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Show The Thunderbird Monday May 5, 1986 Page 9 o Cowgirls take second; Gedge is first in barrels Lot of hard luck characterizes rest of squad Candy Gedge raced to a first place finish in the barrel racing to help the SUSC womens team capture second place at the KIRA rodeo hosted by the Gedge finished the run in 17.29 seconds in the finals for first place Saturday night. Weber State College won the womens team honors and the College of Southern Idaho won the mens. SUSC Adviser Chris Gale called the Gedge finish Awesome. Thats the first time this season that weve won the barrels, Gale said. The rest of the cowboys and cowgirls finished the two dav rodeo with a lot of hard luck, Gale said. He added that it is difficult to produce a show then compete in it too. He said even though the SUSC women placed second at the home show they are still in first place in the Rocky Mountain Region, with Darla Hunt holding on to second place in the goat tying. Gary Bulloch, unable to place in this rodeo, is second in the region in the bullriding and is ranked 15th nationally. The hope to send both teams to the national finals in June. Saturday night Betty Jo Christensen finished the goat tying w'ith an average of 19.4 to take the second place money. Betsey Whipple also finished in the top 10 in goat tying and Terry Boren was in the top 10 in the barrels. In the mens, Dirk Ballard was the only one to finish in the money, drawing an average of 133 for third in the bareback bronc riding. Brock Andrus, in the calf roping, finished in the top 10. The SUSC Rodeo featured the stock of D.A. Swanney Kirby, one of the best stock contractors in the business. Gale said SUSC likes the Kirby stock because it brings out the best in each one of them. The teams travel to Weber State Friday. WSC will be using the Kirby stock. Dick Ladd is hanging on to 66 for the money in the rodeo Saturday. Ladd was no match for the bull this time. That seemed to be the case for most of the SUSC cowboys and cowgirls for the weekend. Adviser Chris Gale said that several of the just do not do well at home. Fisher wins the 3000 and 5000 meters for 2nd time The SUSC womens track and field team has three 1986 champions and a fourth place finish in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Track Championships with 30 points. The mens team captured 13 points and placed fifth in the meet. Jolene Fisher, Jill Reynolds, and Lori Hess took the first place ribbons in four events for the women. Fisher repeated as the champion in the 3000 with a time of 10:52.63 and ran well for a first in the 5000 meters. Reynolds threw the javelin 130-- 9 for a first place and Lori Hess took first in the high jump at Reynolds tossed the shotput 41-- 1 1 :2 for a second, but the toss was Reynolds personal best. Hess took a fifth in the 100 meters at 13:90. Jackie Gengler finished fifth in the 5000 at 18:02.19. In the 800 meters Nancy Colemans 2:36.54 earned the fifth place ribbon. For the mens team Gary Alger, Brett Enser, Boyd Wittwer, John White, took 5-- fourth in the 4 X 400 at 3:35.58. Wittwer took a fourth place ribbon in the 110 meter hurdles at 15.61. In the 5000 meter Tim Pilling came in fifth at 15:38.71. Nick Bartletts personal high of 8 in the high jump was good for a fourth place ribbon. Jim Crane tossed the shotput 46-- 1 1A for fourth place. Western State College women captured first, Adams State finished second, and Southern Colorado ended thirds. Colorado School of Mines ended in fifth behind the The Adams State men lead the pack, Western State finished second, Colorado School of Mines was third, Southern Colorado placed fourth in the championship meet. will now prepare for the The national meet on May 22 in Russelville, Arkansas. Davidson said that Tim Pilling, Jolene Fisher, and Jill Reynolds are the most likely to be invited tn the nationals because of their performances throughout the season. 6-- Golfers tie for third place Brett Wilkinson led the SUSC golfers to a third place tie with Western State at the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Tournament in Golden, Colorado recently. Wilkinson shot a 227 and was named to to lead the the team finishing second in scoring. C For the rest of the team Richard Shipp added 235, Bill Mees hit 237, Brad Nelson shot 244 and Brandon Long finished with 249. will host the NAIA The District Seven tournament in Bountiful on May 12 and 13. Softballers win district T-Bir- ds The SUSC softball team downed New Mexico Highlands University 0 Tuesday to capture its second NAIA District Seven title in three years. Seven were named to the District Seven team and Coach Joy Peterson was named Coach of the Year. In the championship game Jill until the Jacobsen had a seventh inning, SUSC hung on to blank Highlands. After downing Metro State 2 in 10 innings on Monday the shutout Highlands Jacobsen combined with Donna Pay for the shutout. Jacobsen, the winner in all three tournament games, is 13-- 7 on the year and has not allowed an earned run in her last five games. Peterson said the are peaking at the right time. The team goal is to go to the national tournament and SUSC face might be on its way. The the District Three winner in a best of three series, the winner goes to the finals in San Antonio, Texas. The bidistrict series, being played on the Thunderbird softball diamond Friday and Saturday, opens Friday at 10:30 a.m. and continues at 12:30 p.m. Jacobsen was voted to the team along with teammates, catcher Nan Spiers, shortstop Denise Muir, third baseman Staci Sargent, outfielders Meridee Syme and Jana Crawford, and designated hitter Shellie Spencer. After playing five games in four days the 1986 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Champions split a four game home stand with nationally ranked Grand Canyon College. The RMAC champions and 0 in downed the Antelopes the second game of double headers on Tuesday and Wednesday. Grand Canyon won the first game both days 10-- and After falling 10-- 1 in the first game the backed up the pitching of Kerry Bray for the 0 win. Bray was pitching on only one days rest. Bray pitched a complete game and worked five strong innings during the RMAC title game. The win over the Antelopes gives Bray seven wins on the season, a new school record. Bray and two of his teammates established the previous record at six wins. In the final game of the series spot starter Brent Cline pitched a two hitter and Jay Homstead hit a grand slam in the fifth inning to blow the game wide open. With J.R. Richardson on third, Mick Spilker on second and Jim Kotkas on first, Holmstead hit a two- - out round the win. tripper that gave the After playing nine games in 1 1 days SUSC will work out preparing for District Playoffs. SUSC is seeded number two behind Grand Canyon. 6-- no-hitt- er 3-- 6-- split four games 2-- 0 2 2-- 8-- |