first jump of the day he leaped a career best 23 feet 3 ( Intramurals) The first activity for spring quarter will be volleyball There will be competition in men's women's and c leagues Entries for volleyball will be due today with playing beginning by co-re- inches His best this year had been in the range Dart showed consistency too with other jumps of 22-- and 22-- 4 He led throughout most of the competition until BYU’s Swedish 6 import Johan Brink bettered Dart by 2l2 inches Dart returned later in the meet to place fifth in the triple jump which also was won by Brink On a per capita basis USU’s runners did well Injuries illness and bad grades have reduced their numbers The most notable absence was Mike Kelly the school record holder in the steeplechase who missed all of last week with the flu Perhaps the top performances was produced by USU’s mile relay team of Jim Hirchak Doug Robinson Isaish Ugboro and Ke SPECIAL-TONIGHBUCK-NIGH- T — T vin Blaisdell Despite having run together only once during the indoor season they produced a string of fast baton exchanges for second place in a fast time of 3:169 beating Utah and BYU Hirchak still tired from an intermediate hurdles race led off the relay team He put the Aggies in fourth place and left Robinson within striking distance Robinson moved the Aggies to a tie for second place and handed to Ugboro who ran a blistering 477 leg and put USU within striking distance of frontrunning Idaho State Blaisdell however couldn’t quite catch ISU’s anchor man Big Sky Conference 440 champion Jon Austin despite a strong stretch run ISU finished seven-tentof a second ahead of (Continued on page 16) AND THURSDAY ALL SEATS $100 April Softball is the second big activity to be played spring The leagues will also include men’s In addition women’s and c the teams will be classified as an "A" team which will compete for the championship or a "B” team which will compete in league play only All teams will classify their own teams Entries for softball will be due April 4 Swimming will begin the middles of next week Track and field will also be during spring Entries for Track and Field are due May 5 These are some great activities so get your teams together and participate co-re- 1 ! bounding from a broken toe finished sixth in the shot put Bendixen from Skyline High School in Salt Iake and John a junior college transfer were expected to break their own records and place high in the meet In practice Bendixen had consistently thrown in the CTfPG UTAH DONE AT SPECIAL RATES Evon if you or 7:30 9:20 m TAX TIME 1040A 1040 STUDENT RETURNS ENDS — THURSDAY TIMES U' ftnr Arf WED & THURS: FRI & SAT: 7 & 7:30 9:00 not roquirod to filo you may bo ollglbla to rocoivo a tor rotund taxos withhold Dono in your homo Call 563-342- 2 5-- 4 said I Against Oregon in the opener At Batts Tonja 55 nor HAIR mon logon DESIGNERS Utah EMPORIUM — Rif tty Phone: 752 5310 t ©ME” |