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Show Friday, February 13, 1987 Page Fourteen Utes off to Hawaii foe key WAG nmests Reddish hoping to add more confidence By Lalry Uvsey Chronicle assistant sports editor With each meet, Utah men's swimming coach Don Reddish seems to be getting more and more confident. The Utes, u ho moved to 8--0 for the season by beating Wyoming and Air Force last week, will be hoping to add to Reddish's confidence when they head across the Pacific Ocean for a pair of meets with Hawaii. Utah will swim a regular dual meet format with the Rainbows today and then will switch to an "off events" format for Saturday's meet. "We should beat Hawaii," Reddish said. "It's a link difficult to go over that far and immediately compete, and Hawaii has five or six excellent athletes. But I still think well win. "I think there should be some really fast times," Reddish continued, noting that his team will be swimming at sea level. "What I'm looking for in Hawaii is winning, yes, and for all of our swimmers to turn in their best times of the 'season." Utah possibly has one of its deepest teams ever, and couple that with the caliber of swimmer Reddish has to work with, it is no wonder Utah is looking more and more like the HCAC bids on line for Utah swimmers team to beat in the WAC In assessing Hawaii, Reddish said the Rainbows have five or six excellent athletes, but not much depth. The 'Bows top swimmers are New Zealand native Gary Hurring, a fourth-plac- e finisher in both the 100- - and 200-yabackstroke in the 1984 Olympics, and Tom Leleikis, w ho should give Utah's Shawn Rowland a run for his money in the butterfly. weak 'Our spots are in events we don't normally swim events we will have to swim at the conference championships," Reddish said. "At Hawaii, we will be swimming those events." Utah's strength all year has been with the trio of Row land, senior Dennis Tesch and junior Anders Bladh. Rowland is the defending conference champion in the 200- - and The Lady Ute swim team will hold its last official meet of the regular season today in Provo. The meet is a time trial against BVU and it will be used to qualify swimmers for the upcoming HCAC Chamnon-scori- ng rd 200-ya- pionships. All but two of Utah's swimmers and divers have qualified for the championships, Lady Ute coach Joe Pereira said. The two who have not are Jenny Peterson and Kalani Kamauu, so only they will swim in Provo. Peterson will attempt to qualify in the 200 butterfly. Her previous fastest swim is .05 seconds away from the qualifying time. Kamauu will swim the 50 freestyle. The Lady Utes finished the season with a record of 5, finish at one invitational and including a fifth-plasecond-place in one finish dual meet. These results a represent a dramatic improvement over last year's mark. rd individual medleys and Bladh won the 50- - and freestyle last year. Tesch finished second in both the 500- and the 1,650-yar- d freestyles. Utah will be taking 20 of its 28 swimmers and divers to Hawaii, but Reddish said be isn't sure who his 20 will be for 400-ya- rd 3-- 100-ya- rd ce 10 Will Middleton the conference championships. "I haven't made that decision yet, but I do think we're right on schedule," he said. CPORYGCAN' ...the Lady Ute tennis team puts its record on the line today in a 5:30 p.m. match against Nevada-La- s Vegas at the Salt Lake Tennis Club. Utah, which has never faced the Lady Rebels in a collegiate tennis match, has listed No. 1 singles player Michelle Mras as questionable for the match. The sophomore is nursing a sore shoulder. Assuming Mras plays, Utah's lineup will be Mras at No. 1 singles, Kristin Siegmund (No. 2), Pam Miller (No. 3), Marcia Foote (No. 4), Susy Westfall (No. 5) and Liz Fox (No. 6). If Mras doesn't compete, everyone will advance one place and Linda Anderson will play in the No. 6 singles position. ...Runnin Ute guard Luka Pavicevic has been named to the District VIII GTE Do You Need Help Paying For School? 2-- SCHOLARSHIP PAYS: Full Tuition Allowance for Books, Fees, and Expenses $1,000 Annually SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR FRESHMEN: Three-Yea- r Scholarships for students who are not currently enrolled in Military Science: 71 scholarships available Engineering 59 scholarships available Physical Science 47 scholarships available Business 23 scholarships available Social Science 17 scholarships available Nursing 18 scholarships available Other TOTAL: 235 Scholarships available to FRESHMEN! Academic team, it was ca t-3 Whitsett (Stanford), Keith Balderston and (Oregon), David Butler Mike Smith (BYU). . . .Ute football coach Jim Fassel signed one additional recruit late Wednesday night. Steve Peters, a tight end from Hacienda Heights, Calif., has signed a letter of intent to play football at Utah. In all, Fassel inked 23 players. first Peters was named first team xtzmL.A. Times, and first team San Gabriel Valley Tribune He was an Academic and a member of the 1986 (Cal-Berkele- Scholarships for students who are not currently enrolled in Military Science: 81 scholarships available Engineering 63 scholarships available Physical Science 54 scholarships available Business 27 scholarships available Social Science 19 scholarships available Nursing 21 scholarships available Other TOTAL: 270 Scholarships available for SOPHOMORE! y) 210-pou- nd All-CI- F, All-Ameri- CIF Eastern Conference championship team at Los Altos High School. ...the Utah men's track team will make its second visit of the season to Logan for the Utah State Invitational on Saturday. Both Utah's men's and women's teams went to Logan in January for the Wilson Motor Invitational. Utah will use this meet and next week's BYU Indoor as a tune-u- p for the WAC Apply Through The Department of Military Science, All-Ameri- announced this week. Pavicevic, a sophomore from Titograd, Yugoslavia, has a 3.66 GPA in mathematics. He is averaging 1.6 points with 69 minutes of playing time. Joining Pavicevic on the team are Novian Two-Yea- r 581-671- 7, 2 Championships set for Feb. Captain Smith 27-2- 8 in Albuquerque, N.M. Utah's sprinter Mike Cooper finished fourth at the Mountain States Invitational Heart mseme orshohe cheat out the best, years yy - - It ! M last week at Pocatello and has been the top Utah sprinter so far this season. The Utes mile team of Cooper, Eric Chesley, Scott Urban and Art Birchum has been turning in strong times as well as the two-mi- le team of Cooper, Chesley, Richard Blomquist and Birchum. Birchum, an Aha High product, injured his knee at last week's Pocatello event and is questionable for the meet. ...the Ute golf team, playing in the John A. Burns Invitational in Hawaii, is in 19th-plaafter the first round of action at the Olamana Golf Links. UCLA is leading the event with a 273 to lead Arizona by two strokes. Big-- 8 power Oklahoma State and Pacific are tied for third with 281s, while Oklahoma is fourth, two shots behind. Arizona's Mike Springer is the individual leader with a 63, and is followed by Fresno State's Ron Ewing's 66. Utah, which stands at 296, is being paced by junior Blair Philip, who fired a 1 -- under 69 to tie for 10th with five other golfers. Provo native Steve Seegmillershota 73 and Eric Nielsen came in with a 75. Sophomore Devin Dehlin finished with a 79 and senior Mark Romney's 82 was not counted in the first round score. ce 54-ho- par 9-o- ski racing club will second meet ever this compete in its ...the Utah meet at weekend at a Weber State-hostPowder Mountain. The newly formed club is perhaps the ed surprise team of the Intermountain Division, says coach Roy Moyer. The men's and women's teams both did better than expected at the season's opener at Grand Targhee in January. Krista Anderson, who placed second in the giant slalom at Grand Targhee ,is still injured and will miss the race. Jenny Greer, who won that race, and Tammy Jacques, who placed fourth, will compete this weekend as will Krista Kelly and Kathleen Smith On the men's squad, Greg McRoberts hopes to gain a repeat win in the giant slalom. Also racing will be Andrew Lovegrove, Brian Robinson and Jeff Smead. J SVi ff fiyyolDff. T r American Put your money where Heart your Heart is. Association WE'RE FIGHTING FOR YOUR LIFE I f. iiur .W i le Mi- .? mmtmm ... - . |
