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Show The Signpost - Wednesday, May 24, 19S9 11 Hc WSC men take second By Ethan Yorgason Sports Editor Murphy improving By Ethan Yorgason Sports Editor The decathlon was a kind of preview for Weber State's fortunes at the Big Sky Conference men's Track and Field Championship in Boise last week. James Stone, who was picked to finish about fourth in the conference decathlon which concluded Thursday, ended up taking second place with a personal record. The rest of the team then came in on Friday and Saturday and maintained the momentum to finish second after being picked to finish in fourth place. Stone finished behind Montana State's Perry Donnafield, scoring 6,740 points to break his best mark by almost 400 points. He took first in the 1,500 meters, second in the 400 meters and third in the 100 meters, long jump and high jump. Stone's performance seemed to give the rest of the Wildcats a lift. "His performance was important because he got us off on the right foot,"-said Weber coach Chick Hislop. "He was just finishing as they (the rest of the team) got there (to Boise) and everybody got excited." Hislop pointed the performances of five athletes which enabled the Wildcats to sneak past Montana S tate and Northern Arizona for second place behind winner Boise State. Dave Chowen won the 400-meter hurdles, placed fifth in the 1 10-meter hurdles and ran the anchor leg of the Wildcats' winning 1,600-meter relay team. The 1,600 relay was the last race of meet. With that race and the triple jump the only events yet to be scored, Weber and Montana State were tied Mike Murphy, the Weber State decathlete who suffered a nearly fatal injury a few weeks ago has been moved to McKay Dee Hospital and is making significant progress in his recovery from the injury. Sitting in the Weber Slate track and field offices Monday, Murphy told this reporter that he wants people to know that his recovery is going well. Murphy fell into a coma after a pole-vaulting accident at Brigham Young University and was in critical condition for a few for second with Northern Arizona just a point behind the two. "We had to win the relay to be sure that we would take second place," said Hislop. Going into the last leg of the race, five teams were within one second of each other. Weber State had the lead when Chowen took the baton, but Eastern Washington soon jumped out ahead. Chowen held off Boise State and then passed Eastern Washington with about 10 yards to go to give the Wildcats the win. Another key effort came from Chowen's fellow hurdler Jon Wagstaff who took second in the 110 hurdles (14.44 seconds) and third in the 400 hurdles (53.90). Distance runner Kris Cary came down with a bad cold two days before the meet but was able to take second in the 3,000-metersteeplechase (8:59.71) and fourth in the 5,000- meter run (14.56.72). Finally, said Hislop, javelin throwers Joe Kelsey and Craig Povey both set personal records Kelsey also broke his own school record. Kelsey broke the record by about nine feet with a throw of 214-3 14, while Povey's throw of 205-6 bested his previous mark by almost four feet. Although Hislop singled five athletes in particular, he was quick to note that the whole team performed well and contributed to the high finish. "The guys performed very, very well," he said. "Everybody either had a p.r. (personal record) or was close to it." While the Wildcats finish was a pleasant surprise, Idaho's and Northern Arizona's performances had to be considered disappointments, said Hislop. days at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center in Provo. He was kept in intensive care at the medical center for more than two weeks. Murphy is back in Ogden now and is eager