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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle, Wednesday, January Page Eight 11, 1978 Wrestler's unrestrained explosiveness and strong conditioning is his secret by MARK SHENEFELT Chronicle staff The unrestrained exploa china is to difficult shop withstand. In wrestling terms, Lee Austin has the staying power of that proverbial monster, as dozens of his battered opponents know very well. This bull is no unthinking beast either. Austin's stubborn siveness of a bull in steam-snortin- g dull-witte- determination to train himself to the utmost has made him the best Ute wrestler and one of the men to beat in the WAC 190-lb. class this season. The secret of his present 13-- 2 season record is simple. The Utah senior (the only one on the squad) hits and outmuscles you, like a bull, until you run out of gas. Thai's how Austin wins his matches. "My strength is conditioning," he says. "I don't go for the quick win, the flambuoyant moves, I just do the basics. Because of mv GREAT INSTRUCTORS... LOWEST Save $1.50 Ski all conditioning, I'm still at full strength in the third period. Lots of guys get tired at the end of the match. If I'm behind at bit, or have a slight lead, I can win it at the end." He usually does. His two-yerecord at Utah is Tony Johnson, Baker-field'- s hot knows all about Austin's ar 40-1- 9. yah r, machine-lik- e energy. He Severin, the & : www.- found out painfully. Johnson whipped Arizona State's Dan defending NCAA champ at 190 lbs., before facing Austin PRICES... GROUP RATES. Offer good 1778-1277- 8 evening with this coupon $3.(0XD 5:00 p.m.-10:0- 0 p.m. Parleys Summit (formerly Gorgoza) Largest outdoor skating rink in Utah Parleys Summit Resort 649-984- 0 Jf J COMPLETE RENTAL SERVICES.. .ICE SKATING, DAY AND NIGHT lJI Bob ftauer In a three picture sequence Ute wrestler Lee Austin applies leg lock to Simon Frazier grappler Dick Woldring. In second shot he rolls Woldring onto his back and tries to force pin. The final shot shows the referee raising his hand in motion used to indicate a pin. few weeks ago. The Bakersfield grappler took a 16-lead in the second period but Austin put on a hurricane-forcfinish to win a 5 e 19-1- UNION PROGRAMS VOLUNTEER RUSH! Meeting at 4:00 p.m. this FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, Union Board Offices, Room 228 University Union. 7, allowing Johnson only one escape point in the crucial final period. Austin regards that match as the biggest win in his successful career. "I keep the same intensity the match," throughout Austin said. "I like to ride the legs when I get on top and pour on the pressure until the other guy fades." "I only have a month and a half of wrestling left, so I'm going to get super intense, run more and get even more lucky throw or a slip. If you are healthy you can do well." Utes Kevin Edwards (177 lbs.) and Steve Christiansen (158 lbs.) are rated along with Austin to be prime contenders to land in the 1978 NCAA tourney. 1 ffiXS fa ta ,'Sw,flrWpWnnn .t.: .: conditioned." Austin ended second in the WAC last season and therefore earned a trip to the NCAA's. "I've set my sights on finishing in the top six in the country. It's not outlandish to set my goal that high. It's a very real goal." Weird things happen at NCAA the tournament, according to Austin. "Good wrestlers fall out right at the start sometimes and wrestlers who aren't really very gocxl get hot and go most of the way. It's often a matter of a Lee Austin A lack of rremrndous natural ability drew Austin into wrestling nine years ago, when he was in the eighth grade. A love for competition and intensity didn't hurt his entry into the sport, either. "I could work on myself in wrestling," he says. Whatever I did reflected back onto me and benefited my desires. I couldn't get lost on a team. W'restling is more for my personal satisfaction." A health nut, (a fact which must be obvious by now), Austin runs five and nine-mil- e races in the and relishes the conditioning required by wrestling, which demands participation from all the body's off-seas- muscles. The mountains and nice area acted like a magnet on Austin. "I can be up running around in the mountains in minutes." Personable coach Man Hess also influenced his decision to wrestle in red. "I felt I could trust him, that I wouldn't get lost in the Austin said. program," Austin celebrates his 23rd birthday Thursday in the midst of a three-mee- t sequence s( heduled for the Utes. New Mexico hits HPF.R F. 101 at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Colorado State will tackle the Utes Friday (same location and time), before the nationally ranked Oregon Ducks land in Salt Lake Saturday for another 7:30 p.m. dual meet. A three-mesweep what a birthday present it would be for Austin and Utah. 2-- 4 et Bighorn sheep program Challenging Work tSg&Sg&r Small Compensation WE WANT YOU! The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources will soon undertake the third step in a continuing program the transplanting of desert bighorn sheep. Begun two years ago, the program is based on the reestablishment of a desert bighorn population back into an area where the animal flourished in the past, the Canyonlands area west of the Colorado River. The desert bighorn lives in a climate that man seems extremely harsh and inhospitable. But this animal thrives in the arid and sparsely vegetated area of southeastern Uiah and the planned transplant along the Escalante will further expand a herd population that has been increasing since the project began. to |