The Daily Utah Chronicle ttS tfldttBM gp Tuesday, Janua r y 1 4, 2 0 0 3 ers Mo ve U p a Spot in Final Day TRENT TOONE Chronicle Sports Writer 1 V for most of After playing catch-u- p the weekend, the U ski team got a lift from the men's and women's cross country squads Monday to finish Winter second in the Alaska-Utaand held Park Soldier at Games, City Hollow. The Utes finished second after Monday's classical cross country discipline, with a score of 545 points, behind only New Mexico's 561. In doing so, Utah topped rivals Colorado and Denver University, as the two schools ended the day in third and fourth, respectively. After that came Nevada, Western State, Whitman and Montana State. "This was an outstanding day," U coach Kevin Sweeney said. "I'm ecstatic with our performance today. Our team is really working together, especially in today's mass start race. We skied very solid and I'm pleased with our results." h Alaska-Anchorag- Utes placed in the top five. Freshman Jess Kiescl and senior Torin Koos scorched the competition to earn the second and third-plac- e spots. TeamZach Simons to the score added mate by skiing into the fifth position. The skiers' efforts contributed 83 points toward the U's final score, as a team's top three qualifiers make up for a team total, with 30 points awarded for first place. je The Utes finished second in the -- v, - ' temriwhi j. w I - S i ifilTirniiiiirin iftmliiiftm Tm Alaska-Uta- Following Utah in this event were Anchorage and New Mexico. The women also performed well, as they notched a second-plac- e finish in the 10 km classical. The Utes were led by Katrin Smigun, who posted a first-plac- finish with a time of e Teammate Sara Svendsen, who didn't compete the first day due to an illness, returned to ski to a 36:56.3. Editor OK for Coors Light commercials. On the surface, they seem like the typical, thoughtless testosterone-floode- d spot, complete with unnecessary cleavage shots, flashes of touchdowns and a guy having a blast because he's holding a Coors. That doesn't bother me. That's a constant in beer ads. It's the way they do it. When I see Coors or Coors Light commercials, I want to be shown the way to the country club, because don't want to like football. Their latest release a rockin' ren- see BRUNNER, page 8 sixth-plac- e finish. respectable came Barbro Hatlevik Sophomore finish with to an nth away place out scorers. the three round Fellow Utes Anna Sprague and Ashley McQueen also ended up 12th and 21st, respectively. With their placement, the U women added an additional 75 points (30, 25 and 20 points) to the U's final total. New All five Red Hawks' starters average in double figures in points. Six-foot- Utah hosts its final tune-u- p tonight before jumping into its Mountain West Conference opener this weekend at San Diego State. The Utes host Division-Il- l Ripon College (9-- at 7 p.m. in the Huntsman Center. The Utes have met Ripon located in Wisconsin with a school enrollment of 975 students once before. In 1999, the Utes handed a 9 beating to the Red Hawks at the Huntsman Center. The reason the Utes scheduled the game is because coach Rick Majerus is friends with Ripon coach Bob Gillespie. Majerus has tried, though unsuccessfully, to hire Gillespie onto the U staff on two separate occasions. Gillespie owns a career record of 5 in 23 seasons at Ripon. The Red Hawks began the 2002-0- 3 season with nine straight wins before 4 losing to Lawrence University at home on Jan. n. The Red Hawks average 78.1 points per game to opponents' 64.2. 3) 74-4- 388-14- 79-6- WOMEN'S HOOPS Utah Ripon vs Utah 3) (9-1- ) 114 at 7 p.m. Huntsman Center - (io-3- ) oo-3- ) Wyoming 116 at 7 p.m. Huntsman Center CHRONICLE SPORTS EDITOR f see SKIING, page 8 see ACADEMICS, page 8 Winter Games Invitational, a meet which they h few co-host- ed with & k: 771 MEN'S HOOPS (11-- Mexico won the event, while Colorado finished third. Sweeney credited team unity as a main ingredient for the success. "It was great to have our skiers perform so well in the classical," he said. "I think we raced exceptionally well and we are coming together Ski coach Kevin Sweeney had similar feelings. "It's exciting for me to see how serious my athletes are taking academics," he said. Fourteen players from the baseball team made it on the fall honor roll which requires a 3.0 GPA and four made the dean's list. Jake Basham, Eric Chevalier, Tyler Kmetko and Jake Waldram made the dean's list, while Matt Anderson, Mike Basham, Matt Ciaramella, T.R. Gour-leRyan Khoury, Derek Larsen, Doug Mackay, Jason Price, Nate Schlieman and Cort Wilson made it on the honor roll. For the ski team, 17 athletes made the honor roll, including seven dean's list honorees. Zack Simons, Tony Bozzio and ' to-dea- 1:1 1 'It' -5 sophomore forward Scott Landisch leads the team in both points (15. 1) and rebounds (7.1). Guard Josh Glocke averages 14.5 forpoints per game, while ward Nick Butrym averages 11.2 points and 6.5 rebounds per game. One obstacle Ripon will have with is Utah's size advantage. iv - 1 .A X MX l if if Utah vs Ripon Tonight 7 p.m., Huntsman Center The Red Hawks have no player while the Utes taller than have four players over r Regardless of the size factor, the Utes aren't looking past the Division-Ill school. "Ripon is going to play us very hard. If we let our guard down, they can beat us," said junior shooting guard Nick Jacobson, who leads the see MEN'S HOOPS, page 8 CI vs a ml ost 1) If jg tan to t mminoe onierence (11-- there is anything that could rival sheer stupidity of the theater release of Kangaroo of or the guy who put his wife Jack, and kids up for bid on eBay, it's advertising executives who give the s tTjt j Chronicle Sports Editor Chronicle Sports It y, RORY t i. i' tive programs. "It's always exciting to see the strong commitment our students have toward academics," baseball coach Tim Esmay said. "Success in the classroom has a strong correlation to success on the field. It's something we take very seriously." W RORY BRUNNER The fall academic honor roll came out for both the baseball and skiing teams and both coaches were ecstatic about the number of athletes who made the honor rolls for their respec- 0 Here's to Better TTTj Li Coors Football Ad Campaigns BRUNNER f" - e, The men's cross country team recorded another first place performance in the 15 km classical, as three ASAD KUDIYA Chronicle Asst. Sports Editor 3 & Baseball Players, Skiers Make Fall Honor Rolls t ' SWIMMING at Utah Colorado State 116 at 5 p.m. Ft. Collins. Colo. RORY BRUNNER .1? k - IHi: fit i Starter Britton Johnsen will play sparsely against Division-I- ll Ripon. sti GYMNASTICS vs Utah BYU (0-1- ) (0-0- ) MEN'S HOOPS at Utah SDSU 117 at 7 p.m. 3) (10-4- ) 118 at 1 p.m. San Diego, Calif. Huntsman Center RBRUNNERCHRONICLE.UTAH.EDU (11-- 581 - 6397