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Show Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Page 13 The Signpost Sports Sports Editor: Ion Nelson Phone: 626-7983 Summer no break for football team "In order for us to be successful next year, there can't be any wasted days. Every day has to be a day that we as a team take another step to become the best The boys are going to get a little break from here until June; however, that first week of June they better be ready to go/' By THOMAS HUNTER correspondent j The Signpost Now that spring training is coming to a close for the Weber State football team, they have some time to relax and finish up schoolwork for the semester. However, it will not be long until the 'Cats are at it again. Summer training begins the first week of June, and head coach Ron McBride expects everybody to be here working hard. The majority of players will head home for a couple weeks to relax and visit with their families and friends, and then they will return to Ogden and get down to business. The coaching staff and players have decided that to be successful, they need to continue the hard work they put in during spring camp. "In order for us to be successful next year, there can't be any wasted days," McBride said. "Every day has to be a day that we as a team take another step to become the best. The boys are going to get a little break from here until June; however, that first week of June they better be ready to go." After an exciting spring camp, the players arc looking forward to the start of summer training and improving their team chemistry. - Ron McBride, WSU football head coach Scott Goodloe (4), Arion Johnson (1) and Casey Gardener all fall to the ground after a pass is broken up during Saturday's PurpleWhite game at Stewart Stadium. "We never really had a great summer program here at Weber State," said tight end Drew Dukeshire. "It was never mandatory for the guys to be here, so a lot of guys went home during the summer and just kicked it. I think it's going to be Wildcats run well in Provo and Eugene The Weber State men's and women's track and field teams competed at the Robison Invitational in Provo, Utah, Friday and Saturday. The Wildcats turned in some strong marks and saw several top 10 school marks broken. One of the highlights of the meet came in the men's 400-meter where three young Wildcats all had top 10 marks. Jed Casper was second in the 400-meter with a career-best time of 47.04, which qualifies him for the NCAA West Regionals. The time is also the fourth fastest in Weber State history. Freshman Taylor Pebley was third in the 400-meter with a career best time of 47.48, which qualifies him for the Big Sky Championship and ranks as the fifth fastest in WSU history. Trevor Russell took fifth at 47.63, the eighth best in school history. To follow that up, Russell was second in the 200-meter with a career best of 21,74, and Casper was third at 21.77. Pebley was sixth in the 200-meter with time of 22.15. Pebley did qualify for conference in the 200 in the preliminaries with a time of 21.85. Also posting strong finishes for the 'Cats were sophomore Terrell Brown, who came in fifth in the 110-meter hurdles with a careerbest time of 15.10; Reagan Frey, who took third in the 5,000-meter with a career best of 15:19.24. andLevi Lefevre coming in fourth in the 1500-meter at 4:00.35. In the field events, senior Jake Holbert took fourth in the hammer throw with a career-best mark of 194-09, which improves his NCAA Regional Qualifying standard. It also ranks as the second-best mark in WSU history. Senior Jake Horspool won the javelin with a mark of 196-02 and finished seventh in the hammer at 170-09. Mike Aimone qualified for conference in the discus with a career-best mark of 159-08. That mark is the eighth best in WSU history. Nate Lever came in third in the long jump at 21 -11.00. On the women's side, two highlights saw Monica Miller winning the javelin with a mark of 147-06 and senior Nicole Dickmann finishing second in the high jump with a mark of 5-08.00. That" mark is the best in the Big Sky Conference this season and is the eighth .best in Weber State history. Ashley Wilkinson was second in the long jump with a seasonal best mark of 18-04.25. Amy Cretsinger came in fourth in the event, with Dickmann finishing fifth. Sophomore Jessica Stringham won the pole vault open with a seasonal-best mark of 11-05.75. In the running events, Stacie Allen came in second in the 800meter at 2:15.70 with Leah Jackson finishing third. Chelsy Hooper was second in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.31. Monica McCloud took fifth in the 100-meter at 12.43, with Colby Foxley finishing sixth. Jen Packer was second in the 1500-meter open race at 4:53.63. Part ok the women's team also competed at the Oregon Invitational in Eugune, Ore., Saturday. Sophomore Jamie Stubbs led the team by winning the 1500-meter with a career best time of 4:32.70, improving her seasonal-best by nearly five seconds. Weber State also had five women in the steeplechase at the Oregon Invitational. Sophomore Undsey Anderson improved her NCAA West Regional Qualfiying mark, turning in a time of 10: 22.87, That mark is the third best in Weber State history. Sariah St. Laurent also improve her regional qualifying mark with a time of 10: 42.76, the sixth best in school history. Amy Blodgett ran 11:11.22, Chaly Clapier was 11:21.35 and Cheryl Stuart qualifed for conference with a time of 11:33.38. Weber State will compete next in the Bengal Invitational April 30 in Pocatello, Idaho. great having everybody here working hard and pushing each other to get better." The team will lift and run four times during the week. There will aJso be individual position work a couple of days each week. See Summer page 14 Softball club competes at Nationals After pool piay in the National College/University Fastpitch Tournament in Baltimore, Md., the WSU women's Softball club was seeded seventh in the 20team contest. ,On Friday, the 'Cats played number 10 seed Eastern Washington. Despite a valiant effort, the Wildcats came up short, losing 6-3. During the game, Eastern Washington had seven hits, while WSU had six hits but committed two errors. The loss dropped WSU into the losers' bracket, where they played UniversityofCoIoradoBoulder. Pitcher Jennifer Blackwell allowed four hits in the 'Cats' 4-0 win over the Buffalos. Catcher Adrienne Hamilton, shortstop Kasie Carlos, and pitchers Lindsay Griner and Kristy Anderson all went two for three at the plate. The final game of the day pitted WSU against the Hokies of Virginia Tech. Virginia Tech led 2-0 until the fifth inning, when a single by Hamilton and a homerun by Carlos tied the game. The homerun gave Carlos her fifth in the season. The contest remained tied until the bottom of the seventh inning when third baseman Shandee O'Neil, left fielder Ashley Brown and first baseman Jennifer Blackwell all hit singles. The single from Blackwell allowed O'Neal to score, and the 'Cats won 3-2. WSU continued to battle their way through the losers' bracket on Saturday, and during the first game against the University of Maryland. The Terrapins took an early 0-3 lead. The 'Cats took control during the fourth inning and went on to beat Maryland 6-3. During the final game of the day, WSU battled back and forth with the University of North Carolina for the lead. At the end of the seventh inning, the game remained tied. After committing two errors, things looked grim for the the Wildcats as UNC had a threepoint lead. In the bottom of the eighth inning, UNC committed an error in right field that allowed WSU to score. A double by O'Neal, a walk and a fielder's choice allowed the 'Cats to score once more, and Brown hit a home run to win the game 7-5. WSU played Ohio University on Saturday evening, but no results were available at press time. See Briefs page 14 |