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Show sports Sports editor: Brandon Rodak Phone: 626-7983 WSU women's tennis weekend is microcosm of entire season WSU track team finds success in Boise By Andrew Aragon asst. sports tdhor-Signpost By Stephanie Force sports writer-Signpost Weber State University track and field teams were crowned winners in nine events at the Bob Gibb Invitational in Boise, Idaho on Saturday.The women's team accounted for five of the nine wins. Individual winners were Fredi Salahuddin in the 400-meter dash with a time of 54.84, Kelly Felsted in the 800-meters with a career best time of 2:11.33, Molly Robbins in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 1 8:00, and Summer Schenck in the 3,000-meter run with a career best time of 10:06.06. Schenck's time qualified her for the Big Sky Conference meet in the 3,000. The Lady-Wildcats took the top four spots in the 1,500-meter run. Jenny Mortensen won the competition with career best time of 4:33.22. She was followed by Rosy Gardner, who ran a career best time of 4:33.71, and Stephanie Hansen and Heidi Weir. Other notable performances turned by the Lady Wildcats were second place finishes by Jen Johnstun in the 400-meter dash with a career best time of 55.00 and Ranae Friend in the javelin with a throw of 141-2. Fourteen Lady Wildcats have qualified for the Big Sky Conference meet, and there are several members of the team who have qualified in two or three events. The men's team won four events. Individual winners were Tory Bailey in the high jump with a leap of 7-0, Max Mitchell in the triple jump with a mark of 49-3 3 WSU squad shines in annual charity event By Josh Smith sports writer-Signpost Last Saturday the 14th Annual University Alumni All-Star Spring Classic Tournament Fund Raiser kicked off in a big way with Weber State University squeaking out a 164-152 victory over the University of Utah alumni. Ryan Cuff was the lone graduating senior that played for WSU, and he came up big scoring 26 points along with six three pointers. "It was a fast paced game and it took a while to get in a rhythm," Cuff said. "It was overwhelming at first playing with some of the past players like Ruben (Nembhard) and Jonnie (Moore), but I got used to it after I loosened up." Only three Utah players showed up to start the game. Ben Caton, Larry Cain and Mike Gill were the original Utes to show, and the rest of the team was filled with red shirt freshman Cameron Koford and Roy High stand-out Danny Thomas. Both teams played close for most of the game, but Utah looked to take over at the 16:30 mark in the second half. 4, Brandon Stock in the 200-meter dash and the relay team consisting of Jake Shulz, Mitchell, Stock and Todd Grunander. The men's team also took second in several events. Among them were Rob Christensen in the 1,500, Brian Hickman in the javelin and T.L. Bartlett in the high jump. Shulz finished second in both the high and intermediate hurdles. The men's team also added to its list of qualifiers for the Big Sky meet bringing its impressive total to 21. Eric Coats qualified in the 800-meters and Dave Blair qualified in the shotput. At the Bob Gibb Invitational WSU's track and field teams faced competition from host-school Boise State University, Idaho State University, the University of Washington, Ricks College and Southern Idaho. The competition was a non-scoring meet. WSU's track and field teams are looking forward to a busy week. The team will take a split squad to Philadelphia for the Penn Relays. Nathan Kennedy and Damon Chamberlain are competing in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Matt Harmer will be competing in the 5,000-meter race. Kennedy boasts the eighth best time in NCAA Division I steeplechase competition and best time in the Big Sky with his 8:46. 14 mark. Harmer posted the best time in the Big Sky with his 14:33.58 time at the Long Beach Invitational held March 15. On Friday and Saturday the teams will be competing in the Robinson Invitational at Brigham Young University. On Monday the teams will compete in a duel home meet against Utah State University. It will be the first collegiate competition on the new purple track. The Utes went on a 2 1-2 run to jump out ahead 95-77 before Cuff stopped the bleeding with a three pointer. The bucket by Cuff sparked a 17-6 run by the Wildcats to cut the lead down to 101-97. Both teams battled it out during the last eight minutes of the game. With a minute left, former WSU player Justyn Tebbs stole the ball and went coast to coast for the game-tying bucket at 1 22-1 22. Nembhard scored six points in the first overtime period and Andy Smith scored four, but Utah countered with Cain scoring nine points to force the second overtime. WSU excelled in the final period as they showed no sign of weary legs. Cuff was still doing what he doesbest-draining three pointers and Smith was slamming some nasty hammer dunks. "It was too bad that Utah didn't have a full team," Cuff said. "I had a lot of fun passing to guys like Jonnie because they can catch my passes." Tournament director Dar Belnap started Tara's Classic back in 1983 at See Tara's page 9 By Brandon Rodak sports editor-Signpost In this weekend's play at Edman Courts, Weber State University women's tennis team faced stiff competition at the inaugural Big Sky Conference Pacific Regional qualifying tournament, but their results didn't meet their expectations. The Wildcats' tennis season has been anything but a smooth road to travel. Beset by illness, injuries to key players and head coach Keith Cox's well-documented bout with cancer, the team has had a difficult time focusing on improving their games. "We were so unlucky this year, and we played just average," team captain Ande Tulp said. "For me, it was a real disappointment. We had (sickness) and trips canceled so we didn't get enough preparation for the tournament." This season these problems became insurmountable, and for the first time since 1983 the Wildcats will not compete at the Big Sky Women's Tennis Championships. Unfortunately they will not be able to repeat the splendor of past years' teams which have racked up nine Big Sky tennis titles, more than any other conference school. The Big Sky Conference Pacific Regional did not start well for the Wildcats as they dropped their first match with Cal State Northridge, 5-4. According to Tulp, the key was the three doubles matches in which the women failed to record a victory over the Matadors. Conference powerhouse Northern Arizona University rolled through Sacramento State University, 8-1. Saturday the WSU women showed a glimmer of life when they rebounded from a 5-4 loss to Sacramento State to score a 9-0 shutout and slaughter of Portland State University. This would be the only win in the tournament for the Wildcats. NAU also blistered the Vikings to a 9-0 tune and then advanced to defeat Ca! 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Sager (2-1) Three stars: Dixon Ward, Sabres WSU's No. 2 singles player Kim Schlagel demonstrates the skill of keeping her eye fixed on the ball in tourney action Friday. Schlagel defeated Cal State Northridge's Windy Vlning, 6-0,6-2. nightcapper. Fine individual efforts were turned in by WSU's no. 1 and no. 2 singles players Tulp and Kim Schlagel, respectively. They both had 3-0 records in their matches while downing their opponents by sizable margins. The dynamic pair allowed Qnd 1E3L scotoK I " ! f 5 "' "k ' -.4 f : " ; V - only one opponent to win three games in a single set. With its 3-0 record in the qualifying tournament, NAU will enter the Big Sky Tennis Tournament as a number one seed. They will be See Tennis page 9 |