to be released from the hospital. He is able to take occasional visits away from the hospital while undergoing therapy. Doctors told him that part of his brain was disconnected by the accident. He said that he has trouble remembering things that happened after the injury, especially during his stay at the Utah Valley Medical Center. Men 1. Boise State 138, 2. Weber State 87, 3. Montana State 83, 4. Northern Arizona 77, 5. Eastern Washington 65, 6. Idaho 55, 7. Nevada-Reno 54, 8. Montana 38, 9. Idaho State 23 100 meter dash 1. Robert Jefferson, Eastern Washington 10.81; 5. Jody Marshall Weber State 10.88; 200 meter dash 1 . Robert Jefferson., Eastern Washington 21.26; 400 meter dash --1 . David Lawyer, Boise Slate 46.64; 6. Scott Douglass, Weber State 48.38; 800 meter run -- 1. Mark Byrne, Idaho Stale 1 :48.71 ; 1,500 meter run - 1 . Joe Bcatty, Montana 3:49.55; 6. Matt Godfrey, Weber Slate 3:54.75; 5,000 meter run --1 . Shannon Butler, Montana Slate 14:40.41 ; 4. Kris Cary, Weber State 14:56.72; 10,000 meter run - 1. Brian Presson, Nevada-Reno 30:05.94; 5. Dave Andrcasen, Weber State 30:43.34; 110-mctcr high hurdles -- 1. Mike Davis, Idaho 14.24; Z Jon Wagslaff, Weber Slate 14.44; 5. Dave Chowen, WcberSute 14.49; 400-meter intermediate hurdles -1. Dave Chowen, Weber State 5226; 3. Jon Wagslaff, Weber Slate 53.90; 4. Terry Kealamakia, Weber Stale 54.04; 3,000-meter steeplechase 1. Milfrcd Tewawina, Northern Arizona 8:59.07; 2 Kris Cary, Weber Stale 8:59.71; 4. Dean Miller, Weber Slate 9:05.85; 6. Guy Perry .Wcber Stale 9:08.54; High jump -- 1. Brian Schwcyen, Montana State 7-3; 3. Doug Fullmer, Weber Slate 6-11; Pole Vault - 1. Scott Dupuis, Montana Stale 16-5 14; Javelin - l.Dan Sheets, Boise Stale 21 9-7 34; 2. Joe Kelsey, Wcber State 21 4-3 1 4; 6. Craig Povey, Weber Stale 205-6; Triple jump - 1. Eugene Green, Boise State 52-6 14; Long Jump - 1. Ordc liallantyne, Idaho 24-7; Discus - 1. Steven Muse, Boise Stale 183-10; Shot put -- 1. Steven Muse, Boise Stale 5S-6 1 2; 400-mctcr relay - 1 . Boise State 40.S0; 6. Weber Stale 46.34; 1,600-meter relay -- 1. Weber State 3:12.23; Decathlon 1. Perry Donnafield, Montana State 7,002; 2. James Stone, Weber Stale 6,740 Women 1. Northern Arizonal47, 2. Boise State 138, 3. Montana 92, 4. Wcber Slate 79, 5. Idaho 51, 6. Montana State49, 7. Idaho State 24, 8. Eastern Washington 6, 9. Nevada-Reno 3 100 meter dash -- 1. Caryn Choate-Deeds, Idaho 11.93; 200 meter dash 1. Sherril Brown, Boise Stale 24.46; 5. Nicole Alder, Weber Stale 25.05; 400 meter dash - 1. Sonia Mitchell, Northern Arizona 55.09; 2 Catrina Larson, WeberStatc 55.72; 800 meter run - 1. Nikki Toms, Northern Arizona 2:08.84; 3. Kelly Davis, Weber Slate 2:1 2.04; 6. Dana Willie, Weber Slate 2:14.66; 1,500 meter run --1. Nikki Toms, Northern Arizona 4:25.89; 3. Dana Willie, Weber Staic4:29.38;3,000 meter run - 1. Larah Treadwell, Northern Arizona 9:54.01; 5,000 meter run -- 1. Amy Williams, Montana 17:19.1; 6. Karen Packham, Wcber Slate 18:02.5; 10,000 meter run - 1. Beth Ellickson, Northern Arizona 36:51.92; 4. Alydia Anderson, Weber Slate 37 :32.5 3; 5. Emily Willems, Weber State 37: 1 9.59; 100-mctcr hurdles --1. Kris Schmill, Montana 13.80; 400-mcler hurdles -- 1 . Kris Schmitt Montana 1 :00.47; 6. Michelle Friery, Weber Slate 1 :02.73; High jump - 1 . Slacey Asplund, Idaho 5-10; Javelin- 1. TeriOkelbcrry-Spicrs, Weber State 160-8 14; Shot put - 1. Shauna Turner, Wcber State 47-2 12; Discus - 2. Shauna Turner, Weber Stale 147-5; Triple jump - 1. Tanya Smith, Idaho Stale 38-1 1 34; 4. Carol Day, Wcber Slate 37-9; Long Jump - 1. Stachia Ncclcy, Boise State 19-8 14; 3. Tina McCombs, Weber Stale 19-1; 400-mctcr relay - 1. Northern Arizona, 46.67; 5. Weber Slate, 47.74; 1,600-meler relay - 1 . Boise Stale, 3:44.95; 2. Wcber Slate, 3:46.27; Heptathlon - 1 . Crystal Young, Boise Slate 5,436 Okelberry-Spiers, Turner lead tracksters to fourth By Ethan Yorgason Sports Editor Teri Okelberry-Spiers' and Shauna Turner's performances at the Big Sky Conference women's Track and Field Championships last weekend were indicative of the Wildcats' team performance. Both scored about as they were expected to score. Asa team , Weber S tate also scored and finished just about as expected. The Wildcats, with 79 points, finished in fourth place in the championships, behind Northern Arizona, Boise State and Montana. Okelberry-Spiers and Turner, heavy favorites in the javelin and the shotput, both won their' events to pace the Wildcat effort Turner, in addition to her victory in the shot put, also took second in the discus. Going into the meet, Weber State figured to be in a tight battle for third place with Montana. The Lady Griz scored a little more than expected, however, as they finished 13 points ahead of Weber State's team. "We scored just about what we figured we'd score in fact we scored a few more points." said WSC coach Jim Blaisdell. He said he thought the Wildcats would end up with about 72 points. "We had some ups and downs," said Blaisdell. "We had some areas where we didn't perform as well as we figured, but then we had some areas where we scored better." Some of the highlights of the meet, said Blaisdell, include three school records and 15 seasonal-best performances. Dana Willie, with a third place finish in the 1,500 meters at four minutes, 29.38 seconds, broke the WSC record (4:30.54) by more than one second. Freshman Shelly Friery broke her own school record in the 400-meter hurdles in spite of a sixth place finish with a time of 1:02.49. Okelberry-Spiers also eclipsed the school record, but finished out of the scoring. Friery also helped the 1,600-meter relay team set a school record with a time of 3:46.27. Friery, along with her fellow freshmen Nicole Alder and Catrina Jenkins-Larson, and senior Tina McCombs teamed to shatter the record by almost two seconds, taking second place in the conference. Other seasonal bests include Tina McCombs' 19 foot, one inch long jump, Kelly Davis' 2:12.04 in the 800 meters and Jenkins-Larson's 55.72 in the 400. The Wildcats earned All-Conference honors in eight events. An athlete must finish in the top three in the conference to earn these honors. This All-Big Sky list includes McCombs in the long jump, Okelberry-Spiers in' the javelin, Turner in the shot put and discus, Willie in the 1,500 meters, Davis in the 800 meters, Jenkins-Larson in the 400 meters, and the 1,600-meter relay team. "I had two other girls I was proud of," said Blaisdell referring to Alydia Anderson who was fourth and Emily Willems who was fifth in the 10,000 meters. "They didn't make All-Conference, but I thought they really competed well. Neither one of them going into the meet was really expected to score points." Probably the top performance of the meet was turned in by Northern Arizona's Nikki Toms. She won both the 800 and 1,500 meters, defending her titles from last year in both races. A Model of Student Alcohol UseAbuse Experimental Use Drinking Which Leads to Problems First drink; first time in bar; first time drunk; first hangover Dependence; weekend binge drinking; problems with health, studies, discipline, money, or police Early Stage Alcoholism Frequent drunkeness; drinking at odd times; first blackout; drinks to escape or relieve anxietyinhibitions; hard to stop aftef first drink Alcohol Addiction Call the Drug & Alcohol Peer Counselors at 626-6973 for information Consistent heavy drinking; loss of control; loneliness; no ambition; denial; aggression; decreased tolerance; alibis |