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Show The Daily Utah Chronicle. Mondav M9.h ta ihi Page Thirteen . . . The University oC Uuh ski team surged to a big lead of Ute coach Fern Gardner's career. Gardner announced her on opening .day,; then fought off comebacks by Vermont and retirement earlier this year.; V: J:. Wyoming to win the NCAA national championship. forward Anne led Ute the Sophomore Handy Squad with 12 After the first day of competition, the Utes were sitting fat added 1 1 and Behrman boards. Senior points eight guard Terry ht with ft bulge over the Cowboys, but things became 23--9 to the Sun and six rebounds. fell Utes behind The points much closer the second day. But in the final events Utah clinched Devils early in the first half and never caught up. . its victory. , : the Ute gymnasts came up ft bit short Saturday night as The meet, held the, second week in March at Bozeman, Mont., Arizona State took first place in the NCAA regional was attended by 18 schools from throughout. the nation. Utah v championships in Logan. won the tflair with 6?6 points, with Vermont taking second with ASU didn't win a single event, but still managed to defeat the 650 and Wyoming dose third at 629.5. 7 Utes 186.90-185.5- 5. The Sun Devils are ranked ho. 1, while the It was Utah's second national championship in three years, Utes are third MuonaUy:::;;:i but its first under the NCAA's new format. In past years men's Megan McCunniff once again led the Utes, taking the and women's meets were held independently, but this year they competition with a 38.6, the highest score recorded in were combined. the nation this season by a collegian. The NCAA engineered the switch to cut costs and maintain , . the U.S. Olympic Committee nas selected Utah Sportr sufficient levels of participation, and the new format helped the Utes. The Utah women outscorcd Vermont's by 33 points. They were especially impressive in the slalom events, winning both the regular and giant races by wide margins over Vermont. Kathy Kreiner won the giant slalom, nipping Wyoming's Asa Svedmark by half a second, and Bent Dahlum and Jill Robins grabbed third and fourth places, respectively.. Svedmark did champion the regular slalom, but Utah's Done Carlson finished lust a second behind to secure second place. ' Dahlum finished fourth in that event, and, Kreiner took sixth ;vv;. place. ' & y'" 's y-were the The only events ra which Vermont topped the Utes' cross-count- ry race and the 3x5 relay. Tone . muster in Jahren's 11th place finish was the best Uuh-could- , cross cquntry,iut the team still managed to place second. But in ' the relays, the Utes finished fifth. . The men weren't exactly on vacation, however. They didn't finish tower than second in any event, although their margins weren't as great as the women's. HI-LITE- RS Their biggest "victory came in the slalom. Harald Gefle was Niklas Colorado Scherrer finish of and to out second, by edged Bjorn Gefle was right behind in third place to give Utah the team : championship in the event. Utah also won the giant slalom, Scott Hucheson took fourth, David Roth tenth and Bjorn Gefle finished 12th for the Utes. Vermont's Tor Melander won the race, with a total time of Information Director Bruce Woodbury as one of 34 media .. ... 45-poi- " 33-spo- . y. ; all-arou- nd t ' a&ZZ . - top-rank- ed LIQUID fffiS ter PAPER CARTERS . - 2:00.02. Pen Desk Style ONLY & ' Bernt Lund's fourth place showing and Knut Engebretsen's ejghthplace finish wrapped up the runner-u- p award for Utah in the race, which was won by Wyoming's Rune Helland. Utah finished second to Vermont, And in the 3x7.5-rela- y, which; won the event by a solid three seconds. 2 FOR 890 reg. 750 ... Utah backstroker Scott Mefford claimed 11th place in dorsal the NCAA National event at the 200-ya- rd Swimming in Indianapolis over the weekend. Mefford's Championships time of 1 :49.47 was his career best and gave the Utes two points .in the overall standings. .. . .the Utah women's basketball team was eliminated in 'the first round on the NCAA Division 1 women's tournament March 20 in Tempe, Ariz. Arizona State 4 in the final game Utah fell to 1 eachy rt. , -- ;,---- liaison directors for the 1983 National Sports Festival to be held this summer in Colorado Springs, Colo. Woodbury, who has been as the University for eight years, called his selection "a great feeling and a high point in my career." The Festival runs June 24 to July 3. ' The USOC staff will serve the needs of approximately 800 media members who will cover the festival's 2,600-athle-te amateur sport classic. for the NSF now gives Woodbury the chosen Being selection for in the 1984 Summer and Winter opportunity 'V 1 , Olympic games. will finish up its current Ute'men's tennis team the i road trip with ft Monday match against UCLA in California. The No. 12 ranked Utes travel to Provo to meet BYU Friday. Utah is led by Greg Holmes, still the player in the country. 990 Choose From: Pen & Ink Correction Fluid reg. $1.49 Typwritten Correction Fluid reg $1.39 Typing Correction Film reg. $1.49 - . 78-6- 2th-rank- ed MtiG Eiryfap o o o0 TODAY INSTITUTE REGISTRATION Q CLASSES START TOMORROW a.m. 1 p.m. MilUand Hot 11 -- (Cookies TOMORROW Qpy far) Best Selection ofy Used Textbooks 'v Zy' Only Store with the "Guaranteed" Textbook Program .' .. V Video Games FuU ;,v , " Y v,-,,- v '' " ,v ' k,,.: 'y y- '; y:. -.- ; 25C Bananna Splits ''? THURS. 990 Lunch Livo Entertainment with Harry Glow Bond FRIDAY 4. NOON DEVOTION At Best Siotor Annotto Frailer MBuy-Bac- k" - UtahS.L; Mission Central Chapel " Hi FRIDAY NIGHT EXTRAVAGANZA LEEFUGAL University Bookstore . RgtiBM Pianist and ; STAR WARS MOVIE LIVE DAND and DISCO (3 or free with Spring Institute J ; 'Registration i t r Perform! 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