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Show Page Forty two Hie Daily Utah Ghronkle. Ojxnings -- U. Fliec im country train h til lit niirtuijrtuivt- - this year and should impiovr on ii tighih-plac- r finish last seat. CXlavio Guadairama will 1 the only irluiuiug hitriman. Keith Whuthaurr was huit la-- t veai but is heahhv nou and lit i xj t trd to bra stiong tunnri Ua the sports preview continued from page I "it 39 University has ever had," said onlic coach Pat Miller. "We are going to be bona f.ue challengers for the national championship." Miller is basing his pm!.. n..;:s on the returning Jan Bjorkheim and two new recruits from Norway. Bjoikheim is one of the top skiers in the country and plated second in s. The outlook f"f the track train this year if healthy and nie link, it can finish thud in the WAG having Ghampinhip hut a fouuh plate finish it tnoie likely. Tennis -- the nationals last year. Norwegians Kail Acetun and Henning Rund are competing for the I'niversitv for h f; ,f.ar Acetun was the number on junior in N'oi way last y ear and Rund is one of the top five jumui kiers. "Of course we were W" ' nps last yrar and with evervuouv rfiuuint i ire: connaent wesnoutuna"" r good year, said Tennis Harry Jamrs. W? cre ranked 10th in the natic.i last y ear but this year we shouid ix someuhere between fildi and eighth." leading die Utc iram this year w ill be No. 1 seed, Kent Crawford. In the national last year Crawford was seeded No. 21 aiiu upset No. 6 seed Bruce Klrege of BYU to gain d position. Following Crawford will be No. 2 seed Jim Gieenberg a ! No. 3 seed Dave Sheibcc k, who both did will in WAG play ,md ttaveled to the nationals. Rounding out the returning team is No. 4 Dave Thornburgh, No. 5 Tom Mullin, No. 6 Chris Andiews and No. 7 Deik Wharton. The team w ill be further strengthened by junior college transfer Dave Maser from the University of Seattle and incoming freshman Brendon Gay lis from South Africa. and under group Gay lis is ranked fourth in the in South Africa. The WAG is one of the strongest conferences in tennis in the nation. Consistently it places two or three trams in the top 10 national rankings. 1 he t'tes will be better than last as WAG year and the only question about them champs is how gtxxl will BVl'. New Mexico and the Ationa trains be. The I'tes should be tated No, in the WACand Ix pit season favorites but defending that title w ill demand a healthy team and haid wotk. . The Track I'tes will be returning five record-holder- s and they had the best recruiting year of any varsity sport on campus. Top reu'rnec for the Utes is Doug Parrell. Parrell holds die I imui mimUi'i the lOunuui ilU.l vrcotKkiaiui (2 8 st nds) runs. I lis outstanding pt i ioi nunc c in the WAG Championships last year netted the team 16 points of its 32 point total. Big Dave I fart, owner of the st hool record in shotput at 57 ft. 9 12 in., and Doug DeBevatz, a 16 ft. 2 in. pole vaulter. will also be coming back. Three members of the four-mashort relay team will be returning. Adama Fall, Doug Parrell, Barka Sy and Dave Gardner were the first team ever for the University to break a time of 40 seconds (39.8 moid). Gardner left to Ixt ome the women's trac k coac h and will Ix teplacd by Maik Robinson, who has clocked a faster time than Gardner in this event. Robinson is a junioi college ttansfer fiom Spokane Community Odlege. Guh Pete Guilson exjxxts Roland Solomon, wide tec river for the football I'tes. to Ik a big plusfoi the team in the huidlcs and triple jump cvems. Solomon was injured lai yeat and could not cotnM-ieJunioi college uansfris Mithral Houlihan and Roy Martin will pi k up the tram in two events. 1 louhhaii is a distance unmet horn Montana and he won the stair iwo-nul- e inns. M.utin is shampionships in die unit--anhe the and tosses bom Sjxikaur shotput aiound lc i and disc us ITli In i. I he Utcs liavr a hiyli goo! hurdlrt and a wen-loo- t in iieshman Gieg Rooney. Steve Scott is new to ihr junipri l tmeisitv (Ins vr.it ami ttipli jumps ui tlx urighhoihood of 19 (rrl. er c n (400-meter- s) . ld rerx-atin- g 1 Wrestling he success of this year's wrestling team will dejxnd on youth as brad coach Marv Hess figutes six freshmen will be in his stalling lineup. The tram will Ik hint by the loss of Ht tb Crimp and Dave Voting who lxth placed high in the nationals last year. Also wtestler Kim Bowman. leaving the tram is stand-ou- t will be Ijlv Austin, who the lrtteimen to team Returning 190 in a line the moid fxmnd division, and posted wtestler Steve Christiansen. Kent Bowman is t vjxcted to letuin to the heavyweight ranks also. I teshmen cxeird to fill in the gaps ate Kevin Huber, Btian Ricks, Gtrg Kennedy and Mac Phelps. Huber was a thtee-iim- e I 'tali State Champion from Uintah High School in Venial in the division. Ri ks is a two-timstate champion in the i lass I torn Rexhuig, Idaho. He posted a in the past twoyears, ine ludinga win in the Utah and Ft rest vie Championship this year. class and Greg Kennedy wiestles in the 13 last This season. won the Idaho State Championship native of Shelly. Idaho won the Utah and Idaho Freestyle Championships this year. "I see Btigham Voting as the team to beat this year. They inly lost one of 'heir regular starters." said Hess. "The Arizona trams will be tough as they have full rosters coming 1 158-jxiun- d MH-un- d 1 e 68-wi- no-los- s Oicioid k." e The Utcs' finish last year may improve, providing the incoming fteshmen mature. If this happens he Utes can possibly go as high as third place in the bat fifth-plac- Western Athletic Conference. Football Bring Your Old Boots" any kind, any style, any condition and we'll buy them for a pair The key to the Lies success this year lies in an untested deft nse and a new coaching staff which is causing quite a bit of " f :""-n- t in Salt I ke. Optimism is the word. lb-attuth Wayne Howard brings his staff from Long Beach State where he turned around an unsuccessful stint there with a n program and ended his three-yea- r and lOdoss record. He has plenty of offense to work w ith. The Utes featurean excellent pair of wide reoiver in fir k Steptoeand Roland Solomon. Steptoe was namec' 'ostein Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year last yeai and icd the team in receiving with 38 catches for 75 vaiii-- . and nine touchdowns, bomb to set a WAG and school record. including a Solomon was injured in the first game of last season for the Utes and never quite recovered, even though he played some in the latter part of the year. This year he is both healthy and ready and the super duo of Sieptoe and Solomon will be putting points on the board for Utah. Two other backfield slots are set with returning starters Steve Peake at running back and Mike Mosley at fullback. Peake led the team in rushing last year with 502 yards in 133 carries. Mosley rushed for 415 yards and was second in receiving with 246 yards in 35 catches. 23-wi- 98-yar- d Former Ute quarterback Pat Degnan stepped down from the running for that position as bad knees which plagued him for the fast two years just became too much thisseason. Two years ago Degnan was the seventh ranked quartetback in the nation. The most likely starter at quarterback will be junior college transfer Randy Gomez. Gomez has a gtxxl aim, he is not afraid to scramble and shows fine leadership traits imjxMtant to the team. Challenging Gomez for the top spot is sophomore Harlan Karnofsky. Katnofsky is a super athlete and holds many University records for intramural sports. Two freshmen'also have thrown their hats into the ring for the quarterback spot: Tom Banks and Jeff Hucko. "We ate faster and stronger and have a better defense than last year," said Howard. "We have a good wishbone defense that my coaching staff and I developed over the past three years and we will use it a lot since most of the teams we play for this year are either wishbone or veer." Returning for the Utes will be top defensive end Guy Morrell. Morrell had an outstanding spring and may be rated as one of the top defensive ends in the conference. Mike Bailey, another all conference hopeful, will be t running at the linebackes spot with Fritz Crum. Filling in at left tackle will be letterman Walter Kauffman, and junior college transfer Mike Kinsella will anchor the right side. Kinsella is six feet, five inches tall and only weighs 210 pounds, but he was been described as quick, lean and mean and is a good example of the speed the Utes will have on all-arou- -- defense. The kicking game the Utes will feature may be second to none in the nation. They have junior college transfer Rick Partridge to handle the punting chores. Partridge's official Baseball $(5) BVl' team. an i- 2ut-nu-t- Sthl, 1 (uJi Track The baseball team this yeai could Im' the most improved nu n's team on ampus. Although they lost Nate I llington and Jim Lyman, nine of II starters are lemming (canning an infie ld batting more than .300. "BYU is again the team to beat in the Northern Division ol the W AC. They have lost only two of their key starters," said head coach Tom Kilgoie. "Providing our young pitchers come aiound, we could Ix1 in the WAG race." Dane Zauner moved from second base to third base. Zaunri htl thr tram in overall hitting with a .153 average", f illing .tuner's old sjmh will Ix- the former designated hittii. Maik Amiconr, a .372 hitter. Kevin Khoury, who (ashioned a .132 a vet age last year, will 1m- at first base. Rounding out the infield will Ix- Gordon Eakin at - - - average is 43 yards per kick but he is known to have belted punts as far as 70 yards and have hang times of near seven seconds. Craig Buchi, Tom MacNamara and Jeff Hucko are going to have to hustle for the place kicking job. The Utes have the nastiest schedule of any WAC team. After an away game with Oklahoma the team picked writers as the Utes one number by nationally many sports will have to contend with nationally ranked Houston at Rice Stadium in their home opener. Coming off these two tough games they run into a rejuvenated Colorado State team in Colorado. Added to these games are WAC opponents BYU and Wyoming, both of whom went to post season bowls last year. They will be winding down the season with a game at Florida another nationally ranked team. when you purchase any new hiking boot in our store. Vasque, Raichle Molitor and Meindl in sizes 4 to 16. Please, only one trade-i- PRIVATESCHOOL THORP MANOR (K-- 1 2) per purchase. Fair enough? n (offer good thru October 15) Limited Number Smallgroup Basics specialty Individual programs (Remedial, Average, Accelerated) SPORTS TROLLEY SQUARE 7th East Entrance 582-233- 8 UNIVERSITY STORE 2nd So. 13th East 582-042- 7 Excellent references The younger you are . . the lower your premium with "The Etna College Plan. Check It out. . Patrick G. Kons MR. THORP Ph. 1977 shcHtsTop with a .319 average and Mike Michael, who hit .211 in WAG plav at the catc hing position. Hie incoming fteshmen pitching laff will include Alan Biad Joidinson from Fwer koni West High Ililkiest, Ijron Piiet from Granite and Pat Benton fiom Davis. Tliis young staff will be led by returning It ttrnnrn Duane Robbins and Bob Davis. Robins had knee surgery and missed lat sear but, according to Kilgoie. he demonstrated the best contiol of am pitcher befoie ihr injury. Davis pile lied well in summer bal play and is expec ted to be a rot k of the pitching corps. If summer ball is any indic ation of the strength of this L'te ball c lub, the WAC title may no longer be a cakewalk for the 484-227- 6 455 East Fourth South Suite 410 Salt Lake City. Utah 64111 1 (801) ,4.ln 1 jle Insurance Company, Hartford, Conn. 328-034- 7; SITS) UFf &CASUALTY |