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Show Tbc Ds3j Utsi GbMsicSs, ttsadaj, lassary Skiers race past sickly Wyoming by Alike Prater Chronicle staff relay. Wyoming finished two minutes behind On the women's side, Utah made it a sweep in the relay win over New Mexico in the division with a 3x5kikmeter race. Individually, Tone Jahren led the finish in the run Utes with a third-plaafternoon. Friday Wyoming dominated the alpine disciplines, capturing first-plafinishes in all four events. two-min- ute Utah took advantage of a Wyoming ski team and ran away with a win in its own Utah Invitational Friday and Saturday. Utah, led by a strong performance from its nordic nt field with a teams, beat out the eight-teaeffort. Wvomine. which defeated the Utes two weekends ago, was second with 374 points. Colorado had 358 points and New Mexico finished with 352. "It was a little bit of sweetness to win,' said relieved Utah Coach Pat Miller. "We showed a lot of progress in the meet. I think this meet proved that we, along with Wyoming, are the stronghold of the West." Utah took advantage of a sick Wyoming nordic team, winning three of four events at the Bnghton Ski Touring Center. John Aalberg, the 1984 NCAA national champion, led a race sweep in the men s Norwegians Knut Engebretsen and Lars Goran Dahl finished second and third, respectively. The trio clinched the overall title for Utah early Saturday when it combined to win the 3x flu-strick- en m JJ I . i one-two-thr- Ute skier Rolf Djorne brushes by a gate during the Utah invitational over the weekend. The Utes got the best of a field of eight to capture their own tourney crown. 424-poi- ce eter eter HimcoGisoetnrJ the Chronicle SpcciaJrt 7-- jojfeose. Utah lost both games of its.fwganf swing into the Northwest, falling toOregon State 6862 Friday highland being demolishedhy Wishngton;I74-58,,SaturdaThe Utes were done in each game pretty much what has been doing 'em in all season long; sluggish play and an offense that always picks the very worst time to go dead. Case in point would be Friday's 68-6- 2 shootout against y. the Beavers. Statistically speaking, Utah edged Oregon State in a couple major categories. The Utes out-shOSU from the field (53 percent to 40) and But they still couldn't pull things off down ). them the stretch, mainly because, according to Ute Coach te Elaine Elliott, of a tricky gap late in the game when Utah didn't put die ball through the hoop. "We were down by nine at one point but we came right back," Elliott said. "But instead of increasing our lead once we caught them, we let it stay the same." Utah was paced against the Beavers, as expected, by ot out-reboun- eter ce Frhmin Ann MrlanHrr rhr mrrt't nnlv double winner, won both slalom and giant slalom events for the Cowbovs. Nils Eriksson captured the eiant slalom and David Lyon dominated the slalom. For Utah, Jill Robins and Rolf Bjornc each placed third in the giant slalom while Jeff Durtschi and Katrina slalom finishes. Terzian also had third-plaMiller was basically pleased with Utah's performance. "Mv main concern is the men's giant slalom," he said. "They are all capable skiers, it's just a matter of fine tuning them as the season continues. As far as the nordic teams goes, I think this is the strongest one Utah has ever had," Miller said. "So I think from here on out we will just try and maintain the level we're at. Well keep a holding pattern for the time being and try to peak just before the NCAAs." ce Lady Utes drop paoir SEATTLE The Lady Utes returned home with a 8 record after two djsaprjntinj.rp. fosses and the same probleiro.oinceiteflflftjii 7.5-kilom- ce ded (37-32- forward Anne Handy and center Leshia Lee. Handy popped in 22 points and picked up 14 rebounds to lead the Utes in both categories while Lee had 20 points and 7 rebounds. No one else broke double figures. There was no such lamenting over lost chances in Saturday night's game, however. The Utes were simply outplayed by Washington, in a sound 74-5- 8 thumping. the game Although Utah was leading at the half, turned dramatically in the second stanza, when the Utes were outshot from both the field and the line, and outscored by an ugly 4 tally. For the Utes, Handy turned in her obligatory 22 points and Lee filed her 13, but everyone else was again out to lunch, particularly sophomore playmaking guard Reggie Wright and sophomore forward Mila Rogers, who both started the game and combined to score just one point between them. 34-3- 3, 41-2- II five-minu- MqMS(D o o o o o o o o o bo ooo o o o Still time o to register o o Plan to o graduate during oo xiir 50th o Anniversary o o oooooo oooo0 ALL dance & aerobic wear Wednesdays Ladies Day Discounts on Passes, Ren tals, Lessons, (holidays excluded) 27 OFF - Tuesdays through January 31st "Ski Pass Swap" Ski for $5 with valid I.D. from any other ski season pass and area, (holidays excluded) Sfi the I!siv Snake Creek 14 new runs, 285 additional acres ft no additional discount J University Bookstore y BRING A FRIEND AND SAVE WITH THESE COUPONS- - ran BaDDDtaidQ Ifiil WAV SIZE COKE withiffiunrcinr ijuggbts choice of uuce $139 eti - Offer expires Feb. 28. 1985. t unit ? orders per coupon Customer pays Coupon good all iQ applicable sales tax at all Kentucky Fried Chicken stores In Utah. 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