OCR Text |
Show !PAGE 18 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SPORTS t t I \t 11111 ,,,1in. t t•dc11 e ii, -.. ,11t a,t ,1,1 I t , ,u WEDNESDAY, AUGUST lS, 1999 Junior runner Curtis Moore runs hard in a meet last year at Stanford_ He returns this year as the defendmg Mid-Continent Conference champion. ~ He's expected to vi help the ~ men's team in its effort to > ~ 'three-peat. \U I SEE US FOR A LL YO UR M USIC NEEDS • PERSONALITY FOLIOS • -SHEET MUSIC • LESSON BOOKS - Piano, Vocal and Guitar ! a WE HAVE: ~ X-country ready to run • GUITAR ACCESSORIES • TAMA, PEARL, CB, AND CMC BY TYLER JOHNSON JOURNAL STAFF WRITER DRUM SETS AVAILABLE • FENDER GUITAR AMPS BEST SELECTION OF GUITARS IN SOUTHERN UTAH • FENDER • IBANEZ • OVATION • JASMINE • TAKAMINE GUITARS ARE ALWAYS AT LEAST 15 PERCENT OFF RETAIL PRICES Con1e ,ee u, for- all ~ourn1u,ic need,. J.. ' _Yd]~ ~ l~ --~ SLEEP CENTER "These by far are the very best teams we've ever had here: said Coach Eric Houle of the 1999 men's and women's cross country teams. Houle said he has high hopes for the new team, including nationally qualifying the men's team. According to Houle, if they do qualify, it will be the first team in the history of the school to do so in any sport. The men are two-time defending conference champions. The women will defend their crown won last year. The team has many returning female athletes this year. Junior Kelly Moore is one of the star runners this year. She placed second in last year's conference. New to the team is freshman Ilene Dixon, who was a Utah high school state champion last year. Junior Curtis Moore 1s returning for the men. He 1s the defending Mid-Con conference champion. Also returning is junior Zak James, the only national, Div1s1on I cross country quahfier in SUU history. Junior Mark Wright is the school record holder for the mile with a time of 4:03 He was ranked 12th nationally_ Practice began Monday. The first meet of the season will be Saturday, Sept 4 in Flagstaff, Ariz., at the George Kyte Invitational hosted by Northern Arizona University. The men will run the 8K, and the women will run the 5K According to Houle NAU is a nationally ranked team and 1f either team beats them, they will become nationally ranked. Houle said that 1t will be tough, but both teams have a shot at winning it. Weeeo.Mte Baek StudeKt, ! • Twin Sds Starting at S 119 • Full SdS Starting at $ 1 59 • Qunn sm Starting at $209 DAYBEDS ONLY $99 We Nave Inflatable Chairs! Only S 13 SONLY$199 ~a"s 1J1ATTRESSFACTORY AUTHORIZED DEALER 987 NORTH MAIN CEDAR CITY 865 6869 • , |