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Show KJ9&t?t, Octette 7. 1Q1 Tht Dtfy Utah Chroctete. Pag Sixteen ttes condition for Invitational by Ken Minas Chronicle staff With less than a week to go. the men and women on the y team are running and conditioning University 's themselves (or the Utah Invitational meet scheduled (or this cross-countr- Saturday. The Utah athletes will have the opportunity to compete against top runners (rom other schools whilerunningon their familiar course. Both the men and the women have been very competitive in recent meets, and perhaps the home course advantage will be the key to a Utah victory. The Utah runners will be competing with familiar people and schools. One of the colleges scheduled to run is Weber State, which defeated the Utes a week ago at the Weber State I mutationals. Also appearing will be the runners (rom Idaho State and BYU. along with a host o( others. Some of the top athletes on Ute coach Mike Jones' squad d Steve Travis and Mike Totero. Totero include has finished first (or the Utes several times in recent meets. high-ranke- Included with these top runners is Steve Koeven. who finished first (or the Utes at this week's meet in Rexburg. Idaho. Some tough competition is in store (or the Utes this Saturday, including high ranking Rex Hohn of Weber State. "I think it will be a very interesting meet." Jones said. Cougars will be favored g BYU is the favorite in the meet among the women runners. One of the top female runners BYU has produced is Carey May. who has made the national scene several times. Other top female runners are Idaho Slate's Tina Osteroot and Weber State's Carmen Garduno. But all the schools will have to watch out for Utah's runners. Marilynn French is one of the Utes' top athletes. She was the top Utah runner at the University of Colorado Invitationals held last Saturday in Boulder. Other runners on the Ute g women's team include Jill Molen and Pam Crockett. Utah has two very competitive teams, and Saturday will be the chance to watch the athletes run. High-rankin- high-rankin- by Peter Behle Chronicle staff Ute golf coach Ron Branca was encouraged by the results of Utah's just h road trip, which took completed the Utes to Lake Tahoe, Calif., and the Air two-matc- Force Academy. Playing in the University of Nevada Reno Wolfpack Classic at Tahoe, the Utes finished fifth out of 18 competing teams, 14 lb. Bounty Burger i 2$1.99 i Good only at 905 E. 4th So. Expires Oct. 15, 1981 Mike Jones Golfers miss title UNIVERSITY ARCTIC CIRCLE WELCOMES YOU JfrctienU IN STYLE! circle but hadashotatthetitle." We were only five shots back going into the final day, but we fell back to get fifth," Branca said. Sophomore Eric Hogg led the Wolfpack tourney after the first round, but faded later. The top Ute finisher was another Sweden-bor- ! n Peter Carsbo, sophomore, who came out seventh overall. The Utes then moved to Colorado Springs for the Falcon Invitational this past weekend, where they finished eighth out of j 1dinneralai5""""""i the large field. Senior Doug By bee was the lop Ute with a 228. Hogg, lust year's Utah State Open champion, was right behind at 229. Ironically, it was Bybcc who gave Hogg the toughest competition in the amateur championship, before fulling in the final match. Branca is looking forward to the spring 32-lea- m . Western Athletic Conference season, where the Utes finished fourth out of six lust year. "We'll definitely huve a deeper squad this year," Branca said. "Our top six are hack, with the exception of last year's captain. Scott Brandt." The Utes will travel to the Ogden Country Club for their next match in the d Weber Wayne Farrell Oct. 15 and 16. "If Invitational. Collegiate we play to the level we've been at this summer, we could win it. But the field's a tough one," Branca said. State-sponsore- i .990 (21 items) ' . Good only at 905 E. 4th So. Expires Oct. 15, 1981 j J ASS moumairiEEn spurns Roothogs prepare for Bulls by Mike Prater Chronicle staff After one concellation and a "disappointing" scrimmage, Utah's Rugby Club is finally prepared for battle. The Roothogs will open their 1981 fall season Saturday on the East Field at 2 p.m. against the Pocatello Bulls, a team from Idaho that Utah has had considerable success with at home. Utah was scheduled to start its campaign Saturday with the Salt LakeCriffins; but they cancelled, saying, "Our people were just too battered up from a tournament we just got done playing in." Rather than spend the weekend idle, Brown set up playercoach Hugh with the Jordan a Rugby scrimmage game Club, a team of Tongan players from the Polynesian Islands. Sione Hokafanu and David Moeakiola each scored on deepkicksen routetoalight-hearte- d 0 victory over the Roothogs. Although the contest was not taken seriously by either side, Brown expressed concern with his team's offensive performance. 8-- "I was disappointed that we didn't score, but we did hold a very good offensive team to just eight points," Brown said. They scored all their points on kicks, so we did a good job shutting down their wing play. They are an aggressive team, and we just got out-aggresse- Playing a team that's different from the Tongan team, Utah seems to enjoy a small edge going into the game with Pocatello especially since the game is in Salt Lake City. Utah has won three of the four games in the series, and all three wins came in Salt Lake City. The Roothogs' only setback came last in Pocatello. spring when the Bulls won, I on "Going past records, would say we have the edge," Brown said. "I feel very comfortable with them coming here." Unlike the Tongans, Pocatello plays a raw type of rugby, and the Bulls should prove to be good opponents for the Roothogs. 